Introduction: The Legal Culture of Global Business Transactions Volkmar Gessner, Richard P. Appelbaum, William L. F. Felstiner

PART ONE: THE NEW GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS

1. Sovereignty and Law in a Denationalised World&Michael Zurn

2. The Institutional Structuring of Business Transactions&Richard Whitley

PART TWO: THE ROLE OF LEGAL RULES: STATE LAW AND UNIFIED LAW

3. Global Law in Our High Speed Economy&illiam E. Scheuerman

4. Traditional Private and Commercial Law Rules under the Pressure of Global Transactions: The Role for an International Order&Dieter Martiny

PART THREE: THE ROLE OF AUTONOMOUS RULES: THE NEW LEX MERCATORIA AND SELF-REGULATION

5. Lex Mercatoria (New Law Merchant): Globalisation and International Self-Regulation&Filip De Ly

6. Lex Mercatoria—Critical Comments on a Tricky Topic&Felix Dasser

7. Global Markets, New Games, New Rules: The Challenge of International Private Governance&Franco Furger

PART FOUR: THE ROLE OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION:MEGA-LAWYERS AND IN-HOUSE COUNSEL

8. Capital Markets: Those Who Can and Cannot Do the Purest Global Law Markets&John Flood

9. The Role of Global Law Firms in Constructing or Obstructing a Transitional Regime of Labour Law&Harry Arthurs

10. Oil Lawyers and the Globalisation of the Venezuelan Oil Industry&Rogelio Perez Perdomo

PART FIVE: THE ROLE OF BUSINESS NETWORKS: RELATIONISM AND GUANXI

11. Social Logic as Business Logic: Guanxi, Trustworthiness, and the Embeddedness of Chinese Business Practices&Wai-Keung Chung and Gary G. Hamilton

12. Coasean Foundations of a Unified Theory of Western and Chinese Contractual Practices and Economic Organisations&Janet Tai Landa

13. Understanding Chinese Legal and Business Norms: A Comment on Janet Tai Landa’s Chapter&John K. M. Ohnesorge

14. A Brief Note on Guanxi&Tai-lok Lui

15. Comment on Ohnesorge and Lui&Janet Tai Landa

16. Settling Business Disputes with China&Jerome A. Cohen

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