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The Past, Present and Future of International Investment Arbitration in Thailand

Nottage, Luke R. - 2016

This paper offers the first detailed English-language analysis of international investment arbitration law and practice ….Part 3 outlines the first two treaty-based claims filed against Thailand, especially the 2009 arbitration award in favour …. However, Part 3 also examines cases where the Thai government has been subject to arbitration claims under concessions or …

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The WTO Dispute Over Implementation of the Rulings in the US Cotton Case

Williams, Brett G. - 2012

Although multilateral rules regulating subsidies on the basis of their effects rather than their classification have existed since the end of the Tokyo Round, the WTO dispute over implementation of the rulings in the US Cotton case is only the second time (the first time being the Follow Up to...

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Responsive Regulation and Comparative Consumer Product Safety

Nottage, Luke R. - 2011

This paper, an edited and footnoted transcript of a presentation at a research Centre of Excellence at Hokkaido University, looks at the influence of “responsive regulation” theory on the large-scale “Australian Consumer Law” reforms enacted in 2010. It outlines some frameworks developed...

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Uneasy or Accommodating Bedfellows? Common Law and Statute in Employment Regulation

Riley, Joellen - 2013

In 2005, Professor Phillipa Weeks published an insightful chapter entitled ‘Employment Law – A Test of Coherence Between Statute and Common Law' in S Corcoran and S Bottomley (eds) Interpreting Statutes. That chapter examined the emergence, development and ultimate emasculation of an implied...

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Re-Regulating Global Finance with the Poor in Mind : A Policy Paper

Kinley, David - 2008

For the poor, finance is always about much more than economics. In practical as well as philosophical terms it is a matter of basic human rights. As the dust begins to settle on the global financial crisis it is certain that all economies will suffer, but it is in the poorest, least developed...

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Law's Legitimacy and 'Democracy-Plus'

Sadurski, Wojciech - 2007

Is it the case that the law, in order to be fully legitimate, must not only be adopted in a procedurally correct way but must also comply with certain substantive values? In the first part of the article I prepare the ground for the discussion of legitimacy of democratic laws by considering the...

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Artful Dodgers : Banks and their Human Rights Responsibilities

Kinley, David - 2017

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Labouring Outside the Law : Migrant Workers and the Protective Reach of Australian Law

Crock, Mary Elizabeth - 2019

In spite of Australia's enviable record in controlling immigration in all of its incidents, the number of migrants working in contravention of their visa conditions or otherwise in contravention of the law has continued to rise in recent years. This article explores the extent to which migrants...

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Gender Equity in the Tax-Transfer System for Fiscal Sustainability

Apps, Patricia F. - 2017

In the 1980s the Australian Personal Income Tax was highly progressive and family payments were universal. The system ranked well in terms of gender equity and female labour supply incentives. During the Howard years the progressivity of the rate scale declined dramatically despite rising...

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Good Faith in Contract : Why Australian Law is Incoherent

Carter, John - 2014

This paper assesses the present state of good faith as a concept used in the resolution of contractual disputes under Australian law. Its thesis is that the current law is incoherent due to the wide variety of views expressed in the cases and the failure to integrate good faith within principles...

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