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Enforcing Corporate Social Responsibility Codes Under Private Law: On The Disciplining Power Of Legal Doctrine, Jan M. Smits
Enforcing Corporate Social Responsibility Codes Under Private Law: On The Disciplining Power Of Legal Doctrine, Jan M. Smits
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
A central question in the debate on corporate social responsibility is to what extent CSR codes can be enforced among private parties. This contribution argues that this question is best answered by reference to the applicable doctrinal legal system. Such a doctrinal approach has recently regained importance in American scholarship, while it is still the prevailing method of legal analysis in Europe. Applying a doctrinal analysis of CSR codes allows for the possibility of private law enforcement, that is, enforcement by means of contract or tort, dependent on three different elements: the exact type of claim that is brought, the …
Civil Law Pulsations Along The Latin American Periphery, Ángel R. Oquendo
Civil Law Pulsations Along The Latin American Periphery, Ángel R. Oquendo
University of Miami Inter-American Law Review
The civil law system shows its true face as it travels from the Continental European core to the Latin American periphery. Many of the principal institutions have found a home and thrived in the new and radically different environment. One can best study them there by contemplating how they have preserved some of their most basic features despite having transformed themselves into something else.
The notion of the civil law tradition and that of codification have themselves undergone this dialectic of transformation and preservation. So have the traditional approach to contractual interpretation and to third-party agreements and the common proscriptions …
Open Sesame: The Myth Of Alibaba's Extreme Corporate Governance And Control, Yu-Hsin Lin, Thomas Mehaffy
Open Sesame: The Myth Of Alibaba's Extreme Corporate Governance And Control, Yu-Hsin Lin, Thomas Mehaffy
Brooklyn Journal of Corporate, Financial & Commercial Law
In September 2014, Alibaba Group Holding Limited (Alibaba) successfully launched a $25 billion initial public offering (IPO), the largest IPO ever, on New York Stock Exchange. Alibaba’s IPO success witnessed a wave among Chinese Internet companies to raise capital in U.S capital markets. A significant number of these companies have employed a novel, but poorly understood corporate ownership and control mechanism—the variable interest entity (VIE) structure and/or the disproportional control structure. The VIE structure was created in response to the Chinese restriction on foreign investments; however, it carries the risk of being declared illegal under Chinese law. The disproportional control …
What Is A Contract, Sidney W. Delong
Contractual Excuse Under The Cisg: Impediment, Hardship, And The Excuse Doctrines, Larry A. Dimatteo
Contractual Excuse Under The Cisg: Impediment, Hardship, And The Excuse Doctrines, Larry A. Dimatteo
Pace International Law Review
This article will examine the law of excuse as espoused in the Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG). It will examine the relevant case law applying the doctrine of impediment found in CISG Article 79. The question posed in this analysis is whether the word “impediment” relates only to the occurrences of force majeure, impossibility and frustration of purpose events or if it also includes changed circumstances, impracticability and hardship events. For purposes of simplicity, the first set of excuse or exemption doctrines will be analyzed under the heading of “impossibility” and the second set will …
The Conformity Of The Goods To The Contract In International Sales, Villy De Luca
The Conformity Of The Goods To The Contract In International Sales, Villy De Luca
Pace International Law Review
The present article aims to provide a general overview on the issue of conformity of the goods to the contract as regulated by Article 35 of the Convention on Contracts for the International Sales of Goods (“CISG”).
The analysis will focus on Article 35 CISG and, after having retraced the history that led to the current formulation of the provision, will concentrate on the implications following the adoption of a “unitary” notion of conformity. The evaluation will proceed focusing on the single express and implied conformity obligations covered, respectively, in the first and second paragraphs of Article 35 CISG.
The …
Electronic Mass Procurement By Means Of "Web Technology": Basic Options In Its Regulation, Barral Vinals
Electronic Mass Procurement By Means Of "Web Technology": Basic Options In Its Regulation, Barral Vinals
ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law
Today, the acquisition of goods and services through the Internet is frequent, just like the use of the most varied information services on the net.
Putting The Cisg Where It Belongs: In The Uniform Commercial Code, Kina Grbic
Putting The Cisg Where It Belongs: In The Uniform Commercial Code, Kina Grbic
Touro Law Review
No abstract provided.
