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Book SynopsisLeading experts addresses the effectiveness of policy delivery in energy and the environmentInternational experts from a range of disciplines, including the sciences, law, politics, economics and engineering, examine how best to achieve energy policy objectives. From evaluating policy delivery on wind farms in Texas in the US to developing nuclear power in the Middle East, this book presents fresh thinking on key concepts and ideas on energy law and policy delivery in a concise and readable format.

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Book SynopsisGeorge Craig was Sir Walter Scott's local banker, a writer, insurance agent, election agent and baron bailie of Galashiels. Based on thousands of recently discovered letters, this is the first study of a provincial nineteenth-century Scots lawyer and the community he served.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a critical socio-legal study that brings together the latest scholarly advances on corporate social responsibility, and, at the same time, addresses the pressing issue of corporate liability for harmful acts across the supply and production chains. Corporations have seldom been held responsible and virtually never liable for the acts of their subsidiaries and subcontractors. Actors as different as workers, investors, individual consumers, and shareholder activists claim that corporations should accept greater responsibility for communities and environments affected by their activities. The book argues that a global value chain’s head corporations remain immune to any liability because of the ‘economically dependent-legally independent’ relationships between core corporations and their periphery suppliers and subcontractors. To tackle this problem, globally, the author acknowledges that ‘we’ as a society need to reduce the economic dependence as described above – which is far too excessive – by ensuring a level playing field both economically and socially. More concretely, she argues that in order to realise transnational corporate liability, ‘we’ as lawyers need to find a way (or ways) to establish legally effective relationships between head corporations and their economically dependent entities. Readers of this book will be able to export the concept of corporate social liability, developed in the context of value chains, and apply it to other contexts involving corporate activities where they need to tackle unrestrained corporate freedom and make global businesses responsible and socially useful.Trade ReviewA thought-provoking book … Beyond its legal reach, the book, written in the midst of an unprecedented public health and socio-economic crisis, provides a perceptive account of our society’s dominant values and contributes to paving the way towards a mindful and sustainable recovery from the pandemic. -- Claudia Pharaon, Leiden University * International and Comparative Law Quarterly *This book is a sophisticated addition to what Socio-Legal Studies has to offer to the formulation of legal policy towards the harmful effects of TNCs. It very interestingly suggests the gains in theory and policy that may be made from giving GSCs, so far largely a feature of business literature, such prominence in legal discussion. -- David Campbell, Lancaster University * Frontiers of Socio-Legal Studies *This book is a very welcome contribution to business and human rights and one which scholars and practitioners in the field will no doubt find useful. The book provides us with an impressive and critical survey of legal tools already available to combat corporate irresponsibility, as well as the social and historical context through which GVCs emerged. -- Marisa McVey, Queen’s University, Belfast * Business and Human Rights Journal *This is an important book. Anna Aseeva's study of corporate social liability brings together comparative legal scholarship with a socio-legal assessment of the ways in which corporate responsibility for societal issues is regulated across global value chains. She demonstrates that we, as lawyers, can influence corporations' behaviour if we look beyond legal liability and acknowledge the ex ante effects of norms. * Vanessa Mak, Chair in Civil Law, Leiden University, the Netherlands *Aseeva deftly examines the shortcomings of existing soft and hard law for preventing and addressing environmental, human rights and other social harms of business conducted through GVCs and puts forward innovative ideas for filling these governance gaps. Her book is an important contribution to the literature on corporate accountability and should be required reading for Business and Human Rights scholars and students, as well as legislators concerned with the excesses of global capitalism and corporate impunity. * Penelope Simons, University of Ottawa *Table of ContentsPART I ON THE LIMITS OF LAW AND A LIMITLESS GLOBALISED MARKET 1. Introduction I. Meet Corporate Social Liability II. Why Corporate Social Liability? III. What does Corporate Social Liability Cover? IV. The Book’s Approach and Methods V. Structure of the Book 2. Setting the Stage: Corporate Responsibility in Context I. The Corporate Responsibility Debate in its Historical Context II. Ideational Context: The Impact of the Washington Consensus III. Economic Context: Centre, Semi-Periphery and Periphery of Global Value Chains IV. Organisational Context: Global Value Chain Governance V. Social Context: CSR Standards for and within Global Value Chains VI. The Advent of International Standards VII. The Many Shades of Voluntary Standards and Corporate Self-Regulation VIII. The Rise and Fall of CSR PART II THE SHORTCOMINGS OF CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY AND OBSTACLES TO CORPORATE LIABILITY 3. National Law: Shades of Publicness in Private Regulation I. Corporate Law II. Tort Law and Contract Law III. Commercial Law 4. Post-national Law: Mandatory Disclosure, Environmental and Human Rights Due Diligence, and Supply Chain Liability I. Supranational Law II. International Law PART III CORPORATE LIABILITY IN THEORY AND PRACTICE: RECENT APPROACHES AND AN INTRODUCTION TO CORPORATE SOCIAL LIABILITY 5. Corporate Liability in International Comparison 9 I. Legislative Landscape II. Litigation Landscape 6. Analysis of Avenues for Corporate Social Liability in Global Value Chains I. Common Criteria for Founding Liability: An Overview II. Further Criteria for Founding Liability: Various Relevant Practices III. Conceptual Prospects for Corporate Social Liability in Global Value Chains PART IV PITFALLS AND THE FUTURE OF CORPORATE SOCIAL LIABILITY IN GLOBAL VALUE CHAINS 7. Liability through Judicialisation, Legalisation, and Alternative Dispute Settlement I. General Direct Liability II. A(n) (Im)Possibility of Judicial Assertiveness: A General Duty of Care for Global Value Chains III. Legalisation through Legislation: Liability Disciplines in Current French and Dutch Law IV. Transnational CSL Legalisation: Bangladesh Accord and Bangladesh Alliance V. Alternative Dispute Resolution through International Investment Arbitration VI. Enforcing Corporate Social Liability ex ante 8. The Reality and Prospects of European and International Law of Corporate Liability in Global Value Chains I. European Law II. International Business and Human Rights Framework: Guiding or Binding the Global Business? 9. On the Gap-filling Corporate Social Liability (and its Gaps) I. The Pitfalls of International Arbitration for Realising Transnational CSL II. The Limits and Opportunities of the Interface of Domestic Private Law with Public International Law III. Whither Corporate Social Liability? Conclusion: Where Do We Stand and Is There a Way Forward? I. Where Do We Stand? 3 II. The Way Forward III. Final Concluding Remarks

