Set out below are the assignments for our 28 sessions. You should read the relevant assignment before each session. In addition to these class assignments, early in the semester you should read Chapters 1-3 (pp. 2-32), which provide useful background information and concepts.

Session 1. The Basic Transaction

Introduction 4.0 [Chapter 4]
Handout: "Brief Introduction to the U.N. Sales Convention"

Session 2. Formation of an International Transaction

Problem 4.1

Session 3. Commercial Terms, Bills of Lading & Insurance

Problem 4.2

Session 4. War and Other Frustrations

Problem 4.3

Session 5. Selling Through Distributorships and Countertrade

Problem 4.5

Session 6. The Letter of Credit

Introduction 5.0; Problem 5.1

Session 7. Enjoining Payment of Letters of Credit

Problem 5.2

Session 8. Standby Letters of Credit

Problem 5.3

Session 9. Resolution of International Disputes

Introduction 11.0; Problem 11.1

Session 10. Choice of Law and Choice of Forum Clauses

Problem 11.2

Session 11. International Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards

Problem 11.4

Session 12. Enforcement of Foreign Judgments

Problem 11.5

Session 13. Most Favored Nation Tariffs

Introduction 6.0; Problem 6.1

Session 14. Free Trade Areas and Customs Unions

Problem 6.4

Session 15. Protecting the Environment

Problem 6.6

Session 16. Subsidies and Countervailing Duties

Introduction 7.0; Problem 7.1

Session 17. Antidumping Duties

Problem 7.2

Session 18. Licensing Exports from the United States

Introduction 8.0; Problem 8.1

Session 19. International Economic Boycotts

Problem 8.2

Problem 20. Questionable Payments to Foreign Officials

Problem 8.3

Session 21. Franchising and Trademark Licensing

Introduction 9.0; Problem 9.1

Session 22. Protection of Intellectual Property

Problem 9.2

Session 23. Patent and Knowhow Licensing

Problem 9.4

Session 24. The Decision and Ways to Invest Abroad

Introduction 10.0; Problem 10.1

Session 25. Issues Confronting the Established Investment

Problem 10.2

Session 26. Foreign Investment in NAFTA

Problem 10.5