The book focuses, through multiple levels of international reality, on the pervasive and widespread effect of the Syrian civil war on the unravelling of established norms---both global or national--- which have determined international relations during the last seven decades.
This book comprehensively examines various issues regarding the scope of Most-Favoured Nation (MFN) Clauses in International Investment Agreements (IIAs), and addresses the reform, interpretation, and enforcement of IIAs with a specific focus on the MFN clause.
This book discusses the need for national space legislation in India in the wake of private stakeholders entering the field and the expansion of outer space activities.
This book observes that an in-depth study exclusively focusing on health service trade not only strengthens the overall services trade capacity of the South Asian region, but also promotes global as well as regional trade.
The need for policy coherence between trade and health has never been greater, yet few public health workers are equipped to navigate this complex field.
This is the first book that critically examines the reform of the Appellate Body (AB) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in light of the current crisis resulting from the U.
This book presents an in-depth analysis of the environmental issues raised in the South China Sea Arbitration Awards, which have not attracted as much attention in the Philippines as the "e;nine-dash line"e;.
There is a broad consensus amongst law firms and in-house legal departments that next generation "e;Legal Tech"e; - particularly in the form of Blockchain-based technologies and Smart Contracts - will have a profound impact on the future operations of all legal service providers.
This book argues that the trade-distorting effects of advantages associated with SOEs are more severe from an economic perspective, and the behavior of SOEs after receiving advantages is of more concern, compared to private-owned enterprises (POEs).
This book brings together international perspectives on free trade issues that affect civil society from the general populace to the governments of nations, and is relevant not only for lawyers, but also policymakers, international actors and businesses, as well as those with a general interest in free trade agreements.
This book comprises chapters by leading international authors analysing the interface between intellectual property and foreign direct investment, development, and free trade.
This book presents comprehensive information on a range of issues in connection with the Fair and Equitable Treatment (FET) standard, with a particular focus on arbitral awards against host developing countries, thereby contributing to the available literature in this area of international investment law.
This book provides one of the most comprehensive and compelling analysis of Non-Market Economies (NMEs) and their treatment under the current world trading system.
This book analyses the origins of security dilemmas in the South China Sea (SCS) and the significance of China's actions in asserting its claim from the perspective of defensive realist theory.
This book studies the new economic and financial reforms China is adopting to advance its economy, and the policies behind the Chinese Outbound Direct Investment (ODI).
This book shows how, with the increasing interaction between jurisdictions spearheaded by globalization, it is gradually becoming impossible to confine transactions to a single jurisdiction.
This book offers a compendium of diverse essays on emerging legal issues in outer space, written by experts in the field of Space Law from different parts of the globe.
This book argues that the proliferation of global trade and the increasing power of free trade arrangements leave income taxes as one of the few remaining measures that can potentially be used for protectionist purposes.
This book shows how, with the increasing interaction between jurisdictions spearheaded by globalization, it is gradually becoming impossible to confine transactions to a single jurisdiction.
Since its accession to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in December 2001, China has been committed to full compliance with the Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement.
This book addresses concerns with the international trade and investment dispute settlement systems from a statist perspective, at a time when multilateralism is deeply questioned by the forces of mega-regionalism and political and economic contestation.
This book addresses injury and causation issues in the context of antidumping, countervailing duty (CVD) and safeguard investigations that are covered under the WTO.
This book focuses on India's participation in the WTO dispute settlement system, at a time when India has emerged as one of the most successful and prominent users of WTO dispute settlement among the developing countries.
This book is an attempt to examine the WTO/GATT anti-dumping regulations within the ambit of the peculiar developmental circumstances of developing countries with Nigeria in perspective.
El texto Legislación Laboral: un enfoque práctico busca colocar, al alcance de un público no especialista en temas laborales, la información fundamental de esta área que genera muchas dudas e inquietudes entre quienes permanentemente deben tomar decisiones sobre las relaciones legales que implica el ambiente de trabajo.
El Departamento de Derecho Minero-Energético de la Universidad Externado de Colombia y su grupo de investigación –Instituto de Estudios en Regulación Minera, Petrolera y Energética– presentan a la comunidad académica, profesionales, autoridades, comunidades y gremios la edición número 16 de su ya consolidada Colección de Regulación Minera, Petrolera y Energética, denominada en esta oportunidad Temas de Derecho Minero y Energético.
Con gran beneplácito se presenta a la comunidad académica y profesional el segundo número del Anuario Iberoamericano de Derecho de la Energía, el cual forma parte de la "Colección de Anuarios de Derecho Público Iberoamericano", que dirige el Profesor Jaime Rodríguez-Arana Muñoz desde la Universidad de la Coruña, España, en su calidad de presidente de Ius Publicum Innovatio y que en esta oportunidad es el libro conmemorativo de los veinte años de existencia del Departamento de Derecho Minero-Energético de la Universidad Externado de Colombia.
"En las décadas recientes, el papel del Estado frente a la economía se ha transformado: ha dejado de ser el proveedor debienes y servicios para la satisfacción de las necesidades básicas de la población para convertirse en el garante de su suministro por parte de los particulares, reservándose el papel de árbitro de la relación generada entre el mercado y la sociedad civil.
Colombia frente a la Globalización es producto de un trabajo de varios años en que el autor ha venido investigando acerca de la situación del país frente a una serie de tratados y acuerdos de comercio en los cuales ha participado o está en negociación.
This book deals with de minimis aid and demonstrates that it is both a sui generis legal concept in the context of State aid and subject to a complex regime.