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| List of Abbreviations | |
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| Table of International Cases | |
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| Table of International Treaties and Conventions | |
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| Table of National Legislation | |
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| Contents, History, and Structure of International Economic Law | |
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| The Law of International Economic Relations: Contents and Structure | |
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| Understanding and Contents of International Economic Law | |
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| The Interaction between International and Domestic Law | |
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| The Interaction of Different National Laws | |
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| Main Areas of International Economic Law | |
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| The Relationship between International Economic Law and Economic Rationality | |
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| Past and Present of the International Economic Order | |
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| The Historical Foundations of International Economic Law | |
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| The Concerns of Developing Countries and the Call for a 'New Economic Order' | |
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| The System of the World Trade Organization | |
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| The Regional Integration of Markets | |
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| Globalization of Economic Relations: Chances, Risks, and Asymmetries | |
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| The Actors of International Economic Law | |
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| Subjects of International Law vs Actors in International Economic Relations | |
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| States | |
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| State Enterprises | |
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| International Organizations | |
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| Non-institutionalized Forums of Cooperation in Economic Relations | |
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| International Inter-Agency Cooperation | |
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| Non-governmental Organizations | |
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| Private Corporations and Codes of Conduct for Transnational Corporations | |
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| The Legal Sources of International Economic Law | |
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| International Law as an Order of Transboundary Economic Relations | |
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| The Law of the European Union | |
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| International Agreements on Private Economic Transactions | |
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| 'Transnational Law' and 'lex mercatoria' | |
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| International Economic Law as an Order of Rules and Principles | |
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| Basic Principles of the International Economic Order | |
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| States' Autonomy in Economic Choices | |
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| Trade Liberalization: Reduction of Tariffs and Elimination of Non-Tariff Barriers | |
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| Fair Treatment of Foreign Investors | |
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| Non-discrimination | |
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| Favourable Conditions for Developing Countries | |
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| Sustainable Development | |
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| Respect for Human Rights | |
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| Sovereignty and International Economic Relations | |
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| A Modern Concept of Sovereignty: Response to Globalization and Deference to Democratic Choices | |
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| The Principle of Non-Intervention | |
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| State Immunity | |
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| The Treatment of Foreign Persons | |
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| Diplomatic Protection | |
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| National Economic Law and its Extraterritorial Application | |
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| Criteria for Exercising Jurisdiction: Legitimating Links | |
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| The Extraterritorial Application of National Law | |
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| Human Rights and International Economic Relations | |
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| The Exploitation of Natural Resources | |
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| Treaties on Economic Cooperation and Economic Integration | |
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| The Impact and Liability of Transnational Corporations (TNC) | |
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| Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development | |
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| Transboundary Impacts and Transboundary Harm | |
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| Sustainable Development | |
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| The Precautionary Principle | |
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| Treaties on Pollution Control and on the Liability for Environmental Contaminations | |
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| Treaties on the Protection of the Atmosphere and for Climate Protection | |
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| Treaties on Biodiversity, Access to Genetic Resources, and Biosafety | |
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| The Law of Biotechnology | |
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| Good Governance-The Internal Structure of States and Global Economic Integration | |
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| Standards of Good Governance | |
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| Global Economic Integration: The Relevance of the Constitutional and Economic Order | |
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| Dispute Settlement | |
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| Mechanisms of International Dispute Settlement | |
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| International Commercial Arbitration | |
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| Jurisdiction of National Courts | |
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| Obtaining Evidence Abroad | |
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| Service of Process, Recognition, and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments | |
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| World Trade Law and Regional Trade Agreements | |
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| History and Development of World Trade Law | |
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| Development up to the Uruguay Round | |
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| The Uruguay Round | |
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| Post-Uruguay Perspectives and Challenges for the WTO System | |
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| The World Trade Organization | |
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| The WTO as Institutional Platform for Trade Relations | |
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| Members | |
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| Organs of the WTO | |
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| The Multilateral and the Plurilateral Agreements on Trade | |
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| Multilateral and Plurilateral Trade Agreements: Concentric Circles | |
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| The GATT 1994 and Related Trade Agreements | |
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| The GATT | |
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| Objectives and Basic Principles | |
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| Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment | |
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| National Treatment | |
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| General Exceptions (Article XX of the GATT) and Security Exceptions (Article XXI of the GATT) | |
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| Safeguard Measures (Article XIX of the GATT) | |
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| Waivers | |
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| Burden of Proof | |
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| The Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS) | |
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| The Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade | |
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| The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) | |
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| Scope and Relevance | |
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| Telecommunication Services | |
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| WTO Law and Financial Services | |
