Queen Mary-UNIDROIT Institute of Transnational Commercial Law
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The Queen Mary-UNIDROIT Institute of Transnational Commercial Law (Queen Mary-UNIDROIT ITCL) is a joint venture between Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS), Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) and the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT), which is the intergovernmental organisation for the harmonisation of private international law, headquartered in Rome.
Transnational Commercial Law refers to principles and rules of commercial law which have force or influence transnationally, whether because they are common to a number of legal systems or because they are observed as a matter of course by commercial communities or networks which transcend national boundaries. It also refers to methods, instruments and institutions whose activities contribute to the unification of laws and regulations governing commerce or address related issues of comparative law and conflict of laws.
The Queen Mary-UNIDROIT ITCL has been established for the purpose of collaborating in and promoting:
- Through CCLS, research and scholarship into transnational commercial law as above defined, and its dissemination; and
- Through UNIDROIT, the design and promotion of instruments for international harmonisation of commercial law.
The activities of the Queen Mary-UNIDROIT ITCL will include the provision of postgraduate teaching, supervision and examination by CCLS of candidates in transnational commercial law and related fields; research, publication and other dissemination of knowledge in these fields, including through conferences, seminars and short courses; and collaboration in the promotion of UNIDROIT instruments in the field of transnational commercial law.
In common with CCLS’s other Institutes, it is intended that the Queen Mary-UNIDROIT ITCL is a leading centre of excellence in research, scholarship and promotion of the international harmonisation of commercial law.
Offers funding
No, this infrastructure does not provide funding.
Contact details
Northgate House
67-69 Lincoln's Inn Fields
London
WC2A 3JB
United Kingdom
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Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS), Queen Mary
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Centre For Commercial Law
Northgate House
67-69 Lincoln's Inn Fields
London
WC2A 3JB
United Kingdom
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2023-09-20 14:59:59