Please answer one of the following questions: (Word limit: max. 3,000 words):
No serious activity, and no legal practice, takes place without some guiding theoretical framework, be that framework conscious or unconscious. Explain how
a given practice of law (perhaps yours, if you have practiced law or are in practice at the moment) could be influenced by what you have been taught in this
course. You are allowed to understand ‘practice of law’ in any way you prefer.
Please use the OSCOLA foot note referencing style ( OXFORD Style)
Word limit for essay is 2700 words and footnote up to 300 words
A Introduction: The theory , whether conscious or unconscious or implicit or explicit, that guided the actions in practice
The answer is going to be AMZAON USA as an example. How this theory is applied on the example of AMZAON in its transnational activities
What is Amazon
B How Amazon developed its own legal system to respond to its own legal needs
Amazon Dispute Resolution : State Law and AMAZON own law How Amazon is regulated and licensed
1 User Policy
2 Reputation Feedback
3 Online Dispute Resolution : How and which legal system
User – AMAZON dispute
Seller – Buyer conflicts
Another example on dispute resolution of AMAZON in UAE – DIFC dispute resolution
C Analysis
Concept of Secondarisation Process
1 Set of Norms adopted in social interactions AMAZON activity and trade and how its was specific and autonomous,
2 Set of Norms became Set of Rules
3 Set of Rule become binding and enforced
4 Formulation of Norms
5 Application of Norms
6 Enforcement of Norms : sanctions applied for breach of contract in AMAZON
D Conclusion
Mandatory Sources to be used :
1 John G Ruggie on Human rights principles companies should respect
2 Paul Bohannan on legal realism in USA concept of decision making is different from justifications
3 Thomas Schultz Private Legal Systems What Cyberspace Might Teach Legal Theories