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Book SynopsisAn updated guide, and expert analysis on, the legal issues relating to common exemption clauses and unfair terms in legal contracts. It covers the incorporation and construction of the key clauses, as well as the relevant legislation. It will help you to understand: - the circumstances when a term will be incorporated into a contract - the modern approach to the interpretation of contracts by the contracts (and with particular types of clauses, for example in relation to negligence, entire agreement clauses, ‘fundamental breach’, etc) - clause by clause consideration of UCTA, including key concepts such as the meaning of the ‘requirement for reasonableness’ - clause by clause consideration of the unfair term provisions of the Consumer Rights Act 2015, and with paragraph by paragraph consideration of the potentially unfair terms in Schedule to the Act This edition includes coverage of: - Analysis of how the courts now interpret exclusion and liability clauses and other contract clauses, e.g.: --- after the decisions of the Supreme Court in Wood v Capita Insurance Services Ltd, and Rainy Sky SA and others v Kookmin Bank --- the treatment of 'stringent' exemption clauses, in the decision of Goodlife Foods Ltd V Hall Fire Protection Ltd --- the requirement for clear wording, such as where parties wish to avoid liability for non-fraudulent, pre-contract (mis)representations, e.g. in the decisions in AXA Sun Life Services pc v Campbell Martin Ltd and BSkyB Ltd v HP Enterprise Services UK Ltd -Coverage of the changes brought about by the Consumer Rights Act 2015, including: --- recent case law considering the effect and interpretation of unfair terms, particularly concerning the 'core' exemption, in the decisions of OFT v Abbey National plc and the later ECJ cases of Kásler and Mattei --- consideration of the list of potentially unfair terms found in Schedule 2 to the Act and the CMA analysis of them Legislation covered includes: - Consumer Rights Act 2015 - Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 - Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 - Misrepresentation Act 1967 This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Company and Commercial Law online service.Trade ReviewThe most recent and up-to-date statement available on exemption clauses and unfair terms … The work will be of terrific value to practitioners and advisers alike. * Elizabeth Robson Taylor MA and Phillip Taylor MBE, Richmond Green Chambers *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Incorporation 2. Construction 3. The Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 4. Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts 5. Exemption Clauses and Third Parties 6. Misrepresentation and Exemptions 7. Exemptions and Fiduciary Duties

