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Kibbie Simmons Ruth, Karen A. McClintock - Healthy Disclosure

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Kibbie Simmons Ruth, Karen A. McClintock

Healthy Disclosure

2007

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9 A Decision-Making Process S. 159-184

„… A Decision-Making Process Chapter A Decision-Making ProcessEvery congregation faces decisions about …” „… process of making decisions results in information management that creates a stronger faith community …” „… . This chapter’s four-step process works for making all sorts of decisions. Leaders need to (1) assess …”

Introduction S. 1-6

„… , values, and governance. These issues are addressed in chapter 8. A more specific decision-making process …” „… knowledgeable in their decision making about communication. In chapter 5 we clarify the levels of information …” „… a technical process and, even more important, a spiritual undertaking. Most of these decisions boil …”

8 Leaders “In the Know” S. 149-158

„… any decision pro-cess. In congregations, individuals gather, each bringing his or her own history …” „… before making decisions, the better those decisions will be. Father Joseph wanted to immediately send …” „… message? Personal issues affect the clarity of leaders’ discernment and de-cision making. Addressing any …”

1 Why Do We Talk Too Much or Talk Too Little? S. 7-30

„… not the same as consensus building or a process of collective decision making. In groupthink people …” „… revealed. Decisions about which is which cannot be made casually. Like other professionals, clergy must …” „… decisions that can create health or disease within congrega-tions. What we say to and about each other can …”

2 Concealing Information S. 31-56

„… , underlying distortions of power and control, anxiety about decision making, rigid in-group and out-group …” „… voice or vote in decision making about the mission, personnel, and budget of the parish. While First …” „… making disclosure decisions, clergy should consider what direct bearing their information has on …”

Preface

„… Access to Information 113 7 Legal Issues 127 8 Leaders “In the Know” 149 9 A Decision-Making Process 159 …” „… have time (or interest) to study the denomination’s standards for management and decision making or the …” „… and its processes or satisfying me that justice was being done. Secrets, respect for privacy …”

12 Speaking the Truth in Love S. 229-238

„… problems by making decisions without listening to various opinions and controlling others by keeping …” „… building itself stood high above town, its granite block exterior making it a fortress as well as a center …” „… make reasonable decisions at a congregational meeting. The informal, and sometimes unhelpful, nature of …”

7 Legal Issues S. 127-148

„… sue anyone else for anything at any time.” If your congregation is having difficulty making decisions …” „… is confusing; therefore, for prudent decision making, leaders must understand the most up-to-date …” „… in a congregation, state and federal laws and denominational guidelines may both apply, making …”

11 Special Circumstances S. 205-228

„… history-telling process began with the first pioneer pas-tor and the first building. Miguel encouraged them to dig …” „… the congregation, those leaders make decisions without full knowledge of relevant data, and their …” „… competency; they might be unduly influenced in their decisions and vote in alliance with a major donor; or …”

Notes S. 243-252

„… Notes NotesChapter 1. Kibbie Simmons Ruth, “A Decision-Making Process for Managing Sensitive …” „… , 1998), 4.Chapter 1. Edwin H. Friedman, Generation to Generation: Family Process in Church and …” „… ). Impartial legal decisions are particularly difficult when Healthy Disclosurea case involves a faith group …”

5 Levels of Information Disclosure S. 93-112

„… sensitive information and to maximize the overall well-being of the congregation, the decision to increase …” „… more people, the process cannot be reversed. Valerie, a daughter of a charismatic priest, felt called …” „… . Categorizing information into levels does not necessarily make decisions about its management easier. The more …”

10 Correcting Poor Communication S. 185-204

„… be processed. More transparency in the process reduces anxiety and increases the likelihood of …” „… participation. Those who are uncomfortable with the evaluation process can carry their concerns directly to …” „… forward with the truth. Anonymous others cannot and should not be considered when making leadership …”

6 Appropriate Access to Information S. 113-126

„… the responsibility for making decisions about the activities, finances, and direction of their faith …” „… personnel and personal information when he became responsible for handling the church’s screening process …” „… expense budget, otherwise it cannot wisely make decisions about its future. Certain individuals have a …”

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Tor-Inge Harbo - Legitimising a European Constitution

