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The New Partnership For Africa's Development: Institutional And Legal Challenges Of Investment Promotion, Victor Mosoti
The New Partnership For Africa's Development: Institutional And Legal Challenges Of Investment Promotion, Victor Mosoti
San Diego International Law Journal
This paper is divided into five parts. Part I introduces NEPAD, its philosophical basis and objectives. Part II discusses the investment promotion role of NEPAD and its difference from past development thinking about Africa's problems. In Part III we discuss NEPAD's strategy for realizing investment flows into Africa, some of the NEPAD's institutional weaknesses, and the repercussions thereof in realizing the NEPAD objectives. It also highlights the potential implications of NEPAD to the regional integration plan in Africa. Taking into account the supposed political clash between NEPAD and the AU, Part IV discusses possible ways of restructuring NEPAD to enable …
The Creation Of International Commercial Law: Sovereignty Felled, Sandeep Gopalan
The Creation Of International Commercial Law: Sovereignty Felled, Sandeep Gopalan
San Diego International Law Journal
The creation of international commercial law presents an interesting paradox for proponents of sovereignty in international law. Indeed, it could be argued that the creation of international commercial law is the vanishing point of sovereignty in that nation states are becoming increasingly less important in the creation of international commercial law with the growth of regional organizations, non-state actors, and international arbitration. This is spurred on by the march of globalization and the consequent need for international commercial law. The term "harmonization" will be used as a surrogate to discuss the creation of international commercial law, as it is the …