In todays globalised world an understanding of international trade isessential for those studying and practising law business banking and finance.<strong>Intern... » 

In todays globalised world an understanding of international trade isessential for those studying and practising law business banking and finance.International Trade Law offers a comprehensive and informed analysis of thecomplexities of an international sale transaction through case law policydocuments legislation international conventions and rules adopted byinternational organisations such as the ICC. Focusing on international sales ofgoods and the various relations that arise as a result of sale contract thisbook considers and discusses standard trade terms the Convention onInternational Sales of Goods 1980 and the UNIDROIT Principles for InternationalCommercial Contracts 2004 issues relating to ECommerce including electronictransport documents especially electronic bills of landing internationaltransportation of cargo both unimodal sea air land and rail andmultimodal the various conventions affecting such transportation and theproposed new convention drafted by UNCITRAL and CMI insurance and paymentmechanisms in particular letters of credit and the recently adopted UCP 600dispute resolution including issues of jurisdiction applicable lawarbitration and mediation corruption as a major challenge to conductingbusiness and the various anticorruption conventions in particular the OECDAntiBribery Convention 1997 and the UN Convention Against corruption 2003.Accessible to students encountering this often challenging area of the law forthe first time International Trade Law clarifies a range of topics throughtables and diagrams and directs the reader to relevant further reading onlineresources and journal articles throughout. «