PEMNAPMO International Business Law

School of Business Administration in Karvina
Summer 2026
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Tomáš Gongol, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Danuta Duda, Ph.D.
Department of Business Economics and Management – School of Business Administration in Karvina
Contact Person: Ing. Kateřina Matušínská, Ph.D.
Timetable
Thu 10:35–12:10 MS
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FAKULTA(OPF) && TYP_STUDIA(N) && FORMA(P)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 86 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 50/86, only registered: 4/86
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of this course is to provide students necessary knowledge of organizational and contractual ways of entering new markets. It Is focused on understanding and knowledge of legal issues, business sector in international trade. The students will get acquainted with the key issues of legal regulation in the field of international trade business in the conditions of market economy, including the binding application management in the Czech Republic on international trade.
Learning outcomes
The student is oriented in the basic principles and concepts of international trade law, understands its relationship to other branches of law,  the historical development of this area and the various methods of international trade law. The student can  national and international sources of international trade law and  the applicable law for a particular international transaction. The student  analyse and apply different forms of entry into foreign markets, both contractual (e.g. distribution, agency, franchising) and organisational (e.g. establishment of branches, joint ventures). The student is familiar with the regulation of international sales contracts,  the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of   explain the rights and obligations of the contracting parties, the process of concluding contracts and the consequences of their breach. The student understands the meaning of the INCOTERMS Conditions of Delivery and their relation to the contract of sale, as well as the regulation of contracts of carriage in international trade. The student  characterise methods of dispute resolution in an international environment, including judicial and arbitration proceedings, and is familiar with the issue of enforcement of decisions in a cross-border context.   
Syllabus

1.       Introduction to the law of international trade . Definition of the international business law, legal sources and methods of international business law. International element. International, domestic and communitarian legal sources of law. Unification and harmonization of law. Auxiliary sources of law. Direct and conflicting rules. Determination of applicable law.  

2.       Contractual forms of entering foreign markets . Obligations in general. Principles of contractual law. Contracts, changes in obligations, extinction of obligations, subjects of contracts. Characteristics of internationally most used contractual relations, franchising, distributionship contract, business representation contract.  

3.     Organizational forms of entry into foreign markets . Establishing a branch company abroad, establishing a business entity abroad, relocation of a legal entity´s place of business abroad, establishing some of the types of business entity, establishing a joint venture.   

4.       International sale of goods . Sources of legal regulation on international sale of goods, United Nations Convention on Contract for the International Sale of Goods. Contract proposal, acceptance of the proposal and conclusion, significant and insignificant changes of contract conditions. General obligations of seller, delivery of the goods, place of delivery, transfer of the ownership of property, general obligations of the buyer, payment of the price, taking delivery. Liability for breach of contract.                

5.       INCOTERMS and international transport. Characteristics of INCOTERMS and their incorporation into contracts, conditions of their application, different types of commercial terms under INCOTERMS, international trade terms. Contracts concluded in international transport. Legal sources of regulations in international transport, international rail services, international road transport, maritime transport, and international air transport.  

6.       Legal aspects of the settlement of disputes in their relations with international element. Methods of dispute settlement, trial in international trade, determination of territorial jurisdiction, recognition and execution of decision in the EU. Arbitration in international trade. General characteristics of arbitration and its advantages, arbitration agreement in international trade, recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards


Literature
    required literature
  • Gongol, T. (2020). Právo v mezinárodním obchodě: Vybrané otázky smluvního práva v mezinárodním obchodě. SU OPF.
  • Sciskalová, M., & Švarc, Z. (2000). Sbírka případových studií z práva mezinárodního obchodu. SU OPF.
    recommended literature
  • Rozehnalová, N., Valdhans, J., & Kyselovská, T. (2021). Právo mezinárodního obchodu. Včetně problematiky mezinárodního rozhodčího řízení. 4. vydání. Wolters Kluwer ČR, a. s.
  • Poláček, B. (2017). Právo mezinárodního obchodu. Wolters Kluwer ČR, a. s.
Teaching methods
Lecture: mass teaching organized frontally, teaching using case studies, group discussion and group problem solving method, text work.
Assessment methods
Grade
Written exam
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Student requirements: midterm test (40% of the grade), final exam (60% of the grade)
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2016, Winter 2017, Summer 2018, Winter 2018, Winter 2019, Winter 2020, Winter 2021, Summer 2023, summer 2024, Winter 2024, Summer 2025.
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