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law merchant
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law merchant: see commercial law commercial law, the laws that govern business transactions, except those relating to the maritime transportation of goods (see maritime law). Commercial law developed as a distinct body of jurisprudence with the beginning of large-scale trade.
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While colonial 'traditionalisms' continue to influence our post-colonial discussions of the subject, the topic has become of much broader significance with contemporary developments such as the new Lex Mercatoria, a revived Sharia and the plural governance mechanisms for cyberspace.
General editorial by Paliwala, Abdul / Law, Social Justice and Global Development Journal
Some commentators seem to equate transnational law with the lex mercatoria (44) or at least to include such norms in their definition.
Panglossian transnationalism by Dibadj, Reza / Stanford Journal of International Law
BERGER, THE CREEPING CODIFICATION OF THE LEX MERCATORIA (1998); BERTHOLD GOLDMAN, 9 FRONTIERES DU DROIT ET LEX MERCATORIA, ARCHIVES DE LA PHILOSOPHIE DU DROIT 177 (1964); FILLIP DE LY, INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LAW AND LEX MERCATORIA, 1992; CLIVE M.
Liberating the individual from battles between states: justifying ... by Lehmann, Matthias / Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
 
 
 
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