General Course Information
1.1 Course details
| Course code: | LLAW6128 / JDOC6128 |
| Course name: | International Trade Law I |
| Programme offered under: | LLM Programme / JD Programme |
| Semester: | First |
| Prerequisites: | Law of Contract and Law of Tort |
| Credit point value: | 9 credits / 6 credits |
1.2 Course description
This course will provide students with a practical insight into a number of areas of international trade law and the practices of the Admiralty and Commercial Courts. It will use shipping scenarios to illustrate the various contracts and issues that arise in private international trade.
The course is designed to make students research and use case law, ordinances and international conventions. It is taught in a practical way and requires students to think of commercial solutions to problems.
The course covers the following areas:
- International Sale of Goods the contracts and terms found in sale contracts involving an international element
- Marine Insurance what is covered by insurance and the duties on an insured
- Letters of Credit the method of financing the sale contract and the obligations on the banks and parties
- Carriage of Goods by Sea who has a right to sue the sea carrier of the goods, the obligations on the sea carrier of the goods and whether the sea carrier can sue anyone for their losses
- Jurisdiction and Choice of Law in which country a claim can be brought and which law will be applied to the claim
- Litigation the most useful procedures used in commercial litigation such as security for costs, freezing injunctions, orders for inspection, arrest of ships
- Arbitration the procedures that apply to an arbitration of a claim
1.3 Course teachers
| Name | E-mail address | Office | Consultation | |
| Course convenor | Richard Holt | rholt8law@gmail.com | N/A | By email |
Learning Outcomes
2.1 Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs) for this course
CLO 1 Examine how international commercial sales work in practice.
CLO 2 Examine how different contracts inter-relate.
CLO 3 Examine how different causes of action inter-relate.
CLO 4 Research case law, ordinances and conventions.
CLO 5 Interpret contractual terms, ordinances and international conventions.
CLO 6 Identify and define the issues raised by a problem.
CLO 7 Assess the merits of arguments and solutions.
CLO 8 Produce practical solutions to problems.
CLO 9 Analyse and advise upon what a client wants and the consequences of particular actions.
CLO 10 Draft opinions advising on the law and procedure.
CLO 11 Demonstrate clarity and conciseness of expression.
CLO 12 Demonstrate logical, effective organisation and structure of ideas.
2.2 LLM and JD Programme Learning Outcomes (PLOs)
Please refer to the following link:
LLM – https://course.law.hku.hk/llm-plo/
JD – https://course.law.hku.hk/jd-plo/
2.3 Programme Learning Outcomes to be achieved in this course
| PLO A | PLO B | PLO C | PLO D | PLO E | PLO F | |
| CLO 1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| CLO 2 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| CLO 3 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| CLO 4 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| CLO 5 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| CLO 6 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| CLO 7 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| CLO 8 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| CLO 9 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| CLO 10 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| CLO 11 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| CLO 12 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Assessment(s)
3.1 Assessment Summary
| Assessment task | Due date | Weighting | Feedback method* | Course learning outcomes |
| Take home assessment | 2 Dec 2020 | 100% | 1 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
| *Feedback method (to be determined by course teacher) | |
| 1 | A general course report to be disseminated through Moodle |
| 2 | Individual feedback to be disseminated by email / through Moodle |
| 3 | Individual review meeting upon appointment |
| 4 | Group review meeting |
| 5 | In-class verbal feedback |
3.2 Assessment Detail
To be advised by course convenor(s).
3.3 Grading Criteria
To be advised by course convenor(s).
3.3 Grading Criteria
Please refer to the following link: https://www.law.hku.hk/_files/law_programme_grade_descriptors.pdf
Learning Activities
4.1 Learning Activity Plan
| Seminar: | 3 hours / week for 12 teaching weeks |
| Private study time: | 9.5 hours / week for 12 teaching weeks |
Remarks: the normative student study load per credit unit is 25 ± 5 hours (ie. 150 ± 30 hours for a 6-credit course), which includes all learning activities and experiences within and outside of classroom, and any assessment task and examinations and associated preparations.
4.2 Details of Learning Activities
To be advised by course convenor(s).
Learning Resources
5.1 Resources
| Reading materials: | Reading materials are posted on Moodle |
| Core reading list: | TBA |
| Recommended reading list: | Posted on Moodle |
5.2 Links
Please refer to the following link: http://www.law.hku.hk/course/learning-resources/