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Abstract
The partner states in the East African Community (EAC) have modernized their commercial laws to claim their post-colonial identity and facilitate development. While law reform and the harmonization of laws are both methods of shaping laws, the national law reform programmes in the EAC mainly aim to ensure that the laws reflect the domestic socioeconomic circumstances, in contrast to the harmonization of national commercial laws, which focuses on the attainment of economic development. This article observes that the reformed and harmonized commercial laws in the EAC are mainly legal transplants of the principles of transnational commercial law that have been adapted to meet domestic needs and aspirations.
European Journal of Law Reform |
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Article | The Reform and Harmonization of Commercial Laws in the East African Community |
Keywords | law reform, harmonization of laws, commercial laws, legal transplants, East African Community |
Authors | Agasha Mugasha |
DOI | 10.5553/EJLR/138723702017019004005 |
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