Course objectives:
|
The aim of this course called "Vienna UN-Convention on International Sale of Goods" is in particular to provide students with an overview of the history and applicability of the contract on the international sale of goods and ist further presumed developments. Making students familiar with the detailed regulation of rights and obligations of contractual parties of the contract on the international sale of goods, i.e. of the seller and buyer, as well as with current court decisions will be also the integral part of this course. The course will focus on analysis of theoretical and substantive issues of the applicability of the Vienna UN-Convention on International Sale of Goods.
|
Requirements on student
|
The attention of the course called "Vienna UN-Convention on International Sale of Goods" is given to discussions over current developments in the area of the applicability of the Vienna UN-Convention on International Sale of Goods. Therefore, active participation of students in tutorials will be required. This may also include individual preparation of students, such as providing short annotations of judgements which will subsequently be discussed within the course.
|
Content
|
1.History of the contract on the international sale of goods 2.Applicability of the Vienna UN-Convention on International Sale of Goods, incl. its exemptions and its relation to other legal regulations 3.Reservations according to the Vienna UN-Convention on International Sale of Goods 4.The formation of the contract on the international sale of goods 5.The substantial and secondary obligations of the seller 6.The substantial and secondary obligations of the buyer 7.Material defects of goods in the international business relationship 8.Legal defects of goods in the international business relationship 9.Notification of defects of goods and potential rights arising out of notified defects of goods
|
Activities
|
|
Fields of study
|
|
Guarantors and lecturers
|
|
Literature
|
-
Basic:
Pfeiifer, M., Pauknerová, M., Růžička, K. a kolektiv. Mezinárodní obchodní právo. Plzeň, 2019.
-
Recommended:
CISG - Úmluva OSN o smlouvách o mezinárodní koupi zboží : komentář. Vydání první. 2017. ISBN 978-80-7400-649-4.
-
Recommended:
Schletriem/Schwenzer. Kommentar zum Einheitlichen UN-Kraft. Mnichov, 2013.
-
Recommended:
Bridge, M. G. The International Sales of Goods. Oxford, 2017.
-
Recommended:
Komise OSN pro meznárodní obchodní právo. Výběr z rozhodovací praxe k Úmluvě OSN o smlouvách o mezinárodní koupi zboží. Praha, 2012.
-
On-line library catalogues
|
Time requirements
|
Full-time form of study
|
Activities
|
Time requirements for activity [h]
|
Preparation for an examination (30-60)
|
52
|
Contact hours
|
26
|
Total
|
78
|
|
Prerequisites
|
Knowledge - students are expected to possess the following knowledge before the course commences to finish it successfully: |
Complete education in civil law and at least one semestr of international private law course, good command of English and German language. |
Skills - students are expected to possess the following skills before the course commences to finish it successfully: |
Complete education in civil law and at least one semestr of international private law course, good command of English and German language. |
Competences - students are expected to possess the following competences before the course commences to finish it successfully: |
N/A |
N/A |
|
Learning outcomes
|
Knowledge - knowledge resulting from the course: |
Students will have an opportunity within this course called "Vienna UN-Convention on International Sale of Goods" to get familiar with the international regulation of the most used contractual relationship, i.e. of the purchase agreement, with a presence of an international item. Furthermore it should make students in particular aware of the applicability of the Vienna UN-Convention on International Sale of Goods and of individual rights and obligations of the seller as well as of the buyer as regulated therein. |
Skills - skills resulting from the course: |
Students will have an opportunity within this course called "Vienna UN-Convention on International Sale of Goods" to get familiar with the international regulation of the most used contractual relationship, i.e. of the purchase agreement, with a presence of an international item. Furthermore it should make students in particular aware of the applicability of the Vienna UN-Convention on International Sale of Goods and of individual rights and obligations of the seller as well as of the buyer as regulated therein. |
Competences - competences resulting from the course: |
N/A |
N/A |
|
Assessment methods
|
Knowledge - knowledge achieved by taking this course are verified by the following means: |
Oral exam |
Continuous assessment |
Skills - skills achieved by taking this course are verified by the following means: |
Oral exam |
Continuous assessment |
Competences - competence achieved by taking this course are verified by the following means: |
Continuous assessment |
Oral exam |
|
Teaching methods
|
Knowledge - the following training methods are used to achieve the required knowledge: |
Seminar |
The attention of the course called "Vienna UN-Convention on International Sale of Goods" is given to discussions over current developments in the area of the applicability of the Vienna UN-Convention on International Sale of Goods. Therefore, active participation of students in tutorials will be required. This may also include individual preparation of students, such as providing short annotations of judgements which will subsequently be discussed within the course. |
Skills - the following training methods are used to achieve the required skills: |
Seminar |
Competences - the following training methods are used to achieve the required competences: |
Seminar |
|