A Legal Analysis of the Belt and Road Initiative

What does the Belt and Road Initiative mean for the existing multilateral organisations? What can it represent for the future of the European Union in the long run? What is the role of hard and soft law in the functioning of the Initiative? What does it represent from a legal theory perspective? This book aspires to contribute to the international debate by gathering scholars with different backgrounds (legal theorists, public international lawyers, comparative lawyers) in a way that they can offer their inputs and observations concerning the Belt and Road Initiative.

Aspires to contribute to the international debate by gathering scholars with different backgrounds Answers the question what is the role of hard and soft law in the functioning of the Initiative Analyzes legally the Belt and Road Initiative

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Giuseppe Martinico is Associate Professor of Comparative Public Law at the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa, Italy. His research interests cover both comparative and European law, both in which he is extensively published.
Xueyan WU is Associate Professor at the Law School of Chongqing University, China, and an Affiliate Professor at the Dirpolis Institute of Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Pisa, Italy. She is the Executive Director of the International Law Research Centre on "Belt and Road" at Chongqing University. Her research area includes international economic law, international environmental law and comparative law.

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1. The Belt and Road Initiative: A Legal Analysis. An Introduction.- 2. Is the Belt & Road Initiative the Chinese Vision of Global Governance?.- 3. Two Conceptions of Global Order.- 4. International settlement of Trade and Investment disputes over 'Chinese Silk Road' projects inside the European Union.- 5. The Construction of the Rule of Law of OBOR through Implementation of TFA.- 6. Rule of Law Gaps and the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative: Legal Certainty for International Businesses?.- 7. Comparative Law Reflections on the Use of Soft Law in the Belt and Road Initiative.- 8. The Importance of International Water Law to the Successful Implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative: Evidence from Central Asia.- 9. On China's Strategy in Belt & Road International Intellectual Property Cooperation.- 10. China's Political Risk Insurance for Outward FDI within the Context of One Belt One Road Initiative.- 11. An Analysis of the Legal Issues of China's Overseas Investment in the Contextof the Belt and Road Initiative.- 12. Marching to an International Law Powerhouse through Cities: An Ideational Reflection on China's Belt and Road Initiative.- 13. Construction of the International Commercial Mediation Mechanism under BRI: A Comparative Study Perspective.