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A new external equilibrium : revisiting the 'transformation of Europe' under the principle of the autonomy of the European Union

Author: DE ABREU DUARTE, Francisco Miguel
Year: 2020
Abstract: This short paper puts forth the idea of a “new external equilibrium” between the different actors of the European Union and proposes to revisit the…
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Ten lessons from 'institutional economics' for designing multilateral trade and investment institutions

Author: PETERSMANN, Ernst-Ulrich
Year: 2020
Abstract: Why were procedural and substantive trade rules – but not investment agreements – transformed into multilateral treaties following World War II? Why…
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WTO [email protected] : are global public goods like the world trade organization owned by governments or by peoples and citizens?

Author: PETERSMANN, Ernst-Ulrich
Year: 2020
Abstract: As the most frequent and most successful user of the dispute settlement system of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the USA has welcomed judicial…
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The constitutional legitimation of authoritarian regimes : a comparative analysis of apartheid South Africa and communist Hungary

Author: FOURNIER, Théo
Year: 2020
Abstract: This paper studies the use of constitutional legitimation strategies in authoritarian regimes. The introduction analyses constitutional democracy…
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International settlement of trade and investment disputes over Chinese 'silk road projects' inside the European Union

Author: PETERSMANN, Ernst-Ulrich
Year: 2020
Abstract: China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and promotion of BRI investments in more than 60 countries along the ancient territorial and maritime 'Silk…
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German and European ordo-liberalism and constitutionalism in the post-war development of international economic law

Author: PETERSMANN, Ernst-Ulrich
Year: 2020
Abstract: This contribution discusses the regulatory approaches of German-speaking countries to the design of European and international economic law since…
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Creating a legislative level playing field in business and human rights at the European level : is the French duty of vigilance law the way forward?

Author: BRIGHT, Claire
Year: 2020
Abstract: In recent years, the field of business and human rights has witnessed a shift from soft law to hard law, which has been taking place as a number of…
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Illiberalism in East-Central Europe

Author: HALMAI, Gábor
Year: 2019
Abstract: In the paper I try to answer the question, whether there is a genuine constitutional theory of ‘illiberal constitutionalism,’ recently advocated in…
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