商人市俗法（Merchant Customs Law）.docVIP

商人市俗法（Merchant Customs Law） Medieval merchant law In Europe, the rise of merchant law dates back to at least 10 and eleventh Century. The rapid growth of agricultural productivity during this period of [2] means that only enough labor is needed to produce enough food and clothing to sustain human existence. The boom in agriculture stimulated higher levels of trade, and thus provided new opportunities for a greater part of the population to make a living in the emerging towns. One of the economic growth and productivity increased as a result of the city population, is the occupation of merchants, so as to promote the agricultural products and the new products trade between the city center, which is the economic productivity growth and city population increased impetus. The businessmen wanted to expand international trade, but the highly localized legal system blocked their way. To solve this problem, an international commercial law system -- the merchant law of the Middle Ages -- began to develop and evolve. As Harold Berman (Harold Berman) pointed out that in this period as a whole, the development of commercial law system, a legal system appeared after eleventh Century, it actually regulate the whole of Europe (and often extended to the outside of Europe) in every aspect of business transactions. [3] Unlike many modern legal systems, the rule of merchant law does not require recourse to state power. It is voluntary, voluntary, and voluntary. As a matter of fact, it has to be. The legitimacy of the [4] merchant law is based on a complex, reciprocal, voluntary network of relationships supported by reputation. At every city center, market, and trade fair, merchants formed their own courts and decided to rule on disputes based on their evolving laws. The merchants judicature is a participatory process. Judges are always businessmen selected from the associated merchant groups. They are experts in business affairs and receive extensive respect in the community. The basi