INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LAW (BA5013)

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This course on International Business Law focuses on those areas of law most likely to be encountered by persons (whether in traditional business, public service, or non-governmental organizations) engaged in the practice of International Business, namely torts, contracts, and recent developments in ethics and corporate criminal liability.

Code: 
BA5013
Name: 
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LAW
Discipline: 
BA (Business)
Type: 
Regular
Level: 
Graduate
Credits: 
2
Can be taken twice for credit?: 
No
Pre-requisites: 
College Level=Graduate AND Major=MSc: International Management OR Major=MSc: Strategic Brand Management
Co-requisites: 
None

Learning Outcomes

  1. Analyze and evaluate the need for balancing conflicting interests on difficult legal issues impacting business internationally, including Extraterritoriality, Corporate Governance, Anti-Corruption, Product Safety, Comparative criminal procedure
  2. Demonstrate ability to interact effectively in a team to facilitate debate, persuade and influence and develop solutions
  3. Explore how law affects International Business today by comparing the different approaches of the major legal traditions and become familiar with the diversity of the World’s major legal traditions and how these differences impact International Business.
  4. Identify Legal issues arising in business to better integrate overall and legal strategy, balance law and business and critically analyze transactions.
  5. Obtain a basic knowledge of the fundamentals of contract law by employing a general legal framework.

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