This book is an ideal sourcebook for students and practitioners who are interested in international business transactions and want to gain familiarity with the law and practice of international trade law, policies and ethics.

It contains eleven chapters, which deal extensively with the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, The UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts, Incoterms 2000, Carriage of Goods by Sea, Land and Air, Letters of Credit law, the World Trade Organization, international intellectual property law, anti-dumping and countervailing laws and international commercial arbitration law.

Each chapter examines an important aspect of international trade and business by describing and analyzing the relevant law, policies and ethical issues, posing tutorial problems or providing sample examination questions and lists of references and incorporating extracts from relevant international documents and conventions.