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Corporate Law In The Shanghai People's Courts, 1992-2008: Judicial Autonomy In A Contemporary Authoritarian State, Nicholas Howson
Corporate Law In The Shanghai People's Courts, 1992-2008: Judicial Autonomy In A Contemporary Authoritarian State, Nicholas Howson
Nicholas Howson
In late 2005 China adopted a largely rewritten Company Law that radically increased the role of courts. This study, based on a review of more than 1000 Company Law-related disputes reported between 1992 and 2008 and extensive interactions with PRC officials and sitting judges, evaluates how the Shanghai People’s Court system has fared over 15 years in corporate law adjudication. Although the Shanghai People’s Courts show generally increasing technical competence and even intimations of political independence, their path toward institutional autonomy is inconsistent. Through 2006, the Shanghai Court system demonstrated significantly increased autonomy. After 2006 and enactment of the new …
Review Of 'Understanding Labor And Employment Law In China' By Ronald C. Brown, Nicholas Howson
Review Of 'Understanding Labor And Employment Law In China' By Ronald C. Brown, Nicholas Howson
Nicholas Howson
Review of Ronald C. Brown's UNDERSTANDING LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW IN CHINA (Cambridge University Press, 2010) which review describes an alternative way of describing and analyzing law and legal institutions in contemporary China generally, and labor law specifically.
The Globalization Of Law, Martin Shapiro
Internet Governance Is Our Shared Responsibility, Vinton Cerf, Patrick Ryan, Max Senges
Internet Governance Is Our Shared Responsibility, Vinton Cerf, Patrick Ryan, Max Senges
Patrick T. Ryan
This essay looks at the the different roles that institutions play in the Internet governance ecosystem. We propose a model for thinking of Internet governance within the context of the layered model of the Internet. We use the example of the negotiations in Dubai in 2102 at the World Conference on International Telecommunications to show why it is important for different institutions within the governance system to focus on their areas of expertise (e.g., the ITU, ICANN, and IGF). Several areas of conflict are reviewed, such as the desire to promote more broadband infrastructure (a topic that is in the …
International Humanitarian Law: Americas Watch's Experience In Monitoring Internal Armed Conflicts, Robert Kogod Goldman
International Humanitarian Law: Americas Watch's Experience In Monitoring Internal Armed Conflicts, Robert Kogod Goldman
Robert K. Goldman
No abstract provided.
Is There A Way In The Labyrinth Of Treaty Norms Leading To The Applicable Rule? Investor-State Investment Settlement Under The China-Korea Fta, China-Japan-Korea Bit And China-Korea Bit, Q Kong
q kong
With the signature of the Free Trade Agreement between the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of Korea (CK FTA) in 2015 and its incoming ratification, there will be three sets of rules with respect to investment flow between China and Korea, i.e., The Agreement among the Government of the People’s Republic of China, the Government of Japan and the Government of the Republic of Korea on the Promotion and Protection of Investment (CKJ BIT, 2013) , the Agreement of the Government of the People’s Republic of China and the Government of the Republic of Korea on the Promotion …
Laying Down The "Brics": Enhancing The Portability Of Awards In International Commercial Arbitration, Benjamin C. Mccarty
Laying Down The "Brics": Enhancing The Portability Of Awards In International Commercial Arbitration, Benjamin C. Mccarty
Benjamin C McCarty
The drafters of the 1958 New York Convention intended Article V(2)(b) to be interpreted narrowly, and while most pro-arbitration national courts do maintain narrowly defined areas of public policy that are sufficient for refusal of the recognition and enforcement of a foreign arbitral award, this is not always the case. Developing states and jurisdictions that maintain corrupt or inefficient judicial systems have shown a greater willingness to invoke the public policy exception for a broader, amorphous variety of reasons. This phenomenon has created a sense of unpredictability among international investors, arbitrators, and business executives as to the amount of deference …
Gandhi’S Prophecy: Corporate Violence And A Mindful Law For Bhopal, Nehal A. Patel
Gandhi’S Prophecy: Corporate Violence And A Mindful Law For Bhopal, Nehal A. Patel
Nehal A. Patel
