Global issues in commercial law / by Kristen David Adams, Claude D. Rohwer.
2010
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Author
Title
Global issues in commercial law / by Kristen David Adams, Claude D. Rohwer.
Published
St. Paul, Minn. : Thomson Reuters/West, [2010]
Copyright
©2010
Call Number
K1005 .A33 2010
ISBN
9780314199935 (pbk.)
0314199934 (pbk.)
0314199934 (pbk.)
Description
xx, 282 pages : forms ; 24 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)630156237
Note
At head of title on cover: Cases and materials.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages vii-viii) and index.
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Table of Contents
Preface
v
Acknowledgements
vii
Table of Cases
xix
ch. 1
Choice of Law: Substantive Considerations
1
Problem 1a
Risk of Loss
3
Problem 1b
Right of Inspection and Notification of Defects
5
Problem 1c
Duty to Accept Goods; Right to Reject Goods
6
Problem 1d
A Drafting Problem
10
Problem 1e
Terms Relating to Quality of Goods (Warranties and Conditions)
10
Questions
21
Problem 1f
Obligation of Good Faith
22
Problem 1g
Remedies
23
ch. 2
Interpreting and Supplementing the CISG
28
I.
Comparing UCC Section 1-103(b) with CISG Article 7
28
Questions
34
Problem 1
34
II.
Using General Principles to Determine How (or Whether) the CISG Addresses an Issue
35
Questions
37
Problem 2
38
Problem 3
39
III.
Interpreting the CISG as a "True Code" and Consistent with Its International Character
40
Questions
43
Problem 4
43
IV.
Interpreting the CISG as an International Instrument: Avoiding Homeward Trend
45
Raw Materials, Inc. v. Manfred Forberich, GmbH
46
Questions
53
Problem 5
54
Problem 6
55
V.
The Role of Private International Law
57
Ajax Tool Works, Inc., Plaintiff, v. Can-Eng Manufacturing Ltd., Defendant
58
Questions
63
ch. 3
Choice of Forum
65
M/S Bremen and Unterwesser Reederei, GmBH, Petitioners v. Zapata Off-Shore Company
66
Questions and Comments
77
I.
Choice of Forum---Ontario or Minnesota?
78
II.
Judge or Arbitrator?
79
III.
Commercial Law in Developing Countries
81
IV.
A Lawyer's Thoughts on Contracting With a Chinese Company
83
Questions and Comments
87
ch. 4
Interest and Usury
89
I.
Introducing Interest and Usury
89
Problem 1
90
Questions
97
Problem 2
98
Problem 3
98
II.
The CISG's Approach to Interest
98
Commercial Court (Handelsgericht) Aargau
101
Questions
106
Problem 4
107
III.
Choice of Law Challenges
107
Questions
110
Problem 5
112
IV.
The UNIDROIT and PECL Approaches
112
Questions
113
ch. 5
Commercial Agents---Franchises
115
I.
Duration and Termination in the United States
115
E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. v. Claiborne-Reno Co
116
Questions
123
Jack's Cookie Company v. A.A. Brooks
124
Questions and Comments
128
Hunt Foods, Inc. v. Phillips and H.W. Liholm
129
Varni Bros. Corporation et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants v. Wine World, Inc., Defendant and Respondent
137
II.
Statutes Protecting the Rights of Agents or Franchisees
143
III.
European Union Legislation
150
Problem
161
ch. 6
Extraterritoriality; Enforcement and Claw Back Laws
163
Notes
174
ch. 7
Microfinance
176
I.
Introduction: The Origins and Many Forms of Microfinance
176
Problem 1
182
II.
Microfinance and Social Change
182
Questions
186
Problem 2
187
Problem 3
187
For Further Exploration
188
III.
Meeting the Demand for Microfinance and Creating Sustainable Institutions
188
Questions
198
Problem 4
199
Problem 5
199
For Further Exploration
199
IV.
Peer Lending Groups, Relatively High Interest Rates, and Other Characteristics of Microfinance
200
Questions
208
Problem 6
208
For Further Exploration
208
V.
Microfinance in the United States
208
Questions
217
Problem 7
217
VI.
The Road Ahead: Weathering Financial and Political Challenges
217
Question
222
Problem 8
222
Problem 9
223
ch. 8
Letters of Credit and Documentary Sales
224
Questions
228
Problem 1
228
I.
What Is a Letter of Credit?
228
Questions
238
Problem 2
239
II.
The Legal Framework for a Documentary Sale
240
Questions
241
Problem 3
242
III.
A Basic Documentary Sale
242
Voest-Alpine Trading Co. v. Bank of China
244
Questions
249
Problem 4
250
ch. 9
Bankruptcy
254
"Reorganization of the Financially Distressed Business in the US---Just How Far Afield Is It From the Rest of the World?" / Thomas J. Salerno
259
Index
275