An important development in the transformation of the global banking and financial services market is the emergence of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).
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On 1 November 2021, 不良研究所's Faculty of Law launched the 不良研究所 Business Law Meter, a blog for timely commentary and discussion of current developments in Canadian and transnational business law. Under the editorial leadership of the inaugural holder of the Professorship of Business Law, Peer Zumbansen, 不良研究所 Law students engage with hot button issues in corporate and securities, labour and commercial law, investment law, international economic law and private international law. The Meter welcomes feedback and commentary as well as submissions from guest writers. Guest submissions and inquiries should be sent to: peer.zumbansen [at] mcgill.ca
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7 Dec 2021
7 Dec 2021
Canadian wine is facing two major changes in the coming years: raising prices and climate warming. What role does Canada鈥檚 international trade obligations play in this change?
17 Nov 2021
Graduate Research Trainee Ali茅nor Burghartz traces recent developments in private digital currencies and argues that it is vital to develop a comprehensive regulatory framework for stablecoins in view of the broader goal of modernizing payment systems and improving financial inclusion.
1 Nov 2021
By looking at four key cases, BCL/LLB student Sharayer Rajabi argues that there is a growing sensibility of domestic courts towards the fact that multinational corporations鈥� private governing systems largely exist outside of the states鈥� regulatory capabilities.
1 Nov 2021
BCL/JD student Patrick Keeler discusses how online escort directories 鈥� have great potential to improve the working conditions of sex workers and to generate profits, and how a new constitutional challenge to Canada鈥檚 sex work laws, launched in March 2021, may enable Canadian-based escort agencies to operate legally in Canada for the first time.
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