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Their primary concern was the government’s interference in the legal process in its pursuit of the case.
At a time when the legal academy and the profession are under attack in the US, Chen’s case is a reminder of what strong lawyers and legal institutions provide to a society.
Last June, we led a delegation of nine US law school deans to a two-day summit with ten peers from China’s top law schools, which culminated in a joint statement declaring that both sides recognize and support the rule of law, and agree on the importance of promoting the integrity of the legal profession.
Activist lawyers in China pursue their cases with little explicit support from the legal academy or the profession.
Many Chinese lawyers and legal academics wish that the rule of law in China were more robust, and a few of them, such as Jiang Ping, have warned about backsliding.
But, in cases like that of Chen, even sympathetic legal colleagues are often afraid to speak out, much less take action.
Law schools should be a place where students and professors can engage with the full range of Chinese law and legal activity.
Chen had to turn to American diplomats to be his advocates, but it would augur better for China’s future if the country’s legal profession came together to urge the authorities to uphold the rule of law in even the most sensitive cases.
That would help to ensure that three decades of legal reform is more bone and sinew than running water.
In lieu of Erhard's so-called ordoliberalism – in which the state lays the groundwork for a functioning market economy by actively managing the legal environment – the economic strategy pursued by Chancellor Angela Merkel's government has been haphazard, driven more by political expediency than by any underlying philosophy.
Relationships were governed not by legal norms, but by informal understandings and a clear distinction between those inside and outside the common mentality.
But, in addition to the right legal and regulatory framework to ensure appropriate links to the national economy – which is also lacking in most of the region – the search for desirable investors requires an effective foreign investment promotion agency.
The sales technique should be based on fiscal and regulatory concepts and be expressed in legal and financial jargon, which only experts can do.
Huxley identified humanity's achievements with legal conventions and medical technologies, artifices that extend human dominion by enabling people to be and do more than they could individually.
As developing countries upgrade their regulatory systems, they should focus on closing legal gaps that put consumers at risk and undermine market credibility.
That calls for a legal system that can adjudicate disputes and ensure fair, equitable, and timely treatment.
The FMLC’s mission is to identify and propose solutions to issues of legal uncertainty in financial markets that might create risks in the future.
As a recent FMLC paper showed, the wave of new regulations implemented since the global financial crisis – many of which were poorly planned or inconsistent across countries – has left a jumbled landscape of legal uncertainties.
Second, to address existing regulatory conflicts, the FMLC recommends establishing a “conflict of regulation” framework to determine which legal regime – that of a global firm’s home country or that of its local subsidiary’s host country – has jurisdiction in a specific cross-border dispute.
That body, which emerged from the old Financial Stability Forum in 2009 with few powers and no formal status, has only recently become a separate legal entity.
Strengthening its powers – to include, for example, the establishment of principles for addressing cross-border legal inconsistencies – could go a long way toward addressing the problems raised by regulatory disparities.
But, in recent years, many African governments have worked to reduce administrative and legal obstacles for SMEs.
They challenged the disparities in legal treatment of women, broached new ideas concerning the role of women in Moroccan society, and questioned practices that had long been understood as Islamic.
But a long stream of little-remarked-upon legal defeats could have a dramatic impact on Putin’s fortunes.
Meanwhile, in July 2014, the United Kingdom reinstated a legal inquiry into the November 2006 polonium poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian state security officer who had become a UK citizen.
Finally, while Russia has established de facto control of Crimea, it is likely to find itself increasingly embroiled in legal challenges to its presence there.
No credible government or international organization accepts Russia’s description of the annexation as a legal democratic act by the Crimean people.
Russia is certain to find itself mired in years of legal battles in venues like the ECHR and the International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes.
These endless legal challenges will scare off investment in Crimea, requiring Russia to subsidize its occupation for years to come.
In addition to its exposure to liability for damage caused during the conflict in Ukraine, Russia faces legal penalties totaling roughly 4% of its GDP – roughly what it spends on education.
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