Global Business Law : Principles and Practice,9780890896839

Global Business Law : Principles and Practice

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ISBN10: 0890896836
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Pub. Date: 1999-08-01
Publisher(s): Carolina Academic Pr
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Table of Contents

Table of Cases
xv
Preface to the First Edition xix
Acknowledgments xxiii
PART I EXPORTING
Formation of the Export Contract
5(56)
Introduction
5(7)
The CISG and Its Background
6(1)
Uniform Interpretation of the 1980 Uniform Sales Law
6(1)
Franco Ferrari
International Commercial Custom (The New Lex Mercatoria)
7(1)
The New Lex Mercatoria and the Harmonization of the Laws of International Commercial Transactions
7(2)
Bercado M. Cremades
Steven L. Plehn
The UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts
9(1)
Contract Formation Under the UNIDROIT Principles of International Contracts, UCC, Restatement, and CISG
9(1)
David A. Levy
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and Incoterms
10(1)
Incoterms 1980, in the Transnational Law of International Commercial Transactions
11(1)
Jan Ramberg
Does the CISG Apply to My Contract?
12(26)
GPL Treatment, Ltd. v. Louisiana-Pacific Corp.
12(5)
Case Abstract, UNCITRAL Taxts (CLOUT), Abstract No. 104
17(1)
Oberlandesgericht, Frankfurt Am Main, September 17, 1991
17(3)
Helen Kaminski PTY. Ltd. v. Marketing Australian Products, Inc.
20(1)
The CISG and the Distributor Agreement
21(2)
``Handcuffs'' Clauses in International Contracts: Basic Reflections on the Autonomy of the Parties to Choose the Proper Law for Their Contracts
23(2)
Otto Sandrock
Beijing Metals & Minerals Import/Export Corp. v. American Bus. Ctr., Inc.
25(7)
MCC-Marble Ceramic Center, Inc. v. Ceramica Nuova D'Agostino, S.P.A.
32(6)
Contract Formation
38(23)
Overview
38(1)
The Convention for the International Sale of Goods: A Handbook of Basic Materials
38(1)
The Offer
39(1)
Case Abstract, UNCITRAL Texts (CLOUT), Abstract No. 106
40(1)
The Supreme Court of the Republic of Hungary
41(7)
The Acceptance
48(1)
Court of Appeals (Oberlandesgericht) of Cologne, Germany February 22, 1994, Index No. 22 U 202/93
49(4)
Filanto, S.P.A. v. Chilewich International Corp.
53(5)
Contract Formation Under the UNIDROIT Principles of Internatinal Contracts
58(3)
David A. Levy
Performance of the Export Contract
61(128)
Conformity of the Goods and Third Party Claims
61(27)
Warranties
61(1)
The Revision of UCC Article 2, Sales in Light of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods
61(1)
Richard E. Speidel
T.J. Stevenson & Co. v. 81, 1193 Bags of Flour
62(3)
Federal Supreme Court (Bundesgerichtshof), Civil Panel VIII
65(7)
Warranty Disclaimers
72(1)
The Revision of UCC Article 2, Sales in Light of the United Nations International Sale of Goods
72(1)
Richard E. Speidel
Case Abstract, UNCITRAL texts (CLOUT), Abstract No. 168
73(1)
Third Party Claims
74(1)
Jeanneret v. Vichey
74(5)
Notice
79(1)
Court of Appeals (Oberlandesgericht) of Dusseldorf
80(3)
Final Judgment Rendered by the District Court (Landgericht) of Munchen, Germany
83(2)
Privity
85(1)
Randy Knitwear, Inc. v. American Cyanamid Co.
85(3)
Exemptions
88(46)
A Note on the Commentary of the 1980 Vienna Convention
89(1)
Peter Winship
Text of Secretariat Commentary on Article 65 of the 1978 Draft
89(4)
Case Abstract, UNCITRAL Texts (CLOUT), Abstract No. 168
93(1)
Nuova Fucinati S.P.A. v. Fondmetall International A.B., Tribunale di Monza
94(3)
Award of August 26, 1989, Case No. 6281, ICC Yearbook Commercial Arbitration XV 96 (1990)
97(5)
Force Majeure and Hardship Under the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts
102(2)
Joseph M. Perillo
Societe Franco Tunisienne D'Armement v. Sidermar
104(8)
Tsakiroglou & Co., Ltd. v. Noblee & Thorl G.M.B.H.