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Legitimising a European Constitution

2007

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Decision-making process S. 78-87

„… 783.1. Decision-making process 3.1.1. Homo politicus (citoyens) and homo oeconomicus (bourgeois …” „… that everybody participated directly in the decision-making process. That would be, as I also noted in …” „… decision-making process based on two models of democracy in which these discrepancies are sought bridged. 813.1.2 …”

Introduction S. 77-78

„… 773. Decision-making process and mode (z-axis - how) IntroductionI have in the previous chapters …” „… called decision-making process, on the one hand, and decision-making mode, on the other. With …” „… decision-making process, I mean the bargaining, negotiations or deliberations in which the decision-making actors …”

Conclusion S. 98-100

„… ). When applying supermajorities (or consensus) in decision-making processes one must, as also noted above …” „… democratic model: decision-making process and mode. I have chosen to point out two approaches to …” „… decision-making processes: the liberal individualistic approach of bargaining and the deliberative collectivistic …”

Decision-making mode S. 87-98

„… the decision-making process in the previous part of this chapter, I will in the subsequent part focus …” „… supermajorities (or consensus) in decision-making processes one must, as also noted above, pay attention to the …” „… process and mode. I have chosen to point out two approaches to decision-making processes: the liberal …”

The cure (II): Majority rule instead of consensus (unanimity) S. 262-269

„… replacing the decision-making process of bargaining with that of deliberation, the decision-making process …” „… over the Act. We can, then, assume that as there is a connection between decision-making process …” „… will accept a decision only if the decision-making process is deemed legitimate and sanctions are …”

Conclusion S. 75-77

„… revolution). Through their participation in decision-making processes they are integrated into the societal …” „… and inefficient (more on this in the next chapter). 773. Decision-making process and mode (z-axis …” „… approach this problematic by focusing on what I have called decision-making process, on the one hand, and …”

The cure (I): Deliberation instead of bargaining S. 251-262

„… intergovernmentalism, is that supranational institutions do play an important role in the decision-making processes, a …” „… : Convention The two opposing decision-making processes and modes – the intergovernmentalist and the …” „… replacing the decision-making process of bargaining with that of deliberation, the decision-making process …”

Conclusion S. 246-247

„… which the European citizens are represented in the decision-making processes of the EU. 247 9 …” „… theories, in general, hangs on the judgement about what kind of negotiating process, or decision-making …” „… process has developed. One could even go further and hold that the decision-making process is the essence …”

The diagnosis: the joint-decision trap S. 248-251

„… Scharpf, in the rationality of the intergovernmental decision-making process. The prevailing …” „… , according to Scharpf, the rational choice “bargaining” decision-making process is clearly inferior to the …” „… “problem-solving” style, or argumentative decision-making process, as proposed by the deliberative democrats (see …”

Introduction S. 247-248

„… negotiating process, or decision-making process has developed. One could even go further and hold that the …” „… decision-making process is the essence of integration theories. The question is then: are decisions taken in the …” „… self-interest, or is the decision-making process a result of careful deliberation or argumentation impressed by …”

Conclusions S. 271-275

„… (chapter 3) refers to the decision-making process and mode, i.e. howshould decisions be made? Are the …” „… decision-making processes characterised by selfinterested actors seeking to aggregate their positions through a …” „… not have, or at most, only a weak notion of demos. Hence, the European decision-making process is …”

Institutional representation S. 223-238

„… participate and are represented in the EU decision-making processes. In section 1, I give an account of how …” „… section 2, follows an account of interest groups’ involvement in the decision-making processes and how …” „… complexity of the policy process with respect to the levels of decision-making, the number of actors and …”

Conclusion S. 269-270

„… , any link with the CAP. Conclusion In this chapter, I have discussed the decision-making process and …” „… the decision-making process of the comitology groups and also of the Constitutional Convention, when …” „… groups) by qualified majority in the Council. We can then conclude that the decision-making process of …”

Introduction S. 222-223

„… processes to sufficiently sizable political elite capable of making decisions. The third transformation of …” „… in the decision-making process in the EU? The member states’ executives, the European or national …” „… represented in the EU decision-making processes. In section 1, I give an account of how the citizens are …”

