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Mcdougal-Lasswell Policy Science: Death And Transfiguration, Jack Van Doren, Christopher J. Roederer Jan 2012

Mcdougal-Lasswell Policy Science: Death And Transfiguration, Jack Van Doren, Christopher J. Roederer

Richmond Journal of Global Law & Business

No abstract provided.


Opportunistic Discipline: Using Eurasian Integration To Improve Sanctions Against Belarus, Ilya Zlatkin Jan 2012

Opportunistic Discipline: Using Eurasian Integration To Improve Sanctions Against Belarus, Ilya Zlatkin

Richmond Journal of Global Law & Business

No abstract provided.


Chinese Border Disputes Revisited: Toward A Better Interdisciplinary Sythesis, Roda Mushkat Jan 2012

Chinese Border Disputes Revisited: Toward A Better Interdisciplinary Sythesis, Roda Mushkat

Richmond Journal of Global Law & Business

China has long been embroiled in a wide array of territorial disputes and has occasionally flexed its military muscle in the process. Its conduct in such situations has been of great theoretical and practical relevance and has attracted considerable attention from scholars across the socio-legal spectrum. Researchers in the field of international law have carefully surveyed official and semi-official Chinese pronouncements and practices, while their social science counterparts have rigorously dissected key behavioral patterns. This is an inherently complex subject that this two-pronged approach has not yet been able to comprehensively address, however, because scholars engaged in the enterprise have …


The Sovereign Debtor's Prison: Analysis Of The Argentine Crisis Arbitrations And The Implications For Investment Treaty Law, Robert M. Ziff Jan 2011

The Sovereign Debtor's Prison: Analysis Of The Argentine Crisis Arbitrations And The Implications For Investment Treaty Law, Robert M. Ziff

Richmond Journal of Global Law & Business

Over the last six years, several arbitration panels have released opinions in a series of disputes raised by investors against Argentina. In each case, foreign investors claim that Argentina's use of price controls and currency devaluation following the 2002 economic crisis constituted a violation of bilateral investment treaty obligations. Despite the fact that most claimants make identical allegations, many of these decisions are highly contradictory. In some cases Argentina is absolved of liability, while in others Argentina is held liable for hundreds of millions in damages. In aggregate, the claimants seek enough money to bankrupt the Argentine Republic.


Rethinking The Relationship Between The Wto And International Human Rights, Gao Pengcheng Jan 2009

Rethinking The Relationship Between The Wto And International Human Rights, Gao Pengcheng

Richmond Journal of Global Law & Business

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Conflicting Jurisdictions Over Disputes Arising From The Application Of Trade-Related Environmental Measures, Wen-Chen Shih Jan 2009

Conflicting Jurisdictions Over Disputes Arising From The Application Of Trade-Related Environmental Measures, Wen-Chen Shih

Richmond Journal of Global Law & Business

No abstract provided.


Solving The Problem Of Tax-Treaty Shopping Through The Use Of Limitation On Benefits Provisions, Anna A. Kornikova Jan 2008

Solving The Problem Of Tax-Treaty Shopping Through The Use Of Limitation On Benefits Provisions, Anna A. Kornikova

Richmond Journal of Global Law & Business

No abstract provided.


Implications Of Global Warming On State Sovereignty And Arctic Resources Under The United Nations Convention On The Law Of The Sea: How The Arctic Is No Longer Communis Omnium Naturali Jure, Parker Clote Jan 2008

Implications Of Global Warming On State Sovereignty And Arctic Resources Under The United Nations Convention On The Law Of The Sea: How The Arctic Is No Longer Communis Omnium Naturali Jure, Parker Clote

Richmond Journal of Global Law & Business

No abstract provided.