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Book SynopsisThe work's strength lies in two main features. Firstit provides guidance by reference to numerous cases (some of which might well have been overlooked) for the purposes of assisting someone to draft a contract effectively. Secondly, it provides worked examplesit is very useful and I hope that it will reach a wider audience.'HH Humphrey Lloyd KC, former judge of the Technology and Construction CourtInternational Construction Law Review (Review of a previous edition)Do you need help with drafting standard contract clauses, but only have a few minutes? This book is an alphabetical, quick-access guide. It provides up-to-date, practical drafting advice on the purpose and effect of a wide range of the clauses in common use. The Fifth Edition covers major developments and includes new sections covering: - Good governance', eg compliance with health and safety, bribery and slavery laws- Revised and expanded sections dealing with: - Entire agreement clauses - Exemption clauses - Indemnities - Warranties This book includes:- A step-by-step commentary- Examples of best practice in different situations- Detailed notes on each type of boilerplate clause- A summary of relevant law, including statutory definitions and case law- Precedents supplied as an accompanying electronic downloadComprehensive and organised for ease of use, this title guides the user through each clause, explaining its purpose, considering its relevance, and providing illustrative examples. This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Company and Commercial Law online service.

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Book SynopsisFollowing the tremendous success of the First Edition of Company Law in Ireland this new edition is now fully revised to take account of the commencement of the Companies Act 2014.

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Book SynopsisThis area of practice requires consideration of topics across both substantive and procedural law. The topics addressed include injunctions required to preserve assets and prevent undue dissipation by parties facing claims, orders seeking to trace misappropriated property, applications to set aside fraudulent transfers of property, orders for the disclosure of assets and transfers, shareholder protection and fraud, remedies for reckless or fraudulent trading, multi-jurisdiction issues facing litigants in this area and various common law and equitable remedies to set aside fraudulent payments and transfers.Table of Contents• Tracing • Deceit • Conspiracy • Conversion • Constructive Trusts, Liability to Account in Equity & Quistclose Trusts • Unjust Enrichment • Minority Shareholders & Fraud • Unfair Preferences and Unlawful Dispositions in Corporate Insolvencies & Fraudulent Conveyances • Misuse of the Corporate Form & Personal Liability for Reckless or Fraudulent Trading • The Mareva Injunction • Disclosure Orders • Pleading Fraud • Conflict of Laws

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Book SynopsisDas vorliegende Lehrbuch soll dem Leser den Einstieg in das Umwandlungs- und Spruchverfahrensgesetz ermöglichen. Das Umwandlungsrecht und ergänzend das Umwandlungssteuerrecht werden in den jeweiligen Grundzügen dargestellt. Einführend werden die Systematik des Umwandlungsgesetzes, die Grundbegriffe und Verfahrensabläufe erläutert. Sodann werden die verschiedenen Umstrukturierungen - Verschmelzung, Spaltung, Vermögensübertragung, Formwechsel sowie grenzüberschreitende Umwandlungsvorgänge - systematisch dargestellt.Die vorliegende Neuauflage wurde aktualisiert und somit in Teilen geändert und ergänzt, insbesondere wurden die umfangreichen Änderungen durch das EU Company Law Package und das vierte Gesetz zur Änderung des UmwG eingearbeitet. Ganz aktuell sind bereits die Neuerungen berücksichtigt, die durch das Gesetz zur Abmilderung der Folgen der COVID-19-Pandemie im Zivil-, Insolvenz- und Strafverfahrensrecht erfolgen. "Die Verarbeitung der im Umwandlungsrecht relevanten Gesetzes- und Literaturquellen erfolgt vorbildlich. […] Insgesamt kann von einer anschaulichen Einführung in das Rechtsgebiet des Umwandlungsrechts gesprochen werden […]" Tino Haupt StudZR - Wissenschaft online — 1/2019, 216-222

