Lex Mercatoria

► Full Reference : J.-B. Racine, F. Siiriainen, S. Menétrey, Droit du commerce international (International Trade Law), 4th ed., 2025, Dalloz, “Cours Dalloz-Série Droit privé” Series, 410 p. - ► General presentation of this Course (written in French) : This Course sets out all the specific rules of international trade (sale, transport, distribution, etc.). International trade law has become a discipline at the heart of the process of globalisation of the economy. It is therefore expanding rapidly. It is not merely a branch of private international law. International trade law has a definite autonomy through its spirit, its methods and its object. The sources of this law are particular insofar as it gives pride of place to the usages of international trade, more generally referred to as the lex mercatoria. The actors of international trade are varied: companies, of course, but also States. The particularism of international trade law also lies at the level of international trade operations: sale, transport, distribution, etc. obey specific rules, most often substantive rules of international origin. Finally, the importance and originality of international trade law are shown in the use of arbitration. As private justice, arbitration has today become the ordinary means of resolving international trade disputes. The book is intended for students discovering the subject as well as for academics and practitioners. It combines theoretical knowledge and practical guidance. It opens onto a different vision of law, that is to say a law partly dissociated from the State. It also stresses the need to build a law that meets the challenges of globalisation. - 📚See the entire collection in which the book is published. - 📚Books in the collection directly related to this one : 🕴️B. Haftel, 📕Droit international privé (Private International Law) 🕴️D. Mainguy, 📕Contrats spéciaux (Specific Contracts) -

► Full Reference : J.-B. Racine and F. Siiriainen, Droit du commerce international (International Trade Law), 1st ed. 2007 – 3rd ed., 2018, Dalloz, “Cours Dalloz-Série Droit privé” Series, 496 p. - ► General presentation of the book (written in French) : International trade law has become a fundamental discipline at a time of globalisation of the economy. It is a particular law: a law composite by nature, made up of national and international, public and private rules, which combines conflict rules and substantive rules and which knows the particular phenomenon of the lex mercatoria. Besides the sources of international trade law, fed in particular by the World Trade Organization (WTO), the book studies the operators of international trade, namely companies and States, the operations of international trade (sale, transport, distribution, subcontracting, transfer of intellectual property rights, etc.) and finally international trade litigation through its emblematic figure: arbitration. - 📕Read the back cover (in French) - 📕Read the table of contents (in French) - 📚See the entire collection in which the book is published. -