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Sovereignty
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TL;DR: For the Chinese leadership, defence of a 'thick' notion of sovereignty serves to enhance its legitimacy, deflect criticism of its domestic policies and to resist outside involvement in the Taiwan issue as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: For the Chinese leadership, defence of a 'thick' notion of sovereignty serves to enhance its legitimacy, deflect criticism of its domestic policies and to resist outside involvement in the Taiwan issue. Yet, since the People's Republic initially opened up in the 1970s, China's strict sovereign prerogatives have gradually eroded. Today, the nexus where defence of Chinese sovereignty meets the imperative of engaging the outside world defines both the limits and the possibilities of enmeshing China within international society. The challenge for the international community is to understand the dynamics of China's sovereignty-integration nexus and to identify policies that will strengthen Beijing's commitment to international peace and stability. In this regard, China's participation in UN peacekeeping operations is often overlooked as an area of interest.
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TL;DR: The authors analyzes international investment protection law by using tools of economic contract theory, and proposes to use similar mechanisms as in WTO law to design more optimal contracts to preserve the efficiency of the contract.
Abstract: This article analyzes international investment protection law by using tools of economic contract theory. Contract theory has been applied to international trade law, but investment law has not yet been analyzed under this methodology. International Investment Agreements may be interpreted as a mechanism for overcoming commitment problems between investor and host state in order to generate mutual benefits. States trade credibility for sovereignty as international investment law restricts the regulatory conduct of states to an unusual extent, subject to control through compulsory international adjudication. A well-known problem in contract theory is how to deal with uncertainty. Changing conditions are a prevalent characteristic in investment law. Contract theory finds that too strict and inflexible contracts may impair the joint surplus of the contracting parties. Thus, a trade-off arises between ex ante commitment on the one hand and flexibility ex post in order to uphold the efficiency of the contract on the other. Those problems become virulent in unforeseen crises, such as financial or economic ones. This article analyzes commitment and flexibility mechanisms in international investment protection law and proposes to use similar mechanisms as in WTO law to design more optimal contracts.
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09 Dec 2010
TL;DR: The concept of external sovereignty was introduced by Hent Kalmo and Quentin Skinner as mentioned in this paper, who defined the notion of sovereignty as a concept in fragments of the sovereign state: a genealogy Quentin Skinner and Denis Baranger.
Abstract: Introduction: a concept in fragments Hent Kalmo and Quentin Skinner 1. The sovereign state: a genealogy Quentin Skinner 2. The apparition of sovereignty Denis Baranger 3. The Westphalian myth and the idea of external sovereignty Partel Piirimae 4. Double binds: sovereignty and the just war tradition Jens Bartelson 5. The durability of organized hypocrisy Stephen D. Krasner 6. A matter of fact? The many faces of sovereignty Hent Kalmo 7. The survival of sovereignty Michel Troper 8. Sovereignty and after Neil MacCormick 9. Prolegomena for the post-sovereign Rechtsstaat Patrick Praet 10. Sovereignty beyond the state Juri Lipping 11. Sovereignty between government, exception and governance Antonio Negri 12. Conclusion: vocabularies of sovereignty: the powers of a paradox Martti Koskenniemi.
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01 Jan 1988
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue for the sovereignty of opinion autonomy and self-realization, from independence to individuality balance and diversity - from Roman corruption to Chinese stationariness subordinate partialities - sinister interests and corporate rights.
Abstract: Preface. Whigs and Liberals polity and society the sovereignty of opinion autonomy and self-realization - from independence to individuality balance and diversity - from Roman corruption to Chinese stationariness subordinate partialities - sinister interests and corporate rights. Index.
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