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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Corporate Governance after the Financial Crisis
Book SynopsisThe financial crisis of 2008–09 raises questions about the assumptions that underpin corporate governance.Trade Review"In his new book, Corporate Governance after the Financial Crisis, UCLA law professor and popular blogger Stephen Bainbridge provides a longer historical perspective on [the] choking proliferation of rulemaking." - Robert Teitelman, The Huffington Post--This text refers to the hardcover edition.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction P.M. Vasudev and Susan Watson PART I: THE ‘GREAT DEBATE’ 1. New Thinking on ‘Shareholder Primacy’ Lynn A. Stout 2. Shareholder Primacy in Corporate Law – A Response to Professor Stout Peter Watts 3. Derivation of Powers of Boards of Directors in UK Companies Susan Watson 4. Enlightened Shareholder Value, Social Responsibility and the Redefinition of Corporate Purpose Without Law David Millon 5. Re-evaluating the Basis of Corporate Governance in the Post, Post-Enron Era Leonard I. Rotman 6. Corporate Stakeholders in New Zealand – The Present, and Possibilities for the Future P.M. Vasudev 7. Institutional Investors as Blockholders Aviv Pichhadze PART II: PRIVATE REMEDY IN CORPORATE LAW AND ITS LIMITS 8. The Role of Corporate Law in Preventing a Financial Crisis – Reflections on In re Citigroup Inc Shareholder Derivative Litigation Franklin A. Gevurtz PART III: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND GLOBALIZATION 9. How Public Regulation Changes Corporate Governance Practice – Corporate Board Reform in Taiwan Yu-Hsin Lin 10. Corporate Law Reform and Corporate Governance in Malaysia – Responses to Globalization Aishah Bidin PART IV: CORPORATE ETHICS AND RESPONSIBILITY 11. Public Regulatory Encouragement to the Adoption of Private Ordering Systems to Achieve Environmental Protection through Sustainable Commerce Peter A. Appel and T. Rick Irvin 12. Codes of Ethics and Corporate Governance – A Study of New Zealand Listed Companies Trish Keeper Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Does Economic Governance Matter Governance
Book SynopsisEconomic governance institutions (rules, norms and enforcement practices) define the cost and incentive structures that influence the decisions of economic actors.Trade Review'This book is a welcome addition to the lively field of economic governance. The editors give a thoughtful review of ideas and landmarks in the literature and an organizing framework; the other chapters are a good mixture of theoretical, empirical, and case studies. The whole will significantly advance our understanding of institutions and economic performance.' --- Avinash Dixit, Princeton University, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Does Economic Governance Matter? New Contributions to the Debate Mehmet Ugur and David Sunderland PART I: GOVERNANCE INSTITUTIONS AND MICRO-LEVEL BEHAVIOUR 2. Governance and Asymmetric Power Korkut Alp Ertürk 3. Norms, Advice Networks and Joint Economic Governance: The Case of Conflicts Among Shareholders at the Commercial Court of Paris Emmanuel Lazega, Lise Mounier and Paola Tubaro 4. Legal versus Reputational Penalties in Deterring Corporate Misconduct Peter-Jan Engelen 5. Strategies of Transnational Companies in the Context of the Governance Systems of Nation-states Grazia Ietto-Gillies PART II: GOVERNANCE INSTITUTIONS AND MACROECONOMIC OUTCOMES 6. The Effects of Convergence in Governance on Capital Accumulation in the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Countries Ahmet Faruk Aysan, Ömer Faruk Baykal and Marie-Ange Véganzonès–Varoudakis 7. Taxes, Foreign Aid and Quality of Governance Institutions José Antonio Alonso, Carlos Garcimartín and Luis Rivas 8. Economic Governance and Full Employment Constantine E. Passaris PART III: THE GOVERNANCE AND REGULATION INTERFACE 9. The Political Economy of Deregulation in the US Gas Distribution Market Vladimir Hlasny 10. Electricity Sector Reforms and the Tariff Review Process in Brazil Cláudio de Araújo Wanderley, John Cullen and Mathew Tsamenyi Index
