11International Business LawAn Introduction to International Business Law国际商法导论I. The Concept and Sources of International Business Law 国际商法的概念和渊源I.1 Concept of the International Business Law: What is International Business Law? 国际商法的概念: 什么是国际商法？International Business Law is the sum total of laws of regulating the various relationships between international business transaction and the business organizations. 国际商法是调整国际商事交易和商业组22织的各种关系的法律规范的总和。The regulating objects and ranges of international business law are broader than that of the traditional business law. 国际商法的调整对象和范围比传统的商法更为广泛。The traditional business law mainly includes the contents of the business law of act, the company law(UK)/the law of corporation(USA), the law of bills, the law of maritime commerce, the law of insurance, etc. 传统的商法主要包括商行为法、公司法、票据法、海商法、保险法等内容。However, along with the 33expansion of the communicating scale of the current international economy and trade, and the variety and complication of business transaction, except with the huge development of the international sale of goods, there appear many new type practices of international business transaction and trade, such as the international transfer of technology, trade of industrial property and exclusive technology licensing, international investment, international cooperative production, international financing, international project contracting, international leasing, etc. 但是，随着当代国际经济贸易交流规模的扩大和商事交易的多样化、复杂化，除了国际货物买卖有了巨大的发展以外，还出现44了许多新型的国际商事交易和贸易做法，如国际技术转让、工业产权与专有技术许可贸易、国际投资、国际合作生产、国际融资、国际工程承包、国际租赁，等等。These transactions have exceeded the regulating range of the traditional business laws. So they are called the international business transaction, and the laws that regulate these transactions are called the law of international transactions or the international business Law. 这些交易已超出了传统商法调整的范围，有人把他们称为国际商事交易，并把调整这些交易的法律统称为国际交易法或国际商法。55Its regulating range not only covers the international transactions of visible goods or cargo but also covers the various relationships that technology, capital and labor occur in the international flow. 其调整范围不仅包括有形商品、货物的国际交易，而且包括技术、资金和劳务在国际流动中所产生的各种关系.Currently, the main bodies that engage in the international business transactions are basically business organizations such as companies and enterprises rather than countries. 现在，在国际上从事国际商事交易的主体基本上是公司、企业等商事组织而不是国家。The transactions between them 66belong to the transactions that occur in the business organizations of the different countries rather than the transactions between the different countries. 它们之间的交易属于不同国家商事组织之间的交易，而不是不同国家之间的交易。Therefore, in the concept of international business law, the word “international”does not mean“between the nations”but“transnational”. Hence, the international business law is called the transnational business law. 所以，在国际商法这一概念中， “国际”一词的含义并不是指“国家与国家之77间”的意思，而是指“跨越国界”的意思。因此，有人也把国际商法称为跨越国界的商法。 1.2 The Constituent Parts of International Law: Where is the International Business Law? P.36The distinctions between International Public Law and Private International Law mainly lie in the differences between regulating objects, that is, Private International Law is used to regulate the civil transnational relations between a natural person and a legal person while International Public Law is used to regulate the diplomatic, political and military relations 88between states. P.36国际公法与国际私法的区别主要在于调整对象的差异：国际私法是调整自然人、法人之间的跨越一国地域范围的民事关系，而国际公法调整的是国家与国家之间的外交、政治、军事关系。 I.3 Two Major Legal Systems of the World The Anglo-American Common Law System p.18 (Case Law)(based mainly on case law)The Continental Law System p.20 99(Statute/ Code)(based mainly on statute or code)QUESTIONS:1.What major differences are there between the Anglo-American Common Law System and the Continental Law System?2.What major differences are there between international public law and private international law?Words and Expressions:1.sum total 总和2.commercial transaction 商事交易3.business law of act 商业行为法4.the company law(UK)/the law of corporation(USA) 公司法10105.the law of bills 票据法6.the law of maritime commerce 海商法7.the law of insurance 保险法8.international transfer of technology 国际技术转让9.industrial property 工业产权10. trade of exclusive technology licensing 专有技术许可贸易11. international investment 国际投资12. international cooperative production 国际合作生产13. international financing 国际融资14. international project contracting 1111国际工程承包15. international leasing 国际租赁16. visible goods 有形商品17. transnational business law 跨越国界的商法18. illustrate （用示例、图画等）说明、解释19. socio-geographic perspective 社会地理学观点20. cultural perspective 文化观点21. political and economic perspective 政治及经济观点22. history impacts on culture 历史影响文化23. culture impacts on politics 文化1212影响政治24. politics impacts on economy 政治影响经济25. economy impacts on law 经济影响法律Last chapter begins with an introduction of the historical development cause of international business law. Then, it illustrates the basic knowledge