The distinction between a state’s public and private acts is flimsy and unclear. Choosing to see an act as essentially private or public often obscures the other features that complicate that characterization. And selectively recognizing the private aspects of transactions has disproportionately subordinated Global South nations.

 

中文翻译：

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当主权契约出现时：国际法中公私区分的困扰

国家的公共行为和私人行为之间的区别是脆弱且不明确的。选择将某项行为本质上视为私人行为或公共行为，通常会掩盖使该特征复杂化的其他特征。有选择地承认交易的私人方面使全球南方国家处于不成比例的从属地位。