Information about Postgraduate Programmes

Taught Masters Degrees: International Business Transactions I

Module Convenors: Ms Aude Fiorini (a.r.fiorini@dundee.ac.uk), Room 3.10

The method of assessment is: 40% course work (one 2,500 word essay worth 15% and a 3,500 word essay worth 25%) and 60% written examination (only unannotated statutory materials may be taken into the exam).

This module will give students an understanding of the core issues relevant to international contractual litigation in a European and international context. This module will address both issues of jurisdiction (where cross-border contractual cases may be litigated), of choice of law (which law governs an international contract) as well as that of movement of judgments across jurisdictions (the extent to which contractual judgments may be recognised and enforced abroad).

This module will be of interest to students who wish to work in the area of international commercial litigation.