Bibliographie sélective OHADA

La notion de contrats d’affaires en droit OHADA, loin d’être systématisée, est banalisée, la doctrine s’y intéressant réellement ou de façon superficielle la prenant pour évidente puisque l’assimilant quasi systématiquement aux contrats commerciaux. En outre, même si l’on perçoit des efforts de la part du législateur dans la prise en compte des contrats nés de la pratique ou légalement consacrés, on ne saurait manquer de relever l’attitude par moment hésitante, tatillonne, minimaliste. L’objet de la présente étude est de démontrer les failles d’une telle approche, tout en proposant des solutions permettant d’avoir un système plus cohérent.

Recognizing the immense potential for greater Chinese investment promotion and its contribution to Ethiopia’s industrialization and acknowledging the gaps, this paper aims to conduct a rigorous research through analysis of secondary sources and qualitative survey of Chinese enterprise doing business in Ethiopia in various sectors. In this regard, the key policy questions that this study tries to answer are ‘the involvement in and the contribution to Ethiopia’s industrialization and the challenges and opportunities they face. Hence, the overall objective of this research will be to (i) assess the trends in Chinese enterprises involvement in Ethiopia’s industrialization for the last decade, (ii) inform both the Chinese government and Ethiopian government on key business barriers and market failures that are constraining Chinese business entry and growth in Ethiopia; (iii) investigate the immense untapped investment potential from China that can be attracted and opportunities that Ethiopia could offer to Chinese investors; and (iv) propose policy options on how to address the challenges and thereby maximize the opportunities to enhance Chinese investment towards Ethiopia’s industrialization.

Liability insurance concerns an insured’s insurance of its legal liability towards a third party for the latter’s loss. This specialised type of insurance is rather neglected in South African insurance law. There is a lack of understanding of the intricacies of liability insurance and its unique challenges. This flows primarily from its complex nature as third-party insurance, which involves legal obligations between multiple parties, and a lack of statutory regulation of the distinctive contractual aspects of liability insurance. Furthermore, limited authority exists on contentious legal aspects as a result of the relatively small number of judicial decisions in this field of law. It is also evident that liability insurance constantly evolves as new grounds of liability emerge and new insurance products develop in response to the changing demands of society. The rise of consumerism and the increase in third-party claims amplify the economic significance of the law of liability insurance in South Africa. A substantial knowledge gap remains in our jurisprudence, irrespective of the recent introduction of new statutory instruments aimed at regulating insurance practice in general. These reforms have not as yet been applied critically to liability insurance, and no specialised legislation in South Africa regulates aspects of this branch of insurance as is the case with microinsurance. The focus in this thesis is on two main issues: the insurer’s duty effectively to indemnify the insured, and the insurer’s defence and settlement of third-party claims brought against the insured. As a subsidiary theme, this thesis analyses legal uncertainties that may persist during pre-contractual negotiations, the liability insurance contract lifecycle, and even after the expiry of the contract. Legal challenges can be addressed by novel and creative application of the national law. Potential solutions can be gleaned from the other progressive jurisdictions reviewed – English and Belgian law. It is evident that this research may prompt Parliament to develop specific rules and regulations for liability insurance contract law. This thesis includes a check list of some of the most important disclosure duties for procuring liability insurance cover, its operation, and claims processes.

When a dispute arises in relation to an act, person or property that is connected to more than one country, such dispute is governed by the rules of private international law, more commonly referred to as the “conflict of laws”.1 The term conflict of laws essentially means that the dispute in question will be governed by the national law of a country while having a connection to a foreign country,2 and is relevant to this discussion as the election of non-state law is an important aspect found within private international law. In order to determine whether or not such laws may be applied, courts usually look at the conflict of laws rules of that particular country... <br>LL.M. (International Commercial Law)

