Il corso è volto a sviluppare la conoscenza del candidato di quella parte del diritto del commercio internazionale che ha a che fare con i documenti. Contratti di compravendita e credito documentario fanno affidamento esclusivo sullo scambio di documenti ed il diritto ad essi applicabile è complesso e fonte di continue controversie.

1. Introduction to international trade law and the role of documents
2. CIF and FOB contracts: trade practice and applicable law
3. Dual mode performance: goods and documents
4. Documentary duties under the trading contract: What documents must the seller tender?
5. The bill of lading and access to the goods: To whose order must the bill be made out?

6. The bill of lading and what it says about the goods
7. The bill of lading and the terms of the contract of carriage: Deck, transhipment, voyage and freight clauses in bills of lading
8. The commercial invoice
9. Insurance and other documents
10. Who’s who in the letter of credit chain: banks, buyers and sellers in their various contracts
11. The buyer’s duty to open the letter of credit: when, where and how many documents
12. The UCP 600: their basic structure and legal role
13. The banks’ responsibilities in screening (and rejecting) the documents
14. Tender of shipping documents as receipts under the UCP600
15. Tender of the contract of carriage under the UCP600
16. The buyer’s key – the banker’s security: Order bills of lading; Straight Bills of Lading; Seawaybills
17. Surviving rejection and curing defects: The consequences of wrongful rejection and the consequences of wrongful acceptance by the buyer and by the banks.
18. E-documents, e-tender and e-problems.