Legal Aspects of International Trade and Enterprise

Running Head: BUSINESS AND CORPORATION LAW
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Student’s Name
Legal Aspects of
International
Trade and
Enterprise
HI5015

HI5015 : Individual Assignment
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Executive Summary
Law are an important part of every economic system which regulates the behavior of
businesses there. These laws may be related to various subjects such as environment
protection, employment, and labor relations, the privacy of people and many others.
Every business has to comply with all the applicable laws of its nations. Nevertheless,
the situation is somewhere different in cases of multi-national companies which has its
operations in many countries. These companies have to follow the laws of different
nations. Further businesses are also influenced by international treaties signed by their
nations. BHP Billiton is selected as a company for the preparation of this assignment.
The company is a multinational company registered in Australia and gets affected by
many of the legislation of this county such as the Privacy Act 1988, Fair Work Act 2009,
Environment Protection Act 1970 and many others. In addition to this, a standard set by
UNESCO, UNFCCC, International convention of human rights is also applicable.

HI5015 : Individual Assignment
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Contents
Executive Summary...........................................................................................................1
Introduction and overview..................................................................................................2
Legislative Framework.......................................................................................................2
Treaties, Agreements, and Conventions...........................................................................4
References.........................................................................................................................7