Overview

Since most explanations are dominated by North American and European legal scholarship and practice, a second concern of this book is to open up the discussion to competing explanatory frameworks. Specifically, it develops the notion that global legal convergence may not be the immediate, inevitable result of increased global economic interaction. Rather, less formal mechanisms for achieving normative understanding and predictability in business dealings may also flourish.

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Author:   Richard Appelbaum ,  William L.F. Felstiner ,  Volkmar Gessner
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Hart Publishing
Volume:   v. 7
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.800kg
ISBN:  

9781841132952

ISBN 10:   1841132950
Pages:   432
Publication Date:   21 December 2001
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Replaced By:   9781841132969
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Introduction - the legal culture of global business transactions, Volkmar Gressner et al. Part 1 The new global environment of business transactions: sovereignty and law in a denationalized world, Michael Zurn; the institutional structuring of business transactions, Richard Whitley. Part 2 The role of legal rules -state law and unified law: global law in our high speed economy, William E. Scheuerman; traditional private and commercial law rules under the pressure of global transactions - the role for an international order, Dieter Martiny. Part 3 The role of autonomous rules - the new lex mercatoria and self-regulation: lex mercatoria (new law merchant) - globalization and international self-regulation, Filip De Ly; lex mercatoria - critical comments on a tricky topic, Felix Dasser; global markets, new games, new rules - the challenge of international private governance, Franco Furger. Part 4 The role of the legal profession - mega-lawyers and in-house counsel: capital markets - those who can and cannot do the purest global law markets, John Flood; the role of global law firms in constructing or obstructing a transitional regime of labour law, Harry Arthurs; oil lawyers and the globalization of the Venezuelan oil industry, Rogelio Perez Perdomo. Part 5 The role of business networks - relationism and guanxi : social logic as business logic - guanxi , trustworthiness and the emebeddedness of Chinese business practices, Wai-Keung Chung and Gary G. Hamilton; coasean foundations of a unified theory of Western and Chinese contractual practices and economic organizations, Janet Tai Landa; understanding Chinese legal business norms - a comment on Janet Tai Landa's chapter, John K.M. Ohnesorge; a brief note on guanxi , Tai-lok Lui; comment on Ohnesorge and Lui, Janet Tai Landa; settling business disputes with China, Jerome A. Cohen.

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...un outil de travail fort utile, qui dpasse dailleurs le seul domaine des spcialistes en droit des affaires ou en droit international priv, permettant de mieux comprendre les contextes et les modalits dune mondialisation qui se ralise dune manire beaucoup plus sophistique que les explications gnralement admises ne dcrivent ce phnomne. Jean-Pierre Duprat Revue Internationale de droit Compare February 2005

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Richard Appelbaum is Professor of Sociology and Global & International Studies,and Director of the Institute for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Research at the University of California, Santa Barbara. William Felstiner is Distinguished Research Professor of Law at Cardiff University. Volkmar Gessner is Professor of Sociology of Law and Comparative Law at the University of Bremen.

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