The traditional means of protecting intellectual (or industrial) property are under pressure from the forces of globalization. The purpose of this book is to identify interfaces between traditional and modern strategic means of industrial property management, and to offer an interchange of ideas between experts from a variety of backgrounds, all of whom are engaged in some way with the promotion of innovation and the protection of the fruits of innovation.
The traditional means of protecting intellectual (or industrial) property are under pressure from the forces of globalization. The purpose of this boo...
The early twenty-first century has seen a conspicuous absence of formal international law concerning money and finance. This book argues that this lack of formal international regulation was a significant contributing factor to the global financial crisis that began in 2007. It focuses on this lack of global substantive principles and 'hard law' rules in the field of financial regulation and monetary affairs, and analyses the emerging framework within international law that aims to govern financial institutions and markets. The global financial crisis has demonstrated the essential need for...
The early twenty-first century has seen a conspicuous absence of formal international law concerning money and finance. This book argues that this lac...
Like many other international organizations, the World Trade Organization stands at a crossroads. There is an obvious imbalance between the organization's dispute settlement arm and its negotiation platform. While its current rules, supported by a strong dispute settlement system, have provided some buffering against the negative effects of the financial crises, its negotiation machinery has not produced any substantial outcomes since the late 1990s. It has become obvious that the old way of doing business does not work any more and fresh ideas about governing the organization are needed....
Like many other international organizations, the World Trade Organization stands at a crossroads. There is an obvious imbalance between the organizati...
The global financial crisis and subsequent sovereign debt crisis in Europe demonstrated that the relationship between law and economics in the design of the monetary system must be revisited. International monetary affairs are usually conducted via domestic monetary policies which are formulated by independent central banks and informed mainly by economics, without much room being left to substantive law. Based on the 2012 World Trade Forum, this volume brings together leading scholars, practitioners and policy makers in international economic law in order to examine the potential of law and...
The global financial crisis and subsequent sovereign debt crisis in Europe demonstrated that the relationship between law and economics in the design ...
Equity emerged as a powerful symbol of aspired redistribution in international relations. Operationally, it has had limited impact in the Westphalian system of nation states - except for maritime boundary delimitations. This book deals with the role of equity in international law, and offers a detailed case study on maritime boundary delimitation in the context of the enclosure movement in the law of the sea. It assesses treaty law and the impact of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. It depicts the process of trial and error in the extensive case law of the International...
Equity emerged as a powerful symbol of aspired redistribution in international relations. Operationally, it has had limited impact in the Westphalian ...
