Numerous other free-trade agreements exist in the world,most notably the borderless trade component of the even more encompassing European Union,as well as many more llrmted,goods-only bilateral agreements such as the 1985 United States-Israel Free Trade Agreement.These relationships have all developed under the umbrella of the Informati On Revolution,1960 to the present.Rapidly expanding technologies continue to have their own contribution to the possibilities and problems in international business and interna-tional business law.
Consider the Cayman Islands,a dependent territory ofthe United Kingdom.ying in the Caribbean Sea.These islands of a mere 1 00 square miles possess virtually no natural re-sources·Its 34,000 inhabitants create an annual income on the island of US$1 billion.or more than$29,000 per head.while sun-seeking tourists are a major resource,it is the local existence of 40,000 companies,600 banks,and US$500 billion in banking assets that re-main its most lucrative source of income.The lack of taxation in the Cayman Islands and the existence of its highly developed corporate law structures create an attraction to base business.there,but lt is computers and communication resources that provide the infra-structure tor its continued existence.None of this would have been possible on such scale without the coming of the Information Revolution.Similar stories are played out in island states and geographically small nations around the world. 本书系统地介绍了国际法律环境基础、国际商法原则、国际公共组织和协议等国际商法基本知识,并详细介绍了关于进出口、国际直销、国际分销、国际运输管理、国际贸易支付和融资以及国际争端解决等各国际经济问题的国际法规。*大程度地反映了国际商法学科发展的前沿动态,吸收了国际法学与商学领域的*新研究成果。
本书来源于美国英文原版教材,经编审后增加了忠于原文的中文注解部分。相对于其他的国际商法教材,该书更具有前沿性和实用性。各章节中的案例分析和法律法规原文部分都具有权威性和新颖性。能够加深学生对相应章��内容的理解。同时也能够扩展学生的知识面,激发学习兴趣。
本书具有很强的实际应用性,适合作为应用型本科或大专院校的国际法学和国际商学类专业的教材,也可作为国际法学、国际经济学等相关领域从业人员的参考用书。