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An exploration of the history of the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration from Thatcher's preparations until the present day, C. L. Lim offers an accessible, highly readable account of the intricate legal issues that continue to hold great significance. Using British archival sources, the book considers the ongoing debate over the Joint Declaration.

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Written by experts, this book is an invaluable introduction to the subject for students studying international arbitration, commercial law and international law, and also lawyers and the general reader. It contains a survey of the history, the main issues and the latest developments in a single, handy volume.

Written by experts, this book is an invaluable introduction to the subject for students studying international arbitration, commercial law and international law, and also lawyers and the general reader. It contains a survey of the history, the main issues and the latest developments in a single, handy volume.

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A fully revised new edition which brings together awards and other key materials with up-to-date commentary explaining the past, current and potential developments in arbitral jurisprudence and current reform debates. Includes a new chapter critical to understanding calls for arbitration reform, and over 60 additional awards and judicial decisions.

Discusses a broad range of legal and regulatory instruments and legal regimes, looking at emerging issues facing the international economic law system after the global financial crisis. This book demonstrates that this has essentially been a fragmented and multi-focal system of international economic regulation.

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These essays pay tribute to Muthucumaraswamy Sornarajah's illustrious career and explore alternative visions of international investment law and arbitration.

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This collection of papers addresses two main themes: firstly, whether there is a distinctively European contribution to or even leadership in the contemporary formation and evolution of international law, secondly, the extent to which non-governmental actors (e.g. NGOs, international organizations, companies, individuals) contribute decisively to the formation of international law at the present time. These issues are explored within a number ...

This volume has as its principal concern certain orthodoxies of "source thinking" in international law and is aimed at working out the implications of these. It seeks to show how certain theoretical conceptions have shaped the law in action, for good or ill. It should appeal to political theorists, diplomats, global decision-makers and international lawyers who are interested in the question, "What can we do with the international law that we ...

This book is about the forces that are reshaping the international law on foreign investment today. It begins by explaining the liberal origins of contemporary investment treaties before addressing a current backlash against these treaties and the device of investment arbitration. The book describes a long-standing legal-intellectual resistance to a neo-liberal global economic agenda, and how tribunals have interpreted various treaty standards...

This book examines the passion for race in Malaysia through a burgeoning archive of Malaysia-related social texts, ranging from media and technological discourse, popular culture and literary production to historical writings, produced originally in English, Malay and Mandarin Chinese.

Singapore, a small Southeast Asian country with limited resources, transformed itself from a trading post to a successful, cosmopolitan nation with one of the most impressive growth rates in the world. Less well known, however, has been its role in regional and global trade negotiations. This book is a collection of sixteen essays written by a group of diplomats, policy-makers, and professors who became involved in international economic affai...