Course

Commercial Conflicts of Laws - LAWS8041

Faculty: Faculty of Law

School: Faculty of Law

Course Outline: See below

Campus: Sydney

Career: Postgraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 2

Enrolment Requirements:

Prerequisite: Academic Program must be either 9200, 9210, 5740 or 9230

CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

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Description

The course considers issues relating to conflicts of laws in an international context. Likely topics are common law rules of jurisdiction in international litigation; the Brussels regulation and its application in the EU; recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments at common law and under the Brussels regulation; classical doctrinal issues such as renvoi, characterisation etc; choice of law in contract – the Rome Convention and comparison with the Australian position; choice of law in tort- common law rules Rome II regulation and comparison with the Australian position.

LLM Specialisation


Recommended Prior Knowledge

None

Course Objectives

A student who has successfully completed this subject should:
  • Understand the nature and scope of cross-border disputes (both transnational and intra-federal) before Australian courts; and in the courts of Member States of the European Union;
  • Understand the principles relating to civil jurisdiction and applicable law in Australia and in the European Union;
  • Have an appreciation of the principles that govern the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments in Australia and in the European Union;
  • Demonstrate a capacity to (i) compare and contrast the approaches adopted in Australia and in the European Union (ii) apply the above principles to specific case situations and (iii) engage in oral and written expression and argument.

Main Topics

  • Civil Jurisdiction in Australia;
  • Civil Jurisdiction in the European Union;
  • Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Australia;
  • Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in the European Union;
  • Introduction to Choice of Law- Theoretical Concepts;
  • Choice of Law in Contact in Australia;
  • Choice of Law in Contract in the European Union;
  • Choice of Law in Tort in Australia;
  • Choice of Law in Tort in the European Union.

Assessment

Class Participation - 10%
Research Essay 6000 words - 90%

Course Text

Nygh Conflict of Laws in Australia, 8th edition 2010

Printed Readings will also be available to purchase from UNSW Bookshop.
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