International Business Transactions

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You may contact Maxine Grosshans, the course liaison, for research-related questions at mgrosshans@law.umaryland.edu.

Primary Law | Agencies, Associations, and NGOs | Online Periodicals Indexes | Electronic Journals | Additional Electronic Resources | Brief Bibliography of Print Resources

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Primary Law

Legislative Materials

• Thomas
• United States Code
• Alien Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. 1350 and 28 U.S.C. 1782
• Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. 78m, 78dd-1, 78dd-2, 78dd-3 and 78ff
• Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, 28 U.S.C. 1330 and 1602-1611
• Fletcher Documents and Treaties
• EUR-Lex (EU Legislation)

Administrative Materials

• Code of Federal Regulations (searchable full text)
• List of Sections Affected
• Federal Register (searchable full text)

Judicial Materials

• Supreme Court Cases from Cornell's Legal Information Institute pages
• Circuit Court cases also from LII
• U.S. District Court Cases (Maryland)
• Clout - Caselaw on UNCITRAL Texts
• Court of Justice of the European Communities
• WTO Dispute Settlement List of Panel and Appellate Body Reports
• NOTE: for both more comprehensive and more precise case searches please see the Lexis and Westlaw links below.

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Agencies, Associations, and Non-Governmental Organizations

• American Bar Association. Section of International Law
• American Society of International Law
• Europa (European Union)
• Hague Conference on Private International Law
• International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
• International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT)
• International Law Commission
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development (OECD)
• Organization of American States (OAS)
• United Nations Web Page
• United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)
• U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) - Replaces the Bureau of Export Administration
• U.S. International Trade Administration
• U.S. International Trade Commission
• United States Trade Representative
• World Trade Organization (WTO)
  

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Online Periodicals Indexes

• Academic Search Premier
• Business Source Premier
• CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online)
• Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals
• Index to Legal Periodicals and Books
• JStor
• LegalTrac
• PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) Westlaw password required
  
  

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Electronic Journals

• BNA's International Trade Reporter
• BNA's United States Law Week
• EJIL - The European Journal of International Law
• Electronic Journal of Comparative Law
• Global Jurist (available on campus only)
• Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
• International Organization
• Jean Monnet Working Papers
• Journal of International Economic Law (Oxford)
• Web Journal of Current Legal Issues Ltd.
  

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Additional Electronic Resources

• ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law
• Commercial Laws of the World (RIA Checkpoint database - access directions can be found in the August 2006 issue of What's New at TMLL)
• Legal Research on International Law Issues Using the Internet (Lyonette Louis-Jacques)
• Lex Mercatoria
• Researching U.S. Treaties and Agreements (Marci Hoffmann)
• United Nations. Documentation: Research Guide - International Law
• U.S. Department of State on the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act
  

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Brief Bibliography

The following is a partial list of the International Business Transactions Seminar related materials available in the Thurgood Marshall Law Library. The material is listed by main entry with the title and/or author information in bold type. The Library also contains a complete set of United States Codes, Statutes at Large, Code of Federal Regulations, and the Federal Register.

Rules and networks : the legal culture of global business transactions / edited by Richard P. Appelbaum, William L.F. Felstiner and Volkmar Gessner. Oxford : Hart, 2001.
GEN STACKS HF1379.R86 2001

Berman, George A., Transnational Litigation in a Nutshell. St. Paul, MN: Thomson West, c2003
READING ROOM KF8940.B47 2003

Deming, Stuart H., Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the New International Norms. [Chicago, ILL]: Section of International Law and Practice, American Bar Association, c. 2005.
GEN STACKS KF9351.D46 2005

Folsom, Ralph Haughwout. International business transactions in a nutshell / by Ralph H. Folsom, Michael Wallace Gordon, John A. Spanogle, Jr. 7th ed. St. Paul, Minn. : West Pub. Co., 2004.
READING ROOM K3943.W54 2004

Liability of multinational corporations under international law / edited by Menno T. Kamminga and Saman Zia-Zarifi.
The Hague ; Boston : Kluwer Law International, 2000.
GEN STACKS K1322.L53 2000

Cruver, Donald R., Complying with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act : a guide for U.S. firms doing business in the international marketplace / Donald R. Cruver. 2nd ed. Chicago, Ill. : Section of Business Law, American Bar Association, 1999.
GEN STACKS KF9351.Z9C78 1999

The Alien Tort Claims Act : an analytical anthology. Editors, Ralph G. Steinhardt and Anthony D'Amato.
Ardsley, N.Y. : Transnational Publishers, 1999.
GEN STACKS KF8858.A95 1999

Steinberg, Marc I. International securities law : a contemporary and comparative analysis. By Marc I. Steinberg.
The Hague ; Boston : Kluwer Law International, 1999.
GEN STACKS K1114.S75 1999

Nadakavukaren Schefer, Krista. International trade in financial services : the NAFTA provisions / by K.N. Schefer.
The Hague ; Boston : Kluwer Law International, 1999.
GEN STACKS KDZ260.N33 1999

European Conference of Services Specialised in the Fight against Corruption (4th : 1999 : Limassol, Cyprus).
International co-operation in the fight against corruption and offshore financial centres : obstacles and solutions : programme of action against corruption : 4th European Conference of services specialised in the fight against corruption, Limassol (Cyprus), 20-22 October 1999. Strasbourg : Council of Europe Pub., 2001.
GEN STACKS KJC2217.A6E87 1999

Foreign courts : civil litigation in foreign legal cultures. Edited by Volkmar Gessner. Aldershot, UK ; Brookfield, USA : Dartmouth, 1996.
GEN STACKS K7040.F67 1996

Teitz, Louise Ellen. Transnational litigation / Louise Ellen Teitz. Charlottesville, Va. : Michie, 1996.
GEN STACKS KF418.C48T45 1996

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Treaties, Statutes, and Legislative Materials
United States Code Service - Titles 1 through 50 USCS - Trade - Titles 15, 18, 21 and 28 USCS - Customs Service - Title 19 US-Canada Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act US - CIS Legislative Histories - International Trade US - CIS Legislative Histories - Trade Regulation Law CELEX EU Law Database: Combined Files Basic Documents of International Economic Law GATT Basic Instruments and Selected Documents GATT Uruguay Round General Agreements on Tariffs and Trade North American Free Trade Agreement U.S. Treaties on LEXIS
 
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Law Reviews, Journals, and Treatises
BNA International Trade Reporter: US Import Wkly, US Export Wkly Restatement on Foreign Relations - International Trade Materials Law Reviews with International Focus Journal of International Law and Business International Exporting Agreements International Franchising Law Doing Business in Canada Doing Business in France Business Transactions in Germany Doing Business in Japan Doing Business in Spain Doing Business in the United Kingdom
 
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U.S. Federal International Law - U.S.C.A. United States Code Annotated Legislative History of the NAFTA Implementation Act International Economic Law Documents GATT Uruguay Round Agreements North American Free Trade Agreement U.S. Treaties and Other International Agreements European Union Treaties European Union Legislation

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Administrative Regulations & Decisions

U.S. Federal International Administrative Regulations from the C.F.R. U.S. Federal International Administrative Regulations from the Federal Register U.S. Customs Bulletin & Decisions U.S. Customs Service Letter Rulings U.S. International Trade Commission Decisions

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Law Reviews, Journals, and Treatises

Law Reviews, Texts & Periodicals with International Focus BNA's International Trade Reporter Doing Business Under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Export Practice: Customs and International Trade Law Restatement of the Law: Foreign Relations of the United States

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This Course Research Page was created by Sara Kelley and update by Maxine Grosshans.