The 2003 volume of the Comparative Law Yearbook of International Business deals with a variety of topics in the field of commercial law. These range from mergers in Nigeria and joint ventures in Thailand and Hungary to the fight against corruption on an international level, as well as corporate fraud in the United States, with attention being focused upon the new Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Some authors have dealt with subjects that involve finance, such as foreign investment in e-commerce in China, employees stock purchases and option plans in the United States, pension funds in Nigeria and...

The Comparative Law Yearbook of International Business offers a special relevance in its twenty-fourth volume, providing a special section on the telecommunications sector. That section includes chapters on legal developments in the telecommunications industry in Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Columbia, Italy, Mexico and Spain, as well as a general survey on telecommunications regulatory regimes and investment decisions. The special section is supplemented by a range of chapters dealing with antitrust and patent laws in the United States, entertainment law in Italy, tax and investment in...

The major free trade agreements of the 1990s have quickened the pace of international joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions in all the world's regions. Here is a convenient survey, by business lawyers and corporate counsel from Asia, Europe, and the Americas, of the important legal issues that arise in the course of planning, negotiating, and implementing a transborder business relationship. Published under the Transnational Publishers imprint.

The twenty-third volume of the Comparative Law Yearbook of International Business contains chapters relating to agency and distribution, finance and investment, intellectual property, sports law, technology, and general commercial issues. The spread of jurisdictions treated includes Argentina, Canada, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, Italy, Panama, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, the United States, and Venezuela. The range of subjects and jurisdictions in volume twenty-three attests to the diversity and scope of international business practice. General Editor, Dennis Campbell,...

The 2001 volume of the Comparative Law Yearbook of International Business deals with various aspects of the arbitration process. Some of the areas covered include the appointment of arbitrators, the points to be borne in mind by arbitrators during the conduct of arbitral proceedings, the evidentiary procedures involved in arbitration, and the advantages and disadvantages of arbitration when pitted against conventional litigation. Crucial to any successful arbitration is good preparation, in particular the setting down in an arbitral agreement of the intentions of the parties with...

Asset securitization across borders offers not only increased opportunities, but also increased risk for those structuring financing packages. Lawyers and accountants examine the basis for using asset securitization, basic elements and "players" in the asset securitization process, implementation of such new assets as intellectual property rights bonds, Bowie bonds, Rod Stewart bonds, and James Bond bonds, and the impact of European monetary union. Published under the Transnational Publishers imprint.