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The New African Law: Beyond The Difference Between Common Law And Civil Law, Salvatore Mancuso Aug 2010

The New African Law: Beyond The Difference Between Common Law And Civil Law, Salvatore Mancuso

Annual Survey of International & Comparative Law

The current investments into African countries are limited as a result of the judicial and juridical insecurity. As such, there is a strong need to rebuild the respective legal systems in order to enhance investors' reliance and to further attract foreign investment. The idea of the unification of African laws has been considered as the only solution to eliminate obstacles to development amounting from the judicial differences among the varying African nations. Such a change would give the countries joining the process of regional integration the opportunity to assert their interests in a stronger and more confident manner within the …


International Law, National Tribunals And The Rights Of Aliens: The Latin American Experience, Frank G. Dawson Oct 1968

International Law, National Tribunals And The Rights Of Aliens: The Latin American Experience, Frank G. Dawson

Vanderbilt Law Review

Latin America is today undergoing a profound technological revolution for which the United States is largely responsible, and which is transforming the continent in a manner and at a pace never envisioned by nineteenth century alien entrepreneurs. Communication and transportation media developed within the last fifty years have created new demands for, and dependencies upon, the commercial products and luxuries of the mechanized world and have precipitated demands for radical change in outmoded economic and political patterns. This has inspired programs for economic integration on the international level, and, within individual nations, for industrialization and product diversification to limit dependence …