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An Analysis Of The Nature And Impact Of Legal Complexities Facing United States Corporations Considering Investment Into The New South Africa, Philip R. Mcdougall Jan 1996

An Analysis Of The Nature And Impact Of Legal Complexities Facing United States Corporations Considering Investment Into The New South Africa, Philip R. Mcdougall

LLM Theses and Essays

Due to sanctions imposed against South Africa’s Apartheid government, the South African economy suffered as little international investment was made in the country. With these sanctions lifted following the democratic elections of 1994, South Africa is now an alluring country for international investment. Despite this attractiveness, U.S. corporations face many legal concerns before entering the South African economy. An analysis of these issues is made in the context of American and South African law with solutions proposed in an effort to avoid deterring foreign investment. These concerns include political and non-economic risks that often hinder investment in the African continent, …


Resolving Economic Disputes In Russia's Market Economy, Karen Halverson Jan 1996

Resolving Economic Disputes In Russia's Market Economy, Karen Halverson

Michigan Journal of International Law

The purpose of this paper is to examine the recent transformation of state arbitrazh into economic courts along with the development of commercial arbitration in Russia, and to consider the relative utility of these mechanisms for resolving disputes in Russia's evolving market economy. Part I describes state arbitrazh and details its evolution into the existing system of economic courts. Part II discusses the past and recent development of commercial arbitration in Russia as an alternative to litigating domestic disputes. Part III considers various social and historic factors that hinder genuine reform.


If It Walks Like A Duck: A Proposal To Unify U.S. Customs' Treatment Of Infringing Imports, 29 J. Marshall L. Rev. 711 (1996), Keith M. Stolte Jan 1996

If It Walks Like A Duck: A Proposal To Unify U.S. Customs' Treatment Of Infringing Imports, 29 J. Marshall L. Rev. 711 (1996), Keith M. Stolte

UIC Law Review

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As The World Turns: Revisiting Rudolf Schlesinger's Study Of The Uniform Commercial Code In The Light Of Comparative Law, Peter Winship Jan 1996

As The World Turns: Revisiting Rudolf Schlesinger's Study Of The Uniform Commercial Code In The Light Of Comparative Law, Peter Winship

Faculty Journal Articles and Book Chapters

Problems of commercial law are apt to be similar or at least comparable in all commercial countries, so that in this field, perhaps more than in any other, foreign experience is likely to be instructive. As was said by a leading English scholar, "The value of comparative investigation of commercial law is so obvious as to make it unnecessary to labour the point."


The Ali Principles Of Corporate Governance Compared With Georgia Law - Continued, The Special Contribution, Marjorie F. Knowles, Colin Flannery Jan 1996

The Ali Principles Of Corporate Governance Compared With Georgia Law - Continued, The Special Contribution, Marjorie F. Knowles, Colin Flannery

Faculty Publications By Year

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