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Advising sequentiality bound on the level of programme components
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Following programme components are advised to also be included in your study programme up till now.
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Property and Contract Law (2125)
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12.0 stptn |
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International Law (1884)
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| Degree programme | | Study hours | Credits | P4 SBU | P4 SP | 2nd Chance Exam1 | Tolerance2 | Final grade3 | |
 | Second year Master of Laws: Laws - corporate | Compulsory | 162 | 6,0 | 162 | 6,0 | Yes | Yes | Numerical |  |
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| A graduate of the Master of Laws programme has developed the following general competence: is able to identify the various stakeholders and their specific interests in a complex problem and to integrate those in his own reasoning and approach. | | | - DC
| The student can identify various parties and their interests in complex contractual relations and understand how the parties and their contracts are interrelated. | - EC
| A graduate of the Master of Laws programme has developed the following general competence: is able actively and constructively to contribute in group to a common goal in a multidisciplinary context. | | | - DC
| The student collaborates in a small group outside the tutorial meeting to acquire in-depth knowledge in one element of the complex problem to be solved by the whole tutorial group during the meeting. | - EC
| A graduate of the Master of Laws programme has developed the following general competence: is able adequately to communicate and present his own ideas, views and solutions in various contexts, either orally or in written form, and is able to present in (legal) English and French. | | | - DC
| The student is able to communicate his or her ideas, solutions and viewpoints in spoken and written (legal) English in the following contexts (i) participation during tutorial meetings, (ii) holding a presentation, (iii) preparing a written handout for fellow students, (iv) writing a research paper. | - EC
| A graduate of the Master of Laws programme has developed the following general competence: is able to plan and evaluate his own approach and learning processes in an independent manner. | | | - DC
| The student is responsible for planning his or her own research paper. | - EC
| A graduate of the Master of Laws programme has developed the following general competence: has a questioning outlook and is able to gain overview of a variety of legal positions, to assess them critically and whence to arrive at one's own, substantiated legal point of view. | | | - DC
| The student is able to analyse a complex legal problem in the field of international business law and identify and assess different legal solutions. | - EC
| A graduate of the Master of Laws programme has developed the following general competence: is able to identify, among the complexity of a problem, those factual and legal issues which are of relevance and subsequently to suggest one or more adequate solutions, to support these with legal arguments, and to operationalise the solution which was eventually chosen. | | | - DC
| The student is able to critically analyse the law and apply it to a complex case in the field of international business law. | - EC
| The graduate of the Master of Laws programme has developed the following general academic research competences: is able to make critical and independent use of various (digital) sources within the legal domain, in Dutch, French and English. | | | - DC
| The student is able to find, analyse and use diverse (digital) resources in Dutch and English in order to solve problems during the tutorial meeting as well as for writing the research paper. | - EC
| The graduate of the Master of Laws programme has developed the following general academic research competences: is able to analyse, interpret and make responsible use of Statute, case-law, scholarship and other legal sources. | | | - DC
| The student is able to make effective and responsible use of a combination of legislative provisions, case law, doctrine and other legal sources for the solution of a complex problem and for writing a research paper. | - EC
| The graduate of the Master of Laws programme has developed the following general academic research competences: is able to research at an academic level (with a junior academic researcher as benchmark), critically to assess such research and to report on it. | | | - DC
| The student conducts independent research to write a research paper on a topic related to the field of international business law. | - EC
| A graduate of the Master of Laws programme possesses the following academic (specifically legal) skills and knowledge. He has specialised academic knowledge of and an understanding of the concepts and structure of those branches of law relevant to the major subject chosen, European and comparative perspectives included. He is able to apply that knowledge and those insights, including from a European and comparative perspectives. | | | - DC
| The student acquires specialized academic knowledge in the field of International Business Law, in particular in relation to contracts for the international sale of goods, contracts for the international carriage of goods including multimodal transport, and financing international trade. | - EC
| A graduate of the Master of Laws programme possesses the following academic, in casu: legal, knowledge: He understands the continuous interaction between national, supranational and international law. | | | - DC
| The student acquires academic knowledge of the continuous interaction between national, European and global legal instruments in the field of International Business Law. | - EC
| A graduate of the Master of Laws programme possesses the following academic, in casu: legal, knowledge: He understands the challenge of harmonisation of the law, especially within a European context. | | | - DC
| The student acquires understanding of the challenges concerning harmonisation and unification of law in the field of international business transactions at a European and global level. | - EC
| A graduate of the Master of Laws programme possesses the following academic, in casu: legal, knowledge: understands the recent societal developments and the academic research in the sector. | | | - DC
