Investment Treaty Law and the Fear for Sovereignty: Transnational Challenges and Solutions

This article addresses the vagueness, and the interpretative challenges associated with, international investment agreements (IIAs) and develops a new normative framework for interpreting these treaties. It focuses on the historical embedding of investment protection as a means of facilitating economic development as well as upon its synthetic public law nature. The analysis shows that a teleological approach to interpretation imposes boundaries on the meaning of substantive IIA provisions. The article then elaborates how the transnational dimension of IIAs provides a benchmark, which is the level of protection offered to economic actors against interference by the state in countries with the highest rule of law standards. The article then shows how the resulting challenges of comparative public law could be addressed through the methodology of re‐ and pre‐statement of transnational uniform ‘principles’: sophisticated and detailed rules striking the proper balance between private economic interests and the public regulatory interest, so as to provide more legal certainty for both investors and host states.     

美国双边投资协定的最新发展——对2004年范本(草案)的内容分析

鉴于NAFTA第11章在实施中存在的问题,美国颁布了2004双边投资协定范本(草案).该草案同以前的规定相比,在国外投资的最低待遇标准、外资和征收、仲裁诉讼程序的透明度以及投资与环境、投资与劳工等方面都有较大的变化.这些变化代表着美国日前及今后对待国外投资的态度.     

图们江区域经济合作中存在的问题及应采取的对策

图们江区域经济合作虽取得了一定的成绩,但在开发模式、基础设施、协调机制等方面还存在着诸多问题,因此必须加快基础设施建设,推进珲春的通道建设,解决融资瓶颈,开拓对俄经贸合作,从而促进该区域的加速发展。     

毁损美术作品的刑法思考

故意毁损他人一般美术作品的 ,可能构成故意毁坏财物罪 :它侵犯的是复杂客体 ,行为本质在于使一般美术作品丧失效用 ,对象是一切属于他人的有经济价值的非文物美术作品、包括违禁美术作品。同时 ,有必要将通过毁损方式侵犯他人美术作品著作权、情节严重的行为 ,予以犯罪化。毁损文物美术作品的行为 ,根据主观过错的不同 ,则可能构成故意损毁文物罪或过失损毁文物罪     

论续写作品的著作权保护

续写作品的特性有:对原作品的依附性,包括对原作内容和篇名上的依附性、名气上的依附性;自身的独创性:独创性是其最本质的特征,是续写者独立思考独立创新的结果,续写作品与原作品之间有实质性差异,与原作品是可以分离的。续写作品是对原作品的合理使用,并没有侵犯原作者的著作权,应当受到著作权法的保护。     

对“韬光养晦”的哲学审视

摘要：本文简析了“韬光养晦”外交战略的历史与现实,并结合《孙子兵法》的相关论述,指出中国必须全面审视、理解和坚持“韬光养晦”策略,并要正确认识到“韬光养晦”相较于一种手段更是一种价值。该文认为,破除激进主义的简单思维,破除盛世的迷梦,冷静地正视,有效地反击,运用东方文明的智慧,从而最大限度地突破围堵,为国家的和平发展营造最佳的战略环境,才是当前中国外交战略的根本所在。     

论我国电影作品著作权的归属

从世界范围来看,电影作品著作权的归属主要有两种立法例,一种是创作者立法例,另一种是制片者立法例。结合我国的著作权制度和法律传统,比较两种立法例的优劣,我国在第三次修订《著作权法》时,应该采纳创作者立法例,规定电影作品的作者享有著作权,制片者通过与作者签订合同获得电影作品的独占使用许可权。     

From the Confines To the Core

正Sino-German relations make big strides over the last four decades With the signing of a joint communiqué in Beijing on October 11,1972,the People's Republic of China(PRC) and what was then West Germany officially established diplomatic relations,opening the prelude to the full normalization of relations between the PRC and the West.     

Viet Nam’s No-Win Game

正Recent days have witnessed serious violence against foreign investors and businesses in Viet Nam,under the guise of anti-China protests.Victims included investors from China’s mainland,Hong Kong and Taiwan,Singapore and South Korea.A rampage of arson,destruction and looting in and around factories has led to casualties and loss of property.These riots have affected Viet Nam’s international image,     

Breaking Barricades

正The current state of Sino-Japanese relations is strikingly worrisome.Particularly in the past year,conflicts have deepened between the two on issues concerning historical perception,territorial sovereignty and security.In a speech at a meeting of the 21st Century Committee for China-Japan Friendship,recently held in Nagasaki,Japan,Zhou Mingwei,a committee member,shared his thoughts on current Sino-Japanese relations.Excerpts as follows