International Trade Law

2024/2025

Academic Year

ENG

Instruction in English

3

ECTS credits

Delivered at:

School of International Law

Course type:

Elective course

When:

4 year, 3 module

Instructor

Talanov, Vladimir

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The course provides a comprehensive analysis of the system of international trade law in the applicable business-oriented perspective. The course secures an advanced scrutiny of the international treaties regulating international trade as interpreted in case law and state practice, and addresses the matters of the implementation of those rules into the national legal systems. The course puts particular emphasis on developing the skills of interpreting international treaties, resolving legal controversies, structuring legal argumentation through the lens of international trade-related cases. The aim of the course is also to foster knowledge and skills necessary for practice in international trade litigation, skills useful in international trade negotiations and policymaking. Students need to have prior familiarity with the basics of public international law. Additional background in administrative law, private international law is welcome, although not mandatory.