Legal Essence of Money in International Trade

Research Project

Project/Area Number	25380057
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Research Field	International law
Research Institution	Hitotsubashi University (2015) Tohoku University (2013-2014)
Principal Investigator	TAKESHITA Keisuke 一橋大学, 大学院法学研究科, 准教授 (60313053)
Project Period (FY)	2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
Budget Amount *help	¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000) Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000) Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000) Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywords	国際私法 / 国際金融
Outline of Final Research Achievements	In this study, I analyzed the legal essence of money based on thoughts of private international law. In the recent studies on money in law, scholars often focus on the viewpoint of a person who uses money. However, it is also necessary to pay due consideration to the relationship between money and the society because the legal essence of money exists in this relationship. Although the legal essence of money itself has not been revealed yet, it is confirmed in this study that, for the analysis of money in the field of law, we need to construct a theoretical framework in which both viewpoints are reconciled. As an outcome of this study, I wrote an article in English regarding international trade, exploring the theoretical framework that make it possible to reconcile both viewpoints for the purpose of analyzing issues on the principle of party autonomy.