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A unified concession law approach is the most feasible pathway to reconcile public interests with investor protection in infrastructure projects, particularly in post-Soviet jurisdictions where direct transplantation of established foreign models is impractical due to a lack of mature institutional practice. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.SYNTHESIS. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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The aim is to analyze the legal nature of concessions within public-private partnerships in infrastructure and how they integrate public-law principles with civil-law mechanisms.

March 26, 2026

Legal Regulation of Concessions: Balancing Public-Law Principles and Civil-Law Mechanisms in Infrastructure Projects

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DBDmitry Semenovich BelkinInstitute of Slavic Studies

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Analysis examines concessions in infrastructure projects, balancing public law and civil law for investor protection.

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The aim is to analyze the legal nature of concessions within public-private partnerships in infrastructure and how they integrate public-law principles with civil-law mechanisms.
Examined institutional and contractual arrangements of concessions.
Mapped project pathways including build-operate-transfer and build-own-operate.
Analyzed legislative trends in post-Soviet jurisdictions regarding concessions.
Assessed dispute-resolution frameworks including arbitration and domestic courts.
Contrasted private autonomy with administrative contracts.
Identified legislative trends favoring broader asset eligibility for concessions.
Noted investor protections like free transfer of returns and compensation.
Observed increasing contractualization of public functions under regulatory oversight.
Highlighted the feasibility of a unified concession law approach to balance public interests and investor protections.

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Dmitry Semenovich Belkin (2014) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69c4cc02fdc3bde4489174d1 https://doi.org/10.64457/ru-science-2014-i05-a03

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