AbstractOver thirty years have passed since the Bhopal chemical disaster began,and in that time scholars of corporate social responsibility (CSR) havediscussed and debated several frameworks for improving corporate responseto social and environmental problems. However, CSR discourse rarelydelves into the fundamental architecture of legal thought that oftenbuttresses corporate dominance in the global economy. Moreover, CSRdiscourse does little to challenge the ontological and epistemologicalassumptions that form the foundation for modern economics and the role ofcorporations in the world.I explore methods of transforming CSR by employing the thought ofMohandas Gandhi. I pay particular attention to Gandhi’s critique ofindustrialization and principle of swadeshi (self-sufficiency) …
A Case Ill Suited For Judgment: Constructing 'A Sovereign Access To The Sea' In The Atacama Desert, Christopher Rossi
A Case Ill Suited For Judgment: Constructing 'A Sovereign Access To The Sea' In The Atacama Desert, Christopher Rossi
christopher robert rossi
Abstract: In 2015, the International Court of Justice ruled that Bolivia’s claim against Chile could proceed to the merit stage, setting up this Article’s discussion of perhaps the most intractable border dispute in South American history – Bolivia’s attempt to reclaim from Chile a ‘sovereign access to the Pacific Ocean’. This Article investigates the international law and deeply commingled regional history pertaining to the Atacama Desert region, the hyperarid yet resource-rich region through which Bolivia seeks to secure its long-lost access to the sea. Investigating the factual circumstances (effectivités), the post-colonial international legal principle of uti possidetis …
The Use Of The Proportionality Principle To Distinguish Compensatory Indirect Expropriation From Regulatory Measures, Anca T. Muir
The Use Of The Proportionality Principle To Distinguish Compensatory Indirect Expropriation From Regulatory Measures, Anca T. Muir
Anca T Muir
The Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) system has been criticized recently as a way for foreign corporations to counter a national government’s right to regulate. A subject of much of this scrutiny is the compensation requested by foreign investors when the host state needs to regulate for the public interest.
The issue of compensation for actions of indirect expropriation is a controversial issue, especially when the host state uses its police power to regulate in the public interest. When this occurs, it can create a conflict in which an investor claims that his investment was reduced to nothing by the …
The Role Of State In The Development Of Legal Profession In China - A Regulatory Perspective, Shu Shang
The Role Of State In The Development Of Legal Profession In China - A Regulatory Perspective, Shu Shang
Shu Shang
Although China has attempted to reorganize its legal profession by privatizing regulation of lawyers since 2000, the tight relationship between Chinese state and its legal profession still seems perplexing to outsiders. This article tries to go beyond the ideological debate to observe this state-legal profession relationship by suggesting that after experiencing political, nationalist, stability-concerned stages, the current stage of the state regulation of legal profession is development-oriented. This model could be extremely useful in a party-state country like China in which the traditional spirit of professionalism is lacking of, and such intervention might also help to prevent he over-stratification of …
The Tortureres: Evaluating The Senate Select Intelligence Committee’S Torture Report And Assessing The Legal Liability Of “Company Y” In The Cia’S Post 9-11 Interrogation And Detention Program Under The Alien Tort Statute, David Satnarine
David Satnarine
The U.S. national security apparatus after September 11, 2001 engendered an emphasis of new forms of intelligence gathering. The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, the United States and its agents sought to collect as much information as possible to prevent another attack on the homeland, and to bring to justice those responsible for the heinous acts of September 11, 2001. Through the use of private actors, corporate shells, and contractors, the United States employed a host of professional interrogators in its war on terror. Some of these private actors, through their corporate shells later become known as the architects of the …
Framing The Responsibility To Protect Doctrine As A Means Of Legal And Moral Intervention With Universal Jurisdiction Legal Obligations Of The Responsibility To Protect Doctrine And Universal Civil Jurisdiction In The Syrian Civil War Crisis, David Satnarine
David Satnarine
No abstract provided.
