Professor Fox modestly sub-titles his book “A Primer on Drafting, Negotiating and Resolving Disputes”. He adds that his book “is intended to be read and used as a functional or transactional guide to international commercial agreements” and that he expects his readers to refer to particular parts relating to their specific concerns of the moment. It certainly covers a long and orderly list of the generic topics that will arise in the legal documentation of international business, from basic matters of contract formation rules through choice of law clauses to the peripheral matters such as world-regional competition laws. In this respect it serves no more than as a handy issue-spotter’s guide, which is as much as can be expected from any one-volume work covering so wide an area.