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Transnational Business Problems

7th Edition
Detlev F. Vagts | William S. Dodge | Hannah L. Buxbaum | Harold Hongju Koh
ISBN: 9781685615376
Subject: International-Business Trans
Format: Print - Hardbound
Page Count: 610
Copyright: 2024 | Status: Accepting Pre-Orders

The Seventh Edition of Transnational Business Problems combines the best aspects of a conceptual, systemic approach and a problems approach. It provides a sophisticated intellectual framework for understanding the most significant contractual and regulatory issues in international business. At fewer than 600 pages, this compact book is ideal for a one-semester course.

  • One Volume. Transnational Business Problems presents the important practical and policy aspects of international transactions in one reasonably-sized volume.
  • Covers Systemic Issues First. Transnational Business Problems considers systemic issues first. Four introductory chapters discuss the role of the international lawyer, the resolution of international disputes, the relationship between international and domestic law, the extraterritorial reach of domestic law, and corporate social responsibility.
  • Problems Approach. The introductory chapters are followed by eight problems, each focused on a different kind of transaction: transnational sales, agency and distributorship agreements, licensing, foreign direct investment, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, concession agreements, and international debt instruments. Each problem covers both contractual and regulatory issues. Nearly all begin with a sample contract.
  • Sophistication. The book uses primary source materials—draft contracts, statutes, regulations, treaties, cases, and arbitral awards—that allow students, with help from the text, to work through issues in a realistic way. The book goes beyond the nuts and bolts of transactions to encourage consideration of broader policy issues: from the liability of corporations for human rights violations to restrictions on foreign investment; from the compulsory licensing of HIV drugs to the restructuring of sovereign debt.
  • Geographical Diversity. Transnational Business Problems reflects the geographical diversity of business today. The problems focus on China, the European Union, the Andean Community, Mexico, and Brazil. Materials from other parts of the world are included in the introductory chapters.
  • Intellectual Heritage. Transnational Business Problems grows out of a rich intellectual heritage that began with Milton Katz and Kingman Brewster’s International Transactions and evolved into Henry Steiner and Detlev Vagts’s Transnational Legal Problems. The book views transnational business problems as a particular species of transnational legal problem that both generates and is influenced by transnational legal process.
  • Fully Updated. The Seventh Edition of Transnational Business Problems is fully updated to account for developments through the start of 2024. The introductory chapters and many of the problems have been substantially revised. Every year between editions the authors provide an update in memo form that teachers can distribute as a supplement to their classes.
  • Useful Teacher’s Manual. Transnational Business Problems has a complete teacher’s manual that provides suggestions on how to approach the material and answers to all the questions posed in the text. The manual also contains sample syllabi.


Imprint: Foundation Press
Series: University Casebook Series
Publication Date: 06/24/2024
Related Subject(s): International-Trade

Detlev F. Vagts

William S. Dodge, George Washington University Law School

Hannah L. Buxbaum, Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington

Harold Hongju Koh, Yale University Law School

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  • Discussion of extraterritoriality in Chapter III revised in light of U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Abitron Austria GmbH v. Hetronic Int’l, Inc., 600 U.S. 412 (2023).
  • Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises on Responsible Business Conduct updated in Chapter IV.
  • Discussions of new EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence added to Chapter IV.
  • Discussion of China’s new Civil Code added to Problem 1.
  • Problem 1’s discussion of U.S. export controls and sanctions revised in light of recent changes.
  • New EU Vertical Block Exemption Regulation added to Problem 2.
  • Discussion of tax updated in Problem 4 to discuss substantial new U.S. regulations.
  • Materials on CFIUS revised in Problem 5 to account for new U.S. legislation and regulations.
  • Problem 6 completely rewritten in light of China’s new Foreign Investment Law and repeal of Equity Joint Venture Law.
  • Changes in Problem 7 to reflect replacement of NAFTA by USMCA.
  • Discussion of sovereign debt restructuring revised in Problem 8 to reflect significant new cases.

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