Bibliographie sélective OHADA

This study investigates the impact and importance of the legal regulation of trade union recognition and associated challenges in South Africa. It evaluates the current regulation of trade union recognition, including legislation and judicial attitudes apparent from the interpretation, application, and enforcement of such legislation, to ascertain its continued appropriateness in the current South African industrial relations environment. The study considers the policy choices of both voluntarism and majoritarianism underlying the Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995 (“LRA”) and the “workplace” constituency to which it applies as factors that might be contributing to challenges experienced in the current regulation of collective bargaining in South Africa. It evaluates the current model of trade union recognition and representativeness as it applies to the acquisition by trade unions of organisational rights, collective bargaining rights and trade union recognition for purposes of retrenchment consultation. It recognises that the specific model chosen to regulate the representative status of trade unions has a significant effect on the ability of trade unions to organise and conclude collective agreements and, as such, on the distributive effects of such agreements in the labour market and broader society. The study commences with an historical overview of the regulation of trade union recognition under the 1956 LRA and thereafter considers the 1995 LRA as a product of criticism against the 1956 LRA. Specific issues considered, largely based on the analysis of the relevant decisions by the Constitutional Court, include the following: the impact of Constitutional Court jurisprudence relating to trade union recognition on the process of collective bargaining and on the legal regulation of the right to strike; the role of representativeness and its link with the workplace as the constituency for recognition and acquisition of organisational rights; the often winner-takes-all effect of the current model on collective bargaining as a major cause of labour unrest; the reactive role the legislature has played over the past, almost three decades to address challenges; the extent to which intervention should take place to safeguard the institution of collective bargaining from being undermined as well as the regulation of collective agreements as the product of collective bargaining and as the primary source of terms and conditions of employment. The comparative review of Canadian law focuses on a number of issues selected specifically for their potential to provide insights into how the weaknesses in South African regulation may be remedied. This includes insights into the accommodation of special or significant minority interests and how to address recognition in the context of multi-location employers. The thesis concludes with remarks on the insights gained from the Canadian model and the 1956 LRA. Where appropriate, suggestions are made on the way forward for South Africa as to the appropriate regulation of trade union recognition and representativeness.

This thesis investigates the relationship between cross-country mandatory environmental, social and governance (ESG) regulations and firm-level outcomes, such as ESG performance, corporate finance, and investment, for both developing and developed countries. ESG performance is initially examined to determine whether mandatory ESG regulations affect it and to what extent. Second, the study investigates the impact of mandatory ESG on corporate finance and investment. Lastly, the study explores whether mandatory ESG regulations affect firm-level outcomes based on countries' governance and economic systems, and industries. The study uses a large sample of 69,010 firm-years across 73 countries, over the period 2005 – 2020 to address the foregoing issues. In addressing the impact of mandatory ESG regulations on ESG performance, the study employs a difference-in-differences (DiD) design. The DiD technique can isolate the effect of regulatory shocks to firm-level outcomes. According to the DiD analysis conducted, cross-country mandatory ESG improves firm-level ESG performance in developed countries, but not in developing countries. The study also concludes that mandatory ESG regulations have a positive impact only on ESG components in developed countries and have a more dominant impact on environmental (E) component. The findings are robust to a range of checks and test cases, including a triple DiD design set-up and propensity score-matched sample. The study employs an investment Euler equation framework and generalised method of moments (GMM) estimators to explore how mandatory ESG impacts corporate finance and investment. Euler frameworks account for the dynamic nature of investment, whereas GMMs account for endogenous dynamics in dynamic models. The study demonstrates that mandatory ESG increases corporate investment by increasing firms' access to external funds. The findings are robust to a battery of tests, including a triple DiD design set-up, propensity score-matched sample and the parallel trends assumption. Using an investment Euler equation framework and the GMM estimators, the study explores whether the impact of mandatory ESG on corporate finance and investment is dependent on a country's governance and economic system. When mandatory ESG is affected by country factors such as governance systems and economic well-being, the effect of mandatory ESG on investment via internal finance channel persists, according to the study. However, while consistent results are found in developed countries, inconsistent results are found in developing countries. According to the study, oil, gas, and mining firms are likely to respond effectively to mandatory ESG regulations because of increased scrutiny and pressure. Overall, the findings from the study imply that cross-country mandatory ESG has had a positive impact on corporate ESG performance, finance, and investment. For firms located in developed countries, these findings hold consistently, while for those located in developing countries, the opposite holds true. Also, the study reveals that firms in the oil, gas, and mining industries effectively respond to regulatory requirements. As a result, this study provides policy makers and accountants with an understanding of how mandatory ESG impacts firm ESG activities and performance, which is crucial for regulatory reforms.

State-owned enterprises (SOEs) have recently gained prominence in global markets and feature among the world’s most influential enterprises. The aim of this research project is to analyse the international norms in force regulating whether SOEs are considered state or non- state actors, and their conduct state or non-state conduct, the interpretation and application of these norms by adjudicators in different international regimes, and to provide alternative prisms through which these rules and decisions can be assessed and re-thought by political actors. I show that, in relation to SOEs, the concepts ‘state and ‘act of state’ have been ascribed diverse meanings by adjudicators and other international actors, who have employed legal standards with divergent wording and thresholds when dealing with similar questions. I argue that the fragmented meaning of these terms should be understood, in part, as a result of the inherent malleability of these terms and the different expert vocabularies employed across regimes. It is exhibited that adjudicators in the international trade and investment regimes are more inclined towards piercing the corporate veil of SOEs, potentially evidencing the existence of biases against SOEs, which are perceived as inherently economically inefficient and politically motivated actors in an indiscriminatory manner. In the last chapter, I introduce alternative lines of thought regarding the regulation of SOEs in international law. I suggest that, instead of engaging in theoretical discussions on the proper delineation between the public and the private sector, it is more useful to focus on the distributional impact of international rules on various actors, especially on developing and emerging economies where the presence of SOEs is very high. Such alternative prisms of analysis open paths for future research and practice, with the goal of designing an international economic order that incentivises institutional experimentation in the pursuit of economic development and distributional equity.

