On May 19 1956, the CMR-Convention was signed, aiming at providing uniform rules for the contract of carriage of goods by road. The Convention proofed to be very successful and is after 60 years still in force in 55 member states. With this, the Convention provides uniform rules in most of Europe and the Middle East and still contributes to the underlying aim of legal certainty and predictability. Even though the Convention is very successful, there are also a returning number of critiques on...

The field of international commercial law has gained importance due to the

increasing globalization of economies and international commerce in the last

decades.

This book covers the most important legal issues when conducting business

abroad. The legal environment of the business transactions is the central

theme of the first part. The political and policy risks of doing business abroad

are explained, as well as how they should be mitigated. The first part also covers

European law with a focu...