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Rebalancing Oil Contracts In Venezuela, Julián Cárdenas García Apr 2011

Rebalancing Oil Contracts In Venezuela, Julián Cárdenas García

Cornell Law School Inter-University Graduate Student Conference Papers

During the last decade, the Venezuelan government has pursued a reform of the legal regime of hydrocarbons tailored to its interests as an oil producing country. However, the ongoing consequences of the global economic recession which negatively impacted the Venezuelan economy, call into question the suitability of such scheme. Confronting the challenge of attracting foreign investment, the methods of awarding contracts used by the Venezuelan Government have contributed to the approval of a series of incentives which are rebalancing the contractual conditions for new oil ventures. Royalty and tax reductions, access to international arbitration and the protection granted through bilateral …


The Legal Justifications For A People-Based Approach To The Control Of Mineral Resources In The Democratic Republic Of The Congo, Dunia P. Zongwe Apr 2008

The Legal Justifications For A People-Based Approach To The Control Of Mineral Resources In The Democratic Republic Of The Congo, Dunia P. Zongwe

Cornell Law School Inter-University Graduate Student Conference Papers

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is endowed with vast mineral wealth. However, although renewed activities in the mining sector ameliorated the DRC’s fiscal position and GDP growth in 2005-07, generally the peoples of the DRC neither participate in nor benefit from the exploitation of mineral resources. The problem is that the exploitation of mineral resources in the DRC go against the interests of the Congolese peoples. To be sure, the Congolese peoples are some of the poorest in the world. The main purpose of this paper is to explore the ways in which the peoples of the DRC …


Symposium The International Legal Regime For Antarctica: Introduction, John J. Barceló Iii Jul 1986

Symposium The International Legal Regime For Antarctica: Introduction, John J. Barceló Iii

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Mining With Mr. Justice Holmes, E. F. Roberts Mar 1986

Mining With Mr. Justice Holmes, E. F. Roberts

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Mining Legislation And Mineral Development In Zambia, Muna Ndulo Jan 1986

Mining Legislation And Mineral Development In Zambia, Muna Ndulo

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Implementing Federal Environment Policies: The Limits Of Aspirational Commands, James A. Henderson Jr., Richard N. Pearson Nov 1978

Implementing Federal Environment Policies: The Limits Of Aspirational Commands, James A. Henderson Jr., Richard N. Pearson

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


The Requirement Of Domestic Participation In New Mining Ventures In Zambia, Muna Ndulo Jan 1977

The Requirement Of Domestic Participation In New Mining Ventures In Zambia, Muna Ndulo

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Mineral Taxation In Zambia, Muna Ndulo Jan 1977

Mineral Taxation In Zambia, Muna Ndulo

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.