This lesson explores how private actors contribute to the creation of legal norms in international commerce. It distinguishes between soft law — voluntary standards applied by consent — and the lex mercatoria — binding principles recognised by arbitral practice. Together, they reveal the plural structure of modern transnational commercial law.
Private institutions, soft law and lex mercatoria in international commerce
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