This module seeks to introduce students to the concepts and practice of international business law. The specific aims of this module are to:

Develop students understanding of the concepts of international business and ability to make connections between law, international business and governance relevant to their experience and practice.
Provide students with the knowledge and tools enabling them to evaluate the way in which businesses and organisations address ongoing and emerging governance challenges in the global business environment.
Encourage students to delineate the legal, economic, cultural and political considerations that contribute to understandings of good governance as well as drawing on their own organisational context and experiences.
Facilitate the use of effective methods for communicating current contemporary issues facing international business to peers, businesses and society.

(LO1) Students will be able to demonstrate understanding of the concepts of international business.

(LO2) Students will be able to use the knowledge and tools to make connections between law, international business, and governance relevant to their experience and practice.

(LO3) Students will be able to evaluate the way in which businesses and organisations address ongoing and emerging governance challenges in the global business environment.

(LO4) Students will be able to delineate the legal, economic, cultural and political considerations that contribute to understandings of good governance in international business.

(LO5) Students will be able to use effective methods for communicating current contemporary issues facing international business to peers, businesses and society.

(LRE1) Problem solving.
Students will be encouraged to think critically about key governance issues and their own experiences to scrutinise the rationale and assumptions underpinning the interaction between law, international business and instruments used in practice. This will be evidenced by engaging in relevant research, mobilising knowledge, synthesising information, analysing alternative perspectives and options and presenting a reasoned and coherent response or advice.

(LRE2) Reflective Practice.
The teaching, learning, and assessment strategy in this module ensures that students are exposed to diverse ideas and values associated with the concepts and practices of international business from a national, international and global perspective.

(LRE3) Understanding of International Business Law Issues
The module content as well as independent reading, discussion and inquiry will address issues relevant to international business such as governance, accountability, and liability.

(LRE4) Research, Communication, and IT fluency.
Students will have opportunities to demonstrate research, communication, and IT skills during the course of research, participation and submission of assessments.

(LRE5) Time management and planning.
Students evidence their assumption of responsibility for management of their assignments and ability to meet deadlines.

Introduction to International Business Law: Concepts, Themes and Practice
Rationale for Structures for Accountability, Responsibility and Liability in International Business
International Business and Structures for Corporate Decision-Making e.g., economic justifications for accountability and responsibility.
Governance Models and Issues e.g., Directors, Shareholders and Stakeholders
Liability Regimes for Global Corporations
International Business and Commercial Contracts

The Learning and Teaching Strategy has been guided by the Liverpool Curriculum Framework. This includes the emphasis placed on the value of developing module content informed by current and cutting-edge research in the relevant subject area (s) and needs of professionals in the business and commercial sector. Students will be provided with relevant knowledge of contemporary business and commercial contexts, as well as equipping them with the skills necessary to enable them to demonstrate their ability to critically engage with current and emerging issues encountered in the International Business Law environment.
The module will primarily be delivered through a series of e-lectures, delivered through a variety of methods, covering key concepts, themes, issues and case studies. These will be supported by individual online tasks such as, case studies, interactive exercises, use of IT tools and discussion boards, which will be used to develop and apply learning. These activities wil l be moderated by the module instructor. Students will also be directed to key academic and practitioner readings to further develop their learning.