The New Lex Mercatoria: Applicability of Lex Mercatoria as Substantive Law in International Commercial Arbitration

The study addresses the controversy surrounding the existence and validity of the lex mercatoria as an autonomous legal system. The overall objective of the study is to evaluate whether the lex mercatoria has attained the status of an autonomous system of law. Traces of the law merchant derive from...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mwangi, Maitho Edwin
Format: Dissertation
Language:en_US
Published: University of Cape Town 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4668