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PATHFINDER
COMMERCIAL LAW
October 2003
Definition Commercial law refers to the body of law that pertains to commercial transactions. Its wide-ranging scope includes many different areas that affect businesses and individuals who enter into commercial transactions. Contracts, agency, bailments, carriers, sales, product liability, partnerships, corporations, unfair competition, secured transactions, property, commercial paper, insurance, and bankruptcy are all governed by commercial law. Source: Encyclopedia of Business. New York : Gale Research, 1995 HF 1001 E5 1995 v.1 Commercial law is the body of rules applied to commercial transactions; derived from the practices of traders rather than from jurisprudence. Source: http://dict.die.net/ Books dealing with the topic are listed in the catalog under the headings: Commercial law Commercial law - China Commercial law - Europe Commercial law - European Economic Community countries Commercial law - European Union countries Commercial law - Great Britain Commercial law - Philippines Commercial law - Philippines - Examinations, questions, etc. Commercial law - Soviet Union Commercial law - United States The following subject headings may be helpful in locating related books: Agency Contracts Corporation law - Philippines Foreign trade regulation Globalization - case studies Industrial laws and regulations - Philippines Industrial policy - case studies International business enterprise - Law and legislation International trade - case studies Law reports, digests, etc. Legal documents Trade regulation Basic references located at the Information-Reference Section, 2nd floor are: Elsevier's legal dictionary : in English, German, French, Dutch, and Spanish. K 54 E47 2001 Encyclopedia of Business. HF 1001 E5 1995 v.1 Gemignani, Michael C. A legal guide to EDP management. KF 390.5 C6 G45 1989
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Goonen, Norma M. and Rachel S. Blechman. Higher education administration : a guide to legal, ethical, and practical issues. LB 2341 G64 1999 Handbook of global legal policy. K 561 H36 2000 Hemphill Jr., Charles F. The consumer protection handbook : a legal guide. KF 1609 H4 1981 Kaplin, William A. The law of higher education : a comprehensive guide to legal implications of administrative decision making. KF 4225 K36 1985 Sinnott, John P. A practical guide to document authentication : legalization of notarized & certified documents. K 2380 S56 1999 Train, John and Thomas A. Melfe. Investing and managing trusts under the new prudent investor rule : a guide for trustees, investment advisors and lawyers. KF 1083 T7 1999 Selected texts located at the Circulation Section, 3rd floor are: Adamson, John E. Basic law and the legal environment of business. KF 889 A74 1995 Anderson, Ronald A. ; Ivan Fox and David Twomey P. Business law. KF 888 A5 1987 Anderson, Ronald A. ; Ivan Fox and David P. Twomey. Business law and the legal environment. KF 888 A535 1993 Bennett, F. Lawrence. The management of engineering : human, quality, organizational, legal, and ethical aspects of professional practice. TA 190 B45 1996 Braithwaite, John and Peter Drahos. Global business regulation. K 1005 B7 2000 Bringing women into management. HF 5500.2 B75 1975 Brown, Gordon W.; Edward E. Byers and Mary Ann Lawlor. Business law : with UCC applications. ; KF 889.3 B76 1989 Business law : text and cases, the legal environment. KF 889 B87 1991 Business law and the regulatory environment : concepts and cases. KF 888 B8 1998 Conry, Edward J. ; Gerald R. Ferrera and Karla H. Fox. The legal environment of business. KF 1600 C67 1990 Contemporary business law : principles and cases. KF 888 C66 1982 Cross, Frank B. West's business law: selected chapters. KF 889 W37 2001 Donnell, John D. and A. James Barnes, Michael B. Metzger. Law for business. KF 889 D66 1983 Dunfee, Thomas U. Modern law business. KF 889 M6 1989 Dworkin, Terry Morehead ; A. James Barnes and Eric L. Richards. Essentials of business law and the regulatory environment. KF 889 D86 1995
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Economic dimensions in international law : comparative and empirical perspectives. K 3943 E36 1997 Edwards, Linda L. Tort law for legal assistants. KF 1250 Z9 E48 1999 Glendon, Mary Ann. A nation under lawyers : how the crisis in the legal profession is transforming American society. KF 297 G54 1994 Knapp, Charles L. and Nathan M. Crystal. Rules of contract law : selections from the uniform commercial code and the restatement (second) of contracts : with sample contracts, examination questions and answers. KF 801 Z9 K55 1987 Mann, Richard A. Business law and the regulatory environment : concepts and cases. KF 889 M35 1999 McCarty, F. William and John W. Bagby. Irwin's legal and regulatory environment of business. KF 1600 M3 1996 Meiners, Roger E. ; Al H. Ringleb and Frances L. Edwards.The legal environment of business. KF 1600 M44 1997 Menard, Claude. Institutions, contracts and organizations : perspectives from new institutional economics. HB 99.5 I57 2000 Miller, Roger LeRoy and Gaylord A. Jentz. Economics and e-commerce : the online legal environment. KF 889.3 M54 2002 Modern business law. KF 889 M6 1989 Ott, William G. College business law. KF 889.3 R67 1978 Regulation, economics and the law. HD 3612 R44 2001 Roberson, Cliff. The complete book of business forms and agreements. KF 888 R6 1994 Roszkowski, Mark E. Business law : principles, cases, and policy. KF 889 R67 1989 Schwab, Susan C. Trade-offs : negotiating the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act. KF 6659 S39 1994 Whitman, Douglas. The legal and social environment of business. KF 1600 W45 1986
