• 5. rules: 规则，规章。指团体的规章、条例或比 赛规则，常与regulation互换使用。
• 6. provision: 规定，规范。指具体部门所制 定的规定。
• 7.procedures: 程序，办法。主要指具体部 门或行业为实施某法律制订的具体步骤。
• 8.institutions: 制度，法律，法令；公共机构。 该词主要表示制度、公共机构或诉讼的提起。
II. Sources of International Business Law
• 1. International Treaties and Conventions
• A treaty may also be known as agreement, protocol, covenant, convention, exchange of letters, accord, exchange of notes, memorandum of understanding, etc..
• (2) the parties have their nationalities from different countries;
• (3) the commercial activities are performed in a State or District outside the Country or Countries of one or more parties;
• (4) the object of the commercial relationship is located in a State or District outside the Country or Countries of one or more parties.
• 3. The meaning ofon to International Business Law
• I. Definition of International Business Law • II. Sources of International Business Law • III. History of International Business Law • IV. Characteristics and Principles of
• Treaties are binding agreements between two or more states, and conventions are legally binding agreements sponsored by international organizations, such as the United Nations.
International Business Law • V. Major Legal Systems of the World
Key Terms and Important Legal
English Usages
• 1. norms: 标准，规范，法则，规则，准则。该词 一般指组织或惯例中的准则或规则，不指立法机 关所制定的法律。
• 9.rule of law: 法治。 • 10. legal doctrines: 法律理论。 • 11.legal validity: 法律效力。
I. Definition of International Business Law
• 1. Definition • International business law, also called
• Hague Rules（海牙规则） • Visby Rules （维斯比规则） • Hamburg Rules （汉堡规则）
• Convention Concerning International Carriage of Goods by Rail,CIM（国际铁路货物运输公约）
• 2. law: 法律，法令。该词较常用，主要指由最高 当局制定、由立法机构通过或由习惯认可而由法 院执行的法律。
• 3. code: 法典、法规。着重指集体的法规，如civil code, criminal code.
• 4. regulation: 条例，规则，规章。主要表示用以 指导、管理或控制某系统或某组织的规则或原则。
international commercial law, refers to the body of legal rules and norms that regulates international trade and international business organizations. • 2. The meaning of “International” • A commercial transaction is international if: • (1) the parties have their places of business in different States or Countries;
Main Treaties or Conventions in International Business Law
（1）Convention Regulating Agency • Convention on Agency in the International Sale
of Goods（1983年《国际货物销售代理公约》） （2）Convention Regulating the Relationship of
International Sale of Goods • United Nations Convention on Contracts of
International Sale of Goods, CISG（1980年 《联合国国际货物买卖合同公约》
（3） Convention Regulating International Transport of Goods