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By: Dr S N Ebrahimi
LLB, LLM, PHD International law
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General Liability
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Termination Force majeour Applicable law Dispute Settlement Others Buy-Back Production Sharing
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1. No single, uniform international commercial law governing foreign business transactions exists
2. International marketers must comply with the laws of each country within which it operate
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4. Best to get expert legal advice when doing business in another country
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Learning Objectives: Understand the home country political and legal environment Understand the host country political and legal environment Adapting to different political and legal systems International politics and law
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Sovereignty of nations and nationalism Stability of government policy Political risks in global business Confiscation Expropriation Domestication Embargoes, Boycotts and Sanctions Violence
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Good corporate citizenship Managing citizen affairs Understand the differences in political ideologies Strategies to lessen political risks
Joint venture Expanding the investment base (Local financial partner)
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Marketing and distribution Licensing Planned domestication (Greater local participation) Use risk reduction through adequate insurance
Political payoffs (U.S. Foreign corrupt practices act)
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Joint venture Investment base expansion Marketing and distribution Licensing Planned domestication (Greater local participation) Other
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Trade liberalization Attract FDI Create and promote free trade zones
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Open up the market for foreign products Promote transfer of technology N a Tax holidays for FDI s r Special incentives for importation of State of the art o l technologies l Provide market information and incentives for local companies to a h seek foreign markets
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Host or encourage trade missions Promote competitiveness of target industries Provide/Invest in necessary business infrastructure development snebrahimi@yahoo.com Imam Sadiq University 1385
Bases for legal systems Common law (British/English) Code law (Roman law) Islamic law Socialist law Legal dispute situations Between governments Between companies and governments
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Between companies
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Jurisdictional clauses included in contract Location of contract agreement Location of contract performance International dispute resolution Conciliation of mediation
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Arbitration
Arbitration centers Arbitration clauses
Enforcement of Arbitration
Litigation
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Marketing laws Green marketing legislation Antitrust laws European Union Treaty of Rome Articles 92, 93, 37 (Government/States) Articles 85-86 (Private Companies)
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Engineering and finance people should have a proper understanding of of legal and contractual aspects of law, e.g: International Sale Contracts Intellectual Property Employment Law Construction Contract Product Liability (Breach, Negligence, Fraud) Dispute Resolution
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Negligence Breaches duty below the appropriate standard of care Tort crime Similar to wrong distinguished from a
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Issues Affecting Ability to Trade and Operate Oil and Gas Offshore Contracts differences between legal systems question of which laws will apply in disputes rules of competition patent registration extra-territoriality of overseas legislation product liability
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"Freedom of contract" within limitations prescribed by the law. Breaching these limitations causes the contract to be null and void. Partially void if it concerns only some of the provisions and the void provisions are not essential for the contractual relationship. Contracts against the law are void.
Objective impossibility makes a contract void. "Freedom of form" but if the law prescribes a specific form, observing it is a condition for validity.
Against mandatory provisions Illegal subject matter Fraud against the law Contracts against public morals limitations to restriction of personal rights Extent of restraints of trade
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The Legal and Contractual Framework and Terminologies Written Instruments all legal transactions to establish, transfer, convert, renew, state, or release a right must be proved by a written instrument. Necessary written form Simple written form Official form
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Registration Publication
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Since illegal contracts are void, the parties cannot sue for nonperformance. The court will generally refuse to enforce or rescind an illegal contract. The court will generally leave the parties where it finds them
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Necessary Legal Implications of International Sales Contracts Defining key terms (eg. Incoterms 2000 which are the standard trade definitions most commonly used in international contracts) limiting agreement to the contract describing the goods contents of the payment clause the retain property until payment clause trade terms (shipping terms, as with Incoterms 2000) force majeure dispute resolution applicable law and jurisdiction fees and charges - including what you are responsible for and what your buyer is responsible for
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A latin maxim applie: Actus Doi nomini facit injuriam: An act of God does wrong to no one thus no one is responsible in tort for the result of an inevitable accident.
Acts of God can be distinguished in the common law from force majeure: Acts of god are natural disasters whereas force majeure, at least in the common law, consists of man made disasters.
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Some lawful contracts are so oppressive or manifestly unfair that they are unjust. To prevent the enforcement of such contracts, the courts have developed the equitable doctrine of unconscionability. A contract found to be unconscionable under this doctrine is called an unconscionable contract, or a contract of adhesion. Elements that must be shown to prove that a contract or clause is unconscionable: The parties possessed severely unequal bargaining power. The dominant party unreasonably used its unequal bargaining power. The adhering party had no reasonable alternative
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A principle precluding the institution of a suit against the government without its consent.
