This document appears to be the syllabus for a class on international business law taught by Professor Lukas Vanhonnaeker at Université de Montréal. The syllabus outlines that Chapter I will discuss the international regulation of international business transactions, including debates around lex mercatoria and consideration of non-state norms by arbitrators and state courts, which may receive these norms differently depending on their nature, such as international conventions or case law.
This document appears to be the syllabus for a class on international business law taught by Professor Lukas Vanhonnaeker at Université de Montréal. The syllabus outlines that Chapter I will discuss the international regulation of international business transactions, including debates around lex mercatoria and consideration of non-state norms by arbitrators and state courts, which may receive these norms differently depending on their nature, such as international conventions or case law.
This document appears to be the syllabus for a class on international business law taught by Professor Lukas Vanhonnaeker at Université de Montréal. The syllabus outlines that Chapter I will discuss the international regulation of international business transactions, including debates around lex mercatoria and consideration of non-state norms by arbitrators and state courts, which may receive these norms differently depending on their nature, such as international conventions or case law.
Chapter I. The International Regulation of International Business Transactions • Section 1. Lex mercatoria, a legal regime? • Lex mercatoria: the « law of merchants » • Historical debate between « mercatorists » and « anti-mercatorists » • Ideological axis • Theoretical axis • Practical axis • What are the sanctions in case of non-compliance?
Chapter I. The International Regulation of International Business Transactions • Section 2. The consideration of non-state norms by arbitrators and state courts • Different reception depending on the nature of the norm • Practices, international case-law, international conventions, etc. • Case of the international convention that is directly applicable to the dispute • Case of the international convention that is applicable to the dispute after having identified the applicable law • Broader acceptance of lex mercatoria through an international convention: the Lorraine Tubes case