Four relationships between war and commerce -- The effect of conquest on private property and contract rights -- The effect of occupation on private property and contract rights -- The creative tension between commercial freedom and belligerent rights -- War, investment and international law --...

Algeria's intrastate war in the 1990s, during which militant Islamists and the state fought fiercely against each other, still raises questions concerning the decisive factors leading to its onset and escalation. This paper uses the resource curse approach and the rentier state theory to...