This module will provide you with a basic understanding and firm knowledge of historical backgrounds, principles, institutions and actors dealing with international commerce. This includes not only an overview of the international treaty system, customary law, the role and influence of state actors and international organisations, but also a particular insight into the differences and similarities of the law governing international trade and foreign direct investment. Moreover, it will cover some of the most important and topical aspects of contemporary disputes settlement mechanisms in international business law, as well as insurance law, carriage of goods by sea and international trade and how all these three subjects interlink in commercial law.  This takes into account the role of domestic and international litigation, and includes international arbitration, ranging from ad hoc tribunals over state-to-state proceedings in international trading relations to investor-state arbitration.

This module will consist of a minimum of 45 contact hours with teaching taking place between 9 am and 5 pm from Monday to Friday.