General Principles of Commercial Law

Author: Zhao Zhongfu
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Publish Date: 2003-12-01
Features: This book begins with an introduction to commercial law, introducing the historical development of commercial law, its characteristics and principles, and clarifying that commercial law is a special law of civil law. It compares the commercial legal systems of six countries: the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, France, and Japan. It analyzes the characteristics, classification, and main content of commercial entities such as individuals, partnerships, companies, and agents, as well as commercial legal acts. To meet the indispensable needs of commercial law studies, it elaborates on the main content of commercial registration, business names, and commercial account books in separate chapters. The book concludes with concise explanations of various commercial laws, including company law, securities law, negotiable instruments law, insurance law, maritime law, and bankruptcy law. The entire book strives to combine the theoretical and practical, as well as the principles and specifics, of commercial law.