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The Incompatibility of Intra-EU Investment Treaty Arbitration With European Union Law – Assessing the Scope of the ECJ’S Achmea Judgment 欧盟内部投资条约仲裁与欧盟法律的不相容——评欧洲法院阿赫梅亚判决的适用范围

International Economic Law eJournal Pub Date : 2020-02-28 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3545811

Julian Scheu, Petyo Nikolov

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International Investment Law as Transnational Law 作为跨国法的国际投资法

International Economic Law eJournal Pub Date : 2020-01-22 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3523632

Nicolás M. Perrone

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The Advantages of Liabilities for Long Term Investment 负债对长期投资的好处

International Economic Law eJournal Pub Date : 2020-01-09 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3516598

Stephanie Runkat, Stanesie Liyanto, Ruth Veronica Santos

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Financial Institutions and Social Rights: From Foes to Friends? 金融机构和社会权利:从敌人到朋友?

International Economic Law eJournal Pub Date : 2020-01-03 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3513642

Matthias Goldmann

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The Legal Strength of Council Recommendations Issued in the Procedures of EU Macroeconomic Coordination 欧盟宏观经济协调程序中理事会建议的法律效力

International Economic Law eJournal Pub Date : 2019-12-16 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3504804

M. Pires

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China’s New Foreign Investment Law – With A Special Note On Swiss-Chinese Investment 中国新《外商投资法》——对瑞士-中国投资的特别说明

International Economic Law eJournal Pub Date : 2019-12-14 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3503897

Marius Stucki

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Integrating in a Rough Neighbourhood? The Part of Sustainable Development in the EU Economic Integration Efforts in the Post-Soviet Space: The Case of Moldova 融入一个不和谐的社区?后苏联时代欧盟经济一体化进程中可持续发展的部分——以摩尔多瓦为例

International Economic Law eJournal Pub Date : 2019-12-10 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3501584

A. Aseeva, A. Shishkova

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Inversiones y arbitraje de inversiones: dos dogmas de la modernidad sometidos a revisión (Foreign Investment and Investment Arbitration: Two DOGMAS of Modernity Under Review). 《外商投资与投资仲裁:现代性的两种教条》revisión。

International Economic Law eJournal Pub Date : 2019-11-26 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3509705

C. Esplugues

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Intellectual Property and Investment Law: An Introduction 知识产权与投资法:导论

International Economic Law eJournal Pub Date : 2019-11-14 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3486879

C. Geiger

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The EU’s Cumbersome Investment Law and Policy, and Its Effects on the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights 欧盟繁琐的投资法律和政策及其对知识产权保护的影响

International Economic Law eJournal Pub Date : 2019-10-10 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3527597

Szilárd Gáspár Szilágyi

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