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Book SynopsisMaren Heidemann is a qualified lawyer (Germany) and Associate Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies at School of Advanced Studies, University of London, England, United Kingdom
Table of ContentsPART I TRANSNATIONAL COMMERCIAL LAW AND ITS SOURCES 1. Defining the subject matter 2. Law making 1 – The hierarchy of norms 3. Law making 2- Law and non-law 4. The public/private law divide- why does it matter? 5. The sources of transnational commercial law 6. The lex mercatoria debate 7. Private international law Part II TRANSNATIONAL COMMERCIAL LAW IN ACTION 8. Selected sources of transnational law 9. Selected sources of transnational law – Other contract types 10. Aspects of corporate and finance law 11. Motivations behind choice of law 12. Transnational law in arbitration 13. Transnational law in state courts 14. Transnational commercial law in reform 15. Outlook – The future of transnational commercial law.