This course is designed to give students a broad overview of the law--domestic, foreign, and international--governing international business transactions. We begin by looking at several issues that cut across many types of transactions: the role of international lawyers, international dispute resolution, the place of international law in the U.S. legal system, the extraterritorial application of domestic law, and corporate social responsibility. In addition, wewill look at some of the principal kinds of regulation, foreign and domestic, that apply to each, including antitrust law, securities law, tax law, and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. These introductory sessions are followed by a series of problems, each focused on a different type of transaction: transnational sales, agency and distributorship agreements, licensing of intellectual property, foreign direct investment, mergers and acquisitions, and joint ventures. The course will be taught using the problem method rather than the standard case discussion method. Students will be assigned to represent a party in each of these problems. The students will negotiate their respective party's position during the class. The solution to these problems will require the utilization of cases, treaties and international agreements, materials in the textbook, and US statutes. There will be a final exam. The exam will be one problem similar in format to those discussed in class. Elements used in grading: class participation, and an in class final exam. This class is open to ALL students (except 1Ls). There are no prerequisites.
3 units · Law Honors/Pass/Restrd Cr/Fail
This course is designed to give students a broad overview of the law--domestic, foreign, and international--governing international business transactions. We begin by looking at several issues that cut across many types of transactions: the role of international lawyers, international dispute resolution, the place of international law in the U.S. legal system, the extraterritorial application of domestic law, and corporate social responsibility. In addition, wewill look at some of the principal kinds of regulation, foreign and domestic, that apply to each, including antitrust law, securities law, tax law, and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. These introductory sessions are followed by a series of problems, each focused on a different type of transaction: transnational sales, agency and distributorship agreements, licensing of intellectual property, foreign direct investment, mergers and acquisitions, and joint ventures. The course will be taught using the problem method rather than the standard case discussion method. Students will be assigned to represent a party in each of these problems. The students will negotiate their respective party's position during the class. The solution to these problems will require the utilization of cases, treaties and international agreements, materials in the textbook, and US statutes. There will be a final exam. The exam will be one problem similar in format to those discussed in class. Elements used in grading: class participation, and an in class final exam. This class is open to ALL students (except 1Ls). There are no prerequisites.