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International business law doesn't have to be a mystery. With its unique thematic approach, INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LAW AND ITS ENVIRONMENT, 7e, enables you to learn public and private law issues quickly and easily. From intellectual property to direct foreign investment, this student-friendly text explains issues in ways you can understand. Known for its current, comprehensive, and accurate coverage, the text balances the legal challenges of doing business in developing and nonmarket-economy countries with the economic and political issues that commonly arise. It also focuses on the transactional aspects of international business as well as on the legal, cultural, political, and economic environment affecting managerial decision making on a global scale. Packed with real-world examples, the text emphasizes ethics issues throughout, incorporates cutting-edge cases, and includes a companion Website that helps you maximize your study time.
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Richard Schaffer is Professor Emeritus of Business Law (retired), Department of Finance, Walker College of Business, Appalachian State University. He taught for twenty-five years in the area of business law, international business transactions, and the law of international trade and investment. Professor Schaffer received his J.D. from the University of Mississippi and his LL.M. from New York University. From 1976 through 1982 he assisted United Nations agencies in New York, San Jose, and Vienna, with projects related to multinational corporations, corrupt practices, and socioeconomic development and served as rapporteur of international working groups on international economic criminality. He also has served as a consultant to business schools on the internationalization of the curriculum and to industry trade groups. Professor Schaffer has extensive experience in business and regularly consults on matters related to the international home textile industry.
Filiberto Agusti is a partner in the international law firm of Steptoe & Johnson LLP, where he has practiced law since 1978. He represents governments and multinational manufacturers and investors in international arbitrations, proceedings, and negotiations relating to business transactions. These representations have included international project finance and privatization transactions, cross-border corporate acquisitions, international joint ventures, and bankruptcy reorganizations. Mr. Agusti has authored articles for the Harvard Law Review and other legal publications. He is a frequent speaker at professional seminars around the world and regularly comments on legal issues on-camera for Univisión, Telemundo, and CNN en Español. Mr. Agusti was law clerk at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1977-78. He is a graduate of the Harvard Law School, where he was a Senior Editor of the Harvard Law Review. He graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. from the University of Illinois in 1974.
Beverley Earle is a Professor in the Law, Taxation and Financial Planning Department at Bentley College and the McCallum Graduate School of Business where she has been on the faculty since 1983. She teaches international business law at the undergraduate and graduate level as well as the legal environment of business and law and society. She graduated with a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. from Boston University and was admitted to the practice of law in Massachusetts. Professor Earle has received numerous awards including: Academy of Legal Studies in Business Holmes Cardozo award (2006), ALSB Distinguished Proceedings paper (2007), Charles Hewitt Master Teacher Finalist (2006), ALSB/Indiana University Center for International Business Education and Research Case Competition (1999), Bentley Scholar of the Year (2001), Bentley Innovation in Teaching Award and the Bentley Outstanding Scholarly Contribution Award (2007). She has presented papers at numerous conferences including the Cornell Law School Symposium and her articles have appeared in law reviews published by Cornell, Northwestern and University of California at Berkeley to mention a few. She taught at Yunnan University in Kunming, China in 1990 and in Strasbourg, France in 1992. She lived in Paris on sabbatical in 1993-1994 and will travel to India on her 2007 sabbatical. She is past president of the International Section of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business. She was appointed to the Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers, Hearing Committee on Attorney Discipline (2006-2009).
International business law doesn't have to be a mystery. With its unique thematic approach, INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LAW AND ITS ENVIRONMENT, 7e, enables you to learn public and private law issues quickly and easily. From intellectual property to direct foreign investment, this student-friendly text explains issues in ways you can understand. Known for its current, comprehensive, and accurate coverage, the text balances the legal challenges of doing business in developing and nonmarket-economy countries with the economic and political issues that commonly arise. It also focuses on the transactional aspects of international business as well as on the legal, cultural, political, and economic environment affecting managerial decision making on a global scale. Packed with real-world examples, the text emphasizes ethics issues throughout, incorporates cutting-edge cases, and includes a companion Website that helps you maximize your study time.
About the Author
Richard Schaffer is Professor Emeritus of Business Law (retired), Department of Finance, Walker College of Business, Appalachian State University. He taught for twenty-five years in the area of business law, international business transactions, and the law of international trade and investment. Professor Schaffer received his J.D. from the University of Mississippi and his LL.M. from New York University. From 1976 through 1982 he assisted United Nations agencies in New York, San Jose, and Vienna, with projects related to multinational corporations, corrupt practices, and socioeconomic development and served as rapporteur of international working groups on international economic criminality. He also has served as a consultant to business schools on the internationalization of the curriculum and to industry trade groups. Professor Schaffer has extensive experience in business and regularly consults on matters related to the international home textile industry.
Filiberto Agusti is a partner in the international law firm of Steptoe & Johnson LLP, where he has practiced law since 1978. He represents governments and multinational manufacturers and investors in international arbitrations, proceedings, and negotiations relating to business transactions. These representations have included international project finance and privatization transactions, cross-border corporate acquisitions, international joint ventures, and bankruptcy reorganizations. Mr. Agusti has authored articles for the Harvard Law Review and other legal publications. He is a frequent speaker at professional seminars around the world and regularly comments on legal issues on-camera for Univisión, Telemundo, and CNN en Español. Mr. Agusti was law clerk at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1977-78. He is a graduate of the Harvard Law School, where he was a Senior Editor of the Harvard Law Review. He graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. from the University of Illinois in 1974.
Beverley Earle is a Professor in the Law, Taxation and Financial Planning Department at Bentley College and the McCallum Graduate School of Business where she has been on the faculty since 1983. She teaches international business law at the undergraduate and graduate level as well as the legal environment of business and law and society. She graduated with a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. from Boston University and was admitted to the practice of law in Massachusetts. Professor Earle has received numerous awards including: Academy of Legal Studies in Business Holmes Cardozo award (2006), ALSB Distinguished Proceedings paper (2007), Charles Hewitt Master Teacher Finalist (2006), ALSB/Indiana University Center for International Business Education and Research Case Competition (1999), Bentley Scholar of the Year (2001), Bentley Innovation in Teaching Award and the Bentley Outstanding Scholarly Contribution Award (2007). She has presented papers at numerous conferences including the Cornell Law School Symposium and her articles have appeared in law reviews published by Cornell, Northwestern and University of California at Berkeley to mention a few. She taught at Yunnan University in Kunming, China in 1990 and in Strasbourg, France in 1992. She lived in Paris on sabbatical in 1993-1994 and will travel to India on her 2007 sabbatical. She is past president of the International Section of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business. She was appointed to the Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers, Hearing Committee on Attorney Discipline (2006-2009).
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