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Commercial Custom Self-governance and Its Border Issues under the Background of Codification of Civil Law

WANG Zhen- zhen   

  1. (School of Law, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China)
  • Received:2018-03-09 Online:2018-07-16

Abstract: Article 10 of the General Principles of Civil Law stipulates the sources of law that should be applied in the settlement of civil and commercial disputes, and defines custom as secondary sources of law. Although there is no clear distinction between civil customs and commercial practices, it can be explained from the meaning of the article. At first glance, its alleged custom should include commercial practices. However, judging from the judicial practice, the application of commercial affairs are often in a negated position, which is detrimental to the autonomy of merchants and innovation in the commercial field. The General Principles of Civil Law has established the status of the legal source of commercial practices. Judicial practice should defer to commercial practices and clarify that the relationship between commercial practices, laws, public policies, and civil law helps define the specific application boundary of commercial practices.

Key words: commercial custom, commercial self-governance, commercial innovation, commercial custom and law