La place de l'arbitrage en droit de l'investissement est discutée. Les réfutations à son encontre grandissent. De nombreuses problématiques édulcorent la définition même de la notion d'investissement. Les controverses doctrinales restent toujours nombreuses et débattues à ce sujet. De même, des doctrines s'affrontent sur la question de savoir s'il faut ou non élaborer un corps de règles cohérentes pour des sentences arbitrales homogènes. L'opposition à l'arbitrage dans le droit de l'investissement se retrouve aussi dans les problématiques liées à l'exequatur des sentences arbitrales liées à l'arbitrage d'investissement dans l'Union européenne. Un manque de soutien apparent au développement de l'arbitrage dans l'Union européenne s'est installé, comme le démontre le récent traité CETA conclu entre l'Union européenne et le Canada. L'arbitrage d'investissement ferait courir le risque d'un recul de la souveraineté. En effet, du fait l'arbitrage d'investissement, les Etats seraient moins incités à légiférer sur des matières pouvant avoir un impact sur l'activité d'une entreprise étrangère, par crainte d'une procédure arbitrale. Un lien délicat apparait alors, entre souveraineté et arbitrage d'investissement. Plusieurs doctrines se sont longtemps affrontées, notamment celle élaborée par Calvo et Drago en Amérique Latine entre 1870 et 1900, proposant de réduire les droits des investisseurs étrangers, face à une doctrine opposée, celle militant pour un standard minimum international de protection des investisseurs étrangers. Or, une renaissance de ces débats apparaît aujourd'hui, avec une problématique liée à la souveraineté de plus en plus ancrée dans les débats liés à l'arbitrage d'investissement. Pourtant, l'arbitrage d'investissement doit être perçu comme une méthode permettant à des investisseurs de bénéficier d'un arbitre indépendant et permettant de « dépolitiser » les contentieux. Mais des Etats admettent de moins en moins que leurs lois établies démocratiquement pour l'intérêt général puissent être contestées par des investisseurs étrangers devant un tribunal arbitral. Des auteurs parlent de « chilling effect », par lequel des Etats n'osent plus légiférer, par crainte de contentieux ultérieurs. De plus en plus d'Etats refusent que leur droit soit remis en cause par des juges privés. Plusieurs questions se posent. Est-il toujours concevable de protéger davantage un investisseur étranger qu'un investisseur national ? Est-il légitime de privilégier des juges privés, plutôt que des juges nationaux pour trancher les litiges en matière d'investissement ? L'utilité de l'arbitrage peut être comprise, dans des pays où la justice étatique est dite « corrompue » ou « biaisée ». En pareille situation, un investisseur étranger est légitime à vouloir saisir un arbitre neutre et indépendant. Mais la légitimité d'avoir recours à l'arbitrage dans des pays développés bénéficiant d'une justice étatique indépendante pose plus de difficultés. Dès lors, faudrait-il limiter l'arbitrage d'investissement aux pays souffrant d'un déficit d'indépendance de justice étatique ? Et donc d'exclure ce mode de règlement des litiges en la matière dans l'Union européenne ? La « politisation » du débat est en pleine renaissance. L'arbitrage d'investissement est un domaine relativement jeune et il convient de se demander s'il s'agit là d'un mode de règlement des litiges adéquat et d'un mode adapté au commerce international en général ? Assistera-t-on prochainement ou assiste-t-on déjà à ce que des auteurs qualifient de « fin de cycle » ? Il s'agit de questions ancrées dans l'actualité, que ce soit en France ou ailleurs dans le monde.

Dans la conception traditionnelle de la diplomatie, l'action extérieure des États est cantonnée aux domaines politique, économique et culturel. Le droit est plus rarement pris en compte comme outil d'influence dans l'action extérieure des États.Or, le droit joue un rôle fondamental dans la diplomatie économique. En effet, un pays qui n'est pas capable de défendre son système juridique est un pays qui économiquement est en péril, car c'est un pays qui ne peut pas s'exporter.Si la France par exemple, ou d'autres pays, se mettent à la remorque de l'Alternative Dispute Resolution jusque dans leur propre droit interne, ces pays ne pourront plus exporter leur système juridique au risque de ne plus pouvoir exporter tout court. Ils risquent alors de perdre une partie essentielle et substantielle de leur capacité de projection sur la scène internationale.De même, lorsque la francophonie économique perd du terrain, c'est tout un pan de la diplomatie économique qui perd de sa force de frappe.Avec les clauses compromissoires et clauses de médiation inspirées des modèles anglo-saxons qui se répandent dans les contrats internationaux, comment les juridictions des pays francophones qui ont été calquées sur le système judicaire français pourront-elles continuent à exister ? Les arbitres anglo-saxons finiront-ils par imposer lentement mais sûrement la Common law ? Il y a là un enjeu de diplomatie économique énorme.Nous verrons comment défendre au mieux la francophonie économique et juridique en évitant que l'Alternative Dispute Resolution ne devienne le cheval de Troie du droit anglo-saxon, avec à terme, le risque que des systèmes nationaux disparaissent.Ce sont là des questions légitimes et très graves, et l'on peut comprendre qu'elles soient posées avec une certaine persistance.Avec l'élargissement continu du champ des relations internationales, le droit doit devenir l'objet d'une politique extérieure stratégique à part entière. C'est pourquoi nous plaidons pour la mise en place d'une diplomatie juridique française et formulons des recommandations ainsi qu'une stratégie d'influence juridique extérieure.En prenant la défense et en illustrant le droit continental et le droit français dans le droit global à travers les exemples de la médiation et de l'arbitrage international, nous espérons contribuer à l'ébauche d'une théorie de la diplomatie juridique et à ouvrir des pistes nouvelles de réflexion en matière d'influence internationale, en particulier d'influence juridique internationale.Nous espérons contribuer ainsi modestement mais utilement à la défense du droit français et du droit continental pour que la confrontation et la compétition des système juridiques n'aboutissent pas à la domination d'un système juridique sur un autre mais que cette compétition aille au contraire dans le sens d'un meilleur équilibre entre les systèmes juridiques, dans le sens du progrès et de l'amélioration du droit français et du droit continental, mais aussi - s'il se peut -dans le sens des progrès dans la défense des causes et des valeurs universelles.

