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Lex mercatoria

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LEX MERCATORIA. That system of laws which is adopted by all commercial nations, and which, therefore, constitutes a part of the law of the land. Vide Law Merchant.
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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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