Political Refugees, Captives, Slaves And Other Migrants In International Law Of Ancient Near East (2nd Millenium Bc), Víctor M. Sánchez
Political Refugees, Captives, Slaves And Other Migrants In International Law Of Ancient Near East (2nd Millenium Bc), Víctor M. Sánchez
Víctor M. Sánchez
International treaties in the 2nd millennium BC in the Ancient Near East (ANE) demonstrate the importance placed on regulating migratory movements at the time. The economic and political basis of such regulation helps outline a critical analysis in comparison to current international law regarding the same forms of migratory movements. The loss of social value of human beings arising from demographic changes explains the enormous difference between past and present regulatory models. Only the recovery of human value in its economic sense will permit changes to the current regulation of migratory movements. The variety of extradition clauses in the treaties …
Democracy And Torture, Patrick A. Maurer
Democracy And Torture, Patrick A. Maurer
Patrick A Maurer
September 11th spawned an era of political changes to fundamental rights. The focus of this discussion is to highlight Guantanamo Bay torture incidents. This analysis will explore the usages of torture from a legal standpoint in the United States.
The International Legal System: Cases And Materials (7th Ed., Foundation Press 2015), Mary O'Connell, Richard Scott, Naomi Roht-Arriaza, Daniel Bradlow
The International Legal System: Cases And Materials (7th Ed., Foundation Press 2015), Mary O'Connell, Richard Scott, Naomi Roht-Arriaza, Daniel Bradlow
Mary Ellen O'Connell
The world of international law continues to grow and change at an accelerated pace. The International Legal System, 7th Edition captures the critical developments for law students as they prepare for the global legal marketplace.Important additions include expanded treatment of international environmental law in a new chapter; updates on international legal theory; expanded coverage of cyber law; new cases on jurisdiction ranging from the International Court of Justice’s Jurisdictional Immunity of the State to the U.S. Supreme Court’s Kiobel v. Shell; the latest results of international trade talks, and new cases at the intersection of armed conflict and human rights.Professor …
A Fake Right Of Priority Under The Cross-Strait Agreement On Intellectual Property Right Protection And Cooperation, Ping-Hsun Chen
A Fake Right Of Priority Under The Cross-Strait Agreement On Intellectual Property Right Protection And Cooperation, Ping-Hsun Chen
Ping-Hsun Chen
On June 26, 2010, Taiwan and China entered into a “Cross-Strait Agreement on Intellectual Property Rights Cooperation and Protection” (“Cross-Strait IP Agreement”). This Cross-Strait IP Agreement was renowned for China’s admission of a right of priority of Taiwanese patent applications or trademark applications. Under the TRIPS Agreement, China is obligated to admit a right of priority of Taiwanese applications, but it has never fulfilled such obligation. China’s particular concern is that a right of priority is rooted from the Paris Convention which only allows a state to join, so by admitting a right of priority of Taiwanese applications it may …
Transplanting Contractual Terms: The Influence Of The Common Law In The Civil Law Of Contracts, A View From The Periphery, Dario Laguado
Transplanting Contractual Terms: The Influence Of The Common Law In The Civil Law Of Contracts, A View From The Periphery, Dario Laguado
Dario Laguado
This paper suggests a model of contractual innovation that takes into account the bottom-up transplant of legal devices from the core to the periphery. This model properly weighs the tension and differences between places of production and places of reception and the process of misreading that goes along with the transplant. It serves to explain the innovation that has been produced as a result of the influence of common law contracts in Colombia and South America. Evidence shows that this model can be generally applied to the process of transplantation in many jurisdictions around the world. The main features of …
Protecting Vulnerable Environments In International Humanitarian Law, Michaela Halpern
Protecting Vulnerable Environments In International Humanitarian Law, Michaela Halpern
Michaela S. Halpern
The Isis Crisis And The Development Of International Humanitarian Law, Johan D. Van Der Vyver
The Isis Crisis And The Development Of International Humanitarian Law, Johan D. Van Der Vyver
Johan D van der Vyver