Critique of polyarchy: fin du circle? S. 64-75

„… channel it effectively into decision-making processes; it improves citizens’ inclusion in the policy …” „… gain unproportionately influence on the decision-making process. In addition, in the case the …” „… ? How much or little participation is required to make the decision-making process compatible with the …”

Introduction S. 15-20

„… second, the democratisation of the EU, in the meaning of more transparent decision-making processes and …” „… participation in the democratic decision-making process, i.e. who should participate in the decision-making …” „… ). Procedures, i.e. democratic decision-making procedures, in addition to problem-solving capacity, are, thus …”

Introduction S. 52-53

„… in the decision-making processes of the Greek city state of Athens, the transformation of the idea of …” „… democracy) only indirectly takes part in the decision-making process by way of choosing those who make …” „… : who should participate in the decision-making process? The y-axis runs 53between participatory …”

Conclusion S. 221-222

„… the political processes to sufficiently sizable political elite capable of making decisions. The third …” „… in the decision-making process in the EU? The member states’ executives, the European or national …” „… efficient decision-making led in the “second transformation” of democracy to the introduction of the concept …”

Direct democracy S. 243-246

„… decision-making process in which a plurality of actors - institutional (local, regional and national governments …” „… the decision-making processes of the EU. …” „… today. Abromeit proposes a decision-making structure combining the regional and the sectoral dimension …”

Conclusion S. 50-52

„… directly together with their fellow citizens in the decision-making processes of the Greek city state of …” „… account of a transnational democratic model: who should participate in the decision-making process? The …” „… individual (except for when practising direct democracy) only indirectly takes part in the decision-making …”

Interest group representation S. 238-243

„… more or less derivative ways, play in the decision-making processes of the EU. However, as one can …” „… , then, in the EU is a decision-making process in which a plurality of actors - institutional (local …” „… ’ control of the Council members, but this has been weak due to intransparent decision-making proce-239 …”

Representative democracy S. 55-64

„… that representation implies making the absent electorate present in the decision-making process. If the …” „… electorates, it would also be difficult to engage in political decision-making, which would necessarily …” „… representatives had the intellectual capacity to participate in free political deliberation and decision-making …”

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis S. 2-12

„… Conclusion 75 83. Decision-making process and mode (z-axis - how) 77Introduction 77 3.1 …” „… . Decision-making process 783.1.1. Homo politicus (citoyens) and homo oeconomicus (bourgeois …” „… . Decision-making mode 873.2.1. Majority rule 873.2.1.1. Relative majority rule – minority rule …”

A European demos? S. 181-190

„… devices through which individuals can participate in the process of political decision-making without …” „… political decision-making” (ibid. 424). What is needed in order to facilitate this “philosophical pattern …” „… approach from the governor. Furthermore, with regard to the z-axis – decision-making one would assume that …”

Self-rule and shared-rule (federalism in practice) S. 107-117

„… multitude of actors playing on a vast number and variety of decision-making stages. Sovereignty in pluralist …” „… ” and “joint decision-making”, but also favours the emergence of a policy-making system, in which …” „… federal decision-making and rely on alternative forms of interest intermediation, such as the party system …”

Retrenchment vs. intervention S. 202-221

„… other reasons, for example the decision-making process laid down in the constitutional structure of the …” „… (joint-decision trap, see chapter 9), making it, in the words of The Economist, the: “single most idiotic system …” „… decision-making, measures needed to fulfil the requirements of the single market were to be taken by qualified …”

A legal document for the EU S. 152-164

„… and a transnational law-making process. In doing so, they transferred portions of their sovereignty to …” „… process if it were able to lay its hands on it. The role of the Court in the constitution-making process …” „… rights in these areas. On the other hand, the decision-making concept of double majority (Art. I-25 CT …”

Reference List S. 276-290

„… Geburtstagskind“ in: Rheinischer Merkur, No. 19, 7. Mai Kirchner, Emil Joseph (1992) Decision Making in the …” „… (2000) “Cohesion and Structural Funds” in: Helen Wallace and William Wallace (eds.) Policy-Making in the …” „… , droit, politique, démocratie, Paris, p. 175 ff. Craig, Paul (1997) “Democracy and Rule-Making within the …”

