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International Business Law and Its Environment emphasizes both private and public law. The privatelaw applicable to international business transactions includes the law of international sales, trade finance and letters of credit, distribution agreements, agreements with foreign sales representatives,
licensing agreements, and other governing law.
Content:-
PREFACE
PART ONE:- The Legal Environment of International Business
1 Introduction to International Business
2 International Law and the World’s Legal Systems
3 Resolving International Commercial Disputes
PART TWO:- International Sales, Credits, and the Commercial Transaction
4 Sales Contracts and Excuses for Nonperformance
5 The Documentary Sale and Terms of Trade
6 The Carriage of Goods and the Liability of Air and Sea Carriers
7 Bank Collections, Trade Finance, and Letters of Credit
PART THREE:- International and U.S. Trade Law
8 National Lawmaking Powers and the Regulation of U.S. Trade
9 GATT Law and the World Trade Organization: Basic Principles
10 Laws Governing Access to Foreign Markets
11 Regulating Import Competition and Unfair Trade
12 Imports, Customs, and Tariff Law
13 The Regulation of Exports
14 North American Free Trade Law
15 The European Union and Other Regional Trade Areas
PART FOUR:- Regulation of the International Marketplace
16 International Marketing Law: Sales Representatives, Advertising, and Ethical Issues
17 Licensing Agreements and the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights
18 Host-Country Regulation: Corporate Law, Taxation, and Currency Risk
19 Nationalization, Expropriation, and Privatization
20 Labor and Employment Discrimination Law
21 Environmental Law
22 Regulating the Competitive Environment
APPENDICES All appendices can be found on the companion website, located at
academic.cengage.com/blaw/schaffer
A United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods A-1 (in text and online)
B The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade B-1 (online only)
C Multilateral Agreements on Trade in Goods (Selected Provisions) C-1 (online only)
D General Agreement on Trade in Services (Selected Provisions) D-1 (online only)
E Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights E-1 (online only)
F North American Free Trade Agreement F-1 (online only)
Author Details
"RICHARD SCHAFFER" is Professor Emeritus of Business Law (retired) in the Department of Finance of the Walker College of Business at Appalachian State University.
"FILIBERTO AGUSTI" is a partner in the international law firm of Steptoe & Johnson LLP, where
he has practiced law since 1978. Mr. Agusti has authored articles for the Harvard Law Review and
other legal publications.Mr. Agusti was law clerk to the U.S. Court of Appeals
for the Second Circuit in 1977–78. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School, where he was a senior editor of the Harvard Law Review.
"BEVERLEY EARLE" is a professor in the Law, Taxation, and Financial Planning Department and
the McCallum Graduate School of Business at Bentley College, Waltham, Massachusetts, where
she has been on the faculty since 1983.
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