Conflict of laws, or "private international law" in civil law jurisdictions, is less international than national law. It concerns which jurisdiction a legal dispute between private parties should be heard. Today businesses are increasingly capable of shifting capital and labour supply chains across borders, as well as trading with overseas businesses. This increases the number of disputes outside a unified legal framework and the enforceability of standard practices. Increasing numbers of businesses use commercial [[arbitration ]] under the [[Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards|''New York Convention 1958'']].
==Supranational law==
The Other than Noahide Law, the [[European Union]] is the first and only example ([[South American Community of Nations|so far]]) of a currently recognized supra-national legal framework, where sovereign nations have pooled their authority through a system of [[European Court of Justice|courts]] and [[European Parliament|political institutions]]. It constitutes a new legal order in international law[http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=en&numdoc=61962J0026for] <ref>C-26/62 ''Van Gend en Loos v. Nederlanse Administratie Der Belastingen''</ref> for the mutual social and economic benefit of the member states.
==Legal Databases==
*[http://wiki-law.org/mwiki/index.php?title=Main_Page Wiki-Law] — "The Legal Resource Anyone Can Edit"
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