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Transnational Corporations As Steering Subjects In International Economic Law: Two Competing Visions Of The, Karsten Nowrot Jul 2011

Transnational Corporations As Steering Subjects In International Economic Law: Two Competing Visions Of The, Karsten Nowrot

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

Transnational corporations (TNCs) not only occupy an important status as economic actors on the international scene, but they are also political actors who are increasingly involved in the progressive development and enforcement of the regulatory structures of the international economic system. Against this background, this article focuses on the current status and potential future development of TNCs as steering subjects in international economic law (IEL). It evaluates the role played by this category of nonstate actors in two of the central public international law fields of IEL, namely the legal order of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the international …


The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Opic, And The Retreat From Transparency, Blake Puckett Jan 2008

The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Opic, And The Retreat From Transparency, Blake Puckett

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

This article argues that the current intersection of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) is turning U.S. investment and aid policy in a direction that neither addresses corruption concerns, nor augments other U.S. foreign policy goals in the Caucasus and Central Asia, and perhaps more globally. The current regulatory system has caused OPIC to structure its investment projects in alternative forms that bypass anti-corruption regulations.W hile these alternatives serve to increase capital in developing economies, the distance they create between OPIC and the end-user fosters a lack of transparency and ultimately corruption. However, …


The Sec's Role In The Global Era: How The Sec Will Protect U.S. Investors In Foreign Markets, Derek W. Kaczmarek Apr 2002

The Sec's Role In The Global Era: How The Sec Will Protect U.S. Investors In Foreign Markets, Derek W. Kaczmarek

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

No abstract provided.


Harmonization Of Disclosure Standards For Cross-Border Share Offerings: Approaching An "International Passport" To Capital Markets? (The Earl A. Snyder Lecture In International Law), J. William Hicks Apr 2002

Harmonization Of Disclosure Standards For Cross-Border Share Offerings: Approaching An "International Passport" To Capital Markets? (The Earl A. Snyder Lecture In International Law), J. William Hicks

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

On March 1, 2001, Professor Hicks delivered the fifth annual Snyder Lecture at the University of Cambridge in the Lauterpacht Center for International Research.


International Law And Private Foreign Investment, Elihu Lauterpacht, C.B.E., Q.C. Apr 1997

International Law And Private Foreign Investment, Elihu Lauterpacht, C.B.E., Q.C.

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

No abstract provided.


On Domesticating Giants: Further Reflections On The Legal Approach To Transnational Enterprise, A. A. Fatouros Jan 1977

On Domesticating Giants: Further Reflections On The Legal Approach To Transnational Enterprise, A. A. Fatouros

Articles by Maurer Faculty

This article continues a line of inquiry begun long ago at the University of Western Ontario, at a time when transnational enterprise was dealt with under the heading of "direct private foreign investment." It picks up and develops certain points made in some relatively recent articles of mine, such as, The Computer and the Mudhut: Notes on Multinational Enterprise in Developing Countries (1971), 10 Columbia J. Transn'l. L. 325; Multinational Enterprise and Extraterritoriality (1972), 1 J. Contemporary Business (No. 4); and especially, Problemes et ethodes d'une reglementation des enterprises multinationales (1974), 101 J. Droit Int'l (Clunet) 495.


Book Review. Foreign Investment: France -- A Case Study By Robert B. Dickie, A. A. Fatouros Jan 1971

Book Review. Foreign Investment: France -- A Case Study By Robert B. Dickie, A. A. Fatouros

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.


Standard Investment Agreement (Draft Translation), A. A. Fatouros Jan 1971

Standard Investment Agreement (Draft Translation), A. A. Fatouros

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No abstract provided.


Book Review. Foreign Investments And International Law By Georg Schwarzenberger, A. A. Fatouros Jan 1970

Book Review. Foreign Investments And International Law By Georg Schwarzenberger, A. A. Fatouros

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.


Book Review. Public Money Sources For Overseas Trade And Investment By John E. Loomis, A. A. Fatouros Jan 1963

Book Review. Public Money Sources For Overseas Trade And Investment By John E. Loomis, A. A. Fatouros

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No abstract provided.


The Quest For Legal Security Of Foreign Investments -- Latest Developments, A. A. Fatouros Jan 1963

The Quest For Legal Security Of Foreign Investments -- Latest Developments, A. A. Fatouros

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No abstract provided.


Book Review. Gesetzgebung Zur Fӧrderung Auslӓndischer Kapitalanlagen By H. W. Baade, A. A. Fatouros Jan 1958

Book Review. Gesetzgebung Zur Fӧrderung Auslӓndischer Kapitalanlagen By H. W. Baade, A. A. Fatouros

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.