Commerce

  • David J. Bederman
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Abstract

For millennia, commerce has been the solvent of sovereignty. Throughout all epochs of globalization—including classical antiquity, the age of exploration, the period of imperialism, and today’s contemporary developments— international trade and all of its attendant phenomena and consequences have been signal contributors to the processes of political, social, and cultural change around the world. Indeed, we tend to regard globalization as, first and foremost, a set of economic processes that bind international actors (States, individuals, corporations, and other polities) together in a web of mutual interdependence. The reality, as we have explored in earlier chapters, is that globalization has other aspects as well, but it seems appropriate now to turn to its legal and institutional features that are primarily focused on facilitating economic interactions between peoples of different nations, cultures, and traditions.1

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Classical Antiquity Bilateral Investment Treaty Diplomatic Protection Commercial Court Mexican National 
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