Commercial, Business and Trade Law: Zimbabwe

5th International Conference on Trade, Business, Economics and Law

This paper has examined that relationship of institutional shareholdings with liquidity in 95 dividend paying and 100 non dividend paying firms listed on Karachi Stock Exchange from 2008 to 2013. The results are consistent with the “Prudent Man” hypothesis, investment institutions are risk averse and prefer to invest in low volatile, dividend paying and liquid stocks. The study analyzed the imp...

Confidential Business Information in Jurisprudence and Iranian law

As a result of information technology era and possibility of swift access to information, endorsement of Confidential Business Information (CBI) has found an extraordinary importance; whereas the CBI concept and legal warranty in order to support it thoroughly in Iran is not emphasized in the framework of a specific law. This issue has led to legal problems in the trial with allegation of CBI v...

Basics and some examples of acceptance of transnational commercial law in Iranian law

Transnational trade usage is the most important source of international commercial law which is based on the course of conduct and practices. Despite the acceptance and application of trade usage in commercial relations, there are some ambiguities regarding its nature, identification and its binding force as a legal rule in national courts procedure. Lack of an international legislative body i...

Trade Openness and Antitrust Law*

Abstract. Openness to international trade and adopting stringent antitrust laws are both ways that countries can curb anticompetitive behavior. But scholars have long debated the relationship between these two tools. Some have argued that greater trade openness makes antitrust unnecessary, while others have argued that antitrust laws are still needed to realize the benefits of trade liberalizat...

Annual Survey of Virginia Law: Commercial Law