国际商法(英语专业)

International Business Law

国际商法

课程教案

YUAN TIAN

Foreign Language Teaching and Research Department

Heilongjiang University

Chapter One

Introduction to International Business Law

I. Teaching Objectives

On completion of this Chapter, students should be able to:

1.Get to know the objectives and feature of this course;

2.Get to know the basic relationship among such elements as:

➢International;

➢Business;

➢Law

3.Grasp the basic requirements of legal English learning.

4.Get to know the features of international law;

5.Get to know the sources of international law.

II. The Points to Be Highlighted

1. The relationship among the key elements as “international”, “business” and “law”

2. The understanding of the nature of law

III. T eaching Approaches and Facilities

Approaches: 1. Pair/Group work 2. Discussion 3 Task-based approach

4. Communicative approach

5. Questions and answers……

Facilities: PPT demonstration in the media classroom; on-line research

IV. Background Information

1. Economic globalization, in recent years, has been one of the hottest focuses in the world. Although it is extremely difficult to define economic globalization, many economists and business experts believe that no business can be purely domestic, and the realities of the modern world make all business international.

2. The causes of these developments are numerous:

(1) Incredible advances in efficiency of communication;

(2) Extraordinary reductions in transport costs;

(3) Growing prevalence of instant tele-and-cyber-transactions;

(4) Treaty and other norms causing reduction of governmental barriers to trade;

(5) The blessing of relative peace in the world.

V. Teaching Procedures and Contents

1. Introduce the outline of this Chapter:

This Chapter will discuss:

❖WHAT IS INTERNATIONAL LAW?

❖SOURCES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

✧International conventions;

✧International custom;

✧General principles of law;

✧Judicial decisions;

✧Teachings of publicists.

❖THE SCOPE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

❖COMPARISON OF MUNICIPAL LEGAL SYSTEMS

✧Romano-Germanic Civil Law;

✧Anglo-American Common Law;

✧Islamic Law

2. WHAT IS INTERNATIONAL LA W?

❖Defined: The body of rules and norms that regulates activities carried on outside the legal boundaries of nations

It regulates three international relationships:

1) Those between states and states.

2) Those between states and persons.

3) Those between persons and persons.

❖The differences between public international law and private international law

❖Is International Law Really Law?

1) Because nations and individuals regard international law as law, it is law.

2) Comity: The practice, or courtesy, between nations of treating each other with goodwill and civility.