£100.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Evolving
Book SynopsisEntrepreneurship and Innovation in Evolving Economies examines the role of law in supporting innovation and entrepreneurship in communities whose economies are in transition.Table of ContentsContents: Foreword Franklin G. Snyder 1. Introduction Megan M. Carpenter 2. State Legislative Efforts to Improve Access to Venture Capital Brian Krumm 3. Of Small Businesses and Entrepreneurs: Toward a Public Policy that Supports New Venture Formation Eric J. Gouvin 4. Transforming Professional Services to Build Regional Innovation Ecosystems Sean M. O’Connor 5. The Strategic Lawyer Shubha Ghosh 6. A Social Justice Perspective on Intellectual Property, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship Steven D. Jamar and Lateef Mtima 7. Contrasts in Innovation: Pittsburgh Then and Now Michael J. Madison 8. IP and Entrepreneurship in an Evolving Economy: A Case Study Michael Risch 9. The Role and Impact of Clinical Programs on Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth Patricia H. Lee 10. The Rule of Law, Privatization, and the Promise of Transborder Licensing Andrea L. Johnson 11. The Making of the Durationator®: An Unexpected Journey into Entrepreneurship Elizabeth Townsend Gard Index
£105.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Research Handbook on European State Aid Law
Book SynopsisThis timely new Handbook reflects on current issues that confront State aid law and policy in the EU.Trade Review'This Research Handbook provides an in-depth exploration of some of the most difficult and controversial issues in current State aid law and policy. It is unusual in providing not only a legal but also an economic and political science perspective on this rapidly developing area of EU law. The Handbook will be a welcome addition to the shelves of State aid practitioners and academics alike.' --Kelyn Bacon, Brick Court Chambers, London, UK'Erika Szyszczak is to be applauded for having assembled a very significant line-up of contributors and contributions in a very well-geared edited collection. . . the reviewer has enjoyed reading this edited collection. . . The book is comprehensive in highlighting the right issues and offering the right mix of high-level/detailed analysis that a complex subject such as State aid requires. As such, this edited collection will certainly be of use to policy-makers, practitioners, and students alike. What is also certain is that it will have a privileged position on my State aid shelf for a long time.' --Luca Rubini, Yearbook of European Law'Erika Szyszczak and the team have come up trumps with a modern comment on state aid and policy. Thank you!' --Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor, The Barrister MagazineTable of ContentsContents: Preface Erika Szyszczak 1. Modernization of State Aid Policy Thibaut Kleiner 2. State Aid Control from a Political Science Perspective Michael Blauberger 3. State Aid in the Accession States Alexander Birnstiel and Helge Heinrich 4. The Role of Economics in State Aid Analysis and the Balancing Test Lorenzo Coppi 5. The Market Economy Investor: An Economic Role Model for Assessing State Aid James Kavanagh, Gunnar Niels and Simon Pilsbury 6. The Intersection between the Market Economy Investor Principle and the One Time-last Time Principle in the Context of Airline Restructuring Operations Antigoni Lykotrafiti 7. The Great Recession and Other Mishaps: The Commission’s Policy of Restructuring Aid in a Time of Crisis Christian Ahlborn and Daniel Piccinin 8. The Concept of Selectivity? Andreas Bartosch 9. State Aid and Taxation in EU Law Claire Micheau 10. Regional State Aid Maja-Alexandra Dittel and Klaus-Otto Junginger-Dittel 11. State Aid in the Energy Sector Leigh Hancher and Francesco Salerno 12. The Relationship between State Aid and the Single Market Andrea Biondi and Martin Farley 13. Altmark Assessed Erika Szyszczak 14. European Economic Rights and National State Aids Policy in Conflict: The Problem of the Democratic Securing of Welfare Michelle Everson 15. Procedural Aspects of EU State Aid Law and Practice Michael Schütte 16. Judicial Review of Commission Decisions in State Aid Herwig C.H. Hofmann and Alessandro Morini 17. State Aid and the Role of National Courts Paolisa Nebbia 18. State Aid (Subsidies) in International Trade Law Rike Krämer and Markus Krajewski Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd MultiModal Competition and the Future of Mail
