The BRICS-Lawyers' Guide to Global Cooperation

The BRICS-Lawyers' Guide to Global Cooperation
Author: Rostam J. Neuwirth
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 411
Release: 2017-10-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1108416233

Explores the role of law in different areas of BRICS cooperation and the impact it can make on global governance.

The BRICS-Lawyers' Guide to Global Cooperation

The BRICS-Lawyers' Guide to Global Cooperation
Author: Rostam J. Neuwirth
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 412
Release: 2017-10-12
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1108246915

In the international trade and development arena, new and developing economies have created a block that is known as BRICS - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Initially conceived to drive global change through economic growth, the financial crisis and reversal of fortunes of the BRICS nations have raised questions about their ability to have an impact on the governance of global affairs. This book explores the role of law in various areas of BRICS cooperation including: trade, investment, competition, intellectual property, energy, consumer protection, financial services, space exploration and legal education. It not only covers the specifics of each of the BRICS nations in the selected areas, but also offers innovative and forward-looking perspectives on the BRICS cooperation and their contribution to the reform of the global governance networks. This is a unique reference book suitable for academics, government officials, legal practitioners, business executives, researchers and students.

The Indian Legal Profession in the Age of Globalization

The Indian Legal Profession in the Age of Globalization
Author: David B. Wilkins
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages:
Release: 2017-05-23
Genre: Law
ISBN: 110821102X

This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of the impact of globalization on the Indian legal profession. Employing a range of original data from twenty empirical studies, the book details the emergence of a new corporate legal sector in India including large and sophisticated law firms and in-house legal departments, as well as legal process outsourcing companies. As the book's authors document, this new corporate legal sector is reshaping other parts of the Indian legal profession, including legal education, the development of pro bono and corporate social responsibility, the regulation of legal services, and gender, communal, and professional hierarchies with the bar. Taken as a whole, the book will be of interest to academics, lawyers, and policymakers interested in the critical role that a rapidly globalizing legal profession is playing in the legal, political, and economic development of important emerging economies like India, and how these countries are integrating into the institutions of global governance and the overall global market for legal services.

Transnational Legal Orders

Transnational Legal Orders
Author: Terence C. Halliday
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 559
Release: 2015-01-19
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1107069920

Transnational Legal Orders offers an empirically grounded approach to the emergence of legal orders beyond nation-states that reframes the study of law and society.

Doing Business in the BRICS

Doing Business in the BRICS
Author: Ravi Nath
Publisher: Globe Law and Business Limited
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781905783816

This book will provide an overview of the BRICS nations. Each chapter is authored by experienced lawyers, who will provide insights on demography, political and legal systems (including investment regulations, competition policies, IP laws, taxation and labour laws) in a clear and comprehensive manner. The book will serve as a preliminary and practical guide for lawyers, investors, corporations and entrepreneurs regarding the mode and methods of doing business in these jurisdictions.

International Development Assistance and the BRICS

International Development Assistance and the BRICS
Author: Jose A. Puppim de Oliveira
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2019-10-05
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9813296445

This book aims to bring together a series of analyses on international development assistance in the BRICS, the group of countries that includes Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The BRICS states comprise approximately 3 billion people (~40% of the World’s population) and in terms of GDP account for 16.8 trillion dollars (~22% of the World’s economy). Over the last decade the loose coalition has evolved to become a formal partnership on both economic and political fronts. The first formal meeting of the then-four BRIC countries took place in 2006 during the United Nations General Assembly. This was followed in 2009 by the first summit of BRICS' heads of state, an event which has been convened annually ever since. On 3-5 September 2017, the ninth BRICS Summit was hosted in Xiamen, China. This book, an anthology of scholars based in BRICS countries, provides invaluable insights into the emerging global south coalition, and will be of interest to scholars, employees of NGOs, and China watchers.

The International Dimension of EU Competition Law and Policy

The International Dimension of EU Competition Law and Policy
Author: Anestis S. Papadopoulos
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages:
Release: 2010-10-28
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1139492381

Modern competition law was first employed by countries over one hundred years ago in order to address issues relating to restrictions of trade at the national level. Recent international economic integration has weakened the distinction between the domestic and the international in several fields of economic activity, and consequently the laws which regulate such activity, competition law included. Several attempts to address the paradox of adopting national competition rules to address international issues have been made at the international, regional and (lately) bilateral levels. This book discusses the international dimension of EU competition law, and examines the position taken by the EU in four distinct categories of international agreements which are devoted to competition or include competition provisions. In particular, it analyses the EU's position with regard to bilateral enforcement cooperation agreements, bilateral free trade agreements, plurilateral-regional agreements and the long negotiations for the adoption of a multilateral competition regime.

New Asian Regionalism in International Economic Law

New Asian Regionalism in International Economic Law
Author: Pasha L. Hsieh
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2021-12-16
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1108845606

Provides the first systematic analysis of new Asian regionalism as a paradigm shift in international economic law.

A Post-WTO International Legal Order

A Post-WTO International Legal Order
Author: Meredith Kolsky Lewis
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2020-06-16
Genre: Law
ISBN: 3030454282

This book provides readers with a unique opportunity to explore how the international economic legal order (IELO) may look in a post-WTO world. The substance of this book presupposes (whether correct or not) that the WTO either: (a) Stagnates into the foreseeable future (Doha withers, no new Rounds, at best minor amendments, little new jurisprudence, effective collapse of the DSB); or (b) Falls apart completely. While neither is desirable, the book underlines that it must be conceded that neither is inconceivable. The collapse of the Soviet Union tells us that anything is possible (in 1986 no one foresaw the end of the Cold War - clearly it was a much more significant event than would be the case for the demise of the WTO and the current international economic legal order (IELO)). Similarly, just a year or two before Brexit or the election of US President Donald Trump, no one foresaw those two eventualities. Consequently, a worst-case scenario for the future of the WTO cannot be ignored – rather, it must be explored, as has been done in this book. Indeed, despite most IEL academics’ commitment to multilateralism and specifically to a vibrant and dynamic WTO, academics in the field are now beginning to seriously discuss what a post-WTO world could look like (and it was the project behind this book that first launched those discussions). Accordingly, this examination of the post-WTO world will be of great value to practitioners, governmental and international officials and scholars in the IELO. This is particularly so in an era of increasingly rapid change, during which legal scholarship must also address the future if it wants to contribute creative solutions to the resolution and management of the many serious contemporary problems facing our field.

The Principles of BRICS Contract Law

The Principles of BRICS Contract Law
Author: Salvatore Mancuso
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 444
Release: 2022-08-09
Genre: Law
ISBN: 3031008448

This book examines national reports on contract law in each of the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) in order to provide a comparative analysis. It then establishes common principles, where possible, as well as a set of general “soft law” principles governing international commercial contracts in these countries. The importance of commercial transactions in the BRICS countries is rapidly growing, yet differences in contract law among these countries can lead to misunderstandings and disputes. The rapid development of the BRICS instruments (and the legal implications of their use) suggests the need to address common legal issues that could harm the continued development of the BRICS economies. Contract law represents one of the core areas in which this process can take place. Addressing the salient legal issues within the BRICS discourse requires a comprehensive, comparative approach that explores the different solutions provided by each member country, in order to identify similarities and convergences. This process may ultimately help to reduce the legal obstacles to, and indirect costs of, cross-border transactions by offering a transparent and predictable legal environment for any future attempt at adopting common legal instruments.