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Title | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LAW | ||
Code | MKIB240 | ||
Coordinator |
Ms A Stewart Strategy, IB and Entrepreneurship Abigail.Stewart@liverpool.ac.uk |
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Year | CATS Level | Semester | CATS Value |
Session 2021-22 | Level 5 FHEQ | Second Semester | 15 |
Pre-requisites before taking this module (other modules and/or general educational/academic requirements): |
Modules for which this module is a pre-requisite: |
Programme(s) (including Year of Study) to which this module is available on a required basis: |
Programme(s) (including Year of Study) to which this module is available on an optional basis: |
Teaching Schedule |
Lectures | Seminars | Tutorials | Lab Practicals | Fieldwork Placement | Other | TOTAL | |
Study Hours |
6 |
12 6 12 |
36 | ||||
Timetable (if known) |
60 mins X 1 totaling 6
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60 mins X 1 totaling 12
60 mins X 1 totaling 6 |
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Private Study | 114 | ||||||
TOTAL HOURS | 150 |
Assessment |
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EXAM | Duration | Timing (Semester) |
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CONTINUOUS | Duration | Timing (Semester) |
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Assessment 1: Essay Type: Coursework Size: 1000 Words Weighting: 25 Reassessment Opportunity: Yes Penalty for Late Submission: Standard Anonymous Assessment: Yes | -1000 words | 25 | ||||
Assessment 2: Case Study Type: Coursework Size: 2500 Words Weighting: 75% Reassessment Opportunity: Yes Penalty for Late Submission: Standard Anonymous Assessment: Yes Final Assessment: Ye | -2500 words | 75 |
Aims |
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We seek through this module to engage with our students and introduce them to what will be, for the majority, the unfamiliar context of law and regulation, as it impacts on business at both the local national, but more significantly and in particular, the transnational level. The ultimate aim is to instil in students a degree of comfort and confidence, in accessing and considering the legal implications of conducting business on a transnational basis, encouraging the students in developing their identities as global citizens, with an emphasis on and an exploration of, the social impact of cross border corporate business behaviour, issues of justice and fairness inherent within this. In this way, we will encourage and help our students to develop an insightful, critical and responsible approach to their future participation in, and contribution to, a global and an inter- connected economy. |
Learning Outcomes |
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(LO1) Students will be able to develop knowledge of a number of selected issues in international business law, enable students to begin to evaluate the scope and the ways in which business is regulated in a global economy, and consider also the ethical considerations inherent within this. |
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(LO2) Students will be able to gain an understanding of transnational consumer law, encompassing product liability, through an analysis of tort and contract law. |
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(LO3) Students will be able to critically consider the law that governs international contractual relations conducted and concluded electronically across borders and over distances. |
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(LO4) Students will be able to consider and analyse the ways in which international business law seeks to align and enforce national intellectual property protection mechanisms. |
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(LO5) Students will be able to consider and critically analyse how the law seeks to regulate international corporate behaviour and corporate culture in the context of a global and inter-connected economy with a focus on larger listed public companies |
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(S1) Flexible and adaptable learning |
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(S2) International awareness |
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(S3) Commercial awareness |
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(S4) Legal awareness |
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(S5) Ethical Awareness |
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(S6) Problem Solving Skills |
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(S7) Organised and Able to Work Under Pressure |
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(S8) Lifelong Learning Skills |
Teaching and Learning Strategies |
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Teaching Method: Online Asynchronous Learning Materials Teaching Method: Large Group Teaching Teaching Method: Seminar Teaching Method - Group Study Self Directed Learning Hours: 114 Skills/Other Attributes Mapping Skills / attributes: Flexible and adaptable learning Skills / attributes: International awareness Skills / attributes: Commercial awareness Skills / attributes: Legal
awareness Skills / attributes: Ethical awareness Skills / attributes: Problem solving skills Skills / attributes: Organised and able to work under pressure Skills / attributes:Lifelong learning skills |
Syllabus |
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International business law impacts significantly on consumers and businesses, but also has profound implications for regulators as they negotiate the challenges of regulating corporate behaviour. Ethical and moral considerations of fairness and justice are inherent in the development of transnational business regulation through the increasing and greater recognition of consumer interests, a greater awareness of corporate misbehaviour and the advances of technology and advancing automation. Concerns over consumer and employer protections sit alongside attempts to provide a safe and level playing field, for businesses conducting cross border trade. (ii) Transnational E-commerce – looking at the law that governs questions relating to contractual relations and transactions conducted and concluded electronically across borders and over distances (iii) Transnational Intellectual property law – considering the ways in which international business law attempts to align and then enforce national IP protection mechanisms, so as to create a level playing field and a safe environment for business transacted in the context of rapid and dynamic technological evolution, and a digital society (iv) International Corporate governance – focussing on the larger listed public company, ethical considerations and the challenges of regulating corporate behaviour, in the context of the global economy, and addressing the problematic issues posed by the corporate form; limited liability; agency risks; and levels of corporate wrongdoing and crime. We will conclude the course with a brief consideration of the possible future direction of business law more generally, and emphasising the value of legal awareness as a significant resource for both business, and the actors and participants within it. |
Recommended Texts |
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Reading lists are managed at readinglists.liverpool.ac.uk. Click here to access the reading lists for this module. |