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The Legal Framework For Private Sector Development In A Transitional Economy: The Case Of Poland, Cheryl W. Gray, Rebecca J. Hanson, Michael A. Heller, Peter G. Ianachkov, Daniel T. Ostas
The Legal Framework For Private Sector Development In A Transitional Economy: The Case Of Poland, Cheryl W. Gray, Rebecca J. Hanson, Michael A. Heller, Peter G. Ianachkov, Daniel T. Ostas
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The economies of Central and Eastern Europe are in the midst of an historic transition from central planning and state ownership to market driven private sector development. This transition requires comprehensive changes in the "rules of the game" – i.e. the legal framework for economic activity. Markets presuppose a set of property rights and a system of laws or customs that enable the exchange of those rights. The legal framework in a market economy has at a minimum three basic functions:
- to define the universe of property rights in the system,
- to set the rules for the entry and exit …
Gatt Membership In A Changing World Order: Taiwan, China, And The Former Soviet Republics, Lori Fisler Damrosch
Gatt Membership In A Changing World Order: Taiwan, China, And The Former Soviet Republics, Lori Fisler Damrosch
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My introduction to questions of GATT membership came in 1979 when, as an attorney in the U.S. Department of State, I was immersed in a series of issues concerning trade relations with the People's Republic of China ("China" or "PRC") and Taiwan ("Republic of China" or "ROC"). I kept hearing about the "Chinese seat" in the GATT as if it were some piece of furniture waiting to be taken out of storage and put back in the dining room. The image of a chair is hardly an apt way of visualizing the extraordinarily complex network of legal relationships that exists …