Book SynopsisThis thought provoking book brings to bear new analyses of the most serious threat post offices have ever faced and raises fundamental questions as to the future of mail.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Non-linear Pricing, Volume Discounts and the USO under Entry Michael A. Crew and Paul R. Kleindorfer 2. Price Differentiation: What is Acceptable for a Universal Service Provider? Richard Eccles 3. Postal Price Regulation in a Competitive Environment Ralf Wojtek and Martin Zauner 4. Failure to Implement the Postal Directive in the EU and EEA: Public and Private Enforcement of State Liability Alessandra Fratini and Mariacristina Bottino 5. Forecasting Letter Volumes: Augmenting Econometric Baseline Projections Vance L. Martin, Chris Paterson and Jessie Xiaokang Wang 6. Uncertainty and Projections of the Demand for Mail Frédérique Fève, Jean-Pierre Florens, Leticia Veruete-McKay, Soterios Soteri and Frank Rodriguez 7. Do Volume Increases and Decreases Have the Same Effect on Labor Hours? Michael D. Bradley, Jeff Colvin and Mary K. Perkins 8. A Panel Data Analysis of Inefficiency and Heterogeneity in the Postal Sector Catherine Cazals, Paul Dudley, Jean-Pierre Florens and Michael Jones 9. Affordability of Postal Services Addressed to Households Claire Borsenberger, Denis Joram and Lise Martin 10. Towards a 21st Century Postal Service John C. Panzar 11. Privatization: Could the Benefits Seen in Other Network Industries be Realized in Postal Industries? Stuart Holder and Helen Smith 12. The Confluence of the Postal Sector with the Internet Economy and Regulation John Hearn 13. Allocating Cost between Universal Services and Services Outside the Scope of Universal Service Heikki Nikali, Kari Elkelä, Pekka Leskinen, Päivi Rokkanen and Peter Karlsson 14. Price-cap Regulation in the Postal Sector: Single versus Multiple Baskets Claire Borsenberger, Sébastien Bréville, Helmuth Cremer, Philippe De Donder and Denis Joram 15. Optimal Pricing of Mail in the Transactional Market and Welfare for the Wider Communications Market Philippe De Donder, Helmuth Cremer, Paul Dudley and Frank Rodriguez 16. A Market Study of Packets and Parcels Services Stephen Gibson and Nancy Race 17. Defending Mail Markets Against New Entrants: An Application of the Defender Model Christian Jaag, Helmut Dietl, Urs Trinkner and Oliver Fürst 18. Liberalization and Postal Workers Henrik B. Okholm and Anna Möller 19. Government Use of the Postal System: An Ignored USO Component Michael J. Ravnitzky and J.P. Klingenberg 20. UPU Terminal Dues: Winners and Losers James I. Campbell Jr., Alex Kalevi Dieke and Martin Zauner 21. On the Use of Reverse Auctions to Designate Universal Postal Service Providers Carlos Costa 22. Priority and Non-Priority Services: Returning to the Origins? Filipa Silva 23. Understanding Consumer Preferences for Paper and Digital Marketing Channels Kari Elkelä 24. Accounting for Behavioral Biases for Non-biased Demand Estimations Meloria Meschi and Carla Pace
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Directors Duties and Shareholder Litigation in
