Comparative Commercial Law

The objective of the course is to provide the student with notions of comparative law and useful knowledge in the context of productive or associative realities that work with international trade. In particular, it is proposed to introduce her/him to the complexity of national legal traditions as a prerequisite for deepening, in the second and third modules, elements relating to international trade law, specifically some of the most frequent contracts between companies, commercial practices and elements on the methods of dispute resolution.

The student will have a historical-comparative overview of the main European and non-European legal traditions, which will allow her/him to formulate independent judgments on them and to critically approach her/his own national legal system. Furthermore, she/he will be able to understand the dynamism and complexity of the discipline of international contracts and, in particular, of the contract for the sale of goods. She/He will know the main commercial terms used in the sale and will acquire elements to understand the dynamics of the resolution of international disputes through commercial arbitration.