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Introduction - the legal culture of global business transactions,Volkmar Gressner et al. Part 1 The new global environment of businesstransactions: sovereignty and law in a denationalized world, Michael Zurn;the institutional structuring of business transactions, Richard Whitley. Part2 The role of legal rules -state law and unified law: global law in our highspeed economy, William E. Scheuerman; traditional private and commercial lawrules under the pressure of global transactions - the role for aninternational order, Dieter Martiny. Part 3 The role of autonomous rules -the new "lex mercatoria" and self-regulation: "lex mercatoria" (new lawmerchant) - globalization and international self-regulation, Filip De Ly;"lex mercatoria" - critical comments on a tricky topic, Felix Dasser; globalmarkets, new games, new rules - the challenge of international privategovernance, Franco Furger. Part 4 The role of the legal profession -mega-lawyers and in-house counsel: capital markets - those who can and cannotdo the purest global law markets, John Flood; the role of global law firms inconstructing or obstructing a transitional regime of labour law, HarryArthurs; oil lawyers and the globalization of the Venezuelan oil industry,Rogelio Perez Perdomo. Part 5 The role of business networks - relationism and"guanxi": social logic as business logic - "guanxi", trustworthiness and theemebeddedness of Chinese business practices, Wai-Keung Chung and Gary G.Hamilton; coasean foundations of a unified theory of Western and Chinesecontractual practices and economic organizations, Janet Tai Landa;understanding Chinese legal business norms - a comment on Janet Tai Landa'schapter, John K.M. Ohnesorge; a brief note on "guanxi", Tai-lok Lui; commenton Ohnesorge and Lui, Janet Tai Landa; settling business disputes with China,Jerome A. Cohen.