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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816604703321

Titolo

Rules and networks : the legal culture of global business transactions / / edited by Richard P. Appelbaum, William L.F. Felstiner, Volkmar Gessner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; Portland, Or., : Hart Pub., 2001

ISBN

1-280-80120-4

9786610801206

1-84731-235-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (442 p.)

Collana

Onati international series in law and society

Altri autori (Persone)

AppelbaumRichard P

FelstinerWilliam L. F

GessnerVolkmar

Disciplina

302.35

Soggetti

Foreign trade regulation

International business enterprises - Law and legislation

Corporate culture

International trade - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Half title page; Half title verso; Title page; Title verso; Series Editor's Foreword; Preface; Contents; List of Contributors; Introduction: The Legal Culture of Global Business Transactions; Part One. The New Global Environment of Business Transactions; Part Two. The Role of Legal Rules: State Law and Unified Law; Part Three. The Role of Autonomous Rules: The New Lex Mercatoria and Self-Regulation; Part Four. The Role of the Legal Profession: Mega-Lawyers and In-house Counsel; Part Five. The Role of Business Networks: Relationism and Guanxi; Index

Sommario/riassunto

International business transactions are heavily influenced by culture,practice and rule. The pursuit of business relationships within nation-states can be subject to differences in the generation of norms and the processing of disputes, but these conflicts are magnified many times over in cross-border transactions where nation-state control and support is weak or absent. This book seeks different explanations of



the ways in which business people and their legal advisers try to minimise the effect of these magnified difficulties. At the outset the editors suggest four sources through which the