Handel und ausländische Direktinvestitionen sind für Wirtschaftswachstum und Wohlstand eines Landes von ausschlaggebender Bedeutung. In den Jahren 1980 bis 1996 haben Direktinvestitionen um das Siebenfache zugenommen und gelten derzeit als Motor für die Entwicklung armer bzw. wirtschaftlich...

Contents: Introduction -- Preface -- 1. Economic theory of non-territorial unbundling -- 2. History of an idea -- 3. The political-jurisdictional coase theorem -- 4. Political-jurisdictional possibilities and transitions -- 5. Theory of non-territorial internal exit -- 6. Spontaneous order in...

This book analyses the topic of protecting traditional cultural expressions (TCEs) in Latin America. It questions classic legal approaches and involves the interface of anthropology and law. The study analyses regional, national and local particularities of law on paper and law in reality. It...

This book explores the three most prominent island disputes in East Asia: the Dokdo/Takeshima, the Senkaku/Diaoyu, and the Paracel and Spratly disputes. These island disputes clearly illustrate the puzzling pattern of continuity and mutual restraint in East Asia's territorial conflicts. In...

The new developments across the Taiwan Strait have illuminated the dilemma of the 'One China' policy, which could mislead to inconsistent or even contradictory policies, and result in devastating military confrontation between China and the U.S. and possibly Japan