The Gordian Knot: How the United States, the European Union, and Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development took action against corporate tax avoidance [PDF]
, 2017 In 2016, the United States had the highest corporate tax rate in the world. Perhaps, the high tax rate could be why American corporations are holding an estimated $2.5 trillion abroad (Cox 2016). According to a study by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.
Twomey, Katlyn
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A New Generation of International Adjudication [PDF]
, 2012 This Article challenges the conventional view of contemporary international adjudication. It identifies a new generation of international tribunals, which has been largely ignored by commentators, and argues that these tribunals offer a highly successful,
Born, Gary
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Determining hierarchy between conflicting treaties: are there vertical rules in the horizontal system? [PDF]
, 2012 Treaties are contractual instruments that may provide special rules of priority in case they conflict with other treaties. When a treaty does not provide such rules, however, priority is determined by the rules of the Vienna Convention on the Law of ...
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The Evolution of International Environmental Law [PDF]
, 2011 In the last forty years, international environmental law has evolved rapidly, as environmental risks have become more apparent and their assessment and management more complex.
Brown Weiss, Edith
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THE ACQUIS COMMUNAUTAIRE WITHIN TTIP - THE CASE OF ROMANIA [PDF]
CES Working Papers, 2015 On every enlargement, European Union applies to all its new Member States a set of common legal norms, known under the name of acquis communautaire, norms that also include multilateral or bilateral international agreements the EU is part of.
Ioana GUTU
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Sovereign Debt: Now What? [PDF]
, 2016 The sovereign debt restructuring regime looks like it is coming apart. Changing patterns of capital flows, old creditors’ weakening commitment to past practices, and other stakeholders’ inability to take over, or coalesce behind a viable alternative ...
Gelpern, Anna
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How Strongly Should We Protect and Enforce International Law?, University of Chicago Law School Workshop, March 2006 [PDF]
, 2006 Observers of international law are obsessed with trying to explain and predict why and when states comply with international law. Doing so, they have consistently overlooked a logically preceding, but no less important, question: To what extent should ...
Pauwelyn, Joost H. B.
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The International Court System: A Solution to the Crisis in Investor-State Arbitration?
Potchefstroom Electronic Law JournalMost known investor-state disputes are referred to a form of international arbitration known as investor-state arbitration (ISA) or investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS).
Tinyiko Lawrence Ngobeni
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The Composition of a Multilateral Investment Court and of an Appeal Mechanism for Investment Awards
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2017 This report is a supplement to the report by the same authors entitled “Can the Mauritius Convention serve as a model for the reform of investor-State arbitration in connection with the introduction of a permanent investment tribunal or an appeal mechanism? Analysis and roadmap” (“CIDS Report”). It analyzes in more depth one aspect already addressed in
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