Book SynopsisThis book assesses whether the law relating to directors’ duties and shareholder litigation has contributed to this, taking into account the changes to both that were introduced by the Companies Act 2006.Trade Review‘This book takes us back to the financial crisis and asks: should the directors of the financial institutions that caused the crisis be held responsible to their investors? Loughrey’s and her contributors’ analysis of that question and the suggestions to implement their proposals are insightful and timely. This is a must-read book for those of us who are still trying to determine how to avoid the next financial crisis.’ -- Randall Thomas, Vanderbilt Law School, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Joan Loughrey 1. The Director’s Duty of Care and Skill and the Financial Crisis Joan Loughrey 2. The Duty to Promote the Success of the Company: Is it Fit for Purpose in a Post-financial Crisis World? Andrew Keay 3. Narrative Reporting and Enlightened Shareholder Value Under the Companies Act 2006 Charlotte Villiers 4. Think Again: How Good Leaders Can Avoid Bad Decisions Andrew Campbell 5. Shareholder Activism and Litigation Against UK Banks – the Limits of Company Law and the Desperate Resort to Human Rights Claims? Roman Tomasic and Folarin Akinbami 6. Recent Cases on the Winding-up of Hedge Funds on Treasure Islands Robin Hollington 7. An Assessment of the Present State of Statutory Derivative Proceedings Andrew Keay and Joan Loughrey 8. Directors’ Duties and Shareholder Litigation: The Practical Perspective Joan Loughrey Conclusion Joan Loughrey Index
£103.55
Texas Tech Press,U.S. Broke Not Broken Homer Maxeys Texas Bank War
Book SynopsisPresents the story of Homer Maxey, war hero and multimillionaire, and his record-breaking, precedent-setting legal case, that illuminates a community and a self-styled go-getter who refused to back down, even when his opponents were old friends, well-heeled leaders of the community, a bank backed by powerful Odessa oil men and the most formidable attorneys in West Texas.
£28.01
Precepts Books Regulation Audit Inspection Standards and Risk A
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Columbia Global Reports The Curse of Bigness
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Cambridge University Press International Commercial Contracts
Book SynopsisAny practising lawyer and student working with international commercial contracts faces standardised contracts and international arbitration as mechanism for dispute settlement. Based on extensive practical experience, this book explains the interaction between contracts terms, applicable rules of law and arbitration.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. International contract practice and its expectations in terms of the governing law; 2. The role of transnational law; 3. The impact of the governing law; 4. Which state law governs an international contract?; 5. Does arbitration ensure a self-sufficient contract?; 6. Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.
£42.74
Edward Elgar Advanced Introduction to Corporate Compliance
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Cambridge University Press Law and Practice of Liability Management
Book SynopsisThe global bond market is many times larger than the global economy. Every day, billions of dollars of tender offers, consent solicitations, buyback transactions and exchange offers are executed. This book provides a systematic treatise of the law relating to this significant aspect of the global capital market.Trade Review'… this treatise will be an obligatory reference for all those who want to know how liability management transactions are regulated. Its rigorous analysis of the various kinds of liability management options and its comparative approach make Gkoutzinis's book an innovative and noteworthy contribution to the field.' Stefano Finesi, Journal of International Banking Law and RegulationTable of Contents1. Liability management for issuers of debt securities: summary of options and legal framework; 2. The definition of 'tender offer' within the meaning of the US tender offer rules; 3. Debt tender offers and Regulation 14e under the Securities Exchange Act; 4. Debt tender offers and capital markets regulation in the European Union and the United Kingdom; 5. Exchange offers for debt securities; 6. Debt repurchases in the open market and privately negotiated transactions; 7. Anti-fraud protection in debt tender offers: Section 14(e) of the Securities Exchange Act, case law and market practice; 8. The law and practice of consent solicitations.
