The protection and enforcement of property rights both at the national and international levels is mostly taken for granted so that the importance of this issue for the smooth flow of international transactions is not always fully realized. One has to remember that about 200 years ago, large...

The beginnings of globalisation are usually dated to the last third of the twentieth century, alongside the rise of supranational companies, the financial economy and the information technology revolution. However, from the time the Earth was "anthropocized" during the Palaeolithic era,...

International migration afflicts nearly every corner of the globe, from the Americas, Europe and North Africa, and adjoining countries in South Asia. This migration links the socio-economic statuses of migrants' home countries and those into which they are migrating. This phenomenon has a...