1st Edition
Non-State Rules in International Commercial Law Contracts, Legal Authority and Application
1. Introduction: Non-State Rules in International Commercial Contracts. Part 1 - The Nature of Non-State Rules and How to Measure their Legal Authority. 2. Defining Non-State Rules. 3. The Place of Non-State Rules in International Commercial Law. 4. The Roles of Non-State Rules in the Contractual Relationship. Part 2 - Application of Non-State Rules as the Governing Law of the Contract. 5. Party Autonomy in International Commercial Contracts. 6. Non-State Rules and Private International Law. 7. Non-State Rules and Arbitration. Part 3 - How Courts Apply Non-State Rules. 8. Applying Non-State Rules as a Source of Domestic Law. 9. The Application of Non-State Rules to Interpret the Law. 10. The Application of Codified Non-State Rules as Lex Mercatoria. 11. Ascertaining the Legal Authority of Non-State Rules.
Biography
Johanna Hoekstra is a lecturer in Law at the University of Essex, UK.






