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  • Transnational Corporations

    Embracing mainstream international law, this section on transnational corporations explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here. Resources Further Reading The entry "transnational corporations" in the Parry and Grant Encyclopaedic Dictionary of […]

  • Tradable Permits

    Tradable Permits one alternative to a pollution tax is a system of tradable pollution permits. In the international negotiations over greenhouse gas reduction, the United States has advocated the implementation of a tradable permit system for carbon emissions. Such a system would work as follows: Each nation would be allocated a certain permissible level of…

  • Tradable Permits

    Tradable Permits one alternative to a pollution tax is a system of tradable pollution permits. In the international negotiations over greenhouse gas reduction, the United States has advocated the implementation of a tradable permit system for carbon emissions. Such a system would work as follows: Each nation would be allocated a certain permissible level of…

  • E-Commerce

    Offering E-commerce Solutions and the Electronic Commerce Overview of Significant Legal Trends and Issues for E-Commerce and the Electronic Commerce E-Commerce Law in Developing Countries: An Indian Perspective Paper published by C. M. ABHILASH, C. M. Abhilash, in 2002. Here are the […]

  • Foreign Direct Investment

    Foreign Direct Investment in International Trade Meaning of FDI (Foreign Direct Investment), according to the Dictionary of International Trade (Global Negotiator): The controlling ownership in a business enterprise in one country by an entity based in another country. According to balance of […]

  • Regional Trade Institutions

    Regional Trade Institutions Outline This entry examines regional trading arrangements, the laws and agreements that govern such arrangements, and their relationship to the international institutions and laws covered in the legal Encyclopedia. To familiarize students with the origins and structures of regional trade agreements, their role in governing international trade and investment, the extent to…

  • Strategic Trade Policy

    Strategic Trade Policy and International Trade Economy In relation to international trade economy, Christopher Mark (1993) provided the following definition of Strategic Trade Policy: A broad term for approaches joining conventional trade theory with industrial organization theory, in order to […]

  • Financial Crises

    Financial Crises Further ReadingA concise encyclopedia of the United Nations (including Financial Crises , H Volger, KA Annan -2010) The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations (TG Weiss – 2007) International Law: A Dictionary (including Financial Crises , Boczek, Boleslaw Adam -2005)

  • Terrorist Financing

    Terrorist Financing AML/CFT – Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism Money laundering is the process by which proceeds from a criminal activity are disguised in order to conceal their illegal origin. Terrorist financing is the soliciting, collection, or provision of funds with the intention that they be used to support terrorist acts or…

  • Trade Remedies

    Trade Remedies Outline This entry examines the main provisions of the US and other states antidumping, countervailing and escape clause laws and regula­tions and their relationship to the rules and provisions of the WTO and NAFTA. Governments have found these very detailed provisions governing particular aspects of international trade both helpful and problematic. Topics Following…

  • Imprisonment

    Purposes of ImprisonmentIntroduction to ImprisonmentImprisonment serves several universal functions, including the protection of society, the prevention of crime, retribution (revenge) against criminals, and the rehabilitation of inmates. Additional goals of imprisonment may includ…

  • European Central Bank

    European Central Bank (ECB) and the Treaties of the European Union Description of European Central Bank (ECB) provided by the European Union Commission: The European Central Bank was inaugurated on 30 June 1998. On 1 January 1999 it took over responsibility for implementing European monetary […]

  • Africa

    African nations include Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (Democratic Republic), Djibouti, Egypt, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, […]

  • Election

    Introduction to Election Election, procedure that allows members of an organization or community to choose representatives who will hold positions of authority within it. The most important elections select the leaders of local, state, and national governments. The chance to decide who will […]

  • Election

    Introduction to Election Election, procedure that allows members of an organization or community to choose representatives who will hold positions of authority within it. The most important elections select the leaders of local, state, and national governments. The chance to decide who will […]