Governmental immunity exempts the government from liability for its torts. It is referred to as either governmental immunity or as soveriegn immunity. The terms are synonymous.
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Rightful possession is one of the rights of property, namely the right of use or usus. The right of property consists in the absolute and exclusive control of the object and includes the rights of usus, use, abusus, abuse, and fructus, fruits, that is all that grows thereon. Possession is the right of usus i.e. to enjoy and dispose of an object or right.
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The remedies which most concern tort and contract law are money damages, injunction, and specific performance.
monetary damages, injunctions, specific performance, and replevin among others such as writs of mandamus and habeas corpus.
Common law prefers money damages and does not ordinarily award specific performance.
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The burden of proof is the duty of one party in a lawsuit to prove the point which they assert. Ordinarily the movant bears the burden of proof, expressed in the maxim "actor incombit probari".
Different levels of proof are required depending on the type of case. In a civil case the plaintiff must prove the elements of their claim by a "preponderance of evidence" i.e. that their assertion is more likely than not true. In a criminal trial the burden of proof required of the prosecutor is to prove the guilt of the accused "beyond a reasonable doubt," a much more difficult task.
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A product is in a defective condition, i.e. is unreasonably dangerous to the user, when it has a propensity or tendency for causing physical harm beyond that which would be contemplated by the ordinary user. A defective condition is a legal cause of injury if it directly produces the injury. A defective condition may be a legal cause of damage even though it operates in combination with the act of another, or some other natural cause.
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Thus, in cases involving defective or unreasonably dangerous products the manufacturer may be liable even though it exercised all reasonable care in the design, manufacture and sale of the product in question. Manufacturers are not on always liable for accidents resulting from misuse of their products. The manufacturer is not an insurer. The mere possibility that injury result from the use of a product is insufficient to impute liability to a manufacturer. Manufacturer is required to make a product free of defective and unreasonably dangerous conditions.
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Proving the failure to exercise due care toward a person who one has a legal duty resulting in injury to that person establishes a prima facie tort. Due care is one of the standards of care in tort.
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DEFAULT: The failure to fulfill a legal obligation, such as neglecting to pay back a loan on schedule. DUTY TO WARN: The legal obligation to warn people of a danger. Typically, manufacturers of hazardous products have a duty to warn customers of a product's potential dangers and to advise users of any precautions they should take.
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ARBITRATION: A method of alternative dispute resolution in which the disputing parties agree to abide by the decision of an arbitrator. ASSIGNMENT: The transfer of legal rights, such as the time left on a lease, from one person to another.
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BANKRUPTCY: Insolvency; a process governed by the company law to help when people cannot or will not pay their debts.
COMPANY BY-LAWS: A corporation's rules and regulations. They typically specify the number and respective duties of directors and officers and govern how the business is run.
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COLLATERAL: An asset that a borrower agrees to give up if he or she fails to repay a loan. CONFLICT OF INTEREST: Refers to a situation when someone, such as a lawyer or public official, has competing professional or personal obligations or personal or financial interests that would make it difficult to fulfill his duties fairly.
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FIDUCIARY DUTY: An obligation to act in the best interest of another party. For instance, a corporation's board member has a fiduciary duty to the shareholders, a trustee has a fiduciary duty to the trust's beneficiaries, and an attorney has a fiduciary duty to a client.
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JURISDICTION: A court's authority to rule on the questions of law at issue in a dispute, typically determined by geographic location and type of case. LIEN: A claim against someone's property. A lien is instituted in order to secure payment from the property owner in the event that the property is sold. A mortgage is a common lien.
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LIQUIDATED DAMAGES: The amount of money specified in a contract to be awarded in the event that the agreement is violated.
MALPRACTICE: Improper or negligent behavior by a professional, such as a doctor or a lawyer. The failure of a professional to follow the accepted standards of practice of his or her profession.
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The primary purpose of tort law is to undo injury to someone through the mechanism of compensatory money damages.
False or True ? The goal of this area of law is to try to make an injured party "whole" again by providing money damages to cover all the costs (pain and suffering, lost salary, medical expenses, property damage, etc.) attributable to the injury causing behavior of the defendant.
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2) Awarding Procedure Tender Requirement Approval of High Economic Council Awarding Contracts to Foreign Companies Local Content Requirement
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3) Contents Title to Assets Financing Project Inspection, Audit and Verification Contractors Reimbursement Control by the State Local Employment and Training Safety, Health and Environment Assignment of Contract Dispute Settlement
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Development v. Exploration, Development and Production Exploration and Development v. Exploration, Development and Production
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