Economic theory and European integration: between neo-liberals and socialists; sovereignists and federalists S. 196-202

„… transformed to the EU level. This has to do with the decision-making process. In the case decisions are to be …” „… peace-time, had so much power (Moravcsik 1994) (more on decision-making see chapter 9). However, as …” „… interventionist policy, the prerequisites and consequences of the respective policies, and in the process of doing …”

Treaty (subjects, making, revision, termination, arbitration) S. 131-134

„… discussion, since it is the object of this thesis’ examination. 5.1. Treaty (subjects, making, revision …” „… , and not individuals; that a treaty, at least as a main rule would have to be written; and that making …” „… popular assembly before it can enter into force. The ratification process is regulated by internal law. In …”

The EU: More than a confederation, less than a federal state S. 117-128

„… member states had embarked upon a process of integration, i.e.: “a process whereby a group of people …” „… in some sense be described as a community” (Pentland 1973: 23). Whether the integration process …” „… integration process. Whereas intergovernmentalists would appeal for a confederation type EU, the federalists …”

Individualism (liberty) or collectivism (equality) S. 25-38

„… , whose decision is accepted, do not ask themselves what they, as individuals, demand, but what the …” „… majority’s decision. The problem is, according to Rousseau, that the people are often so ignorant and selfish …” „… ). This means that the people do not necessarily take part in the law-making activities themselves, but …”

Introduction S. 130-131

„… product of a dialectic process between equal, but at the same time in many respects (ethnic, culture …” „… legal competencies (Kompetenz-Kompetenz). Most constitutions prescribe a complex revision process …” „… including decision by a supermajority, but it does not necessarily have to be this way. The British …”

Intervention or retrenchment S. 38-50

„… the will to reform, have so complicated decision-making procedures (cooperative federalism and heavy …” „… the economic sphere, making the classical liberal cherished Smithean “invisible hand” more visible. A …” „… with a “dogmatic laissez faire”.“The liberal argument is in favour of making the best possible use of …”

Volk - Nation - People S. 167-181

„… to involve the individuals of the ruling class in the decision-making process. Herder’s as well as …” „… laid on the decision-making process per se, but rather on the theoretical, philosophical, and in the …” „… the latter had not and were not foreseen as taking part in the political processes. Nation and people …”

Unity in diversity (federalism in theory) S. 104-107

„… decision-making stages. Sovereignty in pluralist democracy is not absolute, centralised and indivisible, but …” „… integration process is by many viewed as a process towards a European federal state (Boerzel/Risse 2000). But …” „… a federal state is, as I noted above, not the only possible outcome of a process of federalisation …”

Constitution S. 134-150

„… is subsequently subject to a constitutionalisation process: “Sous ce profil, l’acte institutif d’une …” „… the act of the constitution-making power (pouvoir constituant) barbarianism is defeated and civilised …” „… , was, then, according to Rousseau and Sieyès, not to take part in the law-making activities themselves …”

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Nino Landerer - Mass Media and Political Decision-Making

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Mass Media and Political Decision-Making

Series: Politik und Demokratie in den kleineren Ländern Europas | Politics and Governance in the Smaller European Democracies

Volume 11 2015

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Describing the Cases: Three Legislative Decision-Making Processes S. 161-194

„… processes.In each of the three decision-making processes, the topic is introducedwith a short introduction into …” „… Describing the Cases: Three Legislative Decision-MakingProcessesIn this chapter, the three selected …” „… decision-making processes are describedin detail. The three processes are the Too Big to Fail Banking …”

Research Design: Analyzing the Mediatization of Political Decision-Making S. 79-114

„… ofpolitical actors in political decision-making processes.In order to allow for variation both in the media …” „… cover decisionmaking processes? And how do political actors decision-making adapttheir decision-making …” „… activities. This is especially salientin legislative decision-making processes, where parliamentary …”

Operationalizing the Mediatization of Political Decision-Making S. 115-160

„… summarized again in Section 4.4.Case SelectionThe Cases: Legislative Decision-Making ProcessesThis study …” „… three specific decision-making processes,the diversity of issues is investigated only within these three …” „… decision-making processes. The concepts presented in Chapter 2 are operationalized into specific dimensions and …”

