Table Of ContentPART I: 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 II: 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 III: 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 IV: REGULATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL MARKETPLACE.16. International Marketing Law: Sales Representatives, Advertising,and Ethical Issues.17. Licensing Agreements and the Protection of Intellectual PropertyRights.18. Host-Country Takings of Property: Nationalization, Corporate Law, Taxation, and Currency Control.19. Labor and Employment Discrimination Law.20. Environmental Law.21. Regulating the Competitive Environment.Appendix A: United Nations Convention on Contracts for theInternational Sale of Goods.Appendix B: The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.Appendix C: Multilateral Agreements on Trade in Goods (SelectedProvisions).Appendix D: General Agreement on Trade in Services (SelectedProvisions).Appendix E: Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of IntellectualProperty.Appendix F: North American Free Trade Agreement.INDEX.Note: All appendices are located on the companion website atwww.cengage.com/blaw/schaffer.
SynopsisInternational Business and Its Environment delivers comprehensive coverage of the legal, cultural, political, economic, and ethical issues global business managers face. Focusing on the trade, licensing and investment life-cycle that many domestic (new-to-international) and multinational organizations experience, the authors present the market-entry strategies, increasing levels of penetration into foreign markets, and set of risks that firms encounter during each life-cycle phase. From protecting and licensing intellectual property to learning the special challenges of doing business in developing countries and non-market-economies, the 8th Edition helps you understand the most important and emerging issues in global business law through its cutting-edge cases and real-world examples, relevant case questions, managerial problems, and ethics activities.