Clive M. Schmitthoffs Konzeption eines transnationalen Welthandelsrechts

The present study is dedicated to the life and work of the lawyer Clive M. Schmitthoff. Its thematic focus is directed towards Schmitthoff's concept of a transnational international trade law, which is considered to be a foundational theory of a modern lex mercatoria. The volume's main focus is the question of what prompted Schmitthoff to formulate the theses of his theory on a transnational trade law. Applying an analytical approach, Hendrike Wulfert-Markert examines the inextricable links between Schmitthoff's scholarly works and his biography in a bid to trace the evolution of his observations and ideas on the development of a new international law. The author contends that no singular event inspired Schmitthoff's key concept; instead, various contexts proved essential for its emergence, particularly his international perspective that of a lawyer with expertise in comparative law and educated in both Western legal systems, those of civil and common law.