| The student acquires insight into recent legal research in the field of international business law, in particular by engaging in independent research him or herself. |
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This course will cover some of the very general principles of International Business Law that govern various commercial transactions at the international level, with an insight into the most recent technological and social developments and the impact these have in International Business Law. The objective of this course is to enable students to answer some crucial questions regarding international business and commerce, which includes, but are not limited to the following: What is the applicable law for the transaction? What are the responsibilities and liabilities of the parties involved? Who arranges the carriage contract and who is in charge of transporting the goods from one point to another? How does the buyer pay the seller? What happens in the event that something goes wrong, including in cases of carriage by self-driving vehicles and in case of pandemics? What is the impact of the sustainability agenda in International Business Law?
To help the students answer these questions, this course will focus on subject matters in context: 1) international sale of goods and general contract terms, including contract standardisation as a means of harmonising the law; 2) carriage of goods by land and sea, and challenges brought by self-driving vehicles and pandemics; 3) letter of credit as a payment mechanism and developments brought by smart contracts and blockchain technology; and 4) sustainability, ethics and international business law.
Our face-to-face instruction time will be relatively short in order to cover all of the subjects noted above. For such reason, this course will not cover various subjects including but not limited to: 1) extensive history of business/commercial law; 2) carriage of goods by air or rail; 3) leasing and financing contracts; or 4) insolvency and insurance claims and 5) international arbitration. For the same reason, students are also expected to engage in self-study and critical assessment of the materials provided during the course, as well as International Business Law developments in the media. After the course, students are expected to possess enough foundational understanding of International Business Law, which will equip them with the ability to build further atop this foundation on their own.
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Lecture ✔
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Period 4 Credits 6,00
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| Other evaluation method during teaching period | 100 % |
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| Other | Term assignment (60%) Research paper (30%) Pitch presentation (10%) |
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| Additional information | In consultation with the Programme Board and the Student Administration, the lecturer determines the schedule and the examination format for a possible catch-up exam. The examination format may deviate from the examination format used during the regular examination period. The schedule and examination format will be communicated to the student after the request for a catch-up exam has been approved. |
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Second examination period
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| Explanation (English) | Written assessment with multiple choice questions, 2 short-answer essay questions and a longer essay question on a topic of the student’s choice. This assessment will represent 100% of the student's final. May the student have produced a research paper during the ordinary assessment period which was graded with at least 11 out of 20, the student may request that this grade will be considered for the purpose of calculating the respective final grade. In this case, the grade obtained in the research paper will represent 30% of the final grade in the course, and the grade obtained in the re-sit assessment will represent the remaining 70%. |
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The students will be given a list of the compulsory and recommended preparation materials for the classes prior to the start of the course. All of these will be freely and easily accessible in Blackboard simultaneously with the course book publication. The materials will consist of different formats and compositions depending on the topic of each week. The mandatory materials will be freely and easily accessible via Blackboard. |
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The bulk of the information that you will need to succeed in this course will be presented at the lectures every week. This course will NOT require you to purchase a textbook. Instead, we will rely on a Course Reader and online resources that will be made available to you without costs. These materials will be designed to adequately prepare you for the lectures, the tutorials, and the graded assignments, but we encourage you to go above and beyond just reading the mandatory materials. Rather, we hope that you will venture out and read the optional/recommended materials which we will also be provided to you. |
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| Exchange Programme Laws | Optional | 162 | 6,0 | 162 | 6,0 | Yes | Yes | Numerical | |
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This course will cover some of the very general principles of International Business Law that govern various commercial transactions at the international level, with an insight into the most recent technological and social developments and the impact these have in International Business Law. The objective of this course is to enable students to answer some crucial questions regarding international business and commerce, which includes, but are not limited to the following: What is the applicable law for the transaction? What are the responsibilities and liabilities of the parties involved? Who arranges the carriage contract and who is in charge of transporting the goods from one point to another? How does the buyer pay the seller? What happens in the event that something goes wrong, including in cases of carriage by self-driving vehicles and in case of pandemics? What is the impact of the sustainability agenda in International Business Law?
