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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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difference in nature between the old lex mercatoria and the UPICC as the
The UNIDROIT principles of international commercial contracts as an example of non-state rules of law: a rival or a friend of positive law?
La razon es que, en muchas ocasiones, la cuestion litigiosa vendra resuelta mediante la interpretacion del contrato, o en atencion a un instrumento de la lex mercatoria al que se remiten las partes.
La regulacion de los contratos internacionales en la Union Europea
De presentarse, podria la costumbre mercantil y con ella la nueva lex mercatoria prevalecer sobre el ordenamiento constitucional interno de un pais?
La lex mercatoria como fuente del derecho internacional
Characterizing the lex mercatoria as "private law," then, has particular connotations and consequences for its overall situation in a legal-regulatory context.
Transnational private regulatory governance: ambiguities of public authority and private power
We shall deal with the role of international organizations, international arbitration and lex mercatoria.
The creation of International Commercial Law: a desuniform uniformization/A criacao do Direito do Comercio Internacional: uma uniformizacao desuniforme
5) The application of modern market-driven CSR norms, as well as the respective natures of lex mercatoria and CSR norms more broadly, makes it unlikely that this optimistic phenomenon will materialize.
Towards a more realistic vision of corporate social responsibility through the lens of the lex mercatoria
Las colisiones derivadas de ello son de varios tipos, por ejemplo: a) una decision arbitral apoyada en criterios de lex mercatoria puede no ser reconocida como derecho positivo por tribunales domesticos; b) en tribunales domesticos el arbitro puede ser recusado por una de las partes; c) el tribunal arbitral puede determinar su competencia en base a la lex mercatoria, mientras que los tribunales nacionales estan obligados recurrir al derecho nacional; d) la parte de un juicio arbitral puede abusar del recurso a tribunales ordinarios para lograr, a traves de medidas cautelares y precautorias, intervenir en el desenlace del juicio arbitral (Mereminskaya 2003, 2006, 2007).
Auto-caotizacion en la sociedad mundial. Lineamientos para una teoria de la diferenciacion contextual
Historicamente la denominacion Lex mercatoria (12) ha sido usada
Reconocimiento de la lex mercatoria como normativa propia y apropiada para el comercio internacional
Similar to Pellerin's discussion of Lex Mercatoria, individuals are economic entities that operate in terms of market principles.
The economics and governance of people in motion
11) Ibid ("[t]hrough commercial arbitration, a new lex mercatoria has been shaped--one applicable to international commerce" at 112).
The New Global Law
29) By the nineteenth century, however, whatever uniformity existed through the lex mercatoria (30) had given way to contract laws promulgated by nations.
Hard cases under the Convention on the International Sale of Goods: a proposed taxonomy of interpretative challenges

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