International Business Transactions 2010-2011 Supplement

The authors of International Business Transactions: Problems, Cases, and Materials have compiled multi-lateral agreements, model codes, and U.S. statutory law in a Documents Supplement that supports and enriches the study of this dynamic field of law.

Part One features multilateral agreements on international business transactions such as:

• United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (1980) (CISG)
• Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (UCP 600) (Selected Provisions) (International Chamber of Commerce 2007)
• World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) (1995)
• Consolidated Version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) (Selected Provisions) (2008)

Part Two features multilateral agreements on arbitration and adjudication, such as:

• United Nations Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (Selected Provisions) (1958)
• United Nations Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes Between States and Nationals of Other States (World Bank, 1965)
• International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Rules of Arbitration (1998)

Part Three features U.S. code statutes, such as:

• Alien Tort Claims Act (Alien Tort Statute) (ACTA, ATS) (2006)
• Carriage of Goods by Sea Act (COGSA), 46 U.S.C.A. § 30701 hist. n. (2006)
• Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA): Anti-Bribery and Books & Records Provisions (2006) (Selected Provisions)

Part Four features U.S. model codes and treaties, such as:

• Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) (Selected Provisions) As Presently Enacted in State Law (2009)
• Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) (Selected Provisions) As Presently Enacted in State Law (2009)
• Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act (2005)
• 2004 Model Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) (Selected Provisions)

PART FIVE features guidelines for multinational business enterprises, including:

• World Bank Guidelines on the Treatment of Foreign Direct Investment (1992)
• Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises (2000)