To help the students answer these questions, this course will focus on subject matters in context: 1) international sale of goods and general contract terms, including contract standardisation as a means of harmonising the law; 2) carriage of goods by land and sea, and challenges brought by self-driving vehicles and pandemics; 3) letter of credit as a payment mechanism and developments brought by smart contracts and blockchain technology; and 4) sustainability, ethics and international business law.
Our face-to-face instruction time will be relatively short in order to cover all of the subjects noted above. For such reason, this course will not cover various subjects including but not limited to: 1) extensive history of business/commercial law; 2) carriage of goods by air or rail; 3) leasing and financing contracts; or 4) insolvency and insurance claims and 5) international arbitration. For the same reason, students are also expected to engage in self-study and critical assessment of the materials provided during the course, as well as International Business Law developments in the media. After the course, students are expected to possess enough foundational understanding of International Business Law, which will equip them with the ability to build further atop this foundation on their own.
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Lecture ✔
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Tutorial group ✔
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Period 4 Credits 6,00
| Evaluation method | |
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| Other evaluation method during teaching period | 100 % |
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| Other | Term assignment (60%) Research paper (30%) Pitch presentation (10%) |
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| Additional information | In consultation with the Programme Board and the Student Administration, the lecturer determines the schedule and the examination format for a possible catch-up exam. The examination format may deviate from the examination format used during the regular examination period. The schedule and examination format will be communicated to the student after the request for a catch-up exam has been approved. |
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Second examination period
| Evaluation second examination opportunity different from first examination opprt | |
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| Explanation (English) | Written assessment with multiple choice questions, 2 short-answer essay questions and a longer essay question on a topic of the student’s choice. This assessment will represent 100% of the student's final. May the student have produced a research paper during the ordinary assessment period which was graded with at least 11 out of 20, the student may request that this grade will be considered for the purpose of calculating the respective final grade. In this case, the grade obtained in the research paper will represent 30% of the final grade in the course, and the grade obtained in the re-sit assessment will represent the remaining 70%. |
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The students will be given a list of the compulsory and recommended preparation materials for the classes prior to the start of the course. All of these will be freely and easily accessible in Blackboard simultaneously with the course book publication. The materials will consist of different formats and compositions depending on the topic of each week. The mandatory materials will be freely and easily accessible via Blackboard. |
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The bulk of the information that you will need to succeed in this course will be presented at the lectures every week. This course will NOT require you to purchase a textbook. Instead, we will rely on a Course Reader and online resources that will be made available to you without costs. These materials will be designed to adequately prepare you for the lectures, the tutorials, and the graded assignments, but we encourage you to go above and beyond just reading the mandatory materials. Rather, we hope that you will venture out and read the optional/recommended materials which we will also be provided to you. |
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| choice master for private (UH) | Optional | 162 | 6,0 | 162 | 6,0 | Yes | Yes | Numerical | |
| Master of Laws Government and Law | Optional | 162 | 6,0 | 162 | 6,0 | Yes | Yes | Numerical | |
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- EC
| A graduate of the Master of Laws programme has developed the following general competence: is able to identify the various stakeholders and their specific interests in a complex problem and to integrate those in his own reasoning and approach. | | | - DC
| The student can identify various parties and their interests in complex contractual relations and understand how the parties and their contracts are interrelated. | - EC
| A graduate of the Master of Laws programme has developed the following general competence: is able actively and constructively to contribute in group to a common goal in a multidisciplinary context. | | | - DC
| The student collaborates in a small group outside the tutorial meeting to acquire in-depth knowledge in one element of the complex problem to be solved by the whole tutorial group during the meeting. | - EC
| A graduate of the Master of Laws programme has developed the following general competence: is able adequately to communicate and present his own ideas, views and solutions in various contexts, either orally or in written form, and is able to present in (legal) English and French. | | | - DC
