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State Responsibility
A legal concept that was slower to become part of the lexicon of administrative law was that of civil liability of the state, precisely because it...
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State and Enterprise Legal Issues in the Global Market
This book addresses the regulation of the State/Enterprise relationship in the framework of international economic context. It analyzes this...
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State Sovereignty: Concept and Conceptions
The terms “sovereignty” and “state” are used very loosely in scholarly literature. “State sovereignty” is central to many scholarly disciplines and...
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Reining in the Behemoths for the Common Good? An Analysis of State Control of State-Owned Enterprises and the Pathway to Better Governance in China
The state-owned enterprise (SOE) is the most significant business form in China. In the planned economy era, the state employed SOEs to implement...
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Rethinking Investor-State Arbitration
A significant increase in investor-State arbitration cases has been observed since the 2000s. The trust placed by investors and States in this method...
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Representative System and State Structure
In modern democratic politics, the popular sovereignty is a highly abstracted and generalized form of the democratic content. Therefore, in my view,...
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Self-determination and an Indigenous State
Self-determinationRightsSelf-determination, to is of central importance to the vindicationSelf-determinationindigenous state of the Rights of...
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A Small State, a Worldwide Jurisdiction: the Vatican City State and Its Legal System
The legal system of Vatican City has many peculiarities due to the unique nature of this small jurisdiction. Indeed, it is the smallest independent...
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The “Legality” of Necessity in the State of Exception
In response to extreme conditions, government endowed with extraordinary powers in the form of a state of exception, released from the norms of a...
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Non-state Actors as Law-Makers
The category of non-state actors is heterogeneous in nature. From the perspective of this study, however, what is crucial is not their nature as...
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Regulation Issued by the Non-state Actors
Statements made by non-state actors are characterised by great diversity. They may have direct effect or require implementation through a national...
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Consistency in Investor-State Arbitration
This Chapter looks at the question of the consistency of the investor-State arbitration system, which has raised concern among some researchers:...
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Criticisms of Investor-State Arbitration
This Chapter examines the fundamental issue whether investor-State dispute settlement (‘ISDS’) is a balanced system. It reports the caseload...
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The new environmental and energy state aid guidelines: one year in place
The new Guidelines on State aid for Climate, Environmental Protection and Energy (CEEAG) have extended the possibility for Member States to support...
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Investor-State Dispute Settlement
With increasing international capital flows across borders, investment disputes between investors and their host countries are inevitable. Thus,...
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State and Constitution
The state is the central actor and the conceptual focal point of public law. In the modern state, however, the constitution is equally significant:...
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Power, State and Space Conceptualizing, Measuring and Comparing Space Actors
This book explains on what basis a nation can claim the status of space power, what are the criteria differentiating a space power from “lesser”...
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State of Emergency
This chapter summarizes current constitutional design regarding the state of emergency. It is based on the review of national constitutions and seeks...
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Authority and Coercion Beyond the State? The Limited Applicability of Legitimacy Standards for Extraterritorial Border Controls
Extraterritorial border controls prevent migrants from arriving at the territory of the state and effectively undermine rights to apply for asylum...
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Legitimacy in Investor-State Arbitration
This Chapter examines the criticisms of the legitimacy of investor-State arbitration moved by some experts, exacerbated by the inherent fragmentation...