£95.00
Cambridge University Press Contemporary Australian Business Law
Book SynopsisContemporary Australian Business Law is an authoritative text that makes key legal concepts accessible to business students, while maintaining academic rigour. This text introduces the fundamental legal topics encountered in business, including contracts, business structures, taxation, property and employment.Table of Contents1. The Australian legal system; 2. Civil liability and the tort of negligence; 3. Contracts: formation; 4. Contracts: validity; 5. Contracts: parties and terms; 6. Contracts: performance and remedies; 7. Competition and consumer law; 8. Employment law; 9. Sale of goods; 10. Personal property; 11. Secured transactions; 12. Insurance; 13. Business structures; 14. Corporations; 15. Business taxation law; 16. Business ethics; 17. Intellectual property; Glossary.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Frequently Asked Questions in AntiBribery and
Book SynopsisA practical guide to addressing the challenges managers face in implementing and enforcing new anti-bribery regulations The Bribery Act became the law of the land in July 2011. It abolished all existing U.K. anti-bribery laws and replaced them with a suite of new regulations decidedly different and more strenuous than what has come before. Under it companies found noncompliant will be open to billions in penalties and remediation costs, and managers will be open to prosecution if anyone associated with their company commits an offence covered by the act. As employees in nearly all departments will share responsibility for ensuring that adequate procedures are in place and enforced, there is a screaming need for practical, jargon-free guidance on the subject. This book fills that need. It arms managers and advisors with the knowledge and tools they need to implement, communicate and test controls and procedures that not only comply with but exceed the new anti-bribery requireTrade Review'This is a great book if you re in business we d go so far to say that this is the only book you ll need to read. When you ve read it. Read it again. And again. And again. (thebribaryact.com, 29th May) a stand out contribution bringing common sense to what could easily become a trudge through the quicksand of bribery legislation a masterclass that helps the reader to grasp both the law and the numerous ways in which it can be broken. (The Times, 31st May 2012)Table of ContentsAbout the Author xiii Acknowledgements xv Bribery Acronyms and Terms, and a Quick Index xvii Introduction 1 1 Timeline 5 2 Who Pays Bribes? 19 3 What Are the Key Sets of Rules that Govern International Bribery? 69 4 Frequently Asked Questions 97 5 How Do I Set Up Proportionate Yet Effective Anti-Bribery Compliance Procedures? 343 6 How Do I Carry Out a Review to Detect and Deter Bribery? 405 7 Cautionary Tales – What Happens If You Get Caught? 433 8 What Are My Predictions for 2012 and Beyond? 455 9 Appendices 483 References 525 Get the Text of the Statutes on Your Smartphone from the Following QR Codes 545 Do I Need to Read this Book (Again)? 547 Index 549
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Regulating Blockchain
Book SynopsisAs the distributed architecture underpinning the initial Bitcoin anarcho-capitalist, libertarian project, ''blockchain'' entered wider public imagination and vocabulary only very recently. Yet in a short space of time it has become more mainstream and synonymous with a spectacular variety of commercial and civic ''problem''/''solution'' concepts and ideals. From commodity provenance, to electoral fraud prevention, to a wholesale decentralisation of power and the banishing of the exploitative practices of ''middlemen'', blockchain stakeholders are nothing short of evangelical in their belief that it is a force for good. For these reasons and more the technology has captured the attention of entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, global corporations and governments the world over. Blockchain may indeed offer a unique technical opportunity to change cultures of transparency and trust within cyberspace, and as revolutionary' and disruptive' has the potential to shift global socioecoTable of ContentsIntroductionPart I Regulating blockchain 1 BlockchainInterlude I: Supplementing the memory economic: … Wampum, memex, transcopyright, blockchain … 2 A regulatory conundrum3 Regulatory tradition4 Blockchain the regulatorInterlude II: Regulatory technology: Louis-Sebastien Mercier’s tax trunkPART II Critical perspectives5 Setting the sceneInterlude III: Anarchic technologies for anarchic economies: the ‘yellow trade’ of the Yorkshire coiners6 Blockchain as an ethics of neoliberal political economy7 The psycho-politics of blockchainInterlude IV: A dangerous lack of law: man with machine in Kurt Vonnegut’s Player Piano8 Critical regulationIndex
