Commercial law
Body of law that applies to the rights, relations, and conduct of persons and business engaged in commerce, merchandising, trade, and sales.
- Commercial law348 related topics
Private law
That part of a civil law legal system which is part of the jus commune that involves relationships between individuals, such as the law of contracts and torts , and the law of obligations (as it is called in civil legal systems).
Commercial law
Law
System of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior, with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate.
Private law deals with legal disputes between individuals and/or organisations in areas such as contracts, property, torts/delicts and commercial law.
Contract
Legally enforceable agreement that creates, defines, and governs mutual rights and obligations among its parties.
Contracts are widely used in commercial law, and form the legal foundation for transactions across the world.
Financial law
Law and regulation of the insurance, derivatives, commercial banking, capital markets and investment management sectors.
Financial law forms a substantial portion of commercial law, and notably a substantial proportion of the global economy, and legal billables are dependent on sound and clear legal policy pertaining to financial transactions.
Civil code
Codification of private law relating to property, family, and obligations.
Commercial law, corporate law and civil procedure are usually codified separately.
Trade
Trade involves the transfer of goods and services from one person or entity to another, often in exchange for money.
Importing firms voluntarily adhere to fair trade standards or governments may enforce them through a combination of employment and commercial law.
Republic of Ancona
Medieval commune and maritime republic notable for its economic development and maritime trade, particularly with the Byzantine Empire and Eastern Mediterranean, although somewhat confined by Venetian supremacy on the sea.
The Ancona trade in the Levant was the promoter of the birth of commercial law: the jurist Benvenuto Stracca (Ancona, 1509–1579) published in 1553 the treatise De mercatura seu mercatore tractats; it was one of the first, if not the first, legal imprint dealing specifically with commercial law.
Tzipi Livni
Israeli politician, diplomat, and lawyer.
She practiced at a private firm for about ten years, specializing in commercial law, public law, and real estate law, before entering public life in 1996.
Business
Activity of making one's living or making money by producing or buying and selling products .
Most legal jurisdictions specify the forms of ownership that a business can take, creating a body of commercial law for each type.
Accession (property law)
Accession has different definitions depending upon its application.
In commercial law, accession includes goods that are physically united with other goods in such a manner that the identity of the original goods is not lost.