林宜亭:The European Integration and the Euro Crisis

Christine I. Lin

The Euro Crisis shocked the world in 2009 after the 2007 global subprime mortgage crisis, but the Euro Crisis seem to be even more severe with its outcome and complicated with its roots out of the single market and common monetary policy of the Eurozone.  The article aims on analysing the main causes of the Euro crisis and the solution to it; in addition, it provides an alternative insight to the solution via the judicial channel of the European Union.

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羅勝軒:美國控訴中國大陸對外國銀行電子支付服務貿易設限案(DS413)WTO爭端解決小組報告簡析

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羅勝軒*
東吳大學法學院法律學系研究所國際法組碩士
經濟部經貿談判代表辦公室約聘助理秘書

一、     本案當事方:

原告方-美國

被告方-中國大陸

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蔡沛倫:The Olympic Games and Human Rights

Pei-Lun Tsai
Ph.D. student, School of Law,
University of Nottingham

Sports and human rights, two concepts that seem to have little relevance, are in fact closely linked against the backdrop of the Olympic Movement.  The respect for human rights is embedded in the Olympic Charter and past practice has seen occasional use of the Olympic Games as a vehicle for changes and reform in the field of human rights in host and participating countries.  A recent example saw the International Olympic Committee (IOC) engaged in talks with Saudi Arabia before the commencement of the 2012 London Olympics, urging the country to allow female athletes to compete at the Games.  The contribution below reflects on the relation between the Olympics and human rights with reference to a number of notable examples in this regard.

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