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St. Martin's Publishing Group The Complete Book of Wills Estates Trusts 4th
Book SynopsisThe classic legal guide with more than 100,000 copies in printnow substantially updated and revised!Whether grappling with modest or extensive assets, The Complete Book of Wills, Estates & Trusts has long been the indispensable guide for protecting an estate for loved ones. In this completely revised fourth edition, updated to cover the latest changes in estate law, attorneys Alexander A. Bove, Jr., and Melissa Langa synthesize their decades of field and classroom experience into honest, clear, and entertaining explanations of a host of complex legal topics, including: How to create a will and living trust How to use a trust to avoid probate and legal complications How trusts work and how to use trusts to save taxes How to contest a will and how to avoid a contest How to settle an estate or make a claim against one How to establish a durable power of attorney How to protect assets from creditorsIn their straightforward an
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McGraw-Hill Companies Loose Leaf for Dynamic Business Law
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McGraw-Hill Companies LooseLeaf for Essentials of Business Law
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McGraw-Hill Education The Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business
Book SynopsisBuilt on a foundation on property law, lead author, Marissa Pagnattaro from University of Georgia, and the entire authorship team, bring a fresh perspective emphasizing the importance of understanding laws and regulations that are fundamental foundations for business in The Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business. Using court cases and engaging examples in the Sidebars of the text that are relevant for business, the authors underscore how learning about the law is essential to understand how the law can be used for strategic advantage and how to develop sustainable business practices. This emphasis, along with the rich array of cases and examples, makes the text suited for both legal environment and business law courses. Table of ContentsPart ONE Introduction: Legal Foundations for BusinessChapter 1: Law as a Foundation for BusinessChapter 2: The Roleof Ethics in Decision MakingChapter 3: Understanding the Court SystemChapter 4: LitigationChapter 5: Alternative Dispute ResolutionChapter 6: TheConstitutionPart TWO Basic Legal PrinciplesChapter 7: TheProperty SystemChapter 8: ContractFormationChapter 9: Contractual Performance and BreachChapter 10: TortsAffecting BusinessChapter 11: Intellectual PropertyChapter 12: GlobalExpansion and International LawChapter 13: CriminalLaw and BusinessChapter 14: BusinessOrganizationsPart THREE The Regulatory Landscape for BusinessChapter 15: TheRegulatory ProcessChapter 16: Regulating Competition—Antitrust LawsChapter 17: Financialand Securities RegulationsChapter 18: Privacyand Consumer ProtectionChapter 19: EnvironmentalRegulation and Resource SustainabilityPart FOUR The Employer—Employee RelationshipChapter 20: Employment Discrimination LawsChapter 21: EmployerResponsibilities and Employee Rights -Employment LawsChapter 22: Labor—Management RelationshipAppendix I: Case Briefing and Legal Study TipsAppendix II: Sample ComplaintAppendix III: The Constitution of the United States ofAmericaAppendix IV: Selected Sections of Article 2 of UniformCommercial CodeAppendix V: Selected Sections of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of2002Appendix VI: Selected Sections of Securities Act of 1933Appendix VI: Selected Sections of Securities Exchange Act of1934
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McGraw-Hill Education Law for Business ISE
Book SynopsisFor more than 45 years, Law for Business has set the standard as an easy-to-read textbook that provides students with the tools for understanding the legal environment of business. The 15th edition has not strayed from that winning formula offering a comprehensive, yet concise, approach giving students the ability to understand the fundamental importance of how legal issues impact decision-making in business. To accompany the text, Connect features assignable real-world simulations, an interactive reading experience, and auto-graded analytical assets to develop students' critical thinking skills, and spark engagement.Table of ContentsPART ONE: Introduction to the LawChapter 1: Law and Legal ReasoningChapter 2: Dispute SettlementChapter 3: Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityChapter 4: Business and the ConstitutionChapter 5: Criminal Law and ProcedureChapter 6: Intentional TortsChapter 7: Negligence and Strict LiabilityChapter 8: Intellectual Property PART TWO: ContractsChapter 9: The Nature