|  | | Pris: 690 SEK exkl. moms  |  |  Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this practical analysis of the law covering merchants’ status and obligations – including the laws governing state intervention in economic activities – in Sweden provides quick and easy guidance on such commercial and economic matters as business assets, negotiable instruments, commercial securities, and regulation of the conditions of commercial transactions. Lawyers who handle transnational business will appreciate the explanation of local variations in terminology and the distinctive concepts that determine practice and procedure. 
 Starting with a general description of the specifically applicable concepts and sources of commercial law, the book goes on to discuss such factors as obligations of economic operators and institutions, goodwill, broker/client relations, commercial property rights, and bankruptcy. Discussion of economic law covers the laws governing establishment, supervision of economic activities, competition law, and government taxation incentives. These details are presented in such a way that readers who are unfamiliar with specific terms and concepts in varying contexts will fully grasp their meaning and significance.
 
 Thorough yet practical, this convenient volume is a valuable tool for business executives and their legal counsel with international interests. Lawyers representing parties with interests in Sweden will welcome this very useful guide, and academics and researchers will appreciate its value in the study of comparative commercial and economic law.
 
 
 TABLE OF CONTENTS
 The Author
 List of Abbreviations
 General Introduction
 Chapter 1. General Background of the Country
 Chapter 2. The Economic System
 Chapter 3. The Legal System
 Part I. Commercial Law
 Chapter 1. Concepts and Sources of Commercial Law
 Chapter 2. The Economic Operators
 Chapter 3. The Economic Institutions
 Chapter 4. General Obligations of Economic Operators
 Chapter 5. Intellectual Property Rights
 Chapter 6. Bankruptcy and Related Institutions
 Chapter 7. Negotiable Instruments
 Chapter 8. Stock and Commodity Exchanges
 Chapter 9. Commercial Contracts
 Chapter 10. Commercial Securities
 Part II. Economic Law
 Chapter 1. General Principles
 Chapter 2. The Law of Establishment and Supervision of Economic Activities
 Chapter 3. State Incentives for Economic Activities
 Chapter 4. Competition Law
 Chapter 5. State Regulation of the Conditions of Commercial
 Transactions
 Selected Bibliography
 Index
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