Level: 200 level. Read more information on levels in our FAQs

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Lectures: 36 hours 

Classes: 18 hours

Assessment*: One examination and one essay

Typical credit**: 3-4 credits (US) 7.5 ECTS points (EU)

*Assessment is optional

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Introduction to legal methods or equivalent.

• Introduction to jurisdiction of courts in commercial matters under Brussels I
•  Jurisdiction of English courts in extra-European commercial cases
•  Complex commercial litigation
•  Enforcement of foreign judgments in commercial matters
•  The law applicable to commercial contracts
•  Jurisdictional agreements
•  Nature and sources of international arbitration
•  Drafting and enforcing arbitration agreement
•  Arbitral procedure and support by state courts
•  The law applicable to the merits in international arbitration
•  Challenge, recognition and enforcement of award
•  The role of public policy in international arbitration

Special attention will be given to the means of anticipating problems in contractual stipulations such as jurisdictional clauses, choice-of-law clauses and arbitration clauses.

This course offers a concise introduction to the legal challenges relating to the international dimension of litigating commercial disputes, both before state courts and in arbitration.

LSE’s Law Department is one of the world’s best. In the UK, it was ranked first for research outputs in the most recent Research Excellence Framework (REF) and in the top 5 law departments overall by The Complete University Guide in 2018. In the 2017 QS World University rankings, the Department was ranked seventh (out of 200 departments worldwide).

Many important subjects were first taught and examined systematically from an academic perspective in LSE’s Department of Law. We pioneered the study of banking law, taxation law, civil litigation, company law, labour law, family law, aspects of welfare law, and studies of the legal system and the legal profession, and continue to be the leading thinkers in our field.

On this three-week intensive programme, you will engage with and learn from full-time lecturers from the LSE’s law faculty.

Hartley, International Commercial Litigation, (2^nd edition, CUP, 2015)

Moses, The Principles and Practice of International Commercial Arbitration, (3^rd edition, CUP, 2017)

*A more detailed reading list will be supplied prior to the start of the programme

**Course content, faculty and dates may be subject to change without prior notice