| Abstract from DBPedia | Commercial law, also known as mercantile law or trade law, is the body of law that applies to the rights, relations, and conduct of persons and business engaged in commerce, merchandising, trade, and sales. It is often considered to be a branch of civil law and deals with issues of both private law and public law. Commercial law includes within its compass such titles as principal and agent; carriage by land and sea; merchant shipping; guarantee; marine, fire, life, and accident insurance; bills of exchange, negotiable instruments, contracts and partnership. Many of these categories fall within Financial law, an aspect of Commercial law pertaining specifically to financing and the financial markets. It can also be understood to regulate corporate contracts, hiring practices, and the manufacture and sales of consumer goods. Many countries have adopted civil codes that contain comprehensive statements of their commercial law. In the United States, commercial law is the province of both the United States Congress, under its power to regulate interstate commerce, and the states, under their police power. Efforts have been made to create a unified body of commercial law in the United States; the most successful of these attempts has resulted in the general adoption of the Uniform Commercial Code, which has been adopted in all 50 states (with some modification by state legislatures), the District of Columbia, and the U.S. territories. Various regulatory schemes control how commerce is conducted, particularly vis-a-vis employees and customers. Privacy laws, safety laws (e.g., the Occupational Safety and Health Act in the United States), and food and drug laws are some examples.商法（しょうほう）
* あきないのしかた。商売のしかた。
* 〔法律用語〕（フランス語：code de commerce、英語：commercial law、buisiness law）
* 実質的に、商事（商売にかかわること）に関する私法的法規を指すための総称。
* 形式的に、商法典の呼称。
* 大陸法における法分野であり、民法の特別法として、また商人の営業、商行為、その他商事についての一般法である（実質的意義の商法）。また、そのような内容を定めた法典の名称としても用いられることもあり、その場合には当該法典を指すこともある（形式的意義の商法）。
* 日本の特定の法律や特定の法律群の名称。狭義には「商法」という題名の法律（商法典）を指し、これは形式的意義の商法といわれる。広義には商法典に会社法、保険法、保険業法、手形法、小切手法などの関連法令を含めた法体系全般を指し、これは実質的意義の商法といわれる。 (Source: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Commercial_law) |
