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Looseleaf Works

Contents:

Part 1 Commercial law: concepts and sources of commercial law

the economic operators - personal status of merchants (legal capacity of minors, foreigners, women, ... special duties for married merchants), partnerships and corporations

the economic institutions - professional organizations, chambers of commerce, advisory bodies and committees, commercial courts and commercial arbitration, miscellaneous

general obligations on economic operators (commercial registers, commercial records and books, opening of a bank account etc)

business assets, goodwill and commercial property rights - trade name, intellectual property (patents, designs and models, trade marks, protection of biotechnical inventions, chips protection, protection of know-how, copyright and neighbouring rights...), other elements

bankruptcy and related institutions

negotiable instruments (bills of exchange, cheques etc)

stock and commodity exchanges

commercial contracts - general principles of contract law, sale of goods (briefly sale of goods in general, with commercial sales treated in more detail), commercial services - distribution (including distribution franchising, authorized dealer contracts), contracts with middlemen (commercial agency, commission, brokerage), insurance, financial services - banking, credit leasing, factoring..., carriage by land, sea and air, other services

commercial securities. Part 2 Economic law: state intervention in economic activities

law of establishment and supervision of commercial activities

state incentives for economic activities

the law of competition - antitrust law - restrictive practices, monopolies and abuse of dominant position, mergers and acquisitions, law of unfair competition and trade practices

state regulation of the conditions of commercial transactions - price and supply regulation, consumer law - institutional aspects, general principles and representation of consumer interests, consumer information, the safety of goods and services, the quality of services, consumer contracts, sales promotion and commercial practices, consumer redress, miscellaneous - environmental rules affecting economic output, miscellaneous.

Covers commercial and economic law in various countries throughout the world. Topics include concepts and sources of commercial law, business assets, goodwill and commercial property rights, state intervention in economic activities and state regulation of the conditions of commercial transactions.