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| The Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) | |
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| General Aspects | |
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| Patent Rights | |
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| The Protection of Intellectual Property Rights in Broader International Context | |
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| Subsidies and Anti-dumping Measures | |
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| Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (SCM Agreement) | |
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| The Agreement on Agriculture | |
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| Dumping and Anti-Dumping Measures | |
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| Dispute Settlement in the WTO | |
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| WTO Law in Broader Perspective: The Interplay with Other Regimes of International Law | |
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| WTO Law in Domestic Law | |
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| The Regional Integration of Markets | |
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| Forms of Regional Market Integration (Free Trade Areas, Customs Unions, and Economic Communities) | |
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| The Free Movement of Goods and Services in the European Union | |
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| EFTA and the European Economic Area | |
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| The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) | |
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| Regional Integration in South America | |
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| Regional Integration in Central America and the Caribbean | |
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| Regional Integration in Asia and the Pacific | |
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| Regional Integration in Africa | |
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| Bilateral Trade Agreements of the European Union and of the United States | |
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| International Business Law | |
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| International Sales and Contract Law | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Rome Convention, the Rome I Regulation, and the Common European Law on Sales | |
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| UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) | |
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| Electronic Commerce | |
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| Letters of Credit | |
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| Documentary Credit | |
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| Standby Letters of Credit | |
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| International Building and Construction Contracts | |
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| FIDIC Manuals | |
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| Long-term Contracts (BOT, BOO, BOOT, BLOT, BOTT) | |
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| International Company, Competition, and Tax Law | |
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| Relevance | |
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| The Proper Law of a Corporation | |
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| Recognition of Foreign Corporations and Deference to 'Home' Regulation | |
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| EU Company Law: the Societas Europaea | |
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| Corporate Governance | |
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| International Accounting Standards | |
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| International Competition Law | |
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| National and International Rules against Anti-Competitive Behaviour | |
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| The Application of Competition Law and Extraterritorial Effects | |
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| Bilateral Cooperation | |
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| Convergences and Divergences between EU Competition Law and US Antitrust Law | |
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| International Tax Law | |
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| The International Law of Foreign Investment | |
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| Foreign Investment in Practice | |
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| Economic and Political Relevance | |
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| Direct and Indirect Investment | |
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| Investors | |
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| The Control of Foreign Investment | |
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| Customary International Law | |
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| Customary Standards and Foreign Investment | |
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| Expropriation and Compensation | |
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| The Extraterritorial Effects of Expropriations | |
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| Concessions and Investment: Agreements between States and Foreign Companies | |
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| Stabilization and Internationalization | |
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| Concessions | |
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| Treaties on Investment Protection | |
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| Bilateral and Multilateral Agreements on the Protection of Investments | |
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| Personal Scope of Protection | |
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| Protected 'Investments' | |
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| Modern Standards of Investment Protection | |
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| Dispute Settlement | |
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| The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes | |
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| Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency | |
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| The Interplay of Investment Protection and Other Areas of International Law | |
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| International Monetary Law and the International Financial Architecture | |
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| International Monetary Law and International Economic Relations | |
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| The Impact of Monetary Relations on International Trade and Business | |
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| The Bretton Woods System and the Development of Currency Exchange Arrangements | |
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| Currency Exchange Regimes | |
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| Monetary Unions | |
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| 'Eurodollars' and other Eurocurrencies | |
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| The International Monetary Fund: Objectives, Organization, and Functions | |
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| Objectives | |
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| Membership | |
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| Organization | |
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| Financing of the IMF | |
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| IMF Members' General Obligations and the Surveillance of Exchange Rate Policies: Stability and Fair Competitive Conditions | |
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| Convertibility of Currencies and Restriction of Exchange Controls | |
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| Exchange Control Regulations and their Extraterritorial Effect | |
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| Special Drawing Rights | |
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| Use of the Fund's Financial Resources for Members in Economic Difficulties | |
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| The World Bank and Other International Financial Institutions | |
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| The World Bank Group | |
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| Regional Development Banks | |
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| The Bank for International Settlements | |
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| Debt Crises and State Insolvency | |
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| The International Management of Debt Crises | |
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| For Restructuring Sovereign Debt: The 'Paris Club' and the 'London Club' | |
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| State Insolvency and International Law | |
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| International Regulation of the Banking Sector | |
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| The Need for Enhanced Cooperation of Supervisory Authorities and for Harmonized Standards | |
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| Supervisory Authorities and Macro-Prudential Oversight of the Financial System | |
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| Global Regulatory Standards for Adequate Bank Capital and Risk Management: the Basel Accords | |
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| Index | |