112(16)
Ocean Tramp Tankers Corporation v. V/O Sovfracht
128(6)
Delivery Obligations of the Seller
134(18)
Incoterms and UCC Article 2---Conflicts and Confusions
135(5)
John A. Spanogle
Case Abstract, UNCITRAL Texts (CLOUT), Abstract No. 207
140(1)
Case Abstract, UNCITRAL Texts (CLOUT), Abstract No. 47
140(1)
Phillips Puerto Rico Core, Inc. v. Tradax Petroleum Ltd.
141(6)
CEP Interagra SA v. Select Trading GMBH, Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court 1990)
147(5)
Payment Obligation of the Buyer
152(10)
Magyar Kereskedelmi es Iparkamara, Mellett Szervezett, Valasztottbirosag
153(4)
Case Abstract, UNCITRAL Texts (CLOUT), Abstract No. 93
157(1)
Specific topics of the CISG in the Light of Judicial Application and Scholarly Writing
158(3)
Franco Ferrari
Case Abstract, UNCITRAL Texts (CLOUT), Abstract No. 80
161(1)
Risk of Loss
162(27)
Practice Under the Convention on International Sale of Goods (CISG): A Primer for Attorneys and International Traders (Part II)
162(2)
Louis F. Del Duca
Patrick Del Duca
Case Abstract, UNCITRAL Texts (CLOUT), Abstract No. 191
164(1)
Case Abstract, UNCITRAL Texts (CLOUT), Abstract No. 91
165(1)
David Crystal, Inc., v. The Cunard Steam Ship Co. Ltd.
166(4)
Allied Chemical International Corp., v. Companhia de Navegacao Lloyd Brasileiro
170(7)
Brooklyn Overall Export Company Ltd. v. Amerford International Corp.
177(2)
Unimac Company, Inc., v. C.F. Ocean Service, Inc.
179(3)
International Mining Corp. v. Aerovias Nacionales de Columbia S.A.
182(1)
Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company v. Alitalia Airlines
183(6)
Remedies for Breach of the Export Contract
189(56)
The Concept of Fundamental Breach
189(4)
Oberlandesgericht Frankfurt Am Main
189(2)
Case Abstract, UNCITRAL Texts (CLOUT), Abstract No. 6
191(1)
Case Abstract, UNCITRAL Texts (CLOUT), Abstract No. 154
192(1)
Avoidance of the Contract
193(15)
Case Abstract, UNCITRAL Texts (CLOUT), Abstract No. 136
194(1)
Case Abstract, UNCITRAL Texts (CLOUT), Abstract No. 82
195(1)
Case Abstract, UNCITRAL Texts (CLOUT), Abstract No. 7
195(2)
Roder Zelt-Und Hallenkonstruktionen GMBH v. Rosedown Park Ltd and Reginald R. Eustace
197(8)
Remedies Under the New International Sales Convention: The Perspective From Article 2 of the U.C.C.
205(3)
Harry M. Flechtner
Specific Performance
208(6)
Court of Appeals (Oberlandesgericht) of Hamm, Germany
209(2)
Morales Y/O Son Export, S.A. Dec. v. Nez Marketing
211(3)
Damages
214(21)
Delchi Carrier SPA v. Rotorex Corp.
215(6)
Case Abstract, UNCITRAL Texts (CLOUT), Abstract No. 166
221(1)
Final Award in Case No. 7585 OF 1992
222(5)
UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts: The Black Letter Text and a Review
227(1)
Joseph M. Perillo
Final Award in Case No. 7531 OF 1994
227(2)
Case Abstract, UNCITRAL Texts (CLOUT), Abstract No. 130
229(1)
Neri v. Retail Marine Corp.
