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III Sources of international business law
C International model law
Definition: rules and norms worked out and passed by some international organizations for the free choice by nations. Examples: 1. Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law （联合国国际贸易法委员会国际商事仲裁示 范法 UNCITRAL Model Law） 2. Principles of International Commercial Contract by the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law （国际统一私法协会国际商事合同通则, UNIDROIT PICC ）
VI International Organizations
• A. Organization Affiliated with UN
• 4. ― World Bank‖ (two institutions) 世界银行 • The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 国际复兴开发银行（世界银行） • (loans at market terms, not high-risk loans) • International Development Association 国际发展协会 • (loans to poor countries with average per capital GNP less than $ 410 on more favorable terms, but only to government) • International Finance Corporation 国际金融公司 • ( loans to private enterprises in developing countries)

The Scope of International Law in Actual Practice
• Case analysis Facts: Question:
1.was the Californi relies on the Charter Articles
the significant consequences of treating municipal law as a fact
--- states are required to prove what the law is
---municipal law will not be interpreted by an international tribunal
International tribunals’ presumption: 〔1〕Municipal law are regarded as subservient to international law 〔2〕States are regarded as having a general obligation to bring their municipal law into compliance with international norms 〔3〕Municipal laws are mere facts
executive agreement (made solely by the President)
The Scope of International Law in Actual Practice
• Common and Difference • Both are commitments that impose binding
the constitutions assign to one or more states organs the responsibility for entering into treaties

Defining International Law Making International Law Sources of International law Scope of International Law in Practice
International Persons Individual Rights Under International Law Comparison of Municipal Legal Systems
International Business Law
Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE LAW
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CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE LAW
Topics for this chapter:
conferences, and provisions repeated over and over again in bilateral treaties
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Sources of International Law（国际法的渊源）
1. Treaties or conventions（条 约或公约）
Court of Appeals overturned the order. Held that a court could request compliance by a
foreign sovereign as a matter of comity, but could not order compliance. Comity requires that we respect other countries’ sovereignty and law so that they will respect ours.

• 4. The Development and Tendency of Modern International Business Law
• On the one hand, after the Second World War the rapid development of the world economy made the contact of each country more frequently. This made it necessary that a set of uniform international law regulating the relationship of international economy and trade should be made.
international commercial law, refers to the body of legal rules and norms that regulates international trade and international business organizations. • 2. The meaning of “International” • A commercial transaction is international if: • (1) the parties have their places of business in different States or Countries;
• 9.rule of law: 法治。
• 10. legal doctrines: 法律理论。
• 11.legal validity: 法律效力。
I. Definition of International Business Law

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4.1 产品责任法概论
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系列 3
国际商法 | International Business Law
•第4章 产品责任法
PRODUCT LIABILITY LAW
4.1 产品责任法概论
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Key Terms
Sole proprietorship: 个人独资企业 Partnership: 合伙企业 Limited partnership: 有限合伙 Limited liability partnership: 有限责任合伙 Incorporated company: 股份有限公司 No-liability company: 无限责任公司 Joint venture: 合资企业 Legal Person: 法人
(3) Professional Restrictions (4) Partner by Estoppel Two persons may not be partners, yet in the eyes of a third person they may appear to be partners. If the third person deals with one of the apparent partners, he may be harmed and seek to recover damages from both of the apparent partners.
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I. Introduction
Business organization, also called business enterprise, refers to the economic organization that pursues management activities with its own name with certain scale. There are two kinds of meaning with international business organization: one is the organization pursuing international business activities; and the other is forms of international business organizations.

Requirements of an Offer ① Contractual intention. It is an invitation to treat, which is used to invite others to make offer and lack of the intention to create a binding obligation. Generally, display of goods for sale, an advertisement in a newspaper, posted quotation（寄送的报价单）, price list, catalogue（商品目录）, auction sales（拍 卖公告） and tenders（招标公告） are all an invitation to treat. ② Definiteness. ③ Communication of offer to of Offer: 要约 Offeror: 要约人 Offeree: 受要约人，承诺人 Acceptance: 接受，承诺 Counteroffer: 反要约 Invitation to treat/Invitation offer: 要约邀请 Withdrawal of offer: 要约的撤回 Revocation of offer: 要约的撤销
③ An acceptance must be made within the period of validity. ④ An acceptance should match the terms of the offer exactly and unequivocally. ⑤ Mostly, silence and inactivity cannot be construed/explained as acceptance.

2. The rights of shareholders
2.2 right to information and inspection Right to information :The shareholder has the right to keep himself informed about the financial and operational conditions of the corporations. Right to inspection: The shareholder has a right to inspect corporate records and documents such as shareholder lists, minutes of meetings, financial statements, and even contracts. The inspection must occur at proper times and in the proper places and, most important, must be for proper purposes.
Case Tatko owns about 2% of the shares of Tatko Brothers Slate co. Pursuant to the shareholders’ agreement, if Tatko wishes to sell his shares he is obligated to offer them first to Tatko Brothers co. at “book value”(账面值). The book value is to be determined by resort to the annual balance sheet prepared by the corporation. When Tatko informed the corporation of his interest in selling his shares, he was furnished with the corporation’s latest financial report, which contained a balance sheet listing assets, liabilities and portions of the minutes from a 1973 shareholders’ mபைடு நூலகம்eting. The accountants warned that they had neither audited nor reviewed the financial statements and expressed no opinion on them. The corporation indicated to buy the shares for $ 35,789 and to provide additional records to petitioner, but

Case Study:
1. Commission of the European Communities v. Federal Republic of Germany 欧共体委员会诉联邦德国案
2. China’s refusal to accept the doctrine of restrictive sovereign immunity 中国拒绝接受国家主权有限豁免原则案
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International Law
Historically, dealt with the rules and norms regulating the relationships between states (countries)
International Business Law Textbook
Ray August, Don Mayer, Michael Bixby. “International Business Law
——Text, Cases and Readings” 6th Edition Pearson
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7. L’Oreal v. eBay 欧莱雅诉eBay案 8. The Natural Gas Case天然气案 9. Great China Metal Industries Co. Ltd. V.
Malaysian International Shipping Corp. 中国金 属工业有限公司诉马来西亚国际航运公司案

Unit 5 Corporate Structure: Shareholders meeting
1. Shareholders One that owns or holds a share or shares of stock .

2. The rights of shareபைடு நூலகம்older
2.1 voting right The right to reject or approve some important corporate matters, such as mergers, sales of assets and amendments of articles Although today most jurisdictions permit issuance of nonvoting stock, most common shareholders have the right to vote their shares. They may vote to elect directors and to remove directors, even without cause. They may vote to approve or disapprove changes in the basic corporate structure, such as mergers, consolidations, and liquidations.
Case Tatko owns about 2% of the shares of Tatko Brothers Slate co. Pursuant to the shareholders’ agreement, if Tatko wishes to sell his shares he is obligated to offer them first to Tatko Brothers co. at “book value”(账面值). The book value is to be determined by resort to the annual balance sheet prepared by the corporation. When Tatko informed the corporation of his interest in selling his shares, he was furnished with the corporation’s latest financial report, which contained a balance sheet listing assets, liabilities and portions of the minutes from a 1973 shareholders’ meeting. The accountants warned that they had neither audited nor reviewed the financial statements and expressed no opinion on them. The corporation indicated to buy the shares for $ 35,789 and to provide additional records to petitioner, but