Commercial law

1. Commercial law

2. Private and public law

Commercial law is a general term for a number of diverse areas of the law
wich regulate trade and commerce.
Commercial law developed as a distinct body of jurisprudence with the
beginning of large-scale trade, and many of its rules are derived from the
practices of traders.

3. Specific law has developed in a number of commercial fields, including:

agency
Banking
Bankruptcy
Carriage of goods
Commercial dispute resolution
Company law
Competition law
Landlord and tenant
Mercantile agency
Mortgages

4.

Negotiable instruments
Secured transactions
Real-property
Tax law

5. Work of a commercial lawyer

Non-cotentious work
Involves the consequences of breach of contract.
Contentious work
A commercial lawyer may be asked to advise a client on matters relating to contentious
work.