Postgraduate Module Descriptor

LAWM121: International Commercial Litigation

This module descriptor refers to the 2017/8 academic year.

How this Module is Assessed

In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.

Formative Assessment

A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.

Form of assessment	Size of the assessment (eg length / duration)	ILOs assessed	Feedback method
Essay-style question	1,000 words	1-12	Written/Oral
Problem-style question	1,000 words	1-12	Written/Oral

Summative Assessment

A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.

Coursework	Written exams	Practical exams
0	100	0

...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.

Form of assessment	% of credit	Size of the assessment (eg length / duration)	ILOs assessed	Feedback method
Examination	100	3-hour examination	1-13	Written/Oral
	0
	0
	0
	0
	0

Re-assessment

Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.

Original form of assessment	Form of re-assessment	ILOs re-assessed	Timescale for re-assessment
Examination	Examination (3 hours)	1-13	August/September re-assessment period

Indicative Reading List

This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.

Essential Reading

J. Hill and A. Chong, International commercial disputes : commercial conflict of laws in English courts (4th edn, Hart Publishing, Oxford 2014)

J. Hill and M. Ni Shúilleabháin, Clarkson & Hill's Conflict of Laws , (5th edn, OUP, Oxford 2016)

P. Rogerson, Collier's conflict of laws (4th edn, CUP, Cambridge 2013)

T. C. Hartley, International Commercial Litigation: Text, Cases and Materials on Private International Law (2nd edn, CUP, Cambridge 2015)

P. Torremans et all, Cheshire, North & Fawcett Private International Law (15th edn, OUP, Oxford, 2017).

Recommended Reading

A. Briggs, Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments (6th edn, Informa, London 2016);

S. Bariatti, Cases and materials on EU private international law (Hart Publishing, 2011);

P. Beaumont and P. McEleavy, Private international law, Anton (SULI/W Green, 2011);

A. Briggs, Private international law in the English courts (OUP, Oxford 2014);

R. Fentiman, International commercial litigation (2nd edn, OUP, Oxford 2015);

L. Collins and others, Dicey, Morris and Collins on the conflict of laws. (15th edn. Sweet & Maxwell, London 2015);

P. Beaumont, M. Danov, K. Trimmings, B. Yuksel (eds), Cross-Border Litigation in Europe (Hart Publishing, Oxford 2017)

Other Reading

A. Briggs, Agreements on jurisdiction and choice of law (OUP, Oxford 2008)

R. Garnett, Substance and procedure in private international law (OUP, Oxford 2012)

T. Hartley , Choice-of-court agreements under the European and international instruments : the revised Brussels I Regulation, the Lugano Convention, and the Hague Convention (OUP, Oxford 2013)

R. Plender and M. Wilderspin, The European private international law of obligations (4th edn, Sweet & Maxwell, 2014)

A. Dickinson and E. Lein, The Brussels I Regulation recast (OUP, Oxford 2015)