Transnational commercial law : text, cases, and materials / / Roy Goode, Herbert Kronke, Ewan Mckendrick

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910797555603321
• Autore: Goode Royston Miles
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [Oxford] : , : Oxford University Press, , [2015]
• ISBN: 0-19-105455-0; 0-19-181883-6; 0-19-105454-2
• Edizione: [Second edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (775 pages)
• Disciplina: 346.07
• Soggetti: Commercial law; Conflict of laws - Commercial law; Foreign trade regulation; International business enterprises - Law and legislation; Casebooks.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: This edition previously issued in print: 2015.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Transnational commercial lawLex 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; C. The Sources of National Commercial Law; Contract; Usage; Suppletive rules of common lawDomestic 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; Contractually incorporated rules and trade terms promulgated by international ; organizations; Standard-term contracts; Restatements of scholars; General principles of international lawE. 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'); 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; Relationship between international law and domestic law
• Sommario/riassunto: '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.