Depuis 2014, l’article L. 113-12-1 du code des assurances impose à l’assureur de motuver la résiliation du contrat d’assurance qu’il prononce. Cette obligation de motivation faite suite à des obligations similaires qui avaient été déjà consacrées. L’objet du travail présdenté est de comprendre les ressorts de l’obligation de motivation imposée à l’assureur qui souhaite résilier le contrat, d’identifier ce que cette obligation dit de la perception contemporaine du contrat d’assurance et ce, afin d’en proposer un régime cohérent et adapté. Au-delà de la question technique, il s’agit aussi de mener une réflexion sur la place du risque dans notre société. La thèse ici défendu est que le contrat d’assurance est devenu un « contrat de nécessité », ce qui conduit à considérer que la motivation exigée de l’assureur doit reposer sur des motifs de nature à démontrer que l’assurance du risque de l’assuré est impossible. Le caractère nécessaire du contrat d’assurance justifie que l’assurance ne puisse être rompue que si elle est ou est devenue impossible.

L’accélération de la technologie numérique et le développement des services de cloud computing ont contribué à porter atteinte aux données. Par ce constat, le droit est intervenu et tente toujours d’apporter des solutions juridiques à ce besoin de protection des données numériques. L’intérêt de cette étude réside dans le constat que la technologie du cloud computing suscite des interrogations juridiques en ce qui concerne l’effectivité du droit et de la responsabilité des acteurs du cloud computing. Ces interrogations s’amplifient par l’effet de la mondialisation et du principe de libre circulation des données promu à l’échelle européenne. Dans ce contexte, la question est de savoir comment renforcer la protection des données dans les contrats de cloud computing ? La réflexion sur le renforcement de la protection des données est menée à partir d’un triptyque de protection attendue, la protection technologique, la protection légale et la protection contractuelle. Les travaux de recherches sont basés sur l’étude des mesures techniques de protection des données, du cadre légal (national, européen et étasunien) applicable à la protection des données et sur l’analyse des contrats de cloud computing. Cette étude a été réalisée en vue d’apporter des solutions aux lacunes légales et aux insuffisances technologiques pour protéger les données des personnes physiques et des personnes morales dans le cadre de l’exécution d’un contrat de cloud computing. Les solutions proposées reposent essentiellement sur l’adaptation du droit à la protection des données à caractère personnel des personnes physiques et du patrimoine informationnel des personnes morales, et l’ingénierie contractuelle

Les systèmes dits d’intelligence artificielle peuvent obtenir des produits dont on se demande s’ils sont éligibles au droit d’auteur. Face à cette question, le juriste intellectualiste ne peut se contenter d’un modèle grossier de son droit, ni se satisfaire d’une approximative revendication. Il est alors invité à considérer la production artificielle de manière réaliste, dans ses caractères sériels et divergents. Ceci éloigne la possibilité d’une appréciation erronée des faits : il n’y a pas, le plus souvent, un produit créé par un utilisateur de l’IA. La production artificielle, ce sont avant tout des surnuméraires, outputs obtenus incidemment en très grand nombre, traces numériques d’une ingénierie indirecte et hautement itérative. Pratiquer l’exercice de qualification au droit d’auteur sur le cas artificiel fait comprendre les raisons de l’impossible protection : les choix libres ne peuvent être qualifiants que des formes originales créées (les logiciels) … ils ne sauraient qualifier toute forme lointainement obtenue. Face à ce cas limite, les caractères de l’œuvre de l’esprit se révèlent dans la cohérence du droit positif : la conception réalisée, la disqualification du fait d’une trop grande contrainte technique, la précision et l’objectivité de l’identification et les autres conditions d’entrée au droit d’auteur, viennent souligner la détermination autoriale, la convergence créative et l’intelligibilité sociale comme le sous-texte pré-conditionnel de l’institution.

