1995 Supplement to Cases and Materials on European Community Law: Including European Union Materials

George A. Bermann

West Publishing Company

This volume discusses the institutions of the WTO, the global forum for trade liberalization. Beyond multilateral liberalization, the WTO disciplines regional trade integration (such as EU, and NAFTA). The WTO now covers not only trade in goods and services, but also provides disciplines regarding protection of intellectual property rights that 153 states must observe. It further includes a unique dispute settlement system, the only forum for compulsory third party adjudication across states. Besides discussing the legal regime, the book discusses the economic rationale for the various WTO institutions, as well as the manner in which WTO law is received in key jurisdictions.

The Law of the World Trade Organization (WTO): Documents, Cases & Analysis (American Casebook)

Petros C. Mavroidis

Mark Wu

Foreign & International Law

West

French Business Law in Translation constitutes a unique collection of translations of those French laws that really matter in an international business context. It presents a bilingual version of the French laws and regulations which the authors have condensed from tens of thousands of pages of text down to the essence of the law in each of the fifteen subject areas composing the work. They refer to those parts of the applicable rules and regulations in French law that are of recurrent importance to business professionals and legal practitioners involved in international business. By adding the relevant French text in a column directly across from the translation into English, this 2nd edition has a whole new dimension which enhances the work s value and makes it an invaluable resource in legal linguistics for international practitioners and academics. The selection of texts has been made by members of the Paris law firm of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker (Europe) LLP, under the direction of Pierre Kirch. A team of advanced French and American law students at Columbia University Law School, supervised by Professor George Bermann, have prepared the basic translations. The definitive translations and chapter introductions have been prepared by the authors. Through a sound translation of the legislation which recurringly applies to ordinary and usual business situations, it is possible to discern the philosophy underlying the French system and reflective of how France conceives and regulates business phenomena that are in themselves essentially universal. It is no secret among players on the international stage that business is done in France in a heavily regulated environment. In this respect, a public offering of securities, or an IPO, or a public tender offer (or, indeed, a takeover battle) can best be understood through a review of the various rules and regulations which constitute their regulatory framework. In the same way, although competition law concepts tend now towards convergence with European Union legislation, the French approach continues to have certain particularities: for instance, in merger control cases, although the concepts and the procedures tend to resemble those of EU law, the criteria for evaluating the impact of a merger on competition diverge somewhat from those set out in the EU s merger regulation and applied by the European Commission. Tax and labor laws have also become very complex over the years. For instance, in situations involving dismissal on economic grounds, French labor law imposes a number of procedural and other constraints on the employer and grants the employee significant rights. In a French setting, transactional work invariably involves not only fundamental contractual concepts set out in the Civil Code, but also, in particular, securities law, intellectual property, competition, tax and labor law considerations. That is the reason why significant extracts of these fast-evolving areas of the law have been translated and included in French Business Law in Translation. Each chapter opens with a brief introduction to the subject and an outline of its contents. The purpose is to allow the reader to place the translated legislation and rules in their overall context. The selection of translated material is done in such way as to enable the reader to appreciate in their full scope the fundamentals of each area of the law, as conceived by the legislator, the French Government and, in certain cases, independent regulatory authorities. a glossary to each chapter. This glossary is not intended to be a complete dictionary, but rather to give a preliminary idea of the conceptual linguistic tools used in each of the subject-area chapters. Legal translation is not an exact science, but based on the authors combined experience of more than 50 years in dealing with the fasc

French Business Law in Translation - Second Edition (English and French Edition)

Reference

Juris Publishing

French law displays many characteristics that set it apart in a world class of its own. It can be said to proceed from a number of independent streams that coexist despite apparent contradiction. More than half of the 2283 articles of the famous Code Civile of 1804 remain unaltered; yet French administrative judges jealously guard their prerogative to create their own public law. And yet again, since the 1974 law empowering the legislature to convene the Constitutional Council that judges the constitutionality of laws under the 1958 Constitution, the courts' distinction between "rules" and "fundamental principles" has grown steadily--a process that has been greatly accelerated since the 2003 law authorizing the government to "simplify the law."
 Introduction to French Law is a very practical book that makes clear sense out of the complex results of the complex bodies of law that govern the most important fields of law and legal practice in France today. Seventeen chapters, each written by a distinguished French legal scholar, cover the following field in substantive and procedural detail, with lucid explanations of French law in the following fields: 
<ul> ; Constitutional Law </ul>
<ul> ; European Union Law </ul>
<ul> ; Administrative Law </ul>
<ul> ; Criminal Law </ul>
<ul> ; Property Law </ul>
<ul> ; Intellectual Property Law </ul>
<ul> ; Contract Law </ul>
<ul> ; Tort Liability </ul>
<ul> ; Family Law </ul>
<ul> ; Inheritance Law </ul>
<ul> ; Civil Procedure </ul>
<ul> ; Company Law </ul>
<ul> ; Competition Law </ul>
<ul> ; Labour Law </ul>
<ul> ; Tax Law </ul>
<ul> ; Private International Law </ul> A book that is both a useful guide for practitioners and a comprehensive survey of French law (with no sacrifice of rationale or theory), Introduction to French Law has no peers. It is sure to spend more time in briefcases or on desks than on the shelf.

Introduction to French Law (Introduction to International Law)

Kluwer Law International

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