Mediatization of Parliamentary Actors’ Strategies and Perceptions S. 241-276

„… Decision-Making ProcessesIn addition to the difference in relative levels of audience orientation between …” „… ’ Strategies and Perceptions250Table 7.7: Audience orientation in three decision-making processesAudience …” „… for the other dimensions between the three decision-making processes.The finding that MPs were most …”

Discussion and Conclusion S. 277-298

„… as decision-making processes,political actors, issues, or institutional phases) within one dataset …” „… Contextualizing the Three Decision-Making ProcessesTo what extent does the mediatization of political decision-making …” „… Decision-Making ProcessesUnder which conditions may we expect mediatization to take place inmore general terms …”

Mediatization of Press Coverage S. 195-240

„… three decision-making processes.More interesting is the fact that Personalization and Tabloidization …” „… the center-rightparties in all three analyzed decision-making processes.Table 6.12: Coverage of party …” „… importance of aparticular phase for the outcome of the decision-making process. Combined, these dimensions …”

Introduction: Politics and Mass Media S. 19-28

„… increasing mediatization of politics have for thequality of democratic decision-making processes?In …” „… consequences these differentgoals may have for the quality of democratic decision-making processes.What this …” „… decision-making processes of the Swiss parliament.Most importantly, flooded with light and offering an impressive …”

Mediatization of Politics: Literature, Concepts, and Context S. 29-78

„… prominent in normal political decision-making processes:As a consequence [of the commercialization of the …” „… society.The question of how the mass media report on the activities and political decision-making processes is …” „… political decision-making processes. However, how politicalactors may adapt and why this should represent a …”

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis S. 1-18

„… , Mediatization and Policy Decision-Making Processes2.2.3.53Context: The Political and the Media Systems in …” „… Switzerland2.3. 61The Swiss Political System: Decision-Making Structuresand Processes2.3.1.62The Media System …” „… theDecision-Making Process3.2.4.99Expectations for Political Actors’ Strategies and Perceptions3.3. 102Expectations …”

Bibliography S. 299-314

„… .). The Mediatization of the 11 Most Important Decision-Making Processes. In P. Sciarini (Ed.), Still a …” „… Consensus Democracy ? Decision-making Processes and Structures in Switzerland.Fischer, M., & Sciarini, P …” „… ). The Europeanization of Decision-Making Processes in Switzerland: Power Configuration Among State and …”

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Luca Schicho - State Entities in International Investment Law

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State Entities in International Investment Law

Series: Studien zum Internationalen Investitionsrecht

Volume 4 2012

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Lack of transparency in internal decision making process S. 68

„… in internal decision making process Apart from cases of external political influence, difficulties …” „… , there is a strong underlying “political logic” influencing their internal decision-making process. This …” „… decision-makers to be inclined to appoint a person whose qualities they have personally witnessed and who they …”

Intervention with de facto binding instructions: Lemire v. Ukraine S. 214-217

„… detailed analysis of an incident of intervention in a decision-making process and as such provides valuable …” „… the independent and impartial decision-making process of the National Council”. This would be the case …” „… , by the President, to influence the decision-making process.1052 This impression was further confirmed …”

Political influence S. 62-68

„… decision-making process as such is neither a unique feature of State entities nor of particular concern: For …” „… . Lack of transparency in internal decision making process Apart from cases of external political …” „… decision-making process. This is particularly aggravated by the circumstance that in recent years, State …”

Influence based on public law S. 197-205

„… considers it sufficient that the State was involved in the decision-making process and would have been able …” „… to exercise influence over the State entity by influencing the selection of its main decision-making …” „… decision-making bodies, such as the Board of Directors. The approval requirement could consist, for example, in a …”

Reluctance to commit to clear objectives S. 68-69

„… in internal decision making process Apart from cases of external political influence, difficulties …” „… , there is a strong underlying “political logic” influencing their internal decision-making process. This …” „… decision-makers to be inclined to appoint a person whose qualities they have personally witnessed and who they …”

Distinguishing from other entities S. 60-62

„… influence The most frequent concern about State entities is that their decision-making process may be …” „… particularly likely that its conduct can be attributed to a State, and thereby making State entities a subject …” „… certain decisions in the shareholder’s assembly. However, special relationships can also exist in more …”