La protection juridique des associés minoritaires se justifie en droit des sociétés et en droit OHADA par l’absence directe de la gestion des sociétés commerciales par ces derniers. De ce fait, les deux ordres juridiques mettent en œuvre plusieurs mécanismes afin de protéger les intérêts des minoritaires. Ces mécanismes sont de plusieurs natures à savoir des règles juridiques favorisant un traitement égalitaire de tous les associés ou des droits exclusifs aux associés minoritaires favorisant un équilibre de pouvoirs dans la gestion de la société mais également la coexistence d’acteurs capables de réguler le bon fonctionnement de la société, notamment le juge, les associations de défenses d’intérêts des associés minoritaires.Dans les sociétés où les enjeux économiques sont très importants comme les sociétés faisant appel public à l’épargne, les législateurs français et OHADA, soucieux de protéger les associés minoritaires, ajoutent au droit commun, l’intervention du droit des marchés financiers qui vient renforcer la protection des minoritaires, notamment dans l’exercice de leur droit de cession. Ainsi, l’on remarque que le droit des sociétés français et le droit OHADA utilisent quasiment les mêmes fondements juridiques pour protéger les associés minoritaires. Il existe plus de similitudes que des différences dans les deux ordres juridiques puis que le législateurs OHADA a entrepris une réforme en 2014 afin de renforcer considérablement les compétences des associés minoritaires dans la gestion de la société. Cette réforme du droit OHADA s’est quasiment rapprochée du droit de société.Toutefois, malgré les efforts du droit des sociétés français et du droit OHADA de protéger les intérêts des associés minoritaires, subsiste une précarité du statut des minoritaires. La loi de la majorité fait obstacle à ce que l’on puisse objectiver que la protection apportée aux associés minoritaires est absolument efficace. Pour en arriver à une protection efficace certains droits devraient être généralisés pour contrôler sereinement la gestion sociale et leurs intérêts.

Aprende-se que o progresso científico é inerentemente bom, que melhorou as condições de vida de todos os seres humanos e que a revolução digital está progressivamente ajudando a nivelar as condições de competir para todos. Mas as evidências empíricas contam outra história, quando o assunto são os efeitos das rupturas tecnológicas sobre as condições de vida das minorias. As mudanças tecnológicas sempre tiveram como inspiração um determinado perfil de consumidor, identificado como o cidadão padrão. Tecnologia, política, saúde e quase tudo o mais que se possa consumir foi criado, ou adaptado por e para se adequar ao interesse particular de um determinado perfil de indivíduo que controla a vida econômica, independentemente do quão estatisticamente relevantes sejam as minorias sociais. Como consequência, quanto mais distante alguém se encontrar do perfil do cidadão padrão, menos se sente contemplado por decisões empresariais, ou por políticas públicas que não a/o tiveram como público-alvo. Trazendo evidências doutrinárias inclusive fazendo amplo uso dos recursos tecnológicos mais avançados de comunicação, como podcasts, blogues e ensino a distância em canais na rede de computadores e estudos de casos que relatam como o passado, o presente e o futuro foram, ou estão sendo projetados para perpetuar o hiato que separa as minorias do cidadão padrão, esta tese coloca em evidência como a política antitruste também foi vítima de uma interpretação enviesada do consumidor e de como esse erro tem afetado as decisões em casos antitrustes. Finalmente, a partir desses achados, propõe as adaptações necessárias para corrigir a abordagem enviesada do consumidor e para criar tomadas de decisão inclusivas na seara concorrencial.

Protéger la famille semble aujourd’hui constituer une finalité ignorée par le droit pénal contemporain. Ce dernier ne protège que des membres de la famille et non la famille elle-même. Si cela est confirmé dans le droit français par sa vision universelle des droits de l’homme, plaçant l’individu au centre du droit. Le droit algérien ne semble pas, a priori, partager cette même vision philosophique et juridique au regard de sa culture propre et de l’influence secondaire que joue le droit musulman sur ce dernier. Cette étude vise donc à vérifier cet apriori et à s’interroger sur l’existence d’une protection pénale commune de la famille dans les droits français et algérien ; qui pourrait par la même occasion aider à mesurer l’existence d’un phénomène de mondialisation du droit pénal. Cette étude comparée se focalise ainsi sur une double dimension, individuelle et institutionnelle en étudiant l'aspect critique de l'intérêt porté à la famille par le droit pénal. L'équilibre recherché entre les droits individuels et la protection de l'institution familiale en tant que groupe sera interrogé selon la méthode de recherche dynamique, qui porte sur l'universalisme de la protection pénale de la famille.

Si on eut un temps pu s'interroger sur la nécessité de régir les défaillances bancaires, l'intérêt de telles dispositions a été réaffirmé depuis les années 2000. Dans ce contexte, le législateur européen, désireux d'assurer la stabilité financière, a mis en place une véritable Union bancaire, dont le second pilier est composé d'un Mécanisme de résolution unique destiné à prévenir et à traiter les défaillances bancaires. Ont ainsi été conçus différentes procédures et instruments dits de résolution, pouvant être mis en œuvre par des autorités administratives spécialisées. Or, la notion de résolution bancaire est une notion qui semblait jusqu'alors inconnue. Pourtant, les dispositions qui la gouvernent ne semblent pas véritablement la définir, et lui octroient la nature de Mécanisme, qui parait inadaptée. En effet, en observant l'ensemble des éléments qui compose ce Mécanisme, il ne fait nul doute que le législateur ne s'est pas contenté de créer un dispositif de gestion des défaillances bancaires, mais est allé plus loin en élaborant un véritable droit sui generis. L'existence de ce droit doit être affirmée pour permettre à celui-ci d'être pleinement efficient. Il produit par ailleurs des effets considérables tant sur les sujets de droit qu'il gouverne, que sur les acteurs avec qui ceux-ci interagissent. Ces effets originaux participent à l'efficacité de la prévention et du traitement des défaillances bancaires. S'ils peuvent en ce sens être salués, certains risques doivent néanmoins être relevés, notamment à l'aune des droits fondamentaux. La jurisprudence naissante en la matière - mais déjà très instructive -, laisse présager un droit en évolution et aux enjeux multiples, qui fera sans nul doute l'objet d'un intérêt grandissant.

