Outline of commercial law
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to commercial law:
Commercial law – body of law that governs business and commercial transactions. It is often considered to be a branch of civil law and deals with issues of both private law and public law. It is also called business law.
What type of thing is commercial law?
Commercial law can be described as all of the following:
- Branch of law – law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior, wherever possible.[1]
Branches of commercial law
- Companies law
- Competition law (antitrust)
- Consumer protection
- Contract law
- Environmental law
- Intellectual property law
- International trade law
- Labour law
By region
Closely related areas of law
- Legal aspects of computing
- Ecommerce Law
- privacy and security
- Property law
- Tax law
Commercial law occupations
History of commercial law
Business entities
Contracts
- Contract
- Consideration
- Duress
- Warranty
- Breach of contract
- Types of contracts
Intellectual property
Dispute resolution
General commercial law concepts
- Employment
- Bankruptcy
- Blue law
- Civil law notary
- Class action
- Cyber law
- estoppel
- Financial regulation
- Fraud deterrence
- International trade law
- Law and economics
- Land use
- Letter of credit
- Malpractice
- Notary public
- Negotiable instruments
- Property law
- Product liability
- Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act
- Release
- Torts
- Uniform Commercial Code
- Lex mercatoria
Commercial law organizations
- International Technology Law Association
- Student Intellectual Property Law Association
- American Law and Economics Association
Commercial law publications
- Columbia Business Law Review
- Currents
- European Business Law Review
- Florida State University Business Law Review
- Law and Business Review of the Americas
See also
- Outline of law
- Outline of business management
- Outline of marketing
- Outline of economics
- Outline of finance
- Outline of production
- List of international trade topics
- List of accounting topics
- List of business theorists
- List of economists
- Sales tax
- Legal lexicography
References
- ↑ Robertson, Crimes against humanity, 90; see "analytical jurisprudence" for extensive debate on what law is; in The Concept of Law Hart argued law is a "system of rules" (Campbell, The Contribution of Legal Studies, 184); Austin said law was "the command of a sovereign, backed by the threat of a sanction" (Bix, John Austin); Dworkin describes law as an "interpretive concept" to achieve justice (Dworkin, Law's Empire, 410); and Raz argues law is an "authority" to mediate people's interests (Raz, The Authority of Law, 3–36).
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