Events Institute Arbitration Moot Student Essay Comp. This course deals with the law relating to marine commerce and navigation, including carriage of goods under bills of lading, charter parties, maritime liens and ship mortgages, salvage, general average, collision, marine torts and injuries, limitation of liability, marine insurance, and admiralty jurisdiction. This course is designed to provide an understanding of the main areas of U.S. immigration practice. The course reviews statutory provisions, administrative regulations and case law as they relate to the key concepts of nonimmigrant, immigrant, admission procedures, exclusion, deportation, political asylum and citizenship.
Students also explore the relationship of immigration law to employment law and tax law.
This is a comprehensive course in the private aspects of international trade, involving an examination of the sources of international trade law, trade documents, trade terms, the international sale of goods, transport law, the financing of exports, settlement of disputes, and the international unification of trade law. The role of the United Nations and other multilateral agencies is examined. This course offers an introduction to international banking and securities transactions and their regulation in the United States, the European Community, Japan, and the Euromarkets. A paper option in lieu of a final examination is available. The seminar is divided in two parts.