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The Role of International Investment Agreements [PDF]
, 2013 This paper analyzes the legitimacy of investor-state arbitration under international investment agreements in sovereign debt restructuring. The paper presents mechanisms governing sovereign default generally, namely collective action clauses and informal
Brahms, Lisa
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Dispute Settlement for Labour Provisions in EU Free Trade Agreements: Rethinking Current Approaches
Politics and Governance, 2017 While labour provisions have been inserted in a number of EU free trade agreements (FTAs), extant clauses are widely perceived as ineffective. This article argues that there is a need to rethink the dispute settlement mechanisms related to labour ...
Axel Marx, Franz Ebert, Nicolas Hachez
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Provisions on waiting periods in international investment protection treaties and their impact on the jurisdiction of arbitral tribunals [PDF]
Zbornik Radova: Pravni Fakultet u Novom Sadu, 2012 Provisions on so-called waiting periods in international investment protection treaties give an investor from one contracting state an opportunity to initiate arbitration against the host state provided that the time designated by the treaty from the ...
Đundić Petar
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The Future of the World Trade Organization [PDF]
, 2013 The continued difficulties of the World Trade Organization to achieve further multilateral trade liberalization in the Doha Round negotiations have raised questions about its continued relevance.
Dhar, Biswajit
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Evolutionarily divergent DUF4465 domains have a common vitamin B12‐binding function
FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.We show that DUF4465 family proteins, widespread across bacteria from gut microbiomes, hydrothermal vents, and soil, share a common vitamin B12‐binding function. These augmented β‐jellyroll proteins bind vitamin B12 via extended loops. Our findings establish sequence‐diverse DUF4465 proteins as a widespread class of B12‐binding proteins, highlighting ...
Charlea Clarke +4 more
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Predicting Outcomes in Investment Treaty Arbitration [PDF]
, 2015 Crafting appropriate dispute settlement processes is challenging for any conflict-management system, particularly for politically sensitive international economic law disputes.
Franck, Susan D., Wylie, Lindsey E.
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Counterclaims in investor-state arbitration [PDF]
, 2011 This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the legal regime governing counterclaims in investor-State disputes. It challenges the frequent presumption that the right to assert counterclaims is hindered by the fact that investment treaties impose no ...
Kryvoi, Yaraslau
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Laser‐Induced Graphene from Waste Almond Shells
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Almond shells, an abundant agricultural by‐product, are repurposed to create a fully bioderived almond shell/chitosan composite (ASC) degradable in soil. ASC is converted into laser‐induced graphene (LIG) by laser scribing and proposed as a substrate for transient electronics.
Yulia Steksova +9 more
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Dispute Prevention Mechanisms as Legal Enclaves
AJIL UnboundThis contribution examines the role of dispute prevention mechanisms (DPMs) in domesticating and broadening foreign investor privileges. Although conceived as a means of responding to the backlash against investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS), dispute
Mavluda Sattorova
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Regional Model Bit’s : A New Down For the Developing Countries
Sociological Jurisprudence Journal, 2021 Foreign direct investment (FDI) plays a crucial role in the economic sector, particularly in developing countries. BIT lays down instrumental principles which help to protect investors’ establishments in host states, by inter alia encouraging prompt ...
Abdallah Mohamed Othman El Nofely +1 more
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