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International Law and the Valuation of Nationalised Shares: Two French Decisions

M. H. Mendelson
- 01 Apr 1985 - 
- Vol. 34, Iss: 02, pp 284-296
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In this article, it has been shown that for a variety of reasons it is more common for the State to take over the shares in the company, and it is these shares which have to be valued.
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given to the specific techniques of valuation involved,2 even though some difficult problems of practice and principle arise in that context. One way of nationalising a company is to take over its assets. However, for a variety of reasons it has been more common (at any rate in the relatively few Western countries that have engaged in nationalisation) for the State to take over the shares in the company, and it is these shares which have to be valued. Two recent decisions of the

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Liberalism, social democracy and the value of property under the european convention on human rights

Tom Allen
- 01 Oct 2010 - 
TL;DR: The European Court of Human Rights has stated that the right would be ‘largely illusory and ineffective' if it did not guarantee full compensation in all but exceptional circumstances as discussed by the authors.
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Taking of Property in the Practice of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal*

M. Pellonpää, +1 more
- 01 Dec 1988 - 
TL;DR: The Iran- United States Claims Tribunal (hereinafter, the ‘Tribunal’) established by virtue of the Claims Settlement Declaration of 19 January 1981 has: the purpose of deciding claims of nationals of the United States against Iran and claims of national of Iran against United States, and any counterclaim which arises out of the same contract, transaction or occurrence that constitutes the subject matter of that national's claim, if such claims and counterclaims are outstanding on the date of this Agreement, whether or not filed with any court, and arise out of debts, contracts (
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The British Bank Nationalizations: An International Law Perspective

N. Jansen Calamita
- 01 Jan 2009 - 
TL;DR: The British Government's nationalization of the shares of Northern Rock plc and Bradford & Bingley plc in 2008 raises important issues about the standard of protection owed to the banks' non-UK investors and the manner in which compensation should be calculated.
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The british bank nationalizations: an international law perspective

N. Jansen Calamita
- 01 Jan 2009 - 
TL;DR: The British Government's nationalization of the shares of Northern Rock plc and Bradford & Bingley plc in 2008 raises important issues about the standard of protection owed to the banks' non-UK investors and the manner in which compensation should be calculated as discussed by the authors.