Contracts in Foreign Economic Activities

Course: International Economic Relations (with compulsory study of two foreign languages)

Structural unit: Educational and scientific institute of international relations

Title
Contracts in Foreign Economic Activities
Code
ВК 2.2
Module type
Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
6 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
4
Learning outcomes
The discipline is aimed at highlighting the main elements of contracts in international commerce and providing practical skills for their implementation, which will contribute to the formation of such general professional competencies as the ability to determine functional features, nature, level and degree of relationships between actors of international economic relations, ability to substantiate the expediency of using legal, economic and diplomatic methods (means) of resolving conflict situations at the international level, the ability to use regulatory documents and reference materials in carrying out professional activities in the field of international economic relations.
Form of study
Distance form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
A student must have general knowledge of the patterns of behavior of economic entities in market conditions, have a universal tool for making informed decisions about the choice in the presence of limited resources and alternative uses, be able to identify and justify the goals and priorities of economic activities and analyze opportunitiesfor their implementaion at the international markets.
Course content
Module 1. General features of preparation and conclusion of the FEA contract (4 topics). Module 2. Essential conditions of international commercial agreements and the procedure for their regulation (5 topics).
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Cordero-Moss G. International Commercial Contracts. Mode of access: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/international-commercial-contracts/EE1D6BACEB5321E87ABDCA1851C91359 2. Drafting and Negotiating International Commercial Contracts. Mode of access: http://store.iccwbo.org/model-contracts; 3. ICC Model Contract – International Sale (Manufactured goods). Mode of access: https://2go.iccwbo.org/icc-model-contract-i-international-sale-manufactured-goods-config+book_version-Book/ 4. Шворак Л.О. Особливості укладання та виконання контрактів з країнами ЄС. Матеріали міжнародної науково-практичної конференції «Принциповий прагматизм» ЄС – наслідки для східної та південно східної Європи: політичні, економічні, правові та комунікаційні аспекти». – ІМВ, 2021. – С.192-194
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, seminars, credit
Assessment methods and criteria
Presentation of cases, mid-semester tests, interposition during the seminar, problems. Semester assessment is carried out in the form of testing knowledge and skills: 1. During the answer to the seminar (participation in the discussion); 2. In the form of writing individual analytical works during independent study of topics; 3. In the form of essay writing; 4. In the form of discussion of trends in the development of forms of international economic relations; 5. In the form of a presentation of a study of a specific form of international economic relations.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Liudmyla Shvorak
Chair of World Economy and International Economic Relations
Educational and scientific institute of international relations

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Chair of World Economy and International Economic Relations
Educational and scientific institute of international relations