China´s new enterprise bankruptcy Law

context, interpretation and application

Eds. Rebecca Parry, Yongqian Xu, Haizheng Zhang. China has recently entered a significant stage in its economic transition with the promulgation of a new bankruptcy law. The new law introduces a uniform and seemingly sophisticated regime, drawing inspiration from mature insolvency systems. However significant challenges ...

La regulación jurídica de la muerte en Iberoamérica

con particular referencia al Derecho cubano

La muerte es una realidad que se impone como un acontecimiento certus an incertus quando, siendo causa de terminación de los más disímiles actos en los que la intervención de las personas es ratio esendi. Importa y mucho la determinación exacta del momento del fallecimiento ...

EC regulation of corporate governance

Andrew Johnston examines EC regulation of national corporate governance systems through the lenses of economic theory and reflexive governance. By contrasting the normative demands of the neoclassical 'agency' model with those of the productive coalition model, he shows how their incompatibility required political compromise. Reflexive ...

International trade and the successful intermediary

"International Trade and the Successful Intermediary" reveals how intermediaries can safely and effectively guarantee they are paid commission in lucrative commodity trades. Davide Papa and Lorna Elliott explain how intermediaries should conduct a deal from start to finish, whilst adhering to the laws and rules ...

Contract II

general provisions, delivery of goods, package travel and payment services

Elaborated by Acquis Group. The Acquis Group also known as the European Research Group on Existing EC Private Law pursues the objective of presenting, in a restated form known as the Acquis Principles (ACQP), the large and sometimes incoherent patchwork of existing EC private law

Bilateral and regional trade agreements

commentary and analysis

Eds. Simon Lester, Bryan Mercurio. As the Doha Development Round trade negotiations have stalled, bilateral and regional free trade agreements have become an important alternative. These agreements have proliferated in recent years, and now all of the major trading countries are engaging in serious bilateral ...

EU dumping determinations and WTO law

The application of the antidumping instrument by WTO members is often controversial because of the protectionist character of these measures where inefficient industries are protected from foreign competition. The legal framework within the WTO has loopholes that leave wide discretion to the investigating authorities to ...

Commentary on the UNIDROIT Principles of International Comercial Contracts (PICC)

Edited by Stefan Vogenauer and Jan Kleinheisterkamp-------------------------------------- The Commentary on the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts is written by an international team of distinguished practitioners and academics. They offer an article by article commentary on the Principles to provide an accessible guide to the ...

Free movement of goods and limits of regulatory autonomy in the EU and WTO

In every system aimed at trade liberalisation, it is necessary to balance this goal with the protection of (other) values. Not only does this have economic implications, but it also strikes at the heart of regulatory autonomy, sovereignty, division of power between levels and branches ...

Opening markets for trade in services

countries and sectors in bilateral and WTO negotiations

Eds. Juan A. Marchetti, Martin Roy. Trade in services is an increasingly important part of global trade and, as such, figures prominently in multilateral, regional and bilateral trade negotiations. In this volume of essays, academics, negotiators and experts from various international organizations explore the achievements ...

Multilateralizing regionalism

challenges for the global trading system

Eds. Richard Baldwin, Patrick Low. Regional trade agreements (RTAs) have proliferated around the world in the past two decades, and now nearly all members of the WTO are party to at least one. Besides tariffs and rules of origin regulating trade in goods, many RTAs ...

Le règlement des différends à l'OMC

Cet ouvrage se propose de présenter de la manière la plus claire et la plus complète possible le nouveau système des règlements des différends de l'Organisation mondiale du commerce, tel qu'il résulte des Accords de Marrakech de 1994 et de la pratique suivie ...

National reports on the transfer of movables in Europe. Vol. 2

England and Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Cyprus

Eds. Wolfgang Faber, Brigitta Lurger. This is the second volume of a series of national reports on basic issues concerning the acquisition and loss of ownership of movable assets. The series is planned to cover 27 European legal systems, distributed over six volumes. Starting with ...

A handbook on reading WTO goods and services schedules

This is a detailed guide on how to read WTO Schedules of Commitments for Goods and Services. The Schedules are part of the Legal Texts of the WTO Uruguay Round Agreements. They comprise about 27,000 pages of specific commitments by 153 members of the ...

Law of international contracting

The second edition of this well-known survey of the legal aspects of international business contracting has been needed for some time. Over the course of the last decade, a plethora of new concepts and procedures (many catalyzed by growth in the use of information technology ...

Dictionary of international business Law

The Dictionary of International Business Law is designed to help operating managers deal with the basics of business and legal communication across borders. It is designed to be a convenient and concise multicultural law handbook, offering business people a clear and simple reference for the ...

EC and WTO anti-dumping Law

a handbook

This practical commentary addresses all aspects of the EC Anti-Dumping regulation and makes extensive comparison with WTO Anti-Dumping Law. Anti-Dumping Law is a branch of EC and WTO law which is of considerable practical and economic relevance. This book is the long-awaited new edition of ...

International patent litigation

developing an effective strategy

Ed. David Wilson. As the importance of technology-based products and processes continues to increase, so too does the significance of patents. Patents are extremely powerful - they provide invaluable market exclusivity to their owners and present a potential barrier to third parties' freedom to operate. Unsurprisingly ...

Elección de foro en el transporte internacional

A diferencia de los estudios existentes, el presente libro aporta una visión interrelacionada y de alcance geográfico mundial del tratamiento que reciben (o del que carecen) los pactos de elección de foro en el transporte internacional de mercancías (marítimo, aéreo, terrestre, espacial y multi-modal). Se ...

The law market

When individuals, businesses, or corporations are dissatisfied with an existing law, there are typically two ways it can be fixed: by rewriting the law via political mechanisms or simply physically relocating to a more favorable jurisdiction. Both can be costly and time-consuming. This book explores ...