Soft Law and the Global Financial System: Rule Making in the 21st Century

Soft Law and the Global Financial System: Rule Making in the 21st Century
by Chris Brummer
Release Date: March 15, 2012

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The global financial crisis of 2008 has given way to a proliferation of international agreements aimed at strengthening the prudential oversight and supervision of financial market participants. Yet how these rules operate is not well understood. Because international financial rules are expressed through informal, non-binding accords, scholars tend to view them as either weak treaty substitutes, or by-products of national power. Rarely, if ever, are they cast as independent variables that can inform the behavior of regulators and market participants alike. This book explains how international financial law "works" - and presents an alternative theory for understanding its purpose, operation, and limitations. Drawing on a close institutional analysis of the post-crisis financial architecture, it argues that international financial law is often bolstered by a range of reputational, market, and institutional mechanisms that make it more coercive than classical theories of international law predict. As such, it is a powerful, though at times imperfect tool of financial diplomacy, and poses novel opportunities and challenges for the evolving global economic order.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #18025 in Books
• Published on: 2011-12-26
• Released on: 2012-03-15
• Original language: English
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• Binding: Paperback
• 306 pages

Treaty Interpretation in Investment Arbitration (Oxford International Arbitration Series)

Treaty Interpretation in Investment Arbitration (Oxford International Arbitration Series)
by J Romesh Weeramantry
Publication Date: May 4, 2012

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The rise of investment arbitration in the last decade has generated an unprecedented body of arbitral case law. The work of these arbitral tribunals has provided scholars and practitioners with public international law jurisprudence, including materials on treaty interpretation which has not yet been thoroughly analysed.

This book evaluates the contribution of investment arbitration treaty interpretation jurisprudence to international law, covering all key aspects of treaty interpretation. Included in the book's coverage are awards which feature in prominent discussions or in applications of treaty interpretation rules. Among the significant portion of arbitral awards analysed, which deal with investment treaties, are ICSID awards, ad hoc investment arbitration awards, NAFTA awards, and Energy Charter Treaty awards.

The extensive analysis of investment arbitration awards and decisions has also been used to create a table highlighting both the references to principles of treaty interpretation and instances in which they were rejected. This invaluable insight into the practice of investment tribunals will be of interest to both practitioners and academics alike.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #135082 in Books
• Published on: 2012-05-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 312 pages

International Business Law and Its Environment (South-Western Legal Studies in Business Academic)

International Business Law and Its Environment (South-Western Legal Studies in Business Academic)
by Richard Schaffer, Filiberto Agusti, Beverley Earle
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International business law doesn't have to be a mystery. With its unique thematic approach, INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LAW AND ITS ENVIRONMENT, 7e, enables you to learn public and private law issues quickly and easily. From intellectual property to direct foreign investment, this student-friendly text explains issues in ways you can understand. Known for its current, comprehensive, and accurate coverage, the text balances the legal challenges of doing business in developing and nonmarket-economy countries with the economic and political issues that commonly arise. It also focuses on the transactional aspects of international business as well as on the legal, cultural, political, and economic environment affecting managerial decision making on a global scale. Packed with real-world examples, the text emphasizes ethics issues throughout, incorporates cutting-edge cases, and includes a companion Website that helps you maximize your study time.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #28072 in Books
• Published on: 2008-07-23
• Original language: English
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• 719 pages

International Business Law and Its Environment (South-Western Legal Studies in Business Academic Series)

International Business Law and Its Environment (South-Western Legal Studies in Business Academic Series)
by Richard Schaffer, Filiberto Agusti, Lucien J. Dhooge, Beverley Earle
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International Business and Its Environment delivers comprehensive coverage of the legal, cultural, political, economic, and ethical issues global business managers face. Focusing on the trade, licensing and investment life-cycle that many domestic (new-to-international) and multinational organizations experience, the authors present the market-entry strategies, increasing levels of penetration into foreign markets, and set of risks that firms encounter during each life-cycle phase. From protecting and licensing intellectual property to learning the special challenges of doing business in developing countries and non-market-economies, the 8th Edition helps you understand the most important and emerging issues in global business law through its cutting-edge cases and real-world examples, relevant case questions, managerial problems, and ethics activities.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #323906 in Books
• Published on: 2011-01-26
• Original language: English
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• Dimensions: 1.30" h x 8.20" w x 10.10" l, 3.35 pounds
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• 700 pages

The Case for Sanctions Against Israel

The Case for Sanctions Against Israel
by Audrea Lim, Omar Barghouti, Naomi Klein, Ilan Pappe, Slavoj iek, Ra'anan Alexandrowicz, Merav Amir, Hind Awwad, Mustafa Barghouthi, Dalit Baum, Joel Beinin, John Berger, Angela Davis, Nada Elia, Marc H. Ellis, Noura Erakat, Neve Gordon, Ran Greenstein, Ronald Kasrils, Jamal Khader, Paul Laverty
Publication Date: May 2, 2012

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Leading international voices argue for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel.

