China does not permit the private ownership of land. Instead, private parties may obtain the right to use property for up to seventy years. These parties own the structures on the land but not the underlying real estate. China's recent economic boom hinges on the success of its real estate...

This article examines the international taxation of dividend, interest and royalty income derived through a trust. It concludes that New Zealand's general principles of international trust taxation and its international withholding rules can be reconciled by applying and re-applying the trust...

This paper discusses the theory and practice of secession in general, then proceeds to discuss the California situation. The author identifies several reasons why secession might be beneficial both to the people of California and the other 49 states

The article describes the world-wide efforts or the lack thereof to combat climate change in the last 25 years. The article asks whether the world has to wait until the adversity actually sets in before effective action is taken; whether the failure to act is caused because people have not yet...

Southeast Asia has long been known as a particularly dynamic part of the global economy. In 2007 the leaders of the ten member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations further agreed to accelerate the project to complete a single market or “ASEAN Economic Community” by the end of...

This paper outlines the historical evolution of Australia's foreign direct investment (FDI) regulation generally, under national law and more recently bilateral investment treaties (BITs) or investment chapters of free trade agreements (FTAs). This sets the stage for closer analysis of the...

As in some developing countries and more recently some developed countries worldwide and in the Asian region, Australia has faced significant internal opposition and public debate especially over treaty-based investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS). As outlined in Part II(1), concerns have...

In addition to its focus on charting the development of 100 years of international arbitration and adjudication, this paper also comments more generally on the development of other methods of peaceful settlement of disputes and methods of lawmaking. This wider focus is demonstrated from the...