Selected texts located at the American Studies Resource Center, Ground floor are: Weiss, Donald H. Fair, square & legal : safe hiring, managing & firing practices to keep you & your company out of court. KF 3457 W47 2000 West's business law : selected chapters. KF 889 W37 2001 Whaley, Douglas J. Problems and materials on commercial law. KF 888 W4 1986
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Whitman, Douglas ; John William Gergacz and Murray Levin. The legal environment of business : regulatory law and contracts. KF 1600 W46 1992 Whitman, Douglas and John William Gergacz. The legal and social environment of business. KF 1600 W45 1986 Winham, Gilbert R. The evolution of international trade agreements. K 4600 W56 1992 Zacher, Mark W. and Brent A. Sutton. Governing global networks : international regimes for transportation and communications. K 4015.4 Z29 1996 Selected texts located at the European Documentation Research Centre, Ground floor are: Crofts, Thomas. The criminal responsibility of children and young persons : a comparison of English and German law KJC 9656 C76 2002 European business law. KJE 2045 E97 1996 European policies on competition, trade and industry : conflict and complementarities. HF 1531 E97 1995 European Union law after Maastricht : a practical guide for lawyers outside the Common Market. KJE 6569 E97 1996 Green, Nicholas and Aidan Robertson. Commercial agreements and competition law : practice ang procedure in the UK and EC. KJE 6456 G74 1997 Havel, Brian F. In search of open skies : law and policy for a new era in international aviation : a comparative study of airline deregulation in the United States and the European Union. HE 9803 A4 H38 1997 Institutions for Eastern Europe. HF 1532.7 F68 1995 Schott, Jeffrey J. The Uruguay Round : an assessment. HF 1713 S34 1994 The Uruguay Round results : a European lawyers perspective. HF 1713 U78 1995 Selected texts at the Filipiniana Section, 4th floor are: Agency text and cases. KF 5625.8 A3 P34 1986 3 basic commercial laws with introductory features. KF 5625.5 T47 1995 A compilation of Philippine commercial laws. KF 5625.5 P494 1961 Action guides for corporate legal management. KF 5625.5 T3 1991 Agbayani, Aguedo F. Commentaries and jurisprudence on the commercial laws of the Philippines. KF 5617 C5 1970 A45 1989 Agbayani, Aguedo F. Commercial law reviewer. KF 5625.5 A4 1988
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Annotations on mercantile law. KF 5625.5 P53 1983 Basic commercial laws of the Philippines : with introductory features. KF 5625.5 P49 1967 De Leon, Hector. The law on sales, agency and credit transaction. KF 5625.51 S3 D4 1970 De Leon, Hector. The law on transfer and business taxation : with illustrations, problems and solutions. KF 5624.61 E7 D4 1999 Looking after Filipino children : a compendium of Philippine laws and international declarations, conventions and covenants. KPM 517 L66 1998
Martin, Teodorico C. Commentaries and jurisprudence on the Philippine commercial laws. KF 5617 C5 1961 M37 1986 Moreno, Federico B. Philippine law dictionary : words and phrases in Philippine law, legally and judicially defined and accepted. KF 5621.8 M6 1988 Nolledo, Jose N. Handbook on sales, agency and bailments for commerce students. KF 5625.51 S3 N6 1990 Oposa, Jr., Antonio A. A legal arsenal for the Philippine environment. KPM 1507 O66 2002 Paño, Ernani Cruz. The judiciary and the bar : judges, lawyers, courts and other legal essays with a history of the Supreme Court. KF 5624.7 A2 P36 1995 Ramos, Carmen M. Fundamentals of civil law and procedure for legal management. KPM 479 R35 1988 Sales, agency and bailments : with selected provisions of documentary stamps executive order no. 273 (value added tax law and revenue regulations no. 5-87) KF 5625.51 S3 D5 1994 Sales, Emmanuel O. The legal environment : concept, notes and materials. K 1001.7 1988 S25 1994 Sibal, Jose Agaton R. Philippine legal encyclopedia. KF 5621.8 S5 1986 Tabios, Severiano S. Action guides for corporate legal management. KF 5625.5 T3 1988 Vitug, Jose C. Pandect of commercial law and jurisprudence. KF 5625.5 V57 1990
AUDIO VISUAL MATERIALS Money magazine's guide to the new tax law. sound cassette (53 min.) [CT 239 mon] Philippine business law series CD-ROM. [CD 015 phi] Quicken business law partner 3.0 [CD01394 ]
