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LAW 476 — International Sales and FinanceCredit Points: 20 pointsOffered: Second SemesterContact Hours: Lectures — 4 hours per weekCoordinator: Associate Professor Paul Myburgh and Chris HarePrerequisites: LAW 201, 211, 231, 241Course Description:This course provides a basic introduction to the study of the law of international sales and trade financing.Content Outline:Part I of the course is concerned with international sale of goods issues, which may include:• The impact of international conventions and transnational model laws or uniform principles on international saleslaw• The relationship between international law and domestic law relating to sales transactions• Jurisdiction, choice of law, and cross-border litigation issues which may arise in the context of international salestransactionsPart II of the course is concerned with trade financing. Topics may include:• The use of abstract payment undertakings such as documentary credits and performance bonds• Other methods of trade finance• The use of electronic documents in international trade finance• Conflicts issues in trade financingAssessment:Final Examination (Plussage 30% Opinion)LAW 477 — Conflict of LawsCredit Points: 20 pointsOffered: First SemesterContact Hours: Lectures — 4 hours per weekCoordinator: Dr Elsabe SchoemanPrerequisites: LAW 201, 211, 231, 241Course Description:An introduction to private international law (ie the body of law dealing with civil and commercial issues that have aninternational element or aspect), including a study of the jurisdiction of the New Zealand courts, conflicts theory andchoice of law.Content Outline:The first section of the course covers the general principles of jurisdiction in transnational litigation, focusingspecifically on the bases of jurisdiction, protest to jurisdiction, limitations on jurisdiction, as well as forum nonconvenience and the recognition and enforcement of judgments.The second part of the course deals with choice of law. This section of the course comprises an introduction to choiceof law methodology (with specific emphasis on multilateral conflict rules), as well as an analysis of problems associatedwith conflicts methodology, such as characterisation, the interpretation of connecting factors (with an in-depthdiscussion of domicile), renvoi, the incidental question and intertemporal conflicts. This theoretical section forms thebasis for an intensive study of the application of choice of law rules in specific areas of private international law, eg2010 Faculty of Law Handbook | 61