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Rebirth Of A Nation: The Difficulties Of Transition In Eastern And Central Europe, J. French Hill
Rebirth Of A Nation: The Difficulties Of Transition In Eastern And Central Europe, J. French Hill
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
The 1980s will go down in history as the Decade of Democracy. Latin America, Europe, and even parts of Africa saw remarkable gains in political pluralism and individual freedoms, but nowhere was this more pronounced than in central and eastern Europe and the Balkans.
As Timothy Garton Ash chronicled in his inspiring essays, The Magic Lantern, the movements of a people from totalitarianism to freedom were remarkably peaceful. Once started, the speed was breathtaking. This dash toward freedom is epitomized in Ash's quip made famous by playwright, turned President, Vaclav Havel: "In Poland it took ten years, in Hungary ten …
Eastern Europe: Observations And Investment Strategies, Marek Wierzbowski
Eastern Europe: Observations And Investment Strategies, Marek Wierzbowski
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
It is my impression that right now an American lawyer has no problem getting acquainted with East European laws concerning foreign investment. There are so many translations now in this country that almost every new law is immediately translated into English. The American lawyer can get to this text at almost the same time as the East European lawyer can get to it.
So it is very easy to get acquainted with legal texts of the most important laws from the point of view of foreign investors, but there are some traps. And it is my impression that when lawyers …