The concept of lex societatis inspired the legal reasoning made in the international and quasi-federal disputes altogether. The Barcelona Traction (1970) and Centros (1999) disputes give an indication on the fate of lex societatis, as a genuine link between the international and domestic legal orders and quasi-federal one of the European Union. This paper debates the way in which lex societatis operates acros...

The dynamics of transnational law constitues a generous research topic. However, the aim of this article is more modest, limiting itself at preliminarly contemplating the way transnational law is evolving effortlessly. Conceptualized also as a methodological tool, transnational law inspires the so-called „network” contracts and the so-called „organisational contract” of the social life, business life included.The dynamics of inte...

The incentive ‘Towards a theory of transnational law’ suggests the existence of a possible goal. The said goal may amount to an illusion. That is why it seems appropriate to me to come ‘from the theory of transnational law’. The theory of transnational law means an intellectual worldwide project. This article aims to point out at least two developments of the project at stake. The litigation RJR Nabisco, Inc. v. European C...

‘Transnational law and trade’ is one of the legal topics which are worth to be debated all over the world. In my paper I suggest some ways of addressing the present and future transnational situations. Past transnational situations may provide a methodological help in this respect.