230(3)
Case Abstract, UNCITRAL Texts (CLOUT), Abstract No. 133
233(2)
The Price Reduction Remedy
235(3)
The Remedy of Reduction of Price
235(1)
Eric E. Bergsten
Anthony J. Miller
More U.S. Decisions on the U.N. Sales Convention: Scope, Parol Evidence, ``Validity'' and Reduction of Price Under Article 50
236(1)
Harry M. Flechtner
Case Abstract, UNCITRAL Texts (CLOUT), Abstract No. 56
237(1)
Anticipatory Breach and Installment Contracts
238(4)
Case Abstract, UNCITRAL Texts (CLOUT), Abstract No. 51
241(1)
Case Abstract, UNCITRAL Texts (CLOUT), Abstract No. 124
241(1)
What If the Buyer Importer Goes Bankrupt?
242(3)
Cross-Border Payments
245(140)
Importing/Exporting and Commercial Letters of Credit
245(38)
Transactional Aspects of Commercial L/Cs
245(1)
The Immunization of Fraudulently Procured Letter of Credit Acceptances: All Services Exportacao, Importacao Comercio, S.A. v. Banco Bamerindus Do Brazil, S.A. and First Commercial v. Gotham Originals
245(2)
Boris Kozolchyk
Urquhart Lindsay and Company, Limited v. Eastern Bank, Limited
247(2)
The Proper Law
249(1)
Power Curber International Ltd. v. National Bank of Kuwait
249(8)
Defects in Documents and Strict Compliance
257(1)
Equitable Trust Company of New York v. Davson Partners, Ltd.
257(9)
Voest-Alpine International Corporation v. Chase Manhattan Bank
266(4)
Beyene v. Irving Trust Company
270(2)
The Independence Principle and Its Exceptions
272(1)
Maurice O'Meara Company v. National Park Bank of New York
272(5)
Sztejn v. J. Henry Schroder Banking Corporation
277(2)
United Bank Limited v. Cambridge Sporting Goods Corp.
279(4)
Securing Performance and Standby Letters of Credit
283(31)
Transactional Aspects of Standby L/Cs
284(1)
The Emerging Law of Standby Letters of Credit and Bank Guarantees
284(7)
Boris Kozolchyk
Standby L/Cs Versus Guarantees
291(1)
Banque Paribas v. Hamilton Industries International, Inc.
291(4)
Expiration of Standby L/Cs
295(1)
Exxon Company, U.S.A. v. Banque de Paris et des Pays Bas
295(5)
Enjoining Payment on a Standby L/C
300(1)
Stromberg-Carlson Corporation v. Bank Melli Iran
300(1)
American Bell International, Inc. v. Islamic Republic of Iran
301(7)
Harris Corporation v. National Iranian Radio and Television
308(6)
Export Credits
314(12)
Wire Transfers
326(59)
Transactional and Legal Overview
326(18)
The Relationship Between Wire Transfer Law and Other Law
344(1)
Sheerbonnet, Ltd. v. American Express Bank, Ltd.
344(9)
Political Risk and Cross Border Payments
353(1)
Libyan Arab Foreign Bank v. Bankers Trust Co.
353(32)
PART II FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
Negotiating and Structuring the Deal
385(92)
Trends in FDI
385(22)
Basic Concepts and Patterns
385(6)
The Historical Development of Multinational Corporate Networks
391(1)
Where Are the Multinational Headed?
391(14)
Raymond Vernon
The Link Between FDI and International Trade
405(1)
An Ownership Based Disaggregation of the U.S. Current Account
405(2)
Obie G. Whichard
Jeffrey H. Lowe
Negotiating FDI Deals
407(31)
International Commercial Agreements
407(7)
William F. Fox Jr.
Making Global Deals
414(13)
Jeswald W. Salacuse
Cross-Cultural Awareness, in the ABA Guide to International Business Negotiations
427(2)
David A. Victor
International Negotiations: A Cultural Perspective, in the ABA Guide to International Business Negotiations Robert C. Ciricillo et al.
