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1. Sanctions on Russia
After Russia occupied Crimea in Spring 2014, the U.S. and EU applied trade sanctions, initially to
a group of leaders close to President Putin and then to the country. This illustrates the political
use of trade sanctions as an alternative to a military response. They were to serve as a warning
2. Review Antitrust Law Applications
Prepare a review of recent applications of antitrust law in the EU, U.S., and other countries.
3. Research on international applications of product liability law
4. Research contract law in the U.S., the EU, China, and Russia
Outline the major differences in contract law in these countries and how businesses may need
to modify their ways of doing business to adjust to these differences. Share findings with class,
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5. Patent and trademark exercise
6. Country Risk Assessment
After a discussion of CRA, based on the readings, ask students to discuss which types of business
would be most and least vulnerable to political risk. This assignment may be used online, using
discussion forums or chats, as well as face-to-face
7. Comparison of U.S. and UK legal systems
A comparison of differences between the U.S. and UK legal systems may interest students.
1. England has a split legal profession with barristers and solicitors.
2. England has no jury for civil court actions.
3. England allows no contingent fee arrangements.
4. Award of costs to the winner in civil litigation.
5. Pre-trial discovery is more restricted in England
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SUPPLEMENTAL ACTIVITIES
Case Studies
Case studies that focus on intercultural issues and their effects in business environments are
available through Ivey Publishing and Harvard Business School. Ivey’s catalog is available for
browsing (www. iveycases.com); the cases are downloadable for review, and pricing is in the
U.S. $3.50 range. Harvard Business Publishing
engine license business model and developing concerns about IP rights in China. It is available at
Ivey.
CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE
Home Country Law Abroad
The U.S. government has also required foreign companies with which it has contracts or who
operate in the U.S. to follow specific U.S. laws, such as the sanctions on Cuba and Iran.
Consider the pros and cons of such requirements.
Other countries also extend their legal jurisdictions beyond their borders.
Assign research on this issue so that a discussion/debate can be held and students come
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TERM PAPER OR PROJECT TOPICS
These topics may be assigned as individual or collaborative projects:
1. Rather than a term paper on a specific module, we recommend that term papers on a
2. Review of legal blunders in international business and their impacts
3. Review of international arbitration reports
4. Research Creative Commons, a non-profit organization that offers an alternative to full
5. Survey international law in cyberspace. One solid source is the U.S. State Dept.:
1. This chapter is very important to students’ understanding of the legal forces that affect
2. We encourage a review of current events and application of the module’s topics at the
3. The “Check Your Progress” section in the textbook will help in understanding chapter
content. These topics may be assigned as an outside class assignment. One of the problems in
giving textbook questions as outside assignments is that students frequently do not do the
assignments and wait for the instructor to give them the answers. Instructors can avoid these
problems in several ways: (1) collecting assignments at random and assigning a grade; (2)
occasionally giving some of the same questions as a quiz, thus rewarding students who have
done their assignments; (3) having students hand in assignments and giving credit for work
submitted (or penalties for work not submitted); and (4) calling on students at random to write
on the chalkboard their answers to specific questions (giving a small number of points for correct
4. Guest lecturers could include international lawyers and law professors. Managers from
local export businesses that have worked through choice of law and choice of forum clauses for
their international contracts may also be interesting sources of the inside story for students.
Talk with export managers at local businesses. We were heartened to find that they loved the
invitation and were able to share an on-the-ground perspective with our students.
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ASSESSEMENT OF LEARNING
Interactive Applications
Time-Saving Hints:
• Instructors may want to give students unlimited or multiple attempts on the first few
assignments so the students have a chance to learn and navigate the system before
selecting the option for one attempt only.
• The value of each question should probably be relatively low, since multiple questions
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• Feedback given to students is time flexible. Selecting feedback to be displayed after the
assignment due date helps to limit students from giving the correct answers to other
students while the interactive is still available.
Connect Content Matrix
For every chapter, please refer to the Connect Content Matrix to see what application
exercises are available, what Learning Objectives they help reinforce/assess.
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Module
Title
Topic(s)
Learning
Objective(s)
AACSB
Accreditation
Tagging
Bloom’s
Taxonomy
6
Javabucks in China
Intellectual
Property Rights
06-04; 06–
05; 06-06
Analytical/
Reflective
thinking
Understand/
Analyze
6
Type of Legal
Systems
Three Types of
Legal Systems/
Standardizing
Laws Around
the World
06-01; 06–
05
Analytical/
Reflective
thinking
Understand/
Analyze
6
Legal Forces
International
Legal Forces
06-02; 06–
03
Reflective
thinking
Understand
6
Environmental
Responsibility and
the Law
Some Specific
National Legal
Forces
06-02; 06–
03; 06-06
Analytical/
Reflective
thinking
Understand/
Analyze
6
What’s the Right
Thing to Do?
General Legal
Concerns in
Business
06-03; -6-
06
Analytical/
Reflective
thinking
Understand/
Analyze