Public–Private Partnership in Tunisia: Enfidha Airport Assessment of an Infrastructure Achievement

One of the largest recent private-sector investments and the first airport private-sector concession in the Maghreb is Enfidha Airport, a key factor in the success of the Tunisian Government’s public–private partnership (PPP) strategy. However, since Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolution, political and social turmoil is sweeping the country and worsening the economic indicators. This article aims to assess this PPP infrastructure, allowing us to determine if it is profitable in the long term and contributes therefore to the economic growth. The case study reveals the key role of the economic, social, and political environment in Tunisia, the dawn of the Arab Spring.     

On fighting for global justice: the role of a Third World international lawyer

Abstract

The life of a Third World international lawyer is devoted to resistance to the norms of international law designed by agents with power to promote the interests of the powerful sections of the international community. Increasingly the instrumental norms of international law are fashioned through the use of private power, making the positivist claim that public international law is a law between states illusory. The task of this paper is to identify a framework of common concerns so that a collectivity of Third World lawyers can work together, examine how mechanisms of power can be countered, and devise a confrontational strategy.     

Public–private partnerships (PPPs) in local services: risk-sharing and private delivery of water services in Spain

Local governments are increasingly utilising the public–private partnership (PPP) model as a means of organising service delivery in the public–private domain. This article examines the experiences with construction and operation of 131 PPP wastewater treatment plants in the region of Aragon, Spain. The study highlights how an inadequate management of construction risk and unsuitable transfer of demand and revenue risk resulted in significant time delays in execution of the PPP projects. The research also shows how the involvement of public bodies at local, regional and national level further added to the complexity of implementing the projects. The findings contribute to the literature on local service delivery and provide insights regarding risk transfer in long-term PPP contracts for the delivery of local services in general and water services in particular.     

基础设施建设与西部大开发

要卓有成效地实施西部大开发战略 ,必须着力搞好基础设施建设 ,这是西部大开发不可逾越的阶段 ,是实施西部大开发的基础。解决西部地区基础设施建设的资金 ,必须通过财政转移支付、金融支持、优惠政策、资本市场等途径来实现。     

电子货币若干法律问题研究

在探讨电子货币定义与法律性质后,重点研究电子货币法律关系、终结性、权利异议、伪造电子货币中的问题、赎回义务等私法问题,及立法宗旨、发行商资格、监管和反洗钱等公法问题.     

私人融资基础设施项目的联合国立法、其适用与局限性

联合国国际贸易法委员会为了促进成员国私人融资基础设施项目的协调和统一,近年来开展了私人融资基础设施项目的示范立法工作.通过评述联合国这一立法的主要方面,认为联合国这一立法在许多方面,尤其是特许合同授予程序方面,取得了突出的立法成果.但在立法目标、特许经营监管等问题上,存在着局限性.在借鉴联合国的立法经验时,我们需要认识到这些局限性.     

国际投资自由化进程中的排斥与吸引博弈关系法辨——以韩国为例

国际投资自由化是经济全球化在国际投资领域中的反映,而经济全球化的内在动因又使其成为必然趋势;同时,它是在发达国家的鼓吹和主导下进行的,呈现出对发展中国家不平衡的结构.对国际投资自由化进程中的内在逻辑--政治学层面和经济学层面的分析可以推论出资本始终处于一种排斥一吸引这样一种矛盾和交互的博弈关系之下.而作为国际投资法所能作的选择就只有平衡这种博弈关系,寻求"最优理性决策",使之秩序化.将这一理论用于韩国投资自由化的进程予以实证考察,可以得到正面和反面的论证.我国作为发展中国家,在掌握这一博弈关系的理论基础和借鉴韩国实践的成功经验之上,应该适时适度地对投资政策作出相应的调整,才可以主动和谐地融入国际投资自由化的浪潮之中,从而趋利避害,促进本国经济的发展.     

我国权证法律规制不足之评析

我国当前对权证的规制仅限于证券交易所的业务规则,其法律效力有待提高,且在发行、上市、交易、行权各环节存在着诸多的不足,这些不足主要体现在权证发行与上市核准权、股改权证与创设权证的性质认定、权证发行与上市的条件、信息披露、履约担保、权证交易的风险揭示、主交易商制度、交易的实时监控以及行权失败的救济等方面.     

论中国投资者在东盟的投资保障

中国民间资本投资东盟,除了商业风险外,还可能遭遇政治风险,投资风险不同,保障形式和可选择的救济途径也不相同,在目前的法律框架下,如果中国民间资本向东盟国家投资遭受征收险,可选择向东道国索赔,也可选择向多边投资担保机构投保以转移风险损失。对于违约险。要视具体接受投资的东盟国家的国内立法是否承诺赔偿而定。     

违反强制性规定的合同效力之探讨——从比较法的视角切入

根据我国合同法第52条的规定,违反法律、行政法规强制性规定的合同无效.在这样的制度框架下,现实生活中的很多案例依此规定却往往会出现违反诚实信用原则、损害当事人之间公平的情况.因此违反强制性规定的合同在私法上的效力就成为一个值得探讨的话题.