Application of the concept of overall assessment S. 108-116

„… of all members of decision-making bodies in the corporation by either the Cabinet of Ministers or the …” „… decision-making authority or power to bind the State”.517 The Tribunal took into account the composition of the …” „… Working Group, the organization of its meetings, its internal decision-making procedure and the practice …”

Influence based on State ownership S. 205-209

„… State entities with only one decision-making body which can be influenced directly. An important factor …” „… decision-making body which will usually result from ownership. In Salini v. Morocco, the Tribunal had to determine …” „… selection and operation of the decision-making body, was consistently required. C. State ownership in …”

Art. 4 in the process of establishing attribution S. 116-117

„… decision on the attribution of conduct of an entity. It has been fittingly described, for this reason, as …” „… the “first pillar” of attribution under the ILC ASR.528 A. Art. 4 in the process of establishing …” „… confers on it rights and functions making it an integral or organic part of the organization of the State …”

Exercising elements of governmental authority S. 127-143

„… least “helps to identify a genus which involves binding decision-making”, for which a strong argument …” „… acts and decisions of Canada Post concerning its own use of its infrastructure for its non monopoly …” „… services were not made in the exercise of elements of governmental authority.588 Based on this decision …”

Table of Contents S. 9-12

„… influence 67 B. Lack of transparency in internal decision making process 68 C. Reluctance to commit to …” „… entities in arbitral decisions 48 1) State entities 49 2) Government, governmental or public entities 51 3 …” „… ) State entities in French arbitral decisions 54 4) Conclusions 55 F. State entities in scholarly writings …”

Determining attribution under the ILC ASR S. 28-31

„… the ILC and applied in numerous decisions, namely, as a process in which it has to be proven that a …” „… and reach, in the end, a comprehensive and unambiguous decision on attribution. Adopting the structure …” „… tribunals. This makes sure that the process of determining attribution will be understood as envisaged by …”

Intervention with de iure binding instructions: EDF v. Romania S. 212-214

„… detailed analysis of an incident of intervention in a decision-making process and as such provides valuable …” „… taken into account that the negative decision on jurisdiction made it easier for the Tribunal to venture …” „… concrete decisions. The respondent State maintained that the mandates were not binding and mere formal …”

Control S. 159-189

„… numerous arguments why the Republica Srpska and its paramilitary formations had a decision-making process …” „… decision-making power was located, that is, where the “effective centre of decisions” (“le centre effectif des …” „… International Court of Justice’s Decision in Bosnia v. Serbia”, 21 LJIL 601, 616 (2008); Jones …”

Acting in that capacity – exercising that authority S. 143-145

„… , they would result in the same final decision, but enable the Tribunal to address the aspect of the case …” „… injured party at the relevant time.674 Accordingly, the Tribunal distinguished the process of establishing …” „… . 677 Jan de Nul v. Egypt, Award, 6 November 2008, paras. 169-171. 678 Making reference to the …”

A lex specialis of lower thresholds S. 193-196

„… negotiating process, on a traditional State-centred definition under Art. 1.952 The Commentaries conclude that …” „… reporting requirements, making evidence concerning the degree of ownership in a specific entity easily …” „… usually mean proving that the decision to commit a certain act had been taken autonomously by the entity …”

Acting in official capacity S. 94-102

„… for such an instances see the problematic decision in Yeager v. Islamic Republic of Iran, Award, 2 …” „… Rules of Attribution? The International Court of Justice’s Decision in Bosnia v. Serbia”, 21 LJIL 601 …” „… Developments Regarding the Rules of Attribution? The International Court of Justice’s Decision in Bosnia v …”

Art. 9 – Conduct carried out in absence or default of official authorities S. 221-223

„… committed, a government and the official authorities still exist (even though they might be in the process …” „… problem received in the aftermath of the ICJ’s decision in the Tehran Hostages Case. There, the occupation …” „… retroactively, making a State responsible for prior conduct by private parties in the moment it acknowledges and …”

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Marcus Peter - Multilateral Rules on Cross-Border Investment and the World Trade Organisation

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Multilateral Rules on Cross-Border Investment and the World Trade Organisation

