Commonwealth Secretariat (Books and Journals)
65 results for Commonwealth Secretariat (Books and Journals)
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Stop Vulture Lawsuits
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Commonwealth Secretariat, 2010
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Bringing Justice Home. The Road to Final Appellate and Regional Court Establishment
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Commonwealth Secretariat, 2008
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2005 Meeting of Commonwealth Law Ministers and Senior Officials
Commonwealth Secretariat, 2006
- Abbreviations and Acronyms
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Debt Management
5.1 What is public debt management? - 5.2 Why is public debt management important? - 5.3 How to achieve effective debt management - 5.4 Identifying loans which are targets for vulture funds
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Loan Agreements
2.1 What is a loan agreement? - 2.2 Structure of a loan agreement - 2.3 Concepts under a loan agreement
- Annex 1. US Court Judgment in FG Hemisphere Associates, LLC v Democratic Republic of Congo and Société Nationale D?Electricité (S.N.E.L.)
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International Initiatives
8.1 HIPC debt relief initiatives (1996) - 8.2 Norway (1998) - 8.3 G8 (2005) - 8.4 The Paris Club Initiative (2007) - 8.5 China (2007) - 8.6 Jubilee Debt Campaign
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Negotiation
4.1 When is negotiation possible? - 4.2 What is negotiation? - 4.3 Negotiation methods
- Annex 2. Belgian Legislation
- Introduction
- Notes
- Annex 3. The UK Debt Relief (Developing Countries) Act 2010
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Lawsuits
3.1 Legal defences available to a sovereign debtor - 3.2 Legal arguments supporting vulture fund claims - 3.3 Effects of lawsuits
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Responding to Lawsuits
6.1 Negotiation - 6.2 Contractual terms - 6.3 ‘Name and shame’ campaigns - 6.4 Legal support for sovereign debtors
- Bibliography
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Legislation
7.1 Belgian law (2008) - 7.2 UK law (2010) - 7.3 US law (2008 and 2009) - 7.4 French law (2007)
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Vulture Funds
1.1 What is a vulture fund? - 1.2 The rise of vulture funds - 1.3 Legal rights of vulture funds
- Conclusion
- List of Cases
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Ways Forward
9.1 International framework for restructuring sovereign debt - 9.2 International arbitration court - 9.3 Regulatory framework for public financial management
- Acknowledgments
- References and Bibliography
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History of Appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London
Location of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council Jurisdiction of the Privy Council The effect of monarchical and republican streams of independent states
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Regional Court Establishment
Regional developing trends Regional courtsand their community law The Caribbean Court of Justice The court and its place in community law The COMESA Court of Justice Relationship between COMESA court and national courts The court and its place in community law The Community Court of Justice of ECOWAS The court and its place in community law
- Introduction
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Some Results So Far
New Zealand Supreme Court Criminal Property (land) Family law Human rights Equity Environmental law Civil procedure - appeal rights Torts The Caribbean Court of Justice Leave to appeal, administrative law - damages Property (land) Criminal law The COMESA Court of Justice
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Judicial Independence - Final Appellate Court Establishment
The decline of appeals to the Privy Council The case of Canada Australia's abolition New court in New Zealand The Caribbean's court challenge Decline of appeals and petitions to the Privy Council
- List of acronyms
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Recommended Best Practices
Appellate jurisdiction General recommendations Judicial appointments Library and research facilities Amicus curiae Translation and interpretation services Adequate security Specific recommendations Public confidence/appointment and independence of judges Recommendations: Backlog and modernisation Recommendations: Continuing judicial education Recommendations: The regional and international law...
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Commonwealth Action in the Field of Private International Law
Introduction. Child support and family maintenance in international cases. Commonwealth arrangements. A new Hague Convention. REMO Orders and the new Convention. The recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments. The Hague Judgments Project. Commonwealth Practice as to Foreign Judgments. Improving Commonwealth practice. Clarifications. Bases not found in current Commonwealth practice. Other...
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Curriculum Development and Training in Legislative Drafting
Introduction. The Short-Term Curriculum. Consideration by Senior Officials. Action for Law Ministers. Annex. A curriculum for training legislative drafting. A. Introduction. B. Underlying considerations. C. A Suggested Course Syllabus. A Suggested Foundation Course Syllabus. I. Introduction. II. The drafting process. III. Drafting constraints. IV. The legislative process. V. Legislative syntax....
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Guidelines for an Independent Regulatory Framework for Commonwealth Broadcasting Organisations
Introduction. Independent regulation. Creation and Remit. Appointments and termination. Funding. Accountability. Secretariat Proposal. An independent public service broadcaster ("PSBS"). Creation and remit. Appointment and termination. Funding. Accountability. Secretariat Proposals. Annex 1. Broadcasting legislation and regulations: issues for discussion. Paper by Eve Salomon, Solicitor