429(9)
Types of FDI
438(39)
International Project Finance
477(48)
Syndicated Loans and Registration-Exempt Securities
477(22)
A Latin American Case Study
499(12)
Financing Infrastructure Projects in the International Capital Markets: The Tribasa Toll Road Trust
499(12)
Peter V. Darrow
Internationalization of Capital Markets and the Problem of Integrated Disclosure
511(14)
Hegemony or Deference: U.S. Disclosure Requirements in the International Capital Markets
511(14)
Edward F. Greene
Political Risk
525(84)
The Concept of ``Political Risk''
525(7)
Expropriation
532(41)
Overview
532(9)
The Act of State Defense
541(1)
Banco Nacional de Cuba v. Sabbatino
541(18)
The Sovereign Immunity Defense
559(1)
Verlinden B.V. v. Central Bank of Nigeria
560(5)
Letelier v. Republic of Chile
565(8)
Political Risk Management
573(36)
Overview
573(9)
OPIC
582(1)
Revere Copper and Brass, Inc. v. Overseas Private Investment Corporation
582(2)
Enron and India
584(25)
Currency Risk
609(46)
Foreign Exchange Markets and Rates
609(6)
Fixed or Flexible?
609(6)
Francesco Caramazza
Jahangir Aziz
Foreign Exchange`Instruments and Hedging
615(13)
Risk Trade-Offs in the Foreign Exchange Spot, Forward and Derivative Markets
615(13)
Raj Bhala
The Relationship Between Currency Risk and Political Risk
628(3)
Coping with Exchange Controls
631(24)
The IMF's Article VIII, Section 2(b) and Scurpulosity
631(5)
Sir Joseph Gold
Foreign Exchange Controls and Repatriation
636(9)
David Reid
Banco Do Brasil, S.A. v. A.C. Israel Commodity Co.
645(3)
United City Merchants (Investments) Ltd. v. Royal Bank of Canada
648(7)
PART III REGULATORY CHALLENGES
Regulating Foreign Direct Investment
655(60)
Challenges Posed by FDI
655(6)
Claudio Grossman and Daniel D. Bradlow, Are We Being Propelled Towards A People-Centered Transnational Legal Order?
655(6)
Multilateral Initiatives to Regulate FDI
661(18)
The Uruguay Round Trims Agreement
661(1)
Towards a More Comprehensive World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade Related Investment Measures
662(13)
Robert H. Edwards
Simon N. Lester
Towards a Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI)?
675(1)
Developing Countries and the Framework for Negotiations on Foreign Direct Investment in the World Trade Organization
675(4)
Eric M. Burt
Plurilaeral Initiatives on FDI: The OECD Guidelines
679(2)
Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development, Declaration on International Investment and Multinational Enterprises
679(2)
Regional Initiatives on FDI: NAFTA Chapter 11
681(5)
North American Free Trade Agreement, Statement of Administrative Action, Chapter Eleven: Investment
681(5)
Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs)
686(9)
United Nations Centre on Transnational Corporations & International Chamber of Commerce
686(7)
United States Department of State, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs
693(2)
FDI and National Security
695(1)
Authorities Relating to Political or Economic Security
695(20)
United States General Accounting Office, Foreign Investment---Foreign Laws and Policies Addressing National Security Concerns
696(19)
Regulating Multinational Corporate Conduct
715(162)
Corruption and MNCs
715(43)
Is Corruption Bad?
715(1)
Corruption as an International Policy Problem: Overview and Recommendations, in Corruption and the Global Economy
715(17)
Kimberly Ann Elliott
Is Corruption Cultural?
732(1)
Cultural Differences in the Crusade Against International Bribery: Rice Cake Expenses in Korea and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
732(4)
Joongi Kim
Jong B. Kim
Regulatory Interests Versus Business Interests?
736(19)
Lamb v. Phillip Morris, Inc.
755(3)
Human Rights and MNCs
758(94)
Overview
758(12)
What Are the Linkages?
