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Transnational public policy in international arbitration
(2007)
Arbitration tribunals rely on public policy principles to exclude or determine
the applicable law. At times, the notion of public policy will contain
fundamental yardsticks recognised by the world community at large. In ...
Cross-border corporate insolvency: a modest proposal for an enhanced international approach
(2006)
The ongoing process of globalisation has witnessed an increase in cross-border
corporate insolvencies involving multinational enterprises (MNEs). Yet, national
insolvency laws have proven themselves ill-equipped to handle ...
Actualising economic development through privatisation legal reform: a general assessment of privatisation in Africa with a specific case study of Nigeria and sub focus on the Nigerian electricity sector
(2009)
This dissertation analysed the outcome of the adoption and implementation of
privatisation by Nigeria, of which a legal framework has been put in place by the
government to legalise the process of transferring the ownership ...
Notion, nature and extent of consent in international arbitration
(2009)
Arbitration is a consensual and private mechanism of dispute resolution which leads to
an enforceable arbitral award. In the traditional field of commercial arbitration the
agreement to arbitrate is considered to be the ...
Developing constraints on property rights in the community interest: concepts of ownership and the limitation of property rights in land and copyright law
(2010)
There is a dominant ideology of property in land law, the ‘liberal model’, in which the rights of the property owner are perceived as being absolute. However, there is an alternative model, the ‘stewardship model’, in which ...
The Role of the family in cases of disputed medical decision making
(2009)
This doctoral thesis considers the family’s role in the process of making medical
treatment decisions for one of its members.
Chapter 1 explores the meaning of family in the context of illness and disability.
It is ...
Competition law and policy in a transitional China: transplantation and localisation
(2008)
Chinese competition law was conceived in the 1980s, soon after the post-Mao state
adopted an open-door policy. Based primarily on the EC competition law model, an
Anti-Monopoly Law (AML), as a principal pillar of Chinese ...
Legal framework for the Eurosystem national central bank
(2010)
This thesis analyses legal issues related to the participation in the Eurosystem by a national central bank (NCB). My aim is to develop principles that could be used for a national central bank law for a European Union ...
Sustainable development and mining in Sierra Leone
(2005)
The conflicts between pursuing mining activities to foster economic
development and protecting the environment in which such activities take place
is a recurring dilemma for mineral reliant countries like Sierra Leone. ...
Intellectual property law and e-commerce in Sri-Lanka: towards a jurisprudence based on constitution, Roman-Dutch law and Buddhist principle
(2005)
Modem developments in technology, connnerce and the cultural industries pose
problems for intellectual property in Sri Lanka, as everywhere. Case law may be used for
judicial guidance but there are comparatively few ...