Le droit de visite et de saisie de documents de l'article L. 16 B du LPF constitue entre les mains de l'Administration fiscale une mesure d'enquête coercitive portant atteinte à l'inviolabilité du domicile. Validé par le Conseil constitutionnel, et par la Cour européenne des droits de l'homme, qui ont toujours considéré que les nécessités de la répression des infractions fiscales et de la fraude fiscale justifiaient l'attribution de telles prérogatives à l'Administration fiscale, le régime des visites fiscales se caractérise par les fortes garanties procédurales dont dépend la protection du domicile. Au premier rang de ces garanties se trouve le contrôle du juge judiciaire. L'ensemble des garanties en question a été particulièrement renforcé après l'arrêt Ravon de la Cour européenne des droits de l'homme, qui a subordonné le contentieux des visites fiscales au droit à un procès équitable.Leur aptitude à répondre aux exigences d'un équilibre subtil est la clé de la prépondérance des garanties procédurales en la matière. Celles-ci permettent, d'une part, de tempérer un déséquilibre structurel au stade d'autorisation et d'exécution des visites fiscales, qui se caractérisent par leur nature unilatérale et qui mettent sous pression le respect du domicile, tandis que, d'autre part, elles stimulent l'équilibre déjà présent après la visite fiscale, moment auquel la personne bénéficie du droit à un recours juridictionnel. A côté de ces garanties, les lacunes, tout aussi procédurales, du régime n'ont pas permis de davantage promouvoir cette difficile conciliation et de mieux protéger le domicile. A travers leurs effets négatifs, le renforcement des garanties procédurales réapparaît comme la condition indispensable d'amélioration de cette protection. Cette prépondérance des garanties procédurales se retrouve au sein du contrôle des visites fiscales par le juge judiciaire. Ce contrôle est réel et sérieux et peut ainsi être qualifié d'effectif. Pour autant, sa structure ne se calque pas pleinement sur les garanties de procès équitable. Ainsi, l'efficacité du contrôle du juge judiciaire est réduite. La prise en compte des garanties procédurales résurgit comme la condition indispensable de protection du domicile. Parallèlement avec le juge judiciaire civil, ad hoc compétent en matière de visites fiscales, le juge pénal renonce à contrôler cette mesure, bien que son contrôle soit une garantie indispensable et de nature à consolider les garanties procédurales et à mieux préserver le domicile. Son contrôle se caractérise également par une méconnaissance des garanties nécessaires pour assurer le caractère équitable du procès pénal.Le dénominateur commun de l'ensemble du régime des visites fiscales est la force des garanties procédurales, afin de protéger le domicile. Par ailleurs, ce régime a fonctionné comme un point de départ de leur extension, notamment en matière de perquisitions pénales. Un fond commun de garanties procédurales, assurant la protection du domicile, a priori et a posteriori, se forge progressivement et donne les garanties entourant les visites fiscales demeurent le noyau.

Globalisation has created a need for an international accounting language to facilitate the smooth flow of trade across countries. In 2003, in an effort to establish a global financial reporting language, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) developed a single set of high-quality accounting principles known as the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Over the last decade, several African countries have adopted IFRS, and Africa has become the second-largest adopting continent after Europe. IFRS promotes improved quality of disclosure of accounting transactions, reduces information asymmetry between preparers and users of financial information, lowers the cost of investing, and breaks down information barriers to cross-border investment. Researchers suggest many benefits of IFRS adoption for macroeconomic indicators such as Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). The reduction in information acquisition and processing costs which translates into the reduction in investment costs, has been cited by most researchers. Researchers have argued, however, that the economic benefits of IFRS in Africa depend on the strength of the institutional environment. They also argue that the Western environment in which the IFRS was developed differs from the African environment. Thus, the universal approach of the IASB may not be appropriate due to the historical, social, economic and political context of African countries. The impact of the adoption of IFRS by African countries requires further examination, particularly as a weak institutional environment confronts many African countries. Three research questions are designed for this study; (1) Is there a significant change in FDI inflows for IFRS adopters in selected African countries after the adoption? (2) Is there a significant change in FDI inflows due to the institutional environment? (3) Does the institutional environment in IFRS-adopting countries moderate the effect of IFRS on FDI in selected African countries? The present study is underpinned by the new institutional theory, the information asymmetry theory, the eclectic theory and the signalling theory, each of which provide reasons why African countries have adopted IFRS. Nine hypotheses are developed, based on the research questions, and tested using the Systems General Method of Moments and the Difference-in-Difference method. The study uses data from 26 African countries, 15 adopting and 11 non-adopting countries, over the period 1996 - 2018. First, the study establishes that the adoption of IFRS positively and significantly affects FDI inflows into the selected sample of African countries. Second, the study concludes that legal enforcement, accounting and auditing standards enforcement, and language origin positively and significantly impact FDI inflows into these countries. Legal origin, however, has a positive but insignificant association with FDI inflows. Third, legal enforcement, historical ties, accounting and auditing enforcement and the quality of the institutional environment are found to moderate the effect of IFRS adoption on FDI inflows. These results indicate that IFRS is a crucial determinant of FDI inflows into African countries, but a supportive institutional environment is needed for African countries to attract FDI inflows after adoption. The results contribute to the accounting and finance literature on FDI into African countries, and may assist the investment community to assess the institutional risk associated with investing in IFRS adopting African countries.

