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Within the European Union, indeed around the globe, international business transactions (IBTs), typically involving parties whose places of business are in different States, are regulated by a series of specialized rule-sets. These rule-sets are designed to promote “de-nationalization” of international business, thus leveling the commercial playing field, while promoting competition and trade. The internationalization trend affects not only substantive rule-sets (e.g., the law of obligations, including contracts and sales), but also regional and international rules which regulate IBT dispute resolution (by litigation or arbitration) and choice of law (Private International Law: PIL) rules. Internationalization also impacts profoundly on substance, dispute resolution and PIL in “tort” (delict), e.g. product liability. Read the full Course description