chapter 1  the legal environment of international trade
  1.1  globalization and international trade
  1.2  history of international trade law
  1.3  sources of intemational trade law
    a.international treaties and conventions
    b.international trade customs and usages
    c.national law
    d.other sources
  1.4  comparison of legal systems
    a.the romano-germanic civil law system
    b.the anglo-american common law system
  1.5  the role of international organizations in international trade
  chapter summary
  chapter questions
chapter 2  international sale of goods (i)
  2.1  what is a contract?
  2.2  classification of contracts
  2.3  essential elements of a valid contract
  2.4  sources of rules governing international sale of goods
    a.united nations convention on contracts for the international sale of goods
    b.national law
    c.principles of international commercial contracts
    d.international customs and usages: incoterms
  chapter summary
  chapter questions
chapter 3  international sale of goods (h)
  3.1  the sphere of application of cisg
    a.three requirements for the application of cisg
    b.choice of law clauses
    c.sales excluded from cisg
    d.contractual issues excluded from cisg
  3.2  general provisions for interpretation of cisg
  3.3  contract formation
    a.the offer
    b.the acceptance
    c.battle of the forms
  3.4  seller's obligations
    a.obligations of delivery
    b.obligations of quality of the goods
    c.obligations of property issues
  3.5  buyer's obligations
    a.obligations of payment
    b.obligations of inspection and notice of defects
  3.6  risk of loss
  3.7  excused performance
  3.8  remedies for breach of contract
    a.avoidance of a contract
    b.damages
    c.specific performance
    d.other remedies available under cisg
  chapter summary
  chapter questions
chapter 4  international carriage of goods
  4.1  carriage of goods by sea
     a.bills of lading
     b.charterparties
   4.2  carriage of goods by air
    a.the warsaw convention 1929
    b.the montreal convention 1999
  4.3  carriage of goods by road and rail
  4.4  marine cargo insurance
    a.types of losses
    b.types of marine insurance policies
    c.types of coverage
  chapter summary
  chapter questions
chapter  payment in international trade
  5.1  modes of international payment
  5.2  fundamentals of negotiable instruments
  5.3  the bill of exchange
    a.laws governing the bill of exchange
    b.brief requirements of the bill of exchange
    c.negotiation of the bill of exchange
  5.4  documentary letters of credit
    a.overview
    b.the governing rules: ucp 600
    c.basic legal principles
  5.5  standby letters of credit
  chapter summary
  chapter questions
chapter 6  the international transfer of intellectual property
  6.1  fundamentals of