Legal harmonisation is an integral aspect of regional integration and the desire to promote regional and sub-regional economic integration in Africa is exemplified by the establishment of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in 2018. The 2012 decision of the AU to create the CFTA by 2017 was reiterated in Aspiration two of Agenda 2063. The legal harmonisation of non-tariff barriers has been a vital instrument in the achievement of EU economic integration and the Organisation for the Harmonisation of Business Laws in Africa (OHADA). The study seeks to critically examine the theoretical and conceptual underpinnings of regional integration and legal harmonisation of non-tariff barriers by the AU and RECs. It also analyses the current political, economic, and legal reinforcements to regionalism in Africa and practices needed to advance intra-regional trade within the framework of Agenda 2063. This was done by evaluating the key legal frameworks of the AU (the Abuja Treaty, the Constitutive Act of AU, 2007 Protocol on relations between AU and RECs and Agenda 2063) with the aim of identifying best practices, gaps and impediments pertinent to strengthening Agenda 2063 CFTA. At the end of the study, the abilities of three selected RECs (SADC, COMESA and EAC) were assessed to drive home the AfCFTA. This was done by identifying flaws in existing treaties of RECs, while advancing a model of legal harmonisation of NTBs between them. It was found out that the AU and RECs have not vigorously considered the significance of legal harmonisation in their integration agendas. This resulted in the lack of unambiguous and concrete provisions for the legal harmonisation of NTBs in their guiding policies. Where some attempts are evident, such as in the EAC, they have been implemented unsatisfactorily with lack of a compliance mechanism. This study contended that if legal barriers to free trade are not eliminated, even if all other barriers were to be removed, the effective realisation of the AfCFTA would still be hindered. Hence, this study recommends the principles of direct applicability and direct effects of regional laws to addressing the legal harmonisation challenge underscored. Iqoqa Ukuvumelanisa okusemthethweni kwezithiyo ezingakhokhiswa intela kuyisici esibalulekile sokudidiyelwa kwesifunda kanye nesifiso sokugqugquzela ukuhlanganiswa komnotho wesifunda kanye nesifunda esincane e-Afrikha sibonakala ngokusungulwa kweNdawo Yezwekazi Lase-Afrikha Yokuhweba Ngokukhululekile (i-AfCFTA) ngowezi-2018. Isinqumo sowezi-2012 se-AU sokwakha i-CFTA ngowezi-2017 saphindwa Esifisweni Sesibili soHlelo- 2063. I-CFTA iphinde ibe wuhlelo olubalulekile oHlelweni-2063 futhi impumelelo yayo ibalulekile. Ucwaningo luhlose ukuhlola ngokujulile izisekelo zethiyori nezomqondo zokuhlanganiswa kwesifunda kanye nokuvunyelaniswa kwezomthetho kwezithiyo ezingakhokhisi yi-AU kanye nama-REC. Iphinde ihlaziye ukuqiniswa kwamanje kwezepolitiki, ezomnotho, kanye nezomthetho kuzwelonke e-Afrikha kanye nezinqubo ezidingekayo ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukuhwebelana kwangaphakathi kwesifunda ngaphakathi kohlaka loHlelo-2063. Lokhu kwenziwa ngokuhlola izinhlaka zomthetho ezibalulekile ze-AU (iSivumelwano sase-Abuja, UMthetho-sisekelo we-AU, 2007 Protocol on relationship between AU and RECs and Agenda 2063) ngenhloso yokuhlonza izindlela ezingcono kakhulu, amagebe kanye nezithiyo ezihambisana nokuqinisa uHlelo-2063 CFTA. Ekupheleni kocwaningo, amakhono ama-REC amathathu akhethiwe (i-SADC, i-COMESA kanye ne-EAC) ahlolwa ukuze aqhubekisele phambili i-AfCFTA. Lokhu kwenziwa ngokuhlonza amaphutha ezivumelwaneni ezikhona zama-RECs, ngenkathi kuthuthukiswa imodeli yokuvumelana okusemthethweni kwama-NTB phakathi kwawo. Kwatholakala ukuthi osopolitiki base-Afrikha abazange bayicabange indlela eqinile yokuhlanganisa umnotho wesifunda, nakuba indlela enjalo yaphakanyiswa abasunguli besifunda sase-Afrikha. I-AU kanye nama-REC awazange acabangele ngamandla ukubaluleka kokuvumelana kwezomthetho ezinhlelweni zawo zokuhlanganisa. Lokhu kuholele ekuntulekeni kwezinhlinzeko ezicacile nezibambekayo zokuvumelana ngokusemthethweni kwama-NTB kuzinqubomgomo eziqondisayo. Lolu cwaningo lwagomela ngokuthi uma izithiyo ezingokomthetho zokuhwebelana ngokukhululeka zingaqedwa, ngisho noma zonke ezinye izithiyo zizosuswa, ukufezeka ngempumelelo kwe-AfCFTA kusazothikamezwa. Ngaphakathi kwalokhu kwangemuva, lolu cwaningo luncoma izimiso zokusebenziseka okuqondile kanye nemiphumela eqondile yemithetho yesifunda ukuze kubhekwane nenselele yokuvumelana kwezomthetho egcizelelwe.

