上海对外贸易学院法学院新编教材《国际贸易法学》即将出版,本文是它的绪论部分,对国际贸易法的一些基本理论问题,如国际贸易法产生的条件、国际贸易法的定义和它在法律体系中的地位、国际贸易法的作用和学习它的重要意义、这本教材的特点和使用中应注意的问题,以及学习国际贸易法的方法等作了阐述。 The new teaching material of International Trade Law of the Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade Law School is about to be published. This article is an introduction to it. Some basic theoretical issues of International Trade Law such as the conditions for the creation of International Trade Law, the definition of international trade law, The status in the legal system, the role of international trade law and the importance of learning it, the characteristics of this textbook and the problems to be noticed in its use, as well as the method of studying the law of international trade.