Welcome to intla.ch,
the e-learning platform for International Business Law
This platform is written for my students in the international Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, and for anyone who wants to understand how business law works across borders. I looked for a textbook on international business law suitable for business students and did not find one, so I decided to write it myself: open access, directly online, and as a work in progress that is continuously updated. As Paul Arden put it: «Give away everything you know, and more will come back to you.»
Legal rules differ from country to country. intla.ch therefore focuses on the concepts that matter in international business and shows how they are applied in practice. Where concrete examples are needed, we refer to Swiss law and Swiss case law as a well-documented reference system, alongside international instruments such as the CISG and EU law. Whatever your home jurisdiction, the aim is that you can transfer what you learn here to your own legal environment.
Teaching and learning concept
intla.ch is taught in a flipped classroom: students study the material independently, including interaction with the intla.ch Tutor. Class time is used for discussion and for deepening the material through practical case studies, making use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as Claude, ChatGPT & Co.
Learning with artificial intelligence
The intla.ch Tutor is a chatbot that draws its information exclusively from this platform. You can open and close it via the blue speech-bubble button at the bottom left of every page. The Tutor is an e-learning tool, not a legal adviser. AI and its legal implications are also a recurring theme throughout intla.ch. intla.ch and its Tutor are an educational platform and do not provide legal advice.
Ueli Grüter, LL.M., Attorney-at-Law, Lecturer, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts