Table of Contents

Part 1 Company law: international joint ventures in New Zealand; securities law developments in Taiwan; Sweden's new competition legislation. Part 2 Environmental law: environmental regulation in Brazil; environmental regulation in Nigeria. Part 3 General commercial law issues: agency agreements in Spain; bankruptcy and reorganization in Colombia; current trends in franchising; effective negotiation of international commercial contracts; franchising in Canada. Part 4 Foreign investment: depositary receipts programmes in Brazil; the impact of multinational corporations in the Philippines; foreign investment in Romania. Part 5 Litigation, procedure, dispute resolution: Austrian conflict of laws in international business transactions; recognition of foreign judgements in the United States; remedies for foreign sellers of goods in Denmark; State liability for inadequate implementation or application of European Union Law.