770(1)
Human Rights and MNCs Theory Versus Quantitative Analysis
770(13)
William H. Meyer
The Emerging Case Law
783(1)
Filartiga v. Pena-Irala
783(9)
Tel-Oren v. Libyan Arab Republic
792(17)
Kadic v. Karadzic
809(13)
Beanal v. Freeport-McMora, Inc.
822(18)
Voluntary Corporate Codes of Conduct
840(1)
The White House, Clinton Administration Model Business Principles
840(1)
Reebok International Ltd., Human Rights Production Standards
841(1)
Requirements for Suppliers, Contractors, Business Partners
842(3)
Phillips Van Heusen
Standards of Engagement and Human Rights Policy
845(2)
Liz Claiborne
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Standards for ``Vendors'' (1998)
847(5)
The Environment and MNCs
852(25)
International Environmental Standards for Transnational Corporations
852(15)
Robert J. Fowler
The Nigerian Tragedy, Environmental Regulation of Transnational Corporations, and the Human Right to a Healthy Environment
867(10)
Joshua P. Eaton
Special Transactions and Sectors
877(96)
Technology Transfer
877(33)
Dilemmas for Multinational Corporations and Host Countries
877(1)
Multinational Enterprises and the Law
877(15)
Peter Muchlinski
Multilateral Efforts to Protect Intellectual Property Rights: The Uruguay Round Trips Agreement
892(1)
Uruguay Round Trade Agreement, Statement of Administrative Action, Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
892(7)
Trade Agreements Resulting From the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations, Hearings Before the House Committee on Ways and Means
899(6)
Regional Efforts to Protect Intellectual Property Rights: NAFTA
905(1)
North American Free Trade Agreement, Statement of Administrative Action, Chapter Seventeen: Intellectual Property
905(5)
Countertrade
910(27)
International Countertrade---A Guide for Managers and Executives
910(5)
Pompoliu Verzariu
International Countertrade---Individual Country Practices
915(13)
Pompiliu Verzariu
Paula Mitchell
The UNCITRAL Legal Guide on International Countertrade Transactions: The Foundation for a New Era in Countertrade?
928(9)
James C. Nobles, Jr.
Johannes Lang
Government Procurement
937(8)
The Uruguay Round Plurilateral Agreement on Government Procurement
937(1)
Uruguay Round Trade Agreement, Statement of Administrative Action, Agreement on Governemtn Procurement
937(4)
NAFTA Chapter Ten
941(1)
North American Free Trade Agreement, Statement of Administrative Action, Chapter Ten: Government Procurement
942(3)
Telecommunications
945(28)
International Antitrust Issues
973(1)
An Overview of United States Antitrust Law
973(20)
Standing
993(10)
Pfizer, Inc. v. Government of India
993(10)
Extraterritorial Jurisdiction
1003(73)
The Classic ALCOA Effects Test
1003(1)
United States v. Aluminum Company of America
1003(12)
Balancing Tests and the Problem of Comity
1015(1)
Timberlane Lumber Company v. Bank of America National Savings and Trust Association
1015(9)
Timberlane Lumber Company v. Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association
1024(5)
Laker Airways v. Sabena, Belgian World Airlines
1029(27)
Hartford Fire Insurance Company v. California
1056(10)
Extraterritorial Jurisdiction in Criminal Cases
1066(1)
U.S. v. Nippon Paper Industries Company, Ltd.
1066(10)
Discovery Problems and Foreign Blocking Statutes
1076(15)
Rio Tinto Zinc Corporation v. Westinghouse Electric Corporation
1077(8)
Foreign Blocking Statutes and the GATT: State Sovereignty and the Enforcement of U.S. Economic Laws Abroad
1085(6)
R. Edward Price
Substantive Claims: Conspiracy and Predation
1091(1)
Matsushita Electric Industrial Company, Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation
1091(11)
Substantive Defenses: Act of State and Sovereign Immunity
1102(14)
Occidental Petroleum Corporation v. Buttes Gas & Oil Company
1102(9)
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) v. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
1111(5)
Harmonizing International Antitrust Law?
1116
Appendix 1998 World Development Indicators: Quality of Life
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