Does Commercial Law Have a Future?

I. General Observations | 1. Two 150th Anniversaries | 2. Commercial Codes in Japan and Germany | 3. Congruence of Commercial Law and Commercial Codes? | II. The Concepts of National Commercial Codes | 1. Historical Background | 2. Attempts to Define Commercial Law | 3. Commercial Law and Consumer Protection Law in Civil Law Countries | III. The Shape and Future of Commercial Law | 1. Commercial Codes: Going Down the Drain? | 2. Commercial Law as a Concept: Does It Exist? | 4. From Commercial Law towards Business Law