II. What does "international business law" indicate?
B. National, inter–national, trans–nationalsupra–national business law
C. International business
D. How does international business law differ from domestic business law?
E. Is international business law an independent field of law?
Actors in International Business
A. The State as an actor in international business
B. Real (natural) persons
C. Legal (juristic, artificial) persons
D. Group companies and multinational companies
Sources of International Business Law
II. Public international (transnational) law as the resource for international business practice
A. General principles of public international law
B. The role of the United Nations
III. Private international law
IV. Officiallyprivately prepared domestic rules as sources of international business relations
B. Unification and harmonization of the laws of international business
V. Comparative law as a source of international business law
A. Comparative law at the micro level
B. The use of comparative law in practice by judges and practicing lawyers
VI. International customary law among merchants (lex mercatoria)
A. Scholarly publications as sources of international business
VIII. Hierarchy of applicable laws
I. Some general remarks on the significance of language in international business
II. Mandatory use of language
III. Legal problems caused by acting against the rules on language
IV. English as a common language for international businesspeople?
I. International civil procedure
II. Actors and courts in the distribution of justice
C. Practicing lawyers (attorneys)
IV. In general – courts with jurisdiction over international commercial disputes
B. Exclusive jurisdiction, choice of jurisdiction; agreements on jurisdiction (Exclusive vs. alternative jurisdictions)
B. Some procedural issues effecting the court process (Qualification)
C. Res judicata and lis alibi pendens
E. The relationship between the applicable substantive law and jurisdiction of the courts
F. Enforcement (and Recognition) of foreign court decisions on commercial matters
I. In general: What is commercial arbitration?
II. Different types of arbitration
VI. Freedom of arbitration and the role of the State
B. Arbitration and the State
VII. Comparison of State courts and international commercial arbitration
VIII. Enforcement (and recognition) of foreign commercial arbitration awards
A. When there is an international award?
B. Conditions for enforcement