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Book SynopsisDer Urheber hat das Recht "sein Werk" "zu verwerten“. Umfasst dieses Recht neben Nutzungshandlungen an identischen Gestaltungen auch solche an veränderten Gestaltungen? Welche Tatbestandsmerkmale in den Verwertungsrechten entscheiden darüber? Und wie sind sie auszulegen? Moritz Finke untersucht den Normtext der deutschen sowie europäische Verwertungsrechte. Dabei schlägt er eine Auslegung des Regelungsumfangs der Verwertungsrechte vor, die hinsichtlich der Verwertung veränderter Gestaltungen maßgeblich vom ontologischen Verständnis des Merkmals "Werk" abhängt und einem darauf aufbauenden Konzept, wann jemand Urheber eines "Werkes" ist. Auf dieser Basis diskutiert er, welche Entität in den Verwertungsrechten mit dem "Werk" eines Urhebers gemeint ist. Daneben werden auch Rechtsfolgen und Systematik der Verwertungsrechte an veränderten Gestaltungen untersucht.

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Book SynopsisDie moderne Familienverfassung ist eine schriftliche Abschlusserklärung zum Einigungs- und Willensbildungsprozess einer Unternehmerfamilie hinsichtlich der Motive, Leitlinien und Regelungen für das Zusammenwirken der Familien- und Verbandsmitglieder. Sie soll die Zusammengehörigkeit der Unternehmerfamilie stärken und das Vertragswerk einer Familiengesellschaft ergänzen. In der Praxis haben sich beratergeprägte Erscheinungsformen einer Familienverfassung entwickelt, die diese Funktionen stets, aber in unterschiedlichem Maße umsetzen. Rechtswissenschaftlich sind weder die Rechtsnatur einer Familienverfassung noch ihre Wirkungen im Vertragswerk eines Familienunternehmens umfassend untersucht. Sebastian Bong ermittelt den üblichen Willen der Beteiligten einer Familienverfassung und ordnet ihn einer rechtlichen Handlungsform zu. Für Personengesellschaften und GmbH erarbeitet er die gesellschaftsrechtlichen Wirkungen einer Familienverfassung auf das Organisationsstatut und die mitgliedschaftliche Rechtsposition der Gesellschafter.

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Book SynopsisDezentrale autonome Organisationen (DAOs) versprechen, einen neuen Meilenstein für Organisationsstrukturen zu setzen, indem sie es Gruppen durch die Nutzung von Smart Contracts ermöglichen, bestimmte Aktionen und Verhaltensweisen automatisch zu steuern und zu koordinieren, um auf diese Weise effizienter und transparenter zu arbeiten. Insofern stellen DAOs zentrale Merkmale eines Unternehmens wie die hierarchische Organisationsstruktur, die Trennung von Firmenmitgliedern und Marktteilnehmern sowie viele andere Punkte radikal infrage. Biyan Mienert untersucht, ob sich diese neue rein digitale Organisation in rechtliche Grundstrukturen einfügt und mit vorhandenen Gesellschaftsformen in Einklang gebracht werden kann oder ob sie grundlegende Veränderungen dieser Strukturen erfordert. Aufgeworfene Thesen werden hierbei nicht nur in der Theorie beleuchtet, sondern durch die technische und rechtliche Analyse praktisch tätiger DAOs überprüft.

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