The exploration, production and shipment of crude oil and gas by multinational corporations (MNCs), involved in bilateral treaties in Nigeria has perpetrated environmental disasters upon host communities. This has been as a result of oil and gas leaks from MNCs facility into the air, land, water, marine habitat, and cultural life of host communities are heavily polluted. International law has attempted to regulate the activities of MNCs particularly in the protection of the environment in which they operate through four main treaties: Universal Declaration of Human Rights,1International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), 2 Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (Stockholm Declaration)3and Declaration of the United Nations on Environment and Development (Rio Declaration). In addition, the demand for environmental protection is foregrounded under the right to life recognized in article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). However, a major criticism of international law is its inapplicability to non-State actors such as corporations. This creates a lacuna in the legal framework of protections which has been exploited by opportunistic MNC’s. International soft law such as the Global Compact, Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and United Nations Guiding Principles (UNGPs) on Business and Human Rights encourages corporations to respect environmental rights and creates substantive standards for States to hold corporations accountable for environmental and human rights violations. The challenge remains that these international laws having soft law status are not binding on corporations. Also, a further problem is that several developing state governments may be complicit in the environmental abuses perpetrated by MNCs for the purpose of boosting economic development. Therefore, this research proposes the regulation of MNCs under national legislation and bilateral investment treaties. It recommends certain preventive and mitigation measures against the adverse environmental effect of their activities in the exploration of natural resources, waste disposal and other connected operations in developing communities in Nigeria. Some of these preventive measures include environmental impact assessment (EIA), mandatory reporting and disclosures, community stakeholder participation, environmental management and safety practices, with activity, temporal and spatial management as mitigation measures. Also, clean-up and compensation by MNCs are effective remedies for environmental abuses. Furthermore, fines, blacklisting, withdrawal of license and criminal charges are recommended for the enforcement of environmental protection of host communities.

6750 sayılı Ticari İşlemlerde Taşınır Rehni Kanunu (TİTRK) 01.01.2017 tarihi itibariyle yürürlüğe girmiştir. TİTRK'de de ticari işletme, üzerinde rehin kurulabilecek taşınır varlıklardan biri olarak düzenlenmiştir. Hukuki niteliği itibariyle taşınır olarak kabul edilmeyen ticari işletmenin, taşınır varlıkların rehninin düzenlendiği bir Kanun'da kapsamlıca düzenlenemediği ilk bakışta görülmektedir. Bu nedenle ticari işletme rehninin kuruluşu tez konusu olarak seçilmiştir. Çalışmamızda TİTRK ile yapılan değişiklikler ve yenilikler ticari işletme rehninin kuruluşu özelinde incelenmiştir. Bu kapsamda ticari işletme rehninin kuruluşu konusu, TİTRK ve ikincil mevzuat, yeri geldikçe mülga TİRK ve TİTRK'nin mehazı olduğunu düşündüğümüz Uncitral Secured Transactions Model Law ile karşılaştırmalı olarak değerlendirilmiştir. Ticari işletme rehninin kuruluşu, ticaret hukuku, medeni hukuk ve borçlar hukukunun ilgili düzenlemelerinin bir bütün olarak incelenmesini gerekli kıldığından yeri geldikçe, TTK, TMK ve TBK'nın ilgili düzenlemeleri, tez konumuz özelinde incelenmiştir. The Law Numbered 6750 "The Law On Pledge Over Movable Assets In Commercial Transactions (TITRK)", which is a regulation that allows not only commercial enterprises but also many movable assets to be pledged without delivery entered into force as of 01.01.2017. In TITRK, a commercial enterprise is regulated as one of the movable assets that can be pledged too. However, it can be seen at first glance that the commercial enterprise, which is not considered as movable due to its legal nature, cannot be comprehensively regulated in the Law that regulates the pledge of movable assets. For this reason, the establishment of the commercial enterprise pledge has been chosen as the thesis topic. In our study, the changes and innovations made with TITRK were examined in terms of the establishment of the commercial enterprise pledge. In this context, the establishment of the commercial enterprise pledge have been examined in comparison with TITRK, its secondary legislation, mulga TIRK and Uncitral Secured Transactions Model Law, which we think is the basis of TITRK. Since the establishment of the commercial enterprise pledge requires the examination of the relevant regulations of the commercial law, civil law and law of obligations as a whole, the relevant regulations of the Turkish Commercial Code, Turkish Civil Code and Turkish Code of Obligations have been examined specifically for our thesis topic. In this section the secured transactions arrangements in comparative law will be discussed too.

Phoenix activity involves conduct whereby a failing company (the old company) is replaced by a second company (the new company) in the operation of the same or a similar business and that involves the same or similar company controllers. Transactions of this nature can be legal and even be beneficial to society, since entrepreneurs who pursue a viable business may, if the new company succeeds, benefit the economy and many other stakeholders. These transactions are referred to as legal phoenix activity. Problems arise however when phoenix activity is engaged in with the goal of evading the debt of the old company, known as illegal phoenix activity. In other cases, even well-intentioned company controllers can cause significant harm by resurrecting a fundamentally flawed business. This conduct, although not illegal, is unduly prejudicial to stakeholders and is known as problematic phoenix activity. While this thesis focuses on illegal phoenix activity, several measures identified should also curb problematic phoenix activity. This study identifies the elements and common characteristics of illegal phoenix activity. It then analyses regulation pertaining to those elements and common characteristics with the aim of finding effective solutions to the problem. This includes evaluating measures that reverse prejudicial transactions that occur during illegal phoenix activity as well as holding complicit parties, such as company controllers and the new company, accountable for their actions. Regulation aimed at preventing and investigating illegal phoenix activity is also considered. This thesis uses the comparative legal approach to analyse regulatory responses to illegal phoenix activity. Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America are examined. Several reported cases in South Africa involving what appear to be illegal phoenix activity are explored, along with the existing measures that are applicable to illegal phoenix activity in South Africa. A single anti-phoenix provision is undesirable as it has the potential to unjustifiably infringe on legal phoenix activity. This thesis proposes a multi-pronged approach, which involves a combination of better enforcement of existing laws and the introduction of smaller targeted amendments to legislation aimed at reducing the incidence illegal phoenix activity.

