RESEARCHING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS Leah Sandwell-Weiss, Reference Librarian & Professor of Practice International Business Transactions
DEFINITIONS • Foreign Law • The law of a single non-United States jurisdiction • Comparative Law • Multi-jurisdictional study of foreign laws on the same topic • International Law • Rules dealing with the relations between two or more countries, countries & individuals, & international organizations
INTERNATIONAL LAW • Public International Law: • Law between national governments & between governments & intergovernmental organizations • Private International Law: • Law regulating private relationships across national borders, in areas such as contracts, recognition of judgements, jurisdiction, & family law
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS (IBT) “[P]rivate business transactions that are international in character.” International when: • “[P]arties have their places of business in different nation-states; • “[T]ransactions involve the movement of goods, [etc.] across the boundaries of different nations; • “[T]ransactions between parties of one state have a direct effect in a different state.”
IBT TREATISES • Daniel C.K. Chow and Thomas J. Schoenbaum, I NTERNATIONAL B USINESS T RANSACTIONS : P ROBLEMS , C ASES , AND M ATERIALS (3d ed. 2015). • Ralph H. Folsom, I NTERNATIONAL B USINESS T RANSACTIONS 2017-2018. • Ved P. Nanda & Ralph B. Lake, T HE L AW OF T RANSNATIONAL B USINESS T RANSACTIONS (2017). • C ORPORATE C OUNSEL ’ S G UIDE TO D OCUMENTING I NTERNATIONAL T RANSACTIONS (2017).
IBT HORNBOOKS & STUDY AIDS • Ralph H. Folsom et al., P RINCIPLES OF I NTERNATIONAL B USINESS T RANSACTIONS (2017). • Ralph H. Folsom et al., I NTERNATIONAL B USINESS T RANSACTIONS IN A N UTSHELL (2016).
REFERENCE WORKS • Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law • Parry and Grant Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law • ASIL Electronic Resource Guides (e-RGs), https://www.asil.org/resources/electronic-resource- guide-erg • Don Ford, Private International Law , e-RG, https://www.asil.org/sites/default/files/ERG_PRIVATE_I NT.pdf
SELECTED IBT JOURNALS • Asper Review of International Business and Trade Law (Canada) • Business Law International (UK): www.ibanet.org/Publications/business_law_inter national.aspx • Journal of International Business & Law: www.hofstrajibl.org/articles-archive/
FINDING GUIDES FOR FOREIGN & INTERNATIONAL LAW • F OREIGN L AW G UIDE , Marci Hoffman, Gen. Ed. • Globalex: ww.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/ • WorldLII – International Law Library: www.worldlii.org/int/special/ihl/
LAW LIBRARY DATABASES • Foreign Law/European Union • NatLaw World (National Law Center) • Foreign & International Law Resources Database (Hein) • International Law • Kluwer Law International Journal Library (Hein)
DATABASES • CISG Database: http://iicl.law.pace.edu/cisg/cisg • EISIL: International Economic Law: www.eisil.org/index.php?sid=832036562&t=sub_pa ges&cat=19 • EISIL: Private International Law: www.eisil.org/index.php?sid=832036562&t=sub_pa ges&cat=25
INVESTOR-STATE ARBITRATION DECISIONS • Investment Claims: http://oxia.ouplaw.com/home/IC • Italaw (Investment Treaty Arbitration): www.italaw.com/ • Investment Arbitration Reporter: http://www.iareporter.com/
ORGANIZATIONS • World Trade Organization: www.wto.org • UNCITRAL: www.uncitral.org/uncitral/ • UNIDROIT: www.unidroit.org • International Chamber of Commerce (ICC): www.iccwbo.org/ • International Bar Association: www.ibanet.org • World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO): www.wipo.int/ • NAFTA: www.nafta-sec-alena.org/Home/
KEEPING UP TO DATE • International Economic Law and Policy Blog: http://worldtradelaw.typepad.com/ielpblog/ • BNA International Trade Reporter
LAW LIBRARY RESEARCH GUIDES • Foreign Law Legal Research & Resources: http://lawlibrary.arizona.edu/research/foreign- law-legal-research-resources • International Law Resources: http://lawlibrary.arizona.edu/research/internatio nal-law-resources • International Trade Law & Development: http://lawlibrary.arizona.edu/research/internatio nal-trade-law-and-development
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