International Business Law: Emerging Fields of Regulation. ISBN 9781509918058 from Practitioner Books

This book provides an accessible introduction to selected new issues in transnational law, and connects them to existing theoretical debates on transnational business regulation. More specifically, (i) it introduces the argument about the evolving character of contemporary international business regulation; (ii) it provides an overview of some of the main fields of law that are currently important for firms that operate across borders; and (iii) it sets out an interpretive framework for making sense of disparate developments occurring across a number of jurisdictions, among which are the form of regulation and style of enforcement, issues of legal certainty, and behavioural aspects of regulation. The selected topics are indicative of some key issues confronting businesses looking to operate across national borders, as well as policy makers seeking to introduce and enforce meaningful regulatory standards in an increasingly global society. Topics include: consumer law; product liability; warranty law and obsolescence; collective redress; alternative dispute resolution; corporate wrongdoing; corporate governance; and e-commerce. This timely work offers a novel perspective on transnational business law and examines a range of legal issues that preoccupy companies operating transnationally. This book is intended not only for law students looking for an introduction, overview or commentary on the contemporary state of international business law, but also for anyone looking for an introduction to the regulation of business in a global, inter-connected economy.

Introduction I. Context and Themes II. Structure and Topics 1. Consumer Law I. Outline II. Background Information with a Focus on EU Consumer Law III. The Current Situation of Consumer Law at the EU Level IV. Taking Transnational (EU) Consumer Law to the Next Level V. Concluding Remarks 2. Product Liability Law I. Outline II. General Remarks and Early History of Product Liability Law III. Product Liability in Selected Jurisdictions IV. Some Pending Issues V. Concluding Remarks 3. Warranty Law I. Outline II. Warranty Law in Early Times III. Warranty Law in Modern Times IV. The Phenomenon of Planned Obsolescence-a Contemporary Challenge for Warranty Law V. Concluding Remarks on the Challenges for Warranty Law from a Transnational Perspective 4. Compensatory Collective Redress and Alternative Dispute Resolution I. Outline II. Collective Actions III. Alternative Dispute Resolution 5. Corporate Governance I. Outline II. The 'Agency Cost Problem' III. Improving the Board of Directors IV. Mobilising Institutional Investors V. Concluding Remarks 6. Corporate Criminal Law I. Outline II. A History of Corporate Criminal Law III. Justification and Rationale IV. Corporate Criminal Liability Doctrines V. Post-2000 Procedural Innovation VI. New Legal Risk VII. Concluding Remarks 7. E-Commerce Law I. Outline II. The Development of E-Commerce III. E-Commerce and the Law IV. Concluding Remarks on Pending Issues and Challenges for E-Commerce Law Conclusion: The Future of Business Law? I. Outline II. A New Digital World III. Doing Business in a Digital Age IV. Regulating Business in a Digital Age V. Concluding Remarks

Author(s)	By Professor Mark Fenwick (Kyushu University, Japan), Stefan Wrbka (University of Applied Sciences for Management and Communication, Austria).
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN	9781509918058
Format	Paperback / softback
Pages	240
Published in	United Kingdom
Published	28 Jun 2018
Availability	Available

International Business Law: Emerging Fields of Regulation

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