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Beijing Law Review (BLR) is an international refereed journal dedicated to the latest advancements in law. The goal of this journal is to keep a record of the state-of-the-art research and promote the research work in law and related disciplines. All the manuscripts must be prepared in English and are subject to a rig…
Andualem Nega Ferede
Justice is set in motion following the commission and report of an offence to the police targeting to initiation of crime investigation (CPC, 1961). Ethiopian laws do not locate when the investigation shall start. Though laws are silent, police officers may s…
Cisse Amed Daouda, Zakaria Dit Zan Sangare, Kone Dounamba
Foreign investment is of great importance in the development of a country. Their participation in the economic, social, cultural and political development of a nation is undeniable. It is with this in mind that developing countries have opened their economies…
Gilbert Gagné
For a trading nation such as Canada, access to foreign markets has long been a key concern. In 2012, the Canadian government concluded a bilateral investment treaty (BIT) with China, so as to better protect Canada’s investments in this big expanding market. C…
Sandra Cassotta, Roman Sidortsov, Christer Pursiainen, Michael Evan Goodsite, 1 1, 1 1, 1 1, 1 1, 1 1
Business opportunities in the European High North (EHN) are accompanied by the danger of cyber-threats, especially to critical infrastructures which in these Arctic regions become “extra critical” because of the harsh environmental climatic conditions and rem…
Victor Oluwasina Ayeni
This article examines and summarizes the normative and institutional mechanisms within the African human rights system. The article identifies some of the challenges facing the young human rights system in Africa such as lack of proper coordination, avoidable…
Timothy S. McNamara
Given the pre-existing political constraints and the inadequacy of legal tools, some risks, such as inflation, are difficult for the BIT to insure against. Other risks, such as those stemming from changing demographics, may be even less understood or are diff…
Tafsir Malick Ndiaye
We must note that it is through the principle of inter-State sharing that the law of the sea was instituted, making individual interests eventually laid to rest. That is to say, individuals are deprived of locus Standi because only on behalf of States can a m…
Seid Demeke Mekonnen
The current investment trends in Ethiopia indicate that the private sector is not willing to invest in remote areas. This is due to the fact that the central objective of the private companies is profit maximization in any business activity. Hence, anticipati…
Dongming Jia, Zuzhen Jiang, Yang Zhang, Jing Wang, Yufei Zhou, Liji Ma, Song Guo
Aim: To review the recent progress of drug rehabilitation in China’s judicial administration department and put forward suggestions. Method: We introduced general objective for rehabilitation work, the composition and operation of the unified “451 mode” in th…
Temesgen Sisay Beyene
After the downfall of the Socialist and military Siad Barre regime in Somalia, Somaliland took an immediate action of independent declaration of statehood from its failed “parental state”, Somalia. It has been almost twenty five years since Somaliland declare…
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Beijing Law Review (BLR) is an international refereed journal dedicated to the latest advancements in law. The goal of this journal is to keep a record of the state-of-the-art research and promote the research work in law and related disciplines. All the manuscripts must be prepared in English and are subject to a rig… All articles are open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence, with authors retaining copyright.
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