El milagro económico chino

mito y realidad

En pocos años la República Popular China se ha convertido en la cuarta economía mundial y en el más dinámico de los países emergentes. Esta evolución ha sido calificada como "milagrosa" desde distintos medios. Sin ánimo de desmerecer tan notable trayectoria, esta obra ofrece una ...

El contrato internacional de ingeniería

El contrato internacional de ingeniería se ha configurado en los últimos años como uno de los instrumentos de mayor trascendencia en las transacciones del comercio internacional. El desarrollo de una red de infraestructuras y de obra civil ha adquirido una dimensión internacional que ha generalizado ...

Solución de diferencias ante la OMC

presente y perspectivas

En la segunda edición de su libro, Fernando Piérola presenta un panorama actualizado sobre la práctica en solución de diferencias ante la Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC). Basado en la jurisprudencia de grupos especiales, el Órgano de Apelación, arbitrajes, así como la práctica en litigio ...

Challenges to Multilateral Trade

the impact of bilateral, preferential and regional agreements

Progress in multilateral negotiations to liberalize trade under the World Trade Organization (WTO) has become more difficult since newer members are generally developing countries with different interests than the United States, the European Union and other industrialized countries. More than 250 free trade agreements (FTAs ...

E-commerce in the world

aspects of comparative Law

The International Grouping of Accountants and Lawyers (IGAL) is a network of accounting and law firms formed to promote international accounting, auditing and legal services to commercial and private clients with business outside their country of origin. IGAL was formed in October 2004 via the ...

The new global trading order

the evolving state and the future of trade

The international institutions that have governed global trade since the end of World War II have lost their effectiveness, and global trade governance is fractured. The need for new institutions is obvious, and yet, few proposals seem to be on offer. The key to understanding ...

Contract damages

domestic and international perspectives

This book is a collection of essays examining the remedy of contract damages in the common law and under the international contract law instruments such as the Vienna Convention on Contracts for the International Sales of Goods and the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts ...

Internacionalización de las cooperativas

aspectos jurídicos, económicos, geográficos y sociológicos

La presente publicación recoge contribuciones multidisciplinares -derecho, economía, geografía humana, sociología- procedentes de ámbitos geográficos y culturales diversos, fundamentalmente, de España y Latinoamérica. Un primer grupo de aportaciones, tienen que ver con la descripción del ámbito sociológico, económico, geográfico, político y humano en el que ...

Responsible business

self-governance and Law in transnational economic transactions

With the globalisation of markets, the phenomenon of market failure has also been globalised. Against the backdrop of the territoriality of nation state jurisdictions and the slow progress of international law based on the principle of sovereignty this poses a serious challenge. However, while the ...

Chinese Company and Securities Law

investment vehicles, mergers and acqisitions and corporate finance in China

China enjoys the highest level of foreign investment of any country in the world today, and is to all appearances intent on maintaining and even increasing that level. Yet, despite substantial liberalisation pursuant to China's WTO commitments, investment in China remains tightly circumscribed. For ...

Tribunal permanente de revisión y Estado de Derecho en el Mercosur

Prol. Wilfrido Fernández. Desde 1991, año de su fundación, el MERCOSUR se ha desarrollado fundamentalmente en el campo comercial. En su ámbito de actuación se puede comprobar la superación de las materias contenidas en el Tratado de Asunción. Este avance exige necesariamente mayores esfuerzos entre ...

GATS and the Regulation of International Trade in services

World Trade Forum

This collection of essays takes stock of the key challenges that have arisen since the entry into force of the General Agreement on Trade in Services in the mid-1990s and situates them in the context of the WTO's Doha Development Agenda and the proliferation ...

Competition problems in liberalized telecommunications

regulatory solutions to promote effective competition

This innovative study of the role of competition law in the telecommunications industry starts from a classic perspective: While, in principle, regulation benefits social welfare and efficient allocation of resources, past regulatory experience shows that regulation can be flawed and lead to welfare harm rather ...

Agreeing and implementing the Doha Round of the WTO

Ed. Harald Hohmann. The Doha Round is the first major trade negotiation round under the WTO since the failure of the Seattle Ministerial in 1999. The Doha discussions and results will have a large impact on the future of international trade law. Leading scholars and ...

The genesis of the GATT

This book is part of a wider project that aims to propose a model GATT that makes good economic sense without undoing its current basic structure. It asks: What does the historical record indicate about the aims and objectives of the framers of the GATT ...

Electronic commerce and international private Law

a study of electronic consumer contracts

"Electronic Consumer Contracts and International Private Law" is concerned with international private law rules for electronic consumer contacts. It deals with three key areas of consumer protection - firstly the maximization of consumer protection via the consumer's jurisdiction and law, and secondly by proposing that ...

Derecho de los contratos internacionales en Latinoamérica, Portugal y España

Guía de negocios en Angola

Angola es un país africano que avanza económica y socialmente gracias, esencialmente, a la producción diamantífera y petrolífera. Existen también otras oportunidades de inversión y proyectos como por ejemplo la rehabilitación de los establecimientos públicos, sobre todo en la capital, Luanda. El presente libro nos ...

Convention de Vienne sur les contrats de vente internationale de marchandises

La Convention de Vienne du 11 avril 1980 dote la vente internationale de marchandises de règles matérielles uniformes. Plus de vingt-cinq ans après son adoption, le succès de la Convention ne se dément pas. A ce jour, soixante-dix États y sont parties. La liste des ...

Legal principles in WTO disputes

Principles play a crucial role in any dispute settlement system, and the World Trade Organization (WTO) is no exception. However, WTO Panels and the Appellate Body have been too timid in using principles, sometimes avoiding their use when appropriate and at other times using them ...