Globally, companies pursue profitability; they want lower prices for the goods they buy and for the services they use. To gain profit and keep their prices low, they contribute to human rights violations and/or the devastation of the environment. The UNGP is the UN unanimously endorsed instrument that encourages states to pass legislation to compel companies to exercise human rights due diligence and to report on their efforts. The United Nations Guiding Principles (UNGP) impose a duty on companies to conduct human rights due diligence that apprises them of possible human rights or environmental risk exposure in their international operations. States have a responsibility to assist those harmed by a company’s activities to seek judicial relief. The UNGP is a soft law instrument but has had a major effect in the field of business and human rights. Though a voluntary obligation, the UNGP has become the reference document and is used by Civil Society Organisations (CSO) to pressure states into passing regulations on business and human rights. In 2016 Germany passed a National Action Plan (NAP) and the Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtgesetz (Supply Chain Due Diligence Act) in 2021. France passed a Vigilance Law (Loi de Vigilance) in 2017. Additionally, a UN resolution has initiated a treaty-making process, which might lead to an internationally legally binding instrument that will articulate companies’ responsibilities to avoid, mitigate and remedy human rights violations that their activities cause. The South African government’s response to the UNGP has focused on negotiating a legally binding instrument at an intergovernmental level. This research examines three countries’ varying responses to the UNGP, a soft law instrument. In February 2022 the EU Commission published a proposed directive on corporate sustainability due diligence. The proposed EU legislation aims to advance respect for human rights and environmental protection. The goal is to create a level playing field within the European Union which leads to the exploration of the role China plays in a globalised world. China aims to be more than the world's factory and to become a leader in innovation and high-end manufacturing.

Anonim şirketler hukukunda alacaklılar, şirketlerin dış finansman kaynaklarının merkezini oluşturmakta ve bu nedenle de son derece önemli bir menfaat grubunu teşkil etmektedirler. Bu durum şirket alacaklılarının çıkarlarının etkin bir biçimde gözetilmesi ve korunmasını gerekli kılmaktadır. Zira alacaklıların alacaklarına kavuşabilmeleri için müracaat edebilecekleri tek kaynak şirketin malvarlığıdır. Dolayısıyla anonim şirketin mali durumunun bozulması sonucu malvarlığının kayba uğraması veya uğrama tehlikesi altında olması, alacaklıların menfaatlerini zedeleyici niteliktedir. Bu durum mali durumu bozulan anonim şirketlerde, alacaklıların menfaatlerinin gözetilmesini ve özellikle de öncül (ex-ante) koruma imkânlarıyla bu risk gerçekleşmeden önce bu konuda tedbirler alınmasını gerektirmektedir. Kurumsal yönetim anlayışı, anonim şirketlerde menfaat grupları arasındaki çıkar çatışmalarının en iyi, en adil şekilde dengelenmesini hedeflemektedir. Bu itibarla bu tez çalışmasında söz konusu menfaat çatışmaları özelinde kurumsal yönetimin şeffaflık, adillik, hesap verilebilirlik ve sorumluluk ilkeleri çerçevesinde bir menfaat grubu olarak şirket alacaklılarının menfaatlerinin, mali durumu bozulan veya bozulma tehlikesi altında olan anonim şirketlerde nasıl gözetilmesi ve korunması gerektiği hususunda bir bakış açısı sunulması hedeflenmektedir. Bu bakış açısından hareketle sermaye kaybı yaşayan, borca batık hale gelen anonim şirketlerin mali durumlarının iyileştirilmesi maksadıyla sermayenin korunması esası benimsenerek öngörülen TTK m.376 hükmü ile bu hükmün uygulanmasına ilişkin Tebliğ kapsamında öngörülen düzenlemelerin, alacaklıların menfaatlerinin korunması bakımından etkileri tartışılmaktadır. Ayrıca ilgili hükümlerin, şirketlerin mali yapılarının güçlendirilmesi bakımından yeterlilikleri ve yerindelikleri, karşılaştırmalı hukuk düzenlemeleri de göz önünde bulundurularak eleştirel bir bakış açıyla ayrıntılı şekilde incelenmektedir. Creditors are the key to external financing sources for companies under the statute of joint stock companies, and hence represent an important figure interest group. This situation needs the effective supervision and protection of the company's creditors' interests. This is because the company's assets are the only source to which creditors can turn to acquire receivables. Hence, the loss or threatened loss of the joint stock company's assets because of its worsening financial situation is detrimental to the creditors' interests. This circumstance necessitates that the interests of the creditors of companies with a worsening financial situation be considered and that steps be taken in this respect prior to the realization of this danger, particularly with ex-ante protection opportunities. The corporate governance method strives to achieve the most equitable resolution of conflicts of interest between interest groups in joint stock companies. This thesis aims to provide a perspective on how the interests of company creditors, as an interest group, should be observed and protected in joint stock companies whose financial situation deteriorates or is at risk of deterioration, within the framework of the principles of transparency, fairness, accountability, and responsibility of corporate governance. From this perspective, to improve the financial situation of companies that have capital loss and become over-indebted, the effects of the provisions of TCC art.376 and the Communiqué, which are envisioned based on the principle of capital maintenance, are discussed in terms of protecting the interests of creditors. In addition, the adequacy and suitability of the relevant rules in terms of strengthening the financial structures of corporations are analysed in depth from a critical standpoint, considering the norms of comparative law.