Edition |
Second edition. |
Description |
1 online resource |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary |
'Transnational Commercial Law' brings together all the necessary materials on this topic in a logical and accessible way. The authors provide students with an extensive discussion on the theoretical issues raised by the law. |
Contents |
Cover -- TRANSNATIONAL COMMERCIAL LAW -- Copyright -- CONTENTS-SUMMARY -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Table of Cases -- Table of Statutes, Constitutional Provisions and Statutory Instruments -- Table of Codes -- Table of Conventions, Protocols and Model Laws -- Table of EC/EU Treaties and Legislation -- Table of Uniform Rules, Uniform Trade Terms, Restatements and Model Forms -- Table of Other Instruments -- Table of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Introductory Reading -- I GENERAL PRINCIPLES -- 1. The Nature, History, and Sources of Commercial Law -- A. The Nature of Commercial Law. |
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B. The Role of Conflict of Laws in International Commercial Law -- Prior to the advent of transnational commercial law -- A new era: The Warsaw Convention of 1929 -- C. Selected Issues of General Conflict of Laws Theory -- Jurisdiction -- Rules v 'approaches' -- Connecting factors of particular relevance in commercial law -- Contracts -- Property -- Other important connecting factors -- Characterization -- Public policy (ordre public) -- Mandatory rules in the law of contracts -- Neo-statutist theory and market regulation -- Renvoi -- D. The Future: Will We Continue to Need Conflict of Laws? |
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C. The Sources of National Commercial Law -- Contract -- Usage -- Suppletive rules of common law -- Domestic legislation -- D. The Nature and Sources of Transnational Commercial Law -- Is there an autonomous transnational commercial law? -- The lex mercatoria and the conflict of laws -- External validation by a court or tribunal -- Determination in accordance with law -- The sources of transnational commercial law -- Lex mercatoria -- International and regional instruments -- Conscious or unconscious judicial or legislative parallelism. |
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Contractually incorporated rules and trade terms promulgated by international organizations -- Standard-term contracts -- Restatements of scholars -- General principles of international law -- E. Lex Mercatoria -- The sources of the lex mercatoria -- The normative force of usage -- International conventions as evidence of usage -- General principles of law -- Questions -- Further reading -- 2. The Conflict of Laws in Commercial Transactions -- A. The Nature of Conflict of Laws -- Definition -- The structure of a conflicts rule ('meta law'). |
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Three definitions -- Commercial law -- Transnational commercial law -- Lex mercatoria -- What drives commercial law? -- A medieval example -- A later example -- A modern example -- Commercial law and civil law -- The transition from planned economies to market economies -- B. The History of Commercial Law -- The early and medieval codes -- Characteristics of the medieval law merchant -- The nationalization of commercial law -- The return to internationalism and the growth of transnational commercial law -- The perceived benefits of harmonization -- The growth of regionalism. |
Local Note |
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Subject |
Commercial law.
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Commercial law. |
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Conflict of laws -- Commercial law.
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Conflict of laws -- Commercial law. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Casebooks (Law)
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Casebooks (Law)
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Added Author |
Goode, Royston Miles, editor.
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Kronke, Herbert, editor.
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McKendrick, Ewan, editor.
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ISBN |
9780191054549 (electronic book) |
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0191054542 (electronic book) |
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9780198735441 |
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0198735448 |
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9780198735441 |
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