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The Russian Federation Joins The Oecd Convention Against Bribery, Andrew B. Spalding
The Russian Federation Joins The Oecd Convention Against Bribery, Andrew B. Spalding
Law Faculty Publications
On April 17, 2012, the Russian Federation joined the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Officials in International Business Transactions (“the Convention”).[1] This is but the latest example of a recent trend among the major emerging markets toward criminalizing the bribing of foreign officials. This Insight will place Russia’s accession in context of the broader effort to establish a global anti-bribery regime.
Studying China’S International Finance And Policy: A Speech Given At The University Of Richmond School Of Law, William B. Brown
Studying China’S International Finance And Policy: A Speech Given At The University Of Richmond School Of Law, William B. Brown
Richmond Journal of Global Law & Business
Chinese international finance may sound to many of you like a daunting subject. It really is not, but I have to admit it’s not quite intuitive. International finance is a lot like accounting; you have to learn the rules. And on top of that, in this case we have to add the never intuitive issue of Chinese policy-making. I didn’t learn anything about these topics in graduate school but rather in my first job as a CIA economist, over thirty years ago. At that time China published no economic data; it was just sort of a black hole in the …
The Creation Of A Global Competition Regime. Where Exactly Do The Obstacles Lie–Practical Co-Operation Or Ideological Differences?, Mervyn Martin
The Creation Of A Global Competition Regime. Where Exactly Do The Obstacles Lie–Practical Co-Operation Or Ideological Differences?, Mervyn Martin
Richmond Journal of Global Law & Business
There has been considerable interest in the creation of a global competition regime in the WTO since its conception. It is an issue that has always emerged in the forum’s agenda, and yet, more than ten years later, the international trading system has been unable to agree on a global competition framework. Notwithstanding the current agreement to hold any framework negotiations in abeyance to enable the Doha Round negotiations to proceed, two interesting conclusions can be drawn. First of all, that the agreement pertains only to negotiation related discussions and not discussions per-se on the issue of competition. This would …
Union Responses To The Challenges Of An Increasingly Globalized Economy, Stephen B. Moldof
Union Responses To The Challenges Of An Increasingly Globalized Economy, Stephen B. Moldof
Richmond Journal of Global Law & Business
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Understanding Compliance With International Environmental Agreements: The Baker's Dozen Myths, Edith Brown Weiss
Understanding Compliance With International Environmental Agreements: The Baker's Dozen Myths, Edith Brown Weiss
University of Richmond Law Review
Until recently, little attention has been given to whether states and other actors comply with the agreements they negotiate. The assumption has been that most states comply with most international law most of the time. There is, however, strong reason to question this assumption. As was apparent in the Breard case, which involved implementation and compliance with the consular convention, states do not necessarily comply with the international agreements they join, particularly when they involve implementation at the provincial/state and local levels.