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SOURCES OF JOURNAL ARTICLES PRINT JOURNALS (Periodicals Section, 2nd floor) The Arab World Business Law Review Current Legal Resources & Services Bulletin Lawyer's Review Journal of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines Oxford Journal of Legal Studies Philippine Sacra ELECTRONIC JOURNALS (Accessible at DLSU campus) EBSCO Host http://search.global.epnet.com American Business Law Journal Berkeley Journal of Employment & Labor Law Commercial Law Bulletin Commercial Law Journal Communications and the Law Corporate Legal Times Journal of Corporation Law Journal of International Accounting, Auditing & Taxation Labor Law Journal INFOTRAC Gale Group Computer Online http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/dlsu Rutgers Computer & Technology Law Journal Proquest Online http://www.umi.com/pqdauto American Business Law Journal American Society of International Law. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting The Business Lawyer Commercial Law Journal Computer and Internet Lawyer Federal Communications Law Journal The George Washington International Law Review The Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics Georgetown International Environmental Law Review Insights; the Corporate & Securities Law Advisor Intellectual Property & Technology Law Journal Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law Journal of Legal Economics Law and Policy in International Business Law Office Computing Legal Assistant Today
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Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business Year 2000 Practitioner VERTICAL FILES (Information-Reference Section, 2nd floor) Cash management and treasury : a legal perspective--HRSAR Management in Asia : p. 202+ (VF 1900) HSBC's Guide to Cash and Treasury
Linkage between education and business/ industry March 1989. (VF 637) Magna Carta for small enterprises : republic act 6977 as amended by RA 8289 (VF 1542) Magna Carta for small enterprises becomes law Philippines Business (VF 345) Memorandum from COMELEC chairman Monsid to the business sector Re : Election laws relevant to the business SGV & CO Bulletin Spacial (VF 561) Studies in Caribbean public enterprise : volume II-The legal framework of Commonwealth Caribbean public enterprise (VF 553) FACULTY PUBLICATIONS Archives Section, 4th floor Sales, Emmanuel O. (1985) The element of delectas personae in close corporations: a pedagogical note. Journal of Business & Economics. 3(2): 20-23 D '85. Sales, Emmanuel O. (1985) The Philippine taxes on business. Journal of Business & Economics. 3(1): 2535 Mr '85. Sales, Emmanuel O. (1987) The constitutional framework for doing business. The DLSU Business and Economics Review. I(1): 1-7 D '87. Sales, Emmanuel O. (2001) The legal responsibility of teachers (imparting more than ABC to students). Notes on Business Education. 4(5):1-4 S-O '01. Sales, Emmanuel O. (2001) Management prerogatives and employee's rights (a general overview). DLSU Business & Economics Review. 13(1):1-20 2001-2002. THESES AND DISSERTATIONS Foreign Online Dissertations http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/gateway DLSU Theses and Dissertations (Archives Section, 4th floor) Ferreras, Michael (1992) Trading groups, selected laws and monitoring: a discussion and analysis of monkey trading in the Philippines. [U 06175] Sekhon, Grace Muncada (1995) Discourse analysis of courtroom interaction [G 02474]
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INTERNET SOURCES Commercial Law League of America (CLLA) http://www.clla.org/ This is the nation's oldest association of attorneys and credit professionals on commercial law. It offers authoritative, up-to-date, practical information such as access to its constitution, operative guide, code of ethics, declaration of fair practices, etc. Chan Robles Virtual Library. Philippine Commercial Law Online http://members.tripod.com/chanrobles/lawlist.htm This is a free listing database for lawyers and law firms in the Philippines and worldwide hosted by Chan Robles & Associates Law Firm - Philippines and sponsored by the Chan Robles Group. It includes information about the law firm and its services; the law library; Philippine Country Guide; Philippine Constitution; Philippine Environmental laws, etc. Wong Fleming PC -- Doing Business in Asia -- Philippines http://www.wongfleming.com/phil_legal_system.html The website of Wong Fleming, P.C., maintains offices in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. From its inception in 1994, the law firm has grown in size and complexity as its members continuously strive to deliver high quality results with a unique team of talented attorneys. The firm concentrates its practice in complex commercial, employment and litigation matters. Included in this site is an interesting article commercial law in the Philippines. Electronic Library on International Trade Law and the CISG http://www.cisg.law.pace.edu/ Welcome to the PACE database on the CISG and International Commercial Law. The CISG is the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the international sale of goods, the uniform international sales law of countries that account for two-thirds of all world trade. EBTG E-Biomed Technologies Group, Inc. http://www.hg.org/index.html This site provides information about commercial law, trade law, commercial transactions, government business lawyers, insurance, judge courts countries states legal law firms ...
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