A Study on the Coevolution of Business Practices and Legal Systems -From Stand Points of Soft Law and Hard Law-

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25380585
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Commerce
• Research Institution: Doshisha University
• Principal Investigator: Naganuma Ken 同志社大学, 商学部, 准教授 (10454480)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): Takasugi Naoshi 同志社大学, 法学部, 教授 (60243747) ; Masuda Humiko 岡山大学, 社会文化科学研究科, 准教授 (60362547) ; Yoshikawa Eiichiro 同志社大学, 商学部, 教授 (50341045)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 国際運送書類 / サレンダーB／L / 電子運送書類 / 海上運送状 / 船荷証券 / ソフトロー / ハードロー / 共進化

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This aim of this study is to verify a hypothesis that soft law (business practices) and hard law (legal system) coevolve by influencing each other.
By focusing on new transport documents used in international transactions such as e-SWB, e-surrender B/L and sea waybill, the study analyzes how the use of those documents influences the formation of legal systems and how systems influence business practices. Through theoretical and factual analysis, the study concludes that business practices and legal systems coevolve by influencing each other.

Free Research Field

国際電子商取引