In July 2011, Israel passed legislation outlawing the public support of boycott activities against the state, corporations, and settlements, adding a crackdown on free speech to its continuing blockade of Gaza and the expansion of illegal settlements. Nonetheless, the campaign for boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) continues to grow in strength within Israel and Palestine, as well as in Europe and the US.

This essential intervention considers all sides of the movement—including detailed comparisons with the South African experience—and contains contributions from both sides of the separation wall, along with a stellar list of international commentators.

Contributors: Merav Amir and Dalit Baum, Ra’anaan Alexandrowicz, Hind Awwad, Mustafa Barghouthi, Omar Barghouti, Joel Beinin, John Berger, Angela Davis, Nada Elia, Marc Ellis, Noura Erakat, Ran Greenstein, Neve Gordon, Ronald Kasrils, Jamal Khader, Naomi Klein, Mark LeVine, Ken Loach, David Lloyd and Laura Pulido, Haneen Maikey, Ilan Pappe, Jonathan Pollak, Lisa Taraki, Rebecca Vilkomerson, Michael Warschawski, Slavoj A{1/2}iA{3/4}ek.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #58589 in Books
• Published on: 2012-05-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .0 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 244 pages

What's Wrong With the United Nations and How to Fix it (Polity What's Wrong Series)

What's Wrong With the United Nations and How to Fix it (Polity What's Wrong Series)
by Thomas G. Weiss

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Six decades after its establishment, the United Nations and its system of related agencies and programs is perpetually in crisis. While World War I and World War II gave rise to ground-breaking efforts at international organization in 1919 and 1945, the UN today seems ill-equipped to deal with modern challenges to world order. Neither the end of the Cold War nor the aftermath of 9/11 has led to the creation of a “next generation” of multilateral institutions.

But what exactly is wrong with the UN, and how can we fix it? Is it possible to retrofit the world body? In this succinct and illuminating analysis, Thomas G. Weiss takes a diagnosis and cure approach to the world organization’s inherent difficulties. In the first half of the book, he considers: the problems of international leadership and decision making in a world of self-interested states; the diplomatic difficulties caused by the artificial divisions between the industrialized North and the global South; the structural problems of managing the UN’s many overlapping jurisdictions, agencies, and bodies; and the ever-demanding challenges of bureaucracy and leadership. The second half examines how to mitigate these maladies and points the way to a more ideal world in which the UN’s institutional ills might be “cured.” His remedies are not based on pious hopes of a miracle cure for the UN, but rather on specific and encouraging examples that could be replicated. With considered optimism and in contrast to received wisdom, Weiss contends that substantial change in intergovernmental institutions is plausible and possible.

This indispensable book will spark debate amongst students, scholars, and policy-makers concerned with international politics, as well as anyone genuinely interested in the future of the United Nations and international cooperation.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #78742 in Books
• Published on: 2008-12-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .90" h x 5.70" w x 8.10" l, .90 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 292 pages

Dispatches from the Dark Side: On Torture and the Death of Justice

Dispatches from the Dark Side: On Torture and the Death of Justice
by Gareth Peirce
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Acclaimed examination of the British government’s complicity in torture.

In this set of devastating essays, Gareth Peirce analyzes the corruption of legal principles and practices in both the US and the UK that has accompanied the ‘War on Terror’. Exploring the few cases of torture that have come to light, such as those of Guantánamo detainees Shafiq Rasul and Binyam Mohamed, Peirce argues that they are evidence of a deeply entrenched culture of impunity among those investigating presumed radicals among British Muslim nationals and residents, who constitute the new suspect community in the UK. Peirce shows that the British government has colluded in a whole range of extrajudicial activities—rendition, internment without trial, torture—and has gone to extraordinary lengths to conceal its actions. Its devices for maintaining secrecy are probably more deep-rooted than those of any other comparable democracy. If the government continues along this path, Peirce argues, it will destroy the moral and legal fabric it claims to be protecting.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #547425 in Books
• Published on: 2012-04-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
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• Binding: Paperback
• 154 pages