Module LAW3184 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
LAW3184: International Commercial Litigation
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:
- Jurisdiction under international instruments relating to international commercial litigation
- Jurisdiction of English courts under the traditional rules of private international law
- Stays of English proceedings
- Restraining foreign proceedings
- Conflict of laws rules
- Proof of foreign law
- Exclusion of foreign law
- Recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments under international instruments relating to international commercial litigation
- Recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments under the traditional rules of private international law
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
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29 | 121 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
Category | Hours of study time | Description |
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Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 23 | 11 x 2 hour lectures and 1 x 1 hour lecture |
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 6 | 4 x 1.5 hour workshops |
Guided independent study | 58 | Individual reading and lecture preparation |
Guided Independent Study | 18 | Workshop preparation |
Guided Independent Study | 40 | Summative assessment preparation |
Guided Independent Study | 5 | Formative assessment preparation |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
Online databases including, among others: Cambridge Core , HeinOnline , JSTOR , Lexis Library , Oxford Legal Research Library , Oxford Reference Online , Oxford Scholarship Online , Taylor & Francis Online , Westlaw UK
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.
Indicative reading:
- TC Hartley, International Commercial Litigation (2nd edn, CUP 2020)
- J. Hill & M. Ní Shúilleabháin, Clarkson & Hill’s Conflict of Laws (5th edn, OUP 2016)
- Briggs, Private international law in the English courts (OUP 2014)
- Dicey, Morris & Collins on the Conflict of Laws (15th edn, Sweet & Maxwell 2018)
- R. Fentiman, International commercial litigation(2nd edn, OUP 2015)
- P. Torremans et al., Cheshire, North & Fawcett Private International Law(15th edn, OUP 2017)