commercial law
commercial law 商法 １该词最主要指对货物销售和分配、流通票据、信用交易中的资金活动等进行调整的法律。美国的大部分商法都以《统一商法典》〔U.C.C.〕为其准则。又称为mercantile law;２在传统意义上，指商人法〔law merchant〕，形成于中世纪的欧洲，是商人为调整其行为创设的法律体系。在17世纪前，由商人法对当时商业国家中商人和商船进行的交易活动进行调整。商人法的许多原则已经融入普通法，并转而成为美国《统一商法典》的基础。
COMMERCIAL LAW
commercial law
commercial law. 1. The substantive law dealing with the sale and distribution of goods, the financing of credit transactions on the security of the goods sold, and negotiable instruments. • Most American commercial law is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code. — Also termed mercantile law. “Although the term commercial law is not a term