Chapter One Introduction to International Business Law
I. What is International Business Law?
II. History of International Business Law
Ⅲ. Sources of International Business Law
A. National Law
B. International Treaties and Conventions
C. International Model Law
D. International Trade Customs and Usages
IV. International Organizations
A. Organizations Affiliated with the United Nations
B. Other International Organizations
V. Comparison of Municipal Legal Systems
A. The Roman Germanic Civil Law System
B. The Anglo American Common Law System
VI. International Business Law and China
Chapter Two Forms of International Business
I. Some International Trade Theories
A. Specialization
B. Absolute Advantage
C. Comparative Advantage
D. Opportunity Cost
Ⅱ. Exporting
A. Direct Exporting
B. Indirect Exporting
III. Government Controls over Trade
A. Tariffs
B. Nontariff Barriers to Trade
C. Export Restrictions
IV. International Licensing Agreement
A. Technology Transfer
B. International Franchising
Chapter Three Legal System of International Business
I. United Nations Convention on Contracts for the
International Sale of Goods (CISG)
A The Development of International Business Law
B. The Drafting of the CISG
C. Applicability of the CISG
D. Interpreting of the CISG
Case 3—1 Raffles v .Wichelhaus and Another
II. UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial
Contracts (PICC)
A. Origin and Preparation of the UNIDROIT PICC
B. Structure and Scope of the UNIDROIT PICC
C. General Principles of the UNIDROIT PICC
D. The purposes of the UNIDROIT PICC
E. Comparison of the UNIDROIT PICC and CISG
Ⅲ. International Rules for the Interpretation of Trade
Terms
A. Concept and Role of Trade Terms
B. Contents of Incoterms 2000
C. FOB (free on board) (port of shipment)
D. CIF (cost, insurance and freight) (port of
destination)
E. Modification of Trade Terms
Case 3—2 Kumar Corporation v. Nopal Lines, Ltd
Chapter Four Contract Law for the International Sale of
Goods
I. Definition and Form of Contract
A. Definition of Contract
B. Form of Contract
Ⅱ. Validity and Formation of International Sale of
Contracts
A. Invitation Offer
B. The Offer
C. The Acceptance
D. Battle of the Forms
Case 4—1 Filanto v Chilewich International
Corporation
E. Consideration in Common Law
Case 4—2 Hamer v. Sidway
Case 4—3 Fiege v Boehm
Ⅲ. Misrepresentation
A. Fraudulent Misrepresentation
B. Innocent Misrepresentation
C. Negligent (innocent) Misrepresentation
IV. Mistakes
A. Common Law
B. Civil Law
C. The UNIDROIT PICC
D. China Contract Law
V. Fraud
A. Common Law
Case 4—4 Stambovsky v. Ackley
B. Civil Law
C. The UNIDROIT PICC
D. China Contract Law
VI. Duress
A. Common Law
B. Civil Law
C. The UNIDROIT PICC
D. China Contract Law
Ⅶ. Undue Influence and Unconscionable (unjust) Conduct
A. Common Law
Case 4—5 Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd , v.
Amadio
B. Civil Law
C. The UNIDROIT PICC
D. China Contract Law
Chapter Five Contract Law for the International Sale of
Goods (continued)
I. Remedies for Breach of Contract
A. General Principles of Remedies
Case 5—1 Prutch v. Ford Motor Company
B. Buyer’s Remedies
C. Seller’s Remedies
D. Remedies Available to Both Buyers and Sellers
Case 5—2 Delchi Carrier, SpA v. Rotorex Corporation
Ⅱ. Anticipatory Breach of Contract and Exceptio non
Adimpleti Contractus in Civil Law
A. Anticipatory Breach in Common Law
B. Exceptio non Adimpleti Contractus in Civil Law
Ⅲ. Liquidated Damages
A. Common Law
B. Civil Law
C. The UNIDROIT PICC
D. China Contract Law
Ⅳ. Obligations of the Seller and the Buyer
A. Seller’s Obligations
B. Buyer’s Obligations
Case 5—3 The Natural Gas Case
V. Passing of Risk
A. Common Law
B. The CISG
C. China Contract Law
VI. Passing of Property
A. Common Law
B. The CISG
C. China Contract Law
Ⅶ. Excuses for Nonperformance
A. Common Law
Case 5—4 Transatlantic Financing Corporation v.
