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1、18Draftonly-donotecitewithoutpermissionofauthorWhatisCommercialLaw?StephenBottomleyDirector,CentreforCommercialLawPaperpresentedto“ChallengestoCommercialLaw”ConferenceThisisaslightlyrevisedversionofthepaperaspresented,takingadvantageofsomeofthecommentsmade,andwi
2、thsomecross-referencestootherpapersgiven,attheconference.17September2001CentreforCommercialLawFacultyofLawTheAustralianNationalUniversityIntroductionIwillbeginwiththeconclusion–Iamnotgoingtoprovideadefinitiveanswertothequestionposedinthetitletothispaper,although
3、IthinkthatIcandobetterthanonedictionarydefinitionofcommerciallawasbeing“Areasoflawhavingparticularrelevancetocommerceandcommercialtransactions”.ButterworthsBusinessandLawDictionary(1997,Butterworths,Sydney).Iamnotconcernedaboutthelackofadefinitiveanswer,becauseI
4、amnotaskingthequestioninthehopeorexpectationthatoneexists.Instead,IaskthequestionbecauseIthinkthatitmightpromptsomeusefulreflectionsandposesomeproblemswhichcommerciallawyers(howeverthemembershipofthat‘group’isdefined),oughttobethinkingabout.Necessarilyinwhatfoll
5、owsIhavetousetheterm‘commerciallaw’asthoughithassomeacceptedmeaning,therebyassumingananswertothequestion.Ishouldalsoacknowledgethatthequestion,anditsuseasatopicforaseminarpaper,isnotoriginal.In1997JusticeRogerGilesaddressedtheannualgeneralmeetingoftheCommercialL
6、awAssociationinSydneywithapapertitled“CommercialLaw–Whatisit?”.JusticeRogerGiles,“CommercialLaw–Whatisit?”(1997)CommercialLawAssociationBulletin16.JusticeGilesarrivedatthefollowingconclusion:“Sowhatiscommerciallaw?It’salmostanything.Itgoesmuchbeyondtheregulation
7、oftherelationshipsbetweenmerchantsandtraders,anditgoesbeyondthosepartsofthelawmostcommonlyassociatedwithbusinessactivitiesinthatallmajorandfundamentalareasoflawarenowcommonlyassociatedwithbusinessactivities.”Ibid,at17.18Draftonly-donotecitewithoutpermissionofaut
8、horThispassagesuggestsanumberofthings.Itsuggeststhatthereisaconnectionofsometypebetweencommerciallawandbusinessactivity.Itsuggeststhattheboundariesofcommerciallawaren