| The student is able to communicate his or her ideas, solutions and viewpoints in spoken and written (legal) English in the following contexts (i) participation during tutorial meetings, (ii) holding a presentation, (iii) preparing a written handout for fellow students, (iv) writing a research paper. | - EC
| A graduate of the Master of Laws programme has developed the following general competence: is able to plan and evaluate his own approach and learning processes in an independent manner. | | | - DC
| The student is responsible for planning his or her own research paper. | - EC
| A graduate of the Master of Laws programme has developed the following general competence: has a questioning outlook and is able to gain overview of a variety of legal positions, to assess them critically and whence to arrive at one's own, substantiated legal point of view. | | | - DC
| The student is able to analyse a complex legal problem in the field of international business law and identify and assess different legal solutions. | - EC
| A graduate of the Master of Laws programme has developed the following general competence: is able to identify, among the complexity of a problem, those factual and legal issues which are of relevance and subsequently to suggest one or more adequate solutions, to support these with legal arguments, and to operationalise the solution which was eventually chosen. | | | - DC
| The student is able to critically analyse the law and apply it to a complex case in the field of international business law. | - EC
| The graduate of the Master of Laws programme has developed the following general academic research competences: is able to make critical and independent use of various (digital) sources within the legal domain, in Dutch, French and English. | | | - DC
| The student is able to find, analyse and use diverse (digital) resources in Dutch and English in order to solve problems during the tutorial meeting as well as for writing the research paper. | - EC
| The graduate of the Master of Laws programme has developed the following general academic research competences: is able to analyse, interpret and make responsible use of Statute, case-law, scholarship and other legal sources. | | | - DC
| The student is able to make effective and responsible use of a combination of legislative provisions, case law, doctrine and other legal sources for the solution of a complex problem and for writing a research paper. | - EC
| The graduate of the Master of Laws programme has developed the following general academic research competences: is able to research at an academic level (with a junior academic researcher as benchmark), critically to assess such research and to report on it. | | | - DC
| The student conducts independent research to write a research paper on a topic related to the field of international business law. | - EC
| A graduate of the Master of Laws programme possesses the following academic (specifically legal) skills and knowledge. He has specialised academic knowledge of and an understanding of the concepts and structure of those branches of law relevant to the major subject chosen, European and comparative perspectives included. He is able to apply that knowledge and those insights, including from a European and comparative perspectives. | | | - DC
| The student acquires specialized academic knowledge in the field of International Business Law, in particular in relation to contracts for the international sale of goods, contracts for the international carriage of goods including multimodal transport, and financing international trade. | - EC
| A graduate of the Master of Laws programme possesses the following academic, in casu: legal, knowledge: He understands the continuous interaction between national, supranational and international law. | | | - DC
| The student acquires academic knowledge of the continuous interaction between national, European and global legal instruments in the field of International Business Law. | - EC
| A graduate of the Master of Laws programme possesses the following academic, in casu: legal, knowledge: He understands the challenge of harmonisation of the law, especially within a European context. | | | - DC
| The student acquires understanding of the challenges concerning harmonisation and unification of law in the field of international business transactions at a European and global level. | - EC
| A graduate of the Master of Laws programme possesses the following academic, in casu: legal, knowledge: understands the recent societal developments and the academic research in the sector. | | | - DC
| The student acquires insight into recent legal research in the field of international business law, in particular by engaging in independent research him or herself. |
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| | EC = learning outcomes DC = partial outcomes BC = evaluation criteria |
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This course will cover some of the very general principles of International Business Law that govern various commercial transactions at the international level, with an insight into the most recent technological and social developments and the impact these have in International Business Law. The objective of this course is to enable students to answer some crucial questions regarding international business and commerce, which includes, but are not limited to the following: What is the applicable law for the transaction? What are the responsibilities and liabilities of the parties involved? Who arranges the carriage contract and who is in charge of transporting the goods from one point to another? How does the buyer pay the seller? What happens in the event that something goes wrong, including in cases of carriage by self-driving vehicles and in case of pandemics? What is the impact of the sustainability agenda in International Business Law?