ABOUT THE ARTICLE This article identifies the rules of international humanitarian law that have a bearing on the Israeli offensive in Gaza. It first of all attempts to establish whether or not Israel remained an Occupying Power after its disengagement from the Gaza Strip in 2005. If due to the control Israel continued to exercise over border crossings, electricity and water supplies and the like, Israel is found to be de facto in occupation of Gaza, the Hamas responses would qualify as a war of liberation, which in terms of Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 …
Contracting Stability: The Potential Use Of Private Military Contractors As A United Nations Rapid Reaction Force, Jared Genser
Contracting Stability: The Potential Use Of Private Military Contractors As A United Nations Rapid Reaction Force, Jared Genser
Jared Genser
In June 2015, the High-Level Independent Panel on Peace Operations established by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and chaired by former East Timor President José Ramos-Horta, published its comprehensive review of UN Peacekeeping Operations. The Panel observed that it takes an average of six months from when a peacekeeping mission is authorized by the United Nations Security Council to when it is deployed. It further explained that although rapid and effective deployment comes at a cost, responding more quickly saves lives and can avoid a larger, more costly response later. In asking the Secretary-General to develop options for a new …
Designing Emotional And Psychological Support Into Truth And Reconciliation Commissions, Verlyn F. Francis Ms.
Designing Emotional And Psychological Support Into Truth And Reconciliation Commissions, Verlyn F. Francis Ms.
Verlyn F. Francis Ms.
Truth and Reconciliation Commissions are a dispute resolution mechanism used to attempt to reunite countries and states after internal conflicts and civil wars. A large component of this transitional justice process involves truth-telling by perpetrators and victims. The ultimate goal is reconciliation of the parties within the unified state.
Using the example of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission, this paper argues that successful reconciliation depends on the design of the process. It is important for the designer to balance individual and institutional interests and to ensure that all stakeholders are at the design table. Since the truth-telling in …
The Intent-To-Benefit: Individually Enforceable Rights Under International Treaties, Sital Kalantry
The Intent-To-Benefit: Individually Enforceable Rights Under International Treaties, Sital Kalantry
Sital Kalantry
Citizens of foreign countries are increasingly using international treaties to assert claims against Federal and state governments. As a result, U.S. courts are being asked to determine whether treaties provide litigants with individually enforceable rights. Although courts have no consistent approach to determining whether a treaty gives rise to individually enforceable rights, they often apply the textualist methodology derived from statutory interpretation. However, instead of using textual theories of statutory interpretation, I argue that courts should use intentionalist theories developed from contract interpretation in determining individually enforceable rights under treaties. Two positive arguments and one negative argument support my approach. …
Measuring State Compliance With The Right To Education Using Indicators: A Case Study Of Colombia’S Obligations Under The Icescr, Sital Kalantry, Jocelyn Getgen, Steven A. Koh
Measuring State Compliance With The Right To Education Using Indicators: A Case Study Of Colombia’S Obligations Under The Icescr, Sital Kalantry, Jocelyn Getgen, Steven A. Koh
Sital Kalantry
The right to education is often referred to as a “multiplier right” because its enjoyment enhances other human rights. It is enumerated in several international instruments, but it is codified in greatest detail in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). Despite its importance, the right to education has received limited attention from scholars, practitioners, and international and regional human rights bodies as compared to other economic, social and cultural rights (ECSRs). In this Article, we propose a methodology that utilizes indicators to measure treaty compliance with the right to education. Indicators are essential to measuring compliance …
Israel, Palestine And The Icc., Maria Isidora Thomas
Israel, Palestine And The Icc., Maria Isidora Thomas
Maria A Thomas Mrs
Academic Research with Professor Maximo Langer about the recent incorporation of Palestine to the ICC and the possible effects on its relations with Israel and the ongoing conflict.
