INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW
Students are expected to be familiar with general principles of contract law
The course aims at providing students with basic knowledge to understand most commonly used contracts in international trade and their applicable law.
A second part of the course (20 hours) will be devoted, as part of a Jean Monnet Module funded by the European Union, to the study of the international relationship between Italy and Switzerland with a particular focus on trade in goods and services and the free movement of workers.
The course will address the following matters:
- Law applicable to international commercial contracts
- The Italian conflict of laws rules
- National law and international conventions
- Connecting factors
- The relevance of the intention of the contracting parties with regard to the choice of applicable law
- Conflict of laws and uniform law conventions
- The most commonly used contracts in international trade practice (international sales contracts, commercial agency contracts, distribution agreements, franchising, international transfer of know-how, licence agreements, etc.)
- Settlement of international commercial disputes
- Rules governing the jurisdiction of courts in commercial matters
- International arbitration
- Alternative dispute resolution
The second part of the course will address the relationship between Switzerland and the European Union through the analysis of the institutional framework and the major bilateral agreements
For the first part of the course, students may refer to the following volume: V. Salvatore, R. Cavalieri, An introduction to international contract law, Torino, Giappichelli, (to be published in Spring 2017)
For the second part of the course, students are recommended to base their preparation on the following volume:
V. Salvatore (ed.), The free movement of persons between Switzerland and the European Union, Torino, Giappichelli, 2016
Additional documents and reading material to help students to prepare for the exam is available in the syllabus published on the e-learning platform.