Part I Philosophical Foundations:Maxime Grignon, Usage et légitimité.- Part II General Customary Law: Aurélie Brès, Tradition In The French Legal System - Outward Signs And Usefulness.- Marie Bourdeau, La délimitation du champ de l’usage.- Crystelle Sanchez-Saëz, The Impact Of Usages On Property Rights.- Philippe Grignon, Usages et contrat-type.- Part III National Customary Law: Lise Chatain, L’usuel et le Droit fiscal.- Eric Rakowski, Custom As Public Policy: Tying The Hands Of The Dead.- Pablo Echeverri, The Role Of Custom In Rule 144a Capital Markets Transactions.- Éric Sales, Les usages du pouvoir executif sous la Veme République.- Arlette Slomiansky, Political Considerations In The Recognition Of Usages - The Israeli Experience.- Marie-Christine Sordino, Droit pénal et usages, entre flux et reflux.- Amanda L. Tyler, Customary Law And The Domain Of Federal Common Law Today.- Part IV International Customary Law: Gustavo Cerqueira, Les usages en Droit privé européen.- Arthur Oulaï and Serge Kablan, Usages de l’internet et divulgation adaptative des clauses contractuelles: la force exécutoire de l’iconographie.- Pierre Mousseron, International Trade Usages: What’s So Special About Them?.- John Yoo and Ivana Stradner, Customary International Law.
Laurent Mayali, Lloyd M. Robbins Professor of Law, Berkeley Law
Pierre Mousseron, Professeur, Faculté de Droit de Montpellier, Président de l’Institut des Usages
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.