Copyrightability Of Music Compilations And Playlists: Original And Creative Works Of Authorship?, Marc Fritzsche
Copyrightability Of Music Compilations And Playlists: Original And Creative Works Of Authorship?, Marc Fritzsche
Marc Fritzsche
With the digitalization of music and the increasing popularity of online streaming services, people can conveniently create their own playlists and music compilations at will and share them worldwide. Imagine a world in which any selection and arrangement of songs, whether made by you, a DJ, a radio station, or a record label, is protected under the regime of Copyright Law. The result would be a vast amount of copyright infringements when a playlist or compilation gets mimicked by others. Thus far, only the High Court in London, UK, was confronted with this problem, but the parties settled, leaving the …
The 2012 Saudi Arbitration Law: A Comparative Examination Of The Law And Its Effect On Arbitration In Saudi Arabia, Faris K. Nesheiwat, Ali Khasawneh
The 2012 Saudi Arbitration Law: A Comparative Examination Of The Law And Its Effect On Arbitration In Saudi Arabia, Faris K. Nesheiwat, Ali Khasawneh
Ferris K Nesheiwat
A major concern for any outside investor in the Middle East's largest economy is that arbitration in Saudi Arabia is notoriously complicated, time-consuming, and prone to interference by the local courts, while arbitral awards have often faced difficulties in being enforced. A new Saudi Arbitration Law was issued by Royal Decree No. M/34 on April 16th, 20124 (the “New Law”), which came into force on 9 July 2012. The New Law, which is covered in 58 Articles, is intended to alleviate many of the shortcomings of the Saudi Arbitration Law of 1983 (the “Old Law”) and strengthen investors' confidence in …
Fragmentation Of International Law In The Case Of Yugoslav Succession: Reimbursement Of “Old” Foreign-Currency Bank Deposits, Janja Hojnik
Fragmentation Of International Law In The Case Of Yugoslav Succession: Reimbursement Of “Old” Foreign-Currency Bank Deposits, Janja Hojnik
Janja Hojnik
The article explores the central, yet to be resolved succession issue of the former SFRY - the liability of successor States for the outstanding “old” foreign-currency deposits. Following the collapse of the SFRY, numerous depositors lost access to their foreign currency bank deposits. Although the successor States reimbursed some categories of depositors, several hundred thousands of them remained uncompensated. 25 years after the collapse of the SFRY and following the ECtHR pilot judgment in Ališić (2014), the solution to the issue finally seems to be in sight. It is claimed that by establishing a direct legal obligation of Slovenia …
Dismissing Provenance: The Use Of Procedural Defenses To Bar Claims In Nazi-Looted Art And Securitized Mortgage Litigation, Christian J. Bromley
Dismissing Provenance: The Use Of Procedural Defenses To Bar Claims In Nazi-Looted Art And Securitized Mortgage Litigation, Christian J. Bromley
Christian J Bromley
The litigation surrounding an estimated 650,000 works looted by the Nazis in the Second World War and the millions of securitized mortgages foreclosed in the wake of the Great Recession converge on a fundamental legal principle: who really holds rightful title? Seemingly worlds apart, these separate yet remarkably similar forms of property challenge the American judiciary to allocate property rights between adversaries steadfast in their contention of rightful ownership. The legal fulcrum in this allocation often rests not on the equity or righteousness of either parties’ claim—whether museum versus heir or bank versus former homeowner—but instead on procedural defenses that …
Una Aproximación Neoinstitucionalista Al Derecho (Económico) Internacional, Daniel A. Monroy
Una Aproximación Neoinstitucionalista Al Derecho (Económico) Internacional, Daniel A. Monroy
Daniel A Monroy C
ResumenEste artículo indaga acerca de cómo el análisis económico del derecho (AED) puede servir a los juristas-internacionalistas para examinar ciertas cuestiones relevantes del derecho internacional (DI) en general y del derecho económico internacional (DEI) en específico. Concretamente, se sostiene la hipótesis de que la denominada “Nueva Economía Institucional” (NEI) representan una alternativa de aproximación económica consistente y que se ajusta de forma adecuada al contexto del DI. Para demostrar la hipótesis, el artículo sintetiza algunos conceptos propios de la NEI, y a partir de ellos trata de establecer sendos paralelos con cuestiones propias del DI. Los conceptos que se …