United States
B. The UNIDROIT PICC
C. The CISG
D. Force Majeure Clauses
Chapter Six Carriage of Goods by Sea and Marine Cargo
Insurance
I. Charterparties
A. Voyage Charterparties
B. Time Charterparties
C. Charterparties by Demise
Ⅱ. Bills of Lading
A. Laws of Bills of Lading
B. Characteristics of the Bills of Lading
C. Transfer of Property under A Bill of Lading
D. Carrier’s Duties under A Bill of Lading
E. Carrier’s Immunities
F. Delayed Bills of Lading
G. Frauds on Bills of Lading
Ⅲ. Marine Cargo Insurance
A. Marine Insurance Policies and Certificates
B. Perils and Losses
C. Insurance Cover
Chapter Seven Finance of International Trade
I. The Bill of Exchange
A. Origin of Bills of Exchange
B. The Law Governing Bills of Exchange
C. Types of Bills of Exchange
D. General Requirements and Rights of the Holder in
Due Course
E. Common Procedures in Handling Bills of Exchange
II. Collection of Documentary Bills Through Banks
A. Types of Collection
B. Advantages of Collection
Ⅲ. Letters of Credit (L/C)
A. Law Applicable to Letters of Credit
B. Types of Letters of Credit
C. The Stages of Arranging and Advising A Letter of
Credit
D. Independence Principles and Rule of Strict
Compliance
E. Fraud Exception in Letters of Credit Transaction
Case 7－1 Sztejn v. Henry Schroeder Banking Corp
IV. International Factoring
A. Definition and Historical Development
B. Obligations of the Parties
C. Advantages of International Factoring for Chinese
Merchants
Chapter Eight Partnership Law
I. Definition and Creation of a Partnership
A. Definition
B. Creation of a Partnership
II. Property of a Partnership
A. Scope of Partnership Property
B. Ownership and Possession
C. Creditors of Partners
Ⅲ. Partners’Rights and Duties
A. Right to Compensation
B. Duty of Loyalty and Good Faith
C. Duty of Care in Partnership Business
D. Enforcement of Partnership Rights and Liabilities
IV. Dissolution of the Partnership
A. Nonwrongful Dissolution
B. Wrongful Dissolution
C. Automatic Dissolution
D. Dissolution by Court Order
V. Winding Up
A. Powers during Winding up
B. Duties of Partners during Winding up
C. Compensation for Winding up
Chapter Nine The Law of Corporations
I. History and Nature of Corporations
A. History of Corporations
B. The Principal Characteristics of the Corporation
C. Promoters
D. Piercing the Corporate Veil and Related Problems
II. Sources of Corporate Financing
A. Common Stock
B. Debt Securities
Ⅲ. Shareholders’ Rights and Liabilities
A. Shareholders’ Meetings
B. Shareholders’ Election of Directors
C. Fundamental Corporate Changes
D. Shareholders’ Inspection and Information Rights
E. Distribution to Shareholders
F. Shareholders’ Lawsuits
G. Shareholders’ Liabilities
IV. Management of Corporations
A. The Board of Directors
B. Officers of the Corporation «
C. Directors’ and Officer’s Duties to the Corporation
V. Termination of Corporations
A. Dissolution by Agreement
B. Involuntary Dissolution
Chapter Ten Law of Foreign Investment Enterprises of
China
I. China’s Fundamental Policies for Encouraging
Foreign Investments
A. Sources of Foreign Investment Law of China
B. More Sectors Opened
C. Categories of Investment Projects
D. Government Guarantees
II. Law of the People’s Republic of China on Chinese
Foreign Equity Joint Ventures
A. Definition and Legal Characteristics
B. Establishment and Registration
C. Sources of Investment
D.Administrative Management
E. Liquidation
Ⅲ. Law of the People’s Republic of China on Chinese
Foreign Contractual Joint Ventures
A. Definition and Leg»l Characteristics
B. Establishment of China Contractual Joint Ventures
C. Administrative Management
D. Distribution of Earnings and Recovery of
Investments
IV. Law of the People’s Republic of China on Foreign
Capital Enterprises
A. Establishment of China Foreign Capital Enterprises
B. Business Form and Registered Capital
C. Methods of Investment Contribution
Chapter Eleven Intellectual Property Right Law
I. The Creation of Intellectual Property Rights
A. Copyrights
B. Patents
C. Trademarks
D. Know-how
II. International Provisions
A. Comprehensive Agreements
B. Artistic Property Agreements
C. Industrial Property Agreements
Ⅲ. International Licensing Agreements
A. Characteristics of International Licensing
Agreements
B. Major Issues in International Licensing Agreements
Chapter Twelve GATT and WTO Law
I. The Founding of GATT
A. Trade Barriers
B. Trade Liberalization Through Cooperation
C. Scope and Coverage of GATT 1947 and GATT 1994
II. Major Principles of GATT 1994
A. Multilateral Trade Negotiations
B. Most-favorednation Treatment
C. National Treatment
D. Tariff-based Import Restriction
Ⅲ. The World Trade Organization (WTO)
A. The WTO and the Economic Globalization
B. Legal Structure of the WTO
C. WTO Antidumping Agreement
IV. WTO Dispute Settlement Procedures
A. Deficiencies in the GATT 1947 Dispute Process
B. WTO Dispute Settlement Procedures
Chapter Thirteen The Law of Agency
I. Creation of Agency
A. Formation
B. Capacity
C. Nondelegable Duties
Ⅱ. Duties of Agent and Principal
A. Duties of Agent to Principal
B. Duties of Principal to Agent
Case 13—1 Willis v Champlain Cable Corp
Ⅲ. Termination of an Agency
A. Act of the Parties
B. Operation of Law
C. Post-Termination Relationship
IV. Third Party Relations of the Principal and the
Agent
A. Contract Liability of the Principal
B. Contract Liability of the Agent
Chapter Fourteen International Commercial Dispute
Settlement
I. Settlement of Disputes through Municipal Courts
A. Jurisdiction and Venue
Case 14—1 In Re Union Carbide Corporation Gas Plant
Disaster at Bhopal
B. Enforcement of Foreign Judgment
II. International Tribunals
A. International Court of Justice
B. International Center for the Settlement of
Investment Disputes
Ⅲ. Alternative Dispute Resolution
A. Negotiation
B. Mediation
C. Mini-trial
IV. Commercial Arbitration
A. Definition and Special Features
B. The Applicable Procedure Law
C. The Applicable Substantive Law
D. Arbitration Agreement and Arbitration Clauses
E. Recognition and Enforcement of Awards
F. Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards in the
People’s Republic of China
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