Also available as an e-book Ce cours apporte la coherence au pluralisme des methodes, dans une perspective qui tient compte des interets de la societe. Les regles de conflit de lois sont presentees dans une nouvelle structure, exhaustive, permettant de definir la place des regles unilaterales et bilaterales et des lois de police et d'y integrer le droit de l'Union europeenne. On distinguera ainsi entre les regles attributives, materielles et receptives de conflit de lois. Le lecteur emportera le message que les mecanismes, la proximite, l' harmonie des solutions, la cooperation et tant...

Also available as an e-book This monograph considers the ramifications of the legal regime that governs transborder capital flows. This regime consists principally of a network of some 3,000 investment treaties, as well as a growing body of arbitral decisions. Professor Alvarez contends that the contemporary international investment regime should no longer be described as a species of territorial empire imposed by rich capital exporters on capital importers. He examines the evolution of investment treaties and investor-State jurisprudence constante and identifies the connections between these...

Also available as an e-book The twenty-first century will witness conflicts which may destabilize the international order. These conflicts are likely to arise between emerging Asian States such as China and India whose material power is growing, and the Western nations who wield significant ideational power. A West-centric international society will change to a multi-polar and multi-civilizational global society. This structural change includes, and further needs, changes of understandings and perceptions of the world, including of international law. The perspectives from which we see,...

Also available as an e-book The World Trade Organization ("WTO") resulted from globalization, through which national law provisions are internationalized and international norms are domesticated. The WTO does not permit reservation by its members who are obliged to ensure the compliance of their laws, policies and other measures. Once a member is found to have violated its obligations, it must rectify the non-compliance measures to avoid retaliation. The quasi-automatic approval procedure of the WTO Dispute Settlement Body has proved to be effective in ensuring the compliance by members and...

Also available as an e-book In spite of the undoubtedly great and rising importance of the international legislative co-operation regarding private international law, it must be remembered that no successful unification or harmonization of conflict rules has ever taken place on the universal level, and that the conflict rules stemming from international legislative co-operation between a limited number of countries give rise to the same problems as non-harmonized rules, whenever they have to be used in relation to countries not participating in the legislative co-operation in question. This...

Also available as an e-book Built on the theme "history, culture and international law," this special course gives a comprehensive review of China's contemporary perspective and practice of international law in the past 60 years, with its focus on the recent 30 years when China is gradually integrated into international legal system through its opening up and economic reform process. After an in-depth revisit of China's position on sovereignty and non-interference from a historical and cultural perspective, the author further explores a few areas of importance where China's viewpoints often...