Series: Saarbrücker Studien zum Internationalen Recht

Volume 42 2009

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Single Undertaking Approach / Flexible Decision-Making Process / Binding Obligations S. 135-139

„… other international organisations.V. Single Undertaking Approach / Flexible Decision-Making Process …” „… decision-making procedures to ensure coherence of WTO rules among all Member States. It further supports the …” „… the WTO agreements demand certain majority requirements and not necessarily consensus decision-making …”

United Nations S. 146-148

„… negotiating and hosting the Agreement.First, the United Nations bodies’ decision-making process does not …” „… in the position to ensure this. Instead, the WTO decision-making process will have the effect that …” „… multilateral investment rules, (ii) broad mandate, (ii) charter structure, (iv) consensus decision-making, (v …”

Charter Structure / Transparency / Development Aspects S. 133-135

„… obligation to include non-governmental organisations in the negotiating or decision-making processes …” „… the decision-making process within the WTO.857 848 Charnovitz (FILJ) 9 et seqq.849 Read 385.850 …” „… international organisations.V. Single Undertaking Approach / Flexible Decision-Making Process / Binding …”

Trade-Type Approach S. 145-146

„… foreign direct investment process. However, the WTO decision-making through the national legislation of …” „… negotiating and hosting the Agreement.First, the United Nations bodies’ decision-making process does not …” „… multilateral investment rules, (ii) broad mandate, (ii) charter structure, (iv) consensus decision-making, (v …”

Evaluation of Arguments S. 146

„… negotiating and hosting the Agreement.First, the United Nations bodies’ decision-making process does not …” „… multilateral investment rules, (ii) broad mandate, (ii) charter structure, (iv) consensus decision-making, (v …” „… recognise the principle of consensus decision-making, but rather uses majority voting mechanisms as …”

States as Negotiating Partners S. 132-133

„… the negotiating or decision-making processes. Non-governmental organisations may be helpful for …” „… Secretariat has no formally defined role or independent powers in the decision-making process within the WTO …” „… the authority to take decisions on all matters under any of the WTO trade agreements. The General …”

Balanced Agreement / Legitimacy / Credibility of the WTO S. 140-144

„… by consensus decision-making in a meeting of a Ministerial Conference. The representatives of Member …” „… Ministerial Conference deciding by consensus decision-making to create new trade agreements or trade-related …” „… investment if the investment process is greatly liberalised and the investment is sufficiently protected.899 …”

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis S. 2-8

„… / Flexible Decision-Making Process / Binding Obligations 1351. Single Undertaking Approach 1352 …” „… . Decision-Making Procedure 1363. Binding Obligations 139VI. DSU 139VII. Balanced Agreement / Legitimacy …”

No Direct Obligations on Entities S. 144-145

„… the foreign direct investment process. However, the WTO decision-making through the national …” „… participation of third parties (entities, non-governmental organisations) in the final decision-taking, the …”

Bibliography S. 153-165

„… . (hereinafter Gaisford)Georgiev, D. »The Decision-Making Process in the WTO,« in: Essays on the Future of the …” „… a Multilateral Agreement on Investment: an Assessment of the Negotiation Process in the OECD …” „… Law, volume 20 (1986), 68-82. (hereinafter Sornarajah)Steinberg, R. H., »Judicial Law-Making at the …”

Introduction to Different Investment Activities S. 19-35

„… interest groups participating in the investment process. Only if the term investment is clearly defined …” „… Pre-establishment investment issues comprise all activities undertaken by the investor in distributing or making the …” „… ), »Decision of the tribunal on objections to jurisdiction in the case SGS Société Générale de Surveillance S.A …”

Expropriation and Compensation S. 65-67

„… willingness to conduct foreign investments.The problem of defining388 the process and scope of expropriation …” „… others because profit making would be valued higher than environmental measures undertaken by host …” „… the following decision of the European Court of Justice: European Court of Justice, »Banque Bruxelles …”

Additional Arguments S. 83-100

„… democratic decision-making chain from the citizen to the government body or person negotiating and signing …” „… negotiated in a global political and rule-making forum would serve more helpful to negotiate best conditions …” „… decision. Investors who cannot be sure that their investment and its return will be treated according to …”

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