Penalty Clauses As Remedies: Exploring Comparative Approaches To Enforceability, Jack Graves
Penalty Clauses As Remedies: Exploring Comparative Approaches To Enforceability, Jack Graves
Touro Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Anti-Shari'a Movement And Oklahoma's Save Our State Amendment-Unconstitutional Discrimination Or Homeland Security?, Robert E. Michael
The Anti-Shari'a Movement And Oklahoma's Save Our State Amendment-Unconstitutional Discrimination Or Homeland Security?, Robert E. Michael
ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law
Legislation by statute or state constitutional amendment prohibiting the application in state courts of an ill defined "Shariah Law" and/or "international law" has passed or is in the process in over twenty states.'
Bollywood Is Coming! Copyright And Film Industry Issues Regarding International Film Co-Productions Involving India, Timm Neu
San Diego International Law Journal
These developments and mutual correlating interests underscore the rising trend in the number of international co-productions and cinematographic co-operations with India. Still, the practice of movie making in India differs in many ways from industry structures in the U.S. or Germany, which shall be analyzed as potential co-production partners. Contractual relations, industry regulations, involved parties, and the legal rules are so distinct, that a comparative view from a producer's perspective shall bring into light the frameworks and copyright issues of international film co-productions involving India.
What Can The Rule Of Law Variable Tell Us About Rule Of Law Reforms?, Kevin E. Davis
What Can The Rule Of Law Variable Tell Us About Rule Of Law Reforms?, Kevin E. Davis
Michigan Journal of International Law
In 2001 per capita income in Haiti was $480, the infant mortality rate was seventy-nine per 1000 live births and the illiteracy rate (age fifteen and over) hovered around fifty percent. By comparison, in the United States, less than two hours flying time away, the per capita income was $34,280, the infant mortality rate was seven per 1000 live births, and the illiteracy rate was negligible. Understanding the reasons why these sorts of disparities in important measures of development arise and persist is one of the greatest challenges in all of the social sciences.
Student Article: Market Forces And The Rule Of Law As A Means Of Improving The Quality Of Life In Sub-Saharan Africa: Ghana, A Case Of Critical Analysis, Paul Sergius Koku
Student Article: Market Forces And The Rule Of Law As A Means Of Improving The Quality Of Life In Sub-Saharan Africa: Ghana, A Case Of Critical Analysis, Paul Sergius Koku
University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Digital Signature: The Next Step In Its Evolution, Alcolya J. Lester
The Digital Signature: The Next Step In Its Evolution, Alcolya J. Lester
ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law
As we approach the end of the first year of the new millenium, we see a rapid growth in the enactment and evolution of legislation regarding the use and validity of digital signatures in countries throughout the world.
Resolving Commercial Disputes In China: Foreign Firms And The Role Of Contract Law, Roy F. Grow
Resolving Commercial Disputes In China: Foreign Firms And The Role Of Contract Law, Roy F. Grow
Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business
It is not my intention to explicate China's Foreign Economic Contract Law (FECL), the Joint Venture Law (JVL), or the Foreign Enterprise Income Tax Law (FEITL). The analysis of these codes has been done in great detail by others.' Instead, I will examine the actual behavior of the most important actors governed by this set of laws-the Chinese and foreign enterprises that work with one another and which must find ways to resolve their competing claims. In this study, I will examine the tension between Chinese and foreign firms by focusing on several specific and limited questions having to do …
Characteristic Performance -- A New Concept In The Conflict Of Laws In Matters Of Contract For The Eec, Kurt Lipstein
Characteristic Performance -- A New Concept In The Conflict Of Laws In Matters Of Contract For The Eec, Kurt Lipstein
Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business
The concept of "characteristic performance, " used in conflicts law to determine which country's law applies in the absence of an express or implied choice of law, has been incorporated into Article 4 of the Draft Convention on the Law Applicable to Contractual and Non-Contractual Obligations. In this article, Professor Lipstein examines the purpose, history, and criticisms of the concept of "characteristic performance" and concludes by supporting the use by the Member States of characteristic performance as a means of determining the legal system governing the contract as a whole.
Party Autonomy In Contracts Specifying Foreign Law, Robert Johnston
Party Autonomy In Contracts Specifying Foreign Law, Robert Johnston
William & Mary Law Review
No abstract provided.