To help the students answer these questions, this course will focus on subject matters in context: 1) international sale of goods and general contract terms, including contract standardisation as a means of harmonising the law; 2) carriage of goods by land and sea, and challenges brought by self-driving vehicles and pandemics; 3) letter of credit as a payment mechanism and developments brought by smart contracts and blockchain technology; and 4) sustainability, ethics and international business law.
Our face-to-face instruction time will be relatively short in order to cover all of the subjects noted above. For such reason, this course will not cover various subjects including but not limited to: 1) extensive history of business/commercial law; 2) carriage of goods by air or rail; 3) leasing and financing contracts; or 4) insolvency and insurance claims and 5) international arbitration. For the same reason, students are also expected to engage in self-study and critical assessment of the materials provided during the course, as well as International Business Law developments in the media. After the course, students are expected to possess enough foundational understanding of International Business Law, which will equip them with the ability to build further atop this foundation on their own.
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Lecture ✔
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Tutorial group ✔
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Period 4 Credits 6,00
| Evaluation method | |
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| Other evaluation method during teaching period | 100 % |
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| Other | Term assignment (60%) Research paper (30%) Pitch presentation (10%) |
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| Additional information | In consultation with the Programme Board and the Student Administration, the lecturer determines the schedule and the examination format for a possible catch-up exam. The examination format may deviate from the examination format used during the regular examination period. The schedule and examination format will be communicated to the student after the request for a catch-up exam has been approved. |
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Second examination period
| Evaluation second examination opportunity different from first examination opprt | |
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| Explanation (English) | Written assessment with multiple choice questions, 2 short-answer essay questions and a longer essay question on a topic of the student’s choice. This assessment will represent 100% of the student's final. May the student have produced a research paper during the ordinary assessment period which was graded with at least 11 out of 20, the student may request that this grade will be considered for the purpose of calculating the respective final grade. In this case, the grade obtained in the research paper will represent 30% of the final grade in the course, and the grade obtained in the re-sit assessment will represent the remaining 70%. |
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| Compulsory course material |
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The students will be given a list of the compulsory and recommended preparation materials for the classes prior to the start of the course. All of these will be freely and easily accessible in Blackboard simultaneously with the course book publication. The materials will consist of different formats and compositions depending on the topic of each week. The mandatory materials will be freely and easily accessible via Blackboard. |
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The bulk of the information that you will need to succeed in this course will be presented at the lectures every week. This course will NOT require you to purchase a textbook. Instead, we will rely on a Course Reader and online resources that will be made available to you without costs. These materials will be designed to adequately prepare you for the lectures, the tutorials, and the graded assignments, but we encourage you to go above and beyond just reading the mandatory materials. Rather, we hope that you will venture out and read the optional/recommended materials which we will also be provided to you. |
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1 Education, Examination and Legal Position Regulations art.12.2, section 2. |
| 2 Education, Examination and Legal Position Regulations art.16.9, section 2. |
3 Education, Examination and Legal Position Regulations art.15.1, section 3.
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| SBU : course load | SP : ECTS | N : Dutch | E : English |
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