International investment law can be criticized for its understanding of sovereignty. Informed by the works of Koskenniemi, this article re-imagines ‘sovereignty’ based on a host state population exercising its right to economic self-determination. Recent transparency initiatives in international investment law support this conceptualization of sovereignty. Further, the stance taken aligns with ...

saeed reza abadi assistant professor, faculty of law, shahid beheshti university, tehran, iran corresponding author: [email protected] hamed edrisian ms. student, economic law, faculty of law, shahid beheshti university, tehran, iran [email protected] one of the most important and effective measures of governments in social, economic and cultural fields is regulating relationships between...

By what means are property rights sustained and contracts enforced? The purpose of this paper is to consider the role and ontological status of law and legal systems in modern, complex socio-economic systems. Are such laws mere reflections of other socio-economic relationships between individuals or social classes, or is law itself a part of the underlying socio-economic reality? This enquiry r...

This article surveys the theory of the public enforcement of law — the use of public agents (inspectors, tax auditors, police, prosecutors) to detect and to sanction violators of legal rules. We first present the basic elements of the theory, focusing on the probability of imposition of sanctions, the magnitude and form of sanctions, and the rule of liability. We then examine a variety of exten...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the economic impact of Mexico City's 2008 smoke-free law--The Non-Smokers' Health Protection Law on restaurants, bars and nightclubs. MATERIAL AND METHODS We used the Monthly Services Survey of businesses from January 2005 to April 2009--with revenues, employment and payments to employees as the principal outcomes. The results are estimated using a differences-in-differe...

1. 1. 1. 1. General introduction General introduction General introduction General introduction Since the late 1990s, a series of papers published in leading economics and finance journals contain evidence for a significant impact of institutions on financial and economic development (e. this literature, high-quality institutions cause financial development. In turn, financial development is a ...

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