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Evolution Of International Law: Thailand's Experience At The Threshold Of The Third Millennium, Sompong Sucharitkul Jan 1999

Evolution Of International Law: Thailand's Experience At The Threshold Of The Third Millennium, Sompong Sucharitkul

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In the ensuing pages, an endeavor will be made to ascertain the actual existence, if any, of "perspectives" which can be said to be typically "Asian" in the perception of international law. The exercise will be based on historical facts tending to indicate that "A part of Asia had escaped grosso modo the work of direct European domination." The question to be examined is whether the evolution of contemporary international law presents any specific challenges for one of the oldest Kingdoms of the world, THAILAND or SIAM, as we know it today, and as the European had preferred to call …

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National Incentives To Protect Natural Resources: Preserving Their Place In International Trade, Paul S. Kibel Jan 1999

National Incentives To Protect Natural Resources: Preserving Their Place In International Trade, Paul S. Kibel

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This Dialogue attempts to place the conflict between the principles of negative externalities and comparative advantage in a less theoretical context. To that end, the author examines the relationship between national incentives to protect natural resources and international trade rules that seek to restrict the use of natural resource subsidies. The author further evaluates the extent to which the international trade rules account for the problem of negative externalities, and the extent to which the rules recognize the potentially effective role that national incentive programs can play in correcting market failures. From this evaluation, the author concludes that the legitimacy …

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Superpower Attitudes Toward Indigenous Peoples And Group Rights, S. James Anaya Jan 1999