International Business Trans

Catalog description

An introduction to the legal aspects of international business. The course emphasizes what lawyers need to know to represent clients doing business in the 21st century. It covers international treaties like the Convention on International Sales of Goods (CISG), international letters of credit, international commercial terms, conflicts of laws, international trade policy, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, international corruption, international arbitration, and import and export issues and how to draft international agreements. Students will actually draft an international distribution agreement, and will also deal with drafting issues for international agency agreements, international licensing agreements and international franchise agreements. A focus will be on advising clients who are doing international business, in order to help them engage in best practices and avoid pitfalls. (Moses)