Presentation
This book addresses current practices in customary law. It includes contributions by scholars from various legal systems (the USA, France, Israel, Canada etc.), who examine the current impacts of customary law on various aspects of private law, constitutional law, business law, international law and criminal law. In addition, the book expands the traditional concept of the rule of law, and argues that lawyers should not narrowly focus on statutory law, but should instead pay more attention to the impact of practices on “real legal life.” It states that the observation of practices calls for a stronger focus on usage, customs and traditions in our legal systems – the idea being not to replace statutory law, but to complement it with customary observations.
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Part I, Philosophical Foundations
Maxime Grignon, Usage et légitimité, p. 3
Part II, General Customary Law
Aurélie Brès, Tradition in the French Legal System: Outward Signs and Usefulness, p. 15
Marie Bourdeau, La délimitation du champ de l’usage, p. 31
Crystelle Sanchez-Saëz, The Impact of Usages on Property Rights, p. 41
Philippe Grignon, Usages et contrat-type, p. 53
Part III, National Customary Law
Lise Chatain, L’usuel et le droit fiscal, p. 75
Pablo Echeverri, The Role of Custom in Rule 144A Capital Markets Transactions, p. 101
Eric Rakowski, Custom As Public Policy: Tying the Hands of the Dead, p. 143
Eric Sales, Les usages du pouvoir exécutif sous la Vème République, p. 159
Arlette Slomiansky, Political Considerations in the Recognition of Usages: The Israeli Experience, p. 195
Marie-Christine Sordino, Droit pénal et usages: entre flux et reflux, p. 217
Amanda L. Tyler, Customary Law and the Domain of Federal Common Law Today, p. 233
Part IV, International Customary Law
Gustavo Cerqueira, Les usages en droit privé européen, p. 257
Arthur Oulaï and Serge Kablan, Usages de l’internet et divulgation adaptative des clauses contractuelles : la force exécutoire de l’iconographie, p. 291
Pierre Mousseron, International Trade Usages: What’s So Special About Them?, p. 307
John Yoo and Ivana Stradner, Customary International Law, p. 315
