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LW4613 - Private International Law

Offering Academic Unit
School of Law
Credit Units
3
Course Duration
One Semester
Pre-requisite(s)
(LW2600 and LW3666) or (LW2604A and LW2604B)
Course Offering Term*:
Not offering in current academic year

* The offering term is subject to change without prior notice
 
Course Aims

The course provides students with basic practical and legal knowledge of nature, rules, and mechanism of private international law (or commonly known as ‘conflict of laws’) and encourage students to discover solutions and solve problems in cases involving ‘foreign elements’.
 
The course will cover following main aspects:

  1. Introduction to private international law and its basic concepts (e.g. connecting factors, incidental questions, classification / characterisation / doctrine of renvoi);
  2. Choice of Jurisdiction;
  3. Choice of Law; and
  4. Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments and/or Foreign Arbitral Awards.

Assessment (Indicative only, please check the detailed course information)
Continuous Assessment: 50%
Examination: 50%
Examination Duration: 2 hours
 
Detailed Course Information
LW4613.pdf

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