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An Innovative Matrix For Dispute Resolution: The Dubai World Tribunal And The Global Insolvency Crisis, Jayanth K. Krishnan, Harold Koster
An Innovative Matrix For Dispute Resolution: The Dubai World Tribunal And The Global Insolvency Crisis, Jayanth K. Krishnan, Harold Koster
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This study examines a legal experiment that occurred during the height of the global financial crisis. As markets from the United States to Europe to the Global South shook, one country – the United Arab Emirates – found itself on the brink of economic collapse. In particular, in 2009 the U.A.E’s Emirate of Dubai was contemplating defaulting on $60 billion of debt it had amassed. Recognizing that such a default would have cataclysmic reverberations across the globe, Dubai’s governmental leaders turned to a small group of foreign lawyers, judges, accountants, and business consultants for assistance. Working in a coordinated fashion, …
East Asia, Investment, And International Law: Distinctive Or Convergent?, Beth A. Simmons
East Asia, Investment, And International Law: Distinctive Or Convergent?, Beth A. Simmons
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International investment agreements (IIAs) are the primary legal instruments designed to protect and encourage foreign direct investment world-wide. This article argues that Asia has used IIAs just as much as have other regions of the world to attract foreign direct investment, but that Asia’s pattern of agreement provisions is somewhat distinctive. States in East and Southeast Asia have tended to enter into agreements that strike a balance somewhat more favorable to host states than to foreign firms, at least when compared to the rest of the world. This may be due to high growth in the region, which tends to …
Book Review. Le Regime Juridique Des Investissements Étrangers En Gréce. Contribution À Une Théorie De L’Investissement International By K. G. Mavrias, A. A. Fatouros
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Book Review. The Effectiveness Of International Decisions And Foreign Development Lending -- Legal Aspects, A. A. Fatouros
Book Review. The Effectiveness Of International Decisions And Foreign Development Lending -- Legal Aspects, A. A. Fatouros
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An International Code To Protect Private Investment -- Proposals And Perspectives, A. A. Fatouros
An International Code To Protect Private Investment -- Proposals And Perspectives, A. A. Fatouros
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The Calvo And Drago Doctrines, Amos S. Hershey
The Calvo And Drago Doctrines, Amos S. Hershey
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