Boyer Florine

Dissertation

INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL LAW:

WHAT A MESS !!!

2007-2008

Table of contents

Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………4

I. A visible disorganization in International Commercial Law………………………………..5

A. A conceptual mess……………………………………………………………………………...5

1. The words naming the matter.……………………………………………………………..........5

a. What does “commercial” mean?.…………………………………………………………..5 b. What does “international” mean?.........................................................................................6

2. The presence of other definitions describing International Commercial Law.............................7

3. Some overlapping with other concepts……………………………………………………...…..7

a. International economics law……………………………………………………………….7 b. Community business law…………………………………………………………………..8 c. International private law…………………………………………………………………...8 d. The concept of “transnational”…………………………………………………………….9

B. An institutional mess…………………………………………………………………………..10

1. The World Trade Organization (WTO)……………………………………………………......10

2. The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)……………...…11

3. The Hague Conference…………………………………………………………………...……11

4. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)……………...……12

5. The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)………………………………………...…….12

C. A regulatory mess…………………………………………………………………………..…13

1. The purpose to keep a link with national laws………………………………………………...13

2. The research of independence from national laws…………………………………………….14

II. A possible organization of International Commercial Law………………………………16

A. An order through education………………………………………………………………..….16

1. The domination of the international factor on the national