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This article will discuss Union regulatory approaches to cross-border mergers in the light of the fundamental freedom of establishment (Art.49 TFEU). The aim of this article is to explore the dynamics and the impact on the internal market of the multi-faceted interaction between the secondary...
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In explaining the concept of centre of main interests (COMI) within the UK Cross-Border Insolvency Regulations 2006 (CBIR), the Englush court in Re Stanford International Bank over-emphasised third-party ascertainability due to an apparent lack of appreciation of the different functions...
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This paper examines the economic regulation of international civil aviation with a view to debunking a number of myths surrounding it. The focus is on public international law understood in its classical construct. The economic regulation of international civil aviation came about in the...
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In 2016 and 2017, states continued their engagement with international investment law. A small minority of states displayed scepticism or tried to disengage themselves from their investment law obligations. This chapter addresses select institutional developments in international investment law...
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This paper looks at different elements within the negotiated text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement that govern various aspects of the digital economy and seeks to appraise the possibility for these rules to serve as a set of generally applicable benchmarks for future trade rules...
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On May 14, 2018, the United States Supreme Court struck down the federal prohibition on sports gambling. The sweeping opinion, authored by Justice Alito, ended more than a quarter-century old policy that kept states from offering sports gambling and therefore, sports betting was confined almost...
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Securing access to effective antimicrobials is one of the greatest challenges today. Until now, efforts to address this issue have been isolated and uncoordinated, with little focus on sustainable and international solutions. Global collective action is necessary to improve access to life-saving...
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This essay argues why, although an international competition policy may throw up certain benefits, the WTO is not an appropriate forum for such a globally binding competition policy. Given the complexity in dealing with multiple competition regimes in an increasingly globalised world of...
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Discussions of the future of competition law on the transnational level often reflect assumptions about the role of economics. Perhaps the most pivotal of these assumptions is that economics can provide a basis for global competition law convergence. It is pivotal, because choices and strategies...
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