This thesis proposed for the reform of Africa’s Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) landscape through the establishment of a Pan-African Investment Court (PAIC) as a mechanism for the resolution of Investor-State Disputes. This proposal is influenced by the findings of my investigation on the functioning of Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) through the deployment of Investor-State Arbitration to resolve Investor-State Disputes between African states and foreign investors. This research is motivated by the criticisms of the Arbitration mechanism by a broad spectrum of constituencies within international investment law. These criticisms are primarily anchored on the legitimacy crises of ISDS, a dissatisfactory notion that denounces the deployment of the private mechanism and privity of contract ingrained investment arbitration framework to resolve publicly-inclined investor-state disputes. Ancillary to this critical holy grail are further dissatisfactions on the practical functionality of investment arbitration in aspects of high volume of cases against developing states, lack of diversity in the appointment of arbitrators and curtailment of sovereignty of host states through the intrusion of provisions of International Investment Agreements on legitimate internal decision-making powers. Consequently, this thesis investigated the practical functioning of ISDS in African states. After the study of the experiences of Egypt, South Africa and Tanzania; it was found that the legitimacy crises of ISDS also impacts on African states, and does not support their socio-economic and sustainable developmental aspirations. As a remedy, I proposed for a reform to an Investment Court System (ICS) through the establishment of a Pan-African Investment Court (PAIC). An evaluation of this recommendation was conducted that evidenced potential challenges that may mitigate its feasibility, thus leading to the advancement of two secondary reform alternatives vis the reform and retention of the current investor-state arbitration framework and engagement in innovative treaty-making practices by African states. To the best of my knowledge, this thesis has not been previously submitted in any higher institution or published by another person. The contents of this thesis are my ideas. Where the materials of others were used, due acknowledgement and reference was provided. Acknowledgements

Le Code civil égyptien connaît depuis sa promulgation en 1949 la révision pour imprévision. Le texte est rédigé en termes limpides et a fait l’objet de maints arrêts de la Cour de cassation. Un demi-siècle plus tard, le droit d’auteur a consacré cette question dans un texte dont les termes ambigus confondent lésion et imprévision et auquel la jurisprudence reste réticente. Cette étude essaie d’aborder l’imprévision en droit commun et son articulation avec le droit d’auteur, une telle articulation pouvant révéler la nécessité d’une réforme du texte spécial. The Egyptian Civil Code, since its enactment in 1949, recognizes the revision for unpredictability. The text is written in clear terms and it is the subject of numerous decisions of the Court of Cassation. Half a century later, copyright law has enshrined this issue in a statute whose ambiguous terms confuse substantive inequality and impracticability of contract caused by un event unpredictable and to which case law remains reluctant. This study tries to shed the lights on the unpredictability in civil law and its articulation with copyright. Such an articulation could reveal the need for a reform of the special text.

A Integração Tripartida entre Comunidade de Desenvolvimento da África Austral (SADC), Comunidade da África Oriental (EAC) e Mercado Comum de África Oriental e Austral (COMESA) é uma inciativa de Chefes de Estado e de Governos das três Comunidades Económicas Regionais (CERs) em integrar seus separados programas numa única área de livre comércio. A iniciativa enquadra-se no contexto do Plano de Acção de Lagos (1980) e do Tratado de Abuja (1991) que consideram as CERs como pilares para criação da Comunidade Económica Africana (CEA). A Tese tem como principal objectivo analisar os desafios da cooperação intra-regional e perspectivas da integração tripartida entre SADC-EACCOMESA. Com base na pesquisa qualitativa coadjuvada pelas técnicas documental e bibliográfica constatou-se que a construção dos processos de integração regional na SADC e EAC evoluiram de padrões de confrontação para cooperação enquanto a COMESA foi por excelência um espaço priviligiado para cooperação comercial. Ainda assim, as três CERs enfrentam mesmos desafios relacionados com a sobreposição dos Estados membros, proliferação de “esquemas informais” de integração regional, dependência das CERs em relação aos doadoers internacionais, fragmentação de mercados nacional e regional e a prevalência da vontade de Estados membros sobre processos de integração regional. Face a estes desafios, a implementação da integração tripartida gera dúvidas e incertezas.

Although integrated reporting emphasizes the contemporaneous relationship between financial and non-financial capitals, its primary purpose is to explain how an organization creates value over time. This is similar to the purpose of management commentary, which is part of a general-purpose financial report. We compare and contrast the information requirements of an integrated report with the type of information that supplements the primary financial information in general purpose financial reports, prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). We examine whether the information in those reports is intended to be forward-looking and predictive, whether non-financial capitals can (and should) be monetized in order to facilitate integration, and whether the reporting boundary should be drawn in different ways to serve different purposes. We find that the International Integrated Reporting Framework and IFRS do not serve different purposes or apply different approaches, but that – in essence – they are competing frameworks. While IFRS has highly developed standards for reporting financial capital, neither has a well-developed approach for reporting any other capital.