liberalism

• What has Competition Done for Europe? An Inter-Disciplinary Answer*

In recent policy debates in Europe, the question 'what has competition done for Europe?' has been posed at the highest levels. This question merits careful reflection. Competition as it is understood by mainstream economic and legal scholars refers not to an ideology but to inter-firm rivalry in markets. Such rivalry ensures that consumers enjoy choice, low prices, and good value for money. The authors consider the historical origins and development as well as the current role and effects of competition policy in Europe. The latter includes legal provisions that address anti-competitive practices by firms and activities aimed at promoting competition in respect of potentially anti-competitive government measures. They conclude that such policy has made essential contributions to the hig...

... used in a sense which connotes ultra-liberalism or laissez-faire. In fact, competition as it is un...

• Aussenwirtschaft; Zeitschrift für internationale Wirtshaftsbeziehungen
• Vol. 62 Num. 4, Décembre 2007

• Linking Trade and Security in Asia: Has Washington's Policy Worked?

This paper traces the linking of trade and security, a characteristic of US foreign economic policy since 2001. It does so with reference to US economic policy in East Asia. We argue that the US has been unable to resist the temptation to link foreign economic and security policy. While there was evidence of the securitisation of economic globalisation in US policy from day one of the BUSH Administration, it was September 11 that firmed up this trend. Ever since, the BUSH government has been seeing globalisation not simply in neoliberal economic terms, but also through the lenses of the national security agenda of the United States. Economic globalisation has been linked to security policy. This trend is evident in East Asia, where the United States has put an emphasis on Free Trade Agr...

... to advance a very specific view of liberalism and freedom. As any undergraduate major in politic...

• Aussenwirtschaft; Zeitschrift für internationale Wirtshaftsbeziehungen
• Vol. 62 Num. 2, Juin 2007

• Arrêt nº 4P.77/2002 de Ire Cour de Droit Civil, 3 juillet 2002

Regeste Art. 180 Abs. 3 und Art. 190 Abs. 2 lit. a IPRG; Internationale Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit; Unzulässigkeit der Schiedsbeschwerde gegen einen Ablehnungsentscheid eines kantonalen Richters. Hat gemäss Art. 180 Abs. 3 IPRG der kantonale Richter über ein Ablehnungsbegehren entschieden, so ist sein Entscheid endgültig und kann weder direkt noch indirekt im Rahmen einer Schiedsbeschwerde gegen den Endentscheid des Schiedsgerichts gemäss Art. 190 Abs. 2 lit. a IPRG angefochten werden (E. 2). **************************************** Regeste Art. 180 al. 3 et art. 190 al. 2 let. a LDIP; arbitrage international; irrecevabilité d'un recours en matière d'arbitrage contre une décision de récusation rendue par un juge cantonal. Lorsque le juge cantonal a statué sur une requête de récusation sel...

..., A Significant Step Towards Liberalism, in: Journal of International Arbitration 5/1988 N...

• Swiss divided on foreign voting rights.

... this had little to do with pioneering liberalism however and a lot more to do with political expedi...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2005, Janvier 2005

• Arrêt de Ire Cour de Droit Civil, 9 novembre 1990

Regeste Internationale Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit; Ausschluss der Bestimmungen des IPRG durch Rechtswahl im Sinne von Art. 176 Abs. 2 IPRG; Anfechtbarkeit des Rechtsmittelentscheides im Fall einer Prorogation gemäss Art. 191 Abs. 2 IPRG? 1. Die Frage, ob eine gültige Rechtswahl im Sinne von Art. 176 Abs. 2 IPRG getroffen worden ist, kann dem Bundesgericht mit staatsrechtlicher Beschwerde gemäss Art. 84 Abs. 1 lit. d OG im Nachgang zum Rechtsmittelentscheid des kantonalen Gerichts unterbreitet werden (E. 3). Voraussetzungen einer gültigen Rechtswahl (E. 4). 2. Im Fall der Prorogation im Sinne von Art. 191 Abs. 2 IPRG ist es ausgeschlossen, die Rügen gemäss Art. 190 Abs. 2 IPRG dem Bundesgericht mit staatsrechtlicher Beschwerde gegen den Rechtsmittelentscheid des kantonalen Gerichts zu unter...

... - A Significant Step towards Liberalism, JIA 1988 Nr. 2, S. 74; LALIVE, Le Chapitre 12 de ...