In 2012, Hong Kong marked the fifteenth anniversary of the handover of sovereignty from the United Kingdom to the People’s Republic of China. In this Essay, Martin S. Flaherty gives an overview of the handover process, discusses its impact on … Continue reading
The summer of 2012 marked the fifteenth anniversary of the handover of sovereignty over Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the People’s Republic of China. Under the “one country, two systems” principle established in the handover agreements, Hong Kong … Continue reading
The bilateral treaty of friendship, commerce and navigation was for centuries a staple of international diplomacy. These treaties were famous for addressing a wide range of issues–including human rights, trade and investment protection– in a single document. In recent years, … Continue reading
This Article explores how unilateral action to regulate international corporate bribery can serve as a partial substitute for multilateral action. The standard account generally assumes that domestic efforts to combat international corporate bribery disadvantage domestic corporations and create a structural … Continue reading
This Article challenges the emerging consensus that arbitrators who adjudicate investor-state disputes should strive for greater consistency. It submits that consistent adjudication can only be realized by sacrificing accuracy, sincerity and transparency. For many national and supranational legal systems, this … Continue reading
A multi-billion dollar e-commerce industry is testing the limits of international tax systems. While general forms of e-commerce have posed challenges to international tax regimes before, the sale of virtual property is uniquely difficult to tax. If a German player … Continue reading
In recent decades, developing countries and indigenous communities have increasingly asserted the necessity of protecting so-called “traditional cultural expression”–the array of creative expressions integral to the cultural and social identities of indigenous and local communities–from improper exploitation. Among the more … Continue reading