International, Transnational, and Comparative Business Transactions [Connected eBook]

by Anderson, Rachel

• ISBN13: 9781543813845
• ISBN10: 1543813844
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781543857399
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2025-09-15
• Publisher: Aspen Publishing
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International, Transnational, and Comparative Business Transactions captures many of the contexts in which legal practitioners today may encounter domestic, foreign, international, and transnational laws, rules, regulations, and customs that govern cross-border transactions. Employing a unique experiential approach to examining international business issues and using real-life teaching problems, along with comprehensive and well-balanced coverage, this casebook provides a captivating context in which students can define and understand contemporary international business law.

Professors and students will benefit from:

• Information and readings about the laws in many countries around the world with a wide range of economies and political environments.
• A robust selection of U.S. Supreme Court and lower court cases on U.S. laws that govern business transactions with other countries.
• Excerpts from treaties and agreements around the world.
• A standard chapter structure used throughout the book:
• Introduction: Establishes a context for the Issues and Examples, Global Developments, Questions, Comments, and Resources that follow.
• Summaries: Provides a brief overview of the readings in that chapter.
• Issues and Examples: Includes readings such as U.S. statutes, treaties, multi- and bi-lateral trade agreements, and more.
• Global Developments: Focuses on real-life developments reported in the U.S. Library of Congress, Global Legal Monitor, and trade news and other media sources directed toward businesses or the general public.
• Questions, Comments, and Resources: Follows up on the chapter's readings and offers students opportunities to engage in research outside the bounds of the casebook and to actively engage with laws around the world.

Table of Contents

SUMMARY OF CONTENTS

Contents 
Preface 
Acknowledgments 

Chapter 1. International, Transnational, and Comparative Law (ITC Law) 
Chapter 2. Jurisdiction 
Chapter 3. Cross-Border Contracts
Chapter 4. Regulation of International Trade 
Chapter 5. Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements 
Chapter 6. Import and Export 
Chapter 7. Trade Restrictions 
Chapter 8. Corporate Governance 
Chapter 9. Securities and Capital Markets 
Chapter 10. Foreign Direct Investment 
Chapter 11. Expropriation 
Chapter 12. Mergers and Acquisitions 
Chapter 13. Banking 
Chapter 14. Intellectual Property 
Chapter 15. Currency 
Chapter 16. Consumer Protection 
Chapter 17. International Development 
Chapter 18. Environment 
Chapter 19. Social Issues and Human Rights 
Chapter 20. Competition and Antitrust 
Chapter 21. Anti-Money Laundering 
Chapter 22. Anti-Corruption 
Chapter 23. Tax 
Chapter 24. Crisis, Disaster, and Emergency Management 
Chapter 25. Immunities 
Chapter 26. Dispute Settlement 

Table of Cases 
Table of Treaties and Conventions 
Table of Countries 
Table of Regional Trading Groups 
Table of International Trade Organizations and Associations 
Index