Customary Law Today

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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. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Usage et légitimité (Maxime Grignon)....Pages 3-12 Front Matter ....Pages 13-13 Tradition in the French Legal System: Outward Signs and Usefulness (Aurélie Brès)....Pages 15-30 La délimitation du champ de l’usage (Marie Bourdeau)....Pages 31-39 The Impact of Usages on Property Rights (Crystelle Sanchez-Saëz)....Pages 41-52 Usages et contrat-type (Philippe Grignon)....Pages 53-71 Front Matter ....Pages 73-73 L’usuel et le droit fiscal (Lise Chatain)....Pages 75-99 The Role of Custom in Rule 144A Capital Markets Transactions (Pablo Echeverri)....Pages 101-141 Custom As Public Policy: Tying the Hands of the Dead (Eric Rakowski)....Pages 143-158 Les usages du pouvoir exécutif sous la Vème République (Éric Sales)....Pages 159-193 Political Considerations in the Recognition of Usages: The Israeli Experience (Arlette Slomiansky)....Pages 195-215 Droit pénal et usages: entre flux et reflux… (Marie-Christine Sordino)....Pages 217-232 Customary Law and the Domain of Federal Common Law Today (Amanda L. Tyler)....Pages 233-254 Front Matter ....Pages 255-255 Les usages en droit privé européen (Gustavo Cerqueira)....Pages 257-289 Usages de l’internet et divulgation adaptative des clauses contractuelles : la force exécutoire de l’iconographie (Arthur Oulaï, Serge Kablan)....Pages 291-306 International Trade Usages: What’s So Special About Them? (Pierre Mousseron)....Pages 307-314 Customary International Law (John Yoo, Ivana Stradner)....Pages 315-340 Back Matter ....Pages 341-343