and Origins of ContractsChapter 10: Creating a Contract: OffersChapter 11: Creating a Contract: AcceptancesChapter 12: ConsiderationChapter 13: Capacity to ContractChapter 14: Consent to ContractChapter 15: IllegalityChapter 16: Form and Meaning of ContractsChapter 17: Third Parties’ Contract RightsChapter 18: Contract Performance and Remedies PART THREE: SalesChapter 19: Formation and Terms of Sales ContractsChapter 20: Warranties and Product LiabilityChapter 21: Performance of Sales ContractsChapter 22: Remedies for Breach of Sales Contracts PART FOUR: Agency and EmploymentChapter 23: The Agency Relationship—Creation, Duties, and TerminationChapter 24: Liability of Principals and Agents to Third PartiesChapter 25: Employment Laws PART FIVE: Business OrganizationsChapter 26: Which Form of Business Organization?Chapter 27: PartnershipsChapter 28: Formation and Termination of CorporationsChapter 29: Management of the Corporate BusinessChapter 30: Financing the Corporation and the Role of the ShareholdersChapter 31: Securities RegulationChapter 32: Legal Liability of AccountantsPART SIX: Property Chapter 33: Personal Property and Bailments Chapter 34: Real PropertyChapter 35: Landlord and Tenant Chapter 36: Estates and Trusts Chapter 37: Insurance PART SEVEN: Commercial Paper Chapter 38: Negotiable Instruments Chapter 39: Negotiation and Holder in Due CourseChapter 40: Liability of Parties Chapter 41: Checks and Electronic Fund Transfers PART EIGHT: Credit Transactions Chapter 42: Introduction to Security Chapter 43: Security Interests in Personal Property Chapter 44: Bankruptcy PART NINE: Government Regulation Chapter 45: The Antitrust Laws Chapter 46: Consumer Protection Laws Chapter 47: Environmental RegulationAPPENDIXESA: The Constitution of the United States of America B: Glossary of Legal Terms and Definitions C: Spanish–English Equivalents for Important Legal Terms
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McGraw-Hill Education Law Business and Society 2024 Release ISE
Book SynopsisLaw, Business and Society fits both upper-division undergraduate and masters levels courses in legal environment of business, government and business, and business and society. Law, Business and Society takes an interdisciplinary approach, using elements of law, political economy, international business, ethics, social responsibility, and management. Students will find an interesting, provocative reading experience filled with contemporary legal and ethical conflicts emerging from today's news, as well as scholarly results, surveys, polls, data, anecdotes, and other specific details that lend credibility, immediacy, and interest to the reading experience.?
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Cengage Learning, Inc Practical Law Office Management
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Cambridge University Press The UN Convention on Contracts for the
Book SynopsisUpdated and expanded for the second edition, this volume provides attorneys, academics and students with a detailed yet accessible overview of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG). Adopted by more than eighty nations and governing a significant portion of international sales, the CISG regulates contract formation, performance, risk of loss, conformity to contractual requirements and remedies for breach. This volume explains the CISG doctrines and their ambiguities, and appraises the extent to which the doctrines reduce transaction costs for commercial actors. Its topic-based approach will be ideal for those pursuing academic analysis or subject-specific research.Table of ContentsPreface; 1. The CISG: history, methodology and construction; 2. The scope of the CISG; 3. Contract formation; 4. Implied terms and interpretation; 5. Performance; 6. Liability for nonconformity; 7. Risk of loss; 8. Exemption from performance; 9. Remedies; Appendix I: text of the CISG; Appendix II: CISG status table; Table of cases.
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Cambridge University Press A History of Financial Technology and Regulation
Book SynopsisUsing the lens of history, A History of Financial Technology and Regulation illuminates recent changes to the world of finance. With lucid prose and the help of concrete examples, Seth Oranburg helps readers understand the role of technology in finance today, including complex phenomena such as mutual funds, cryptocurrencies, and the stock market itself. Chapters begin with basic principles and historical analogy before describing complex digital-investment strategies and instruments. Readers will also gain an introduction to key concepts in financial regulation, learning how law and regulations prevented some financial crises while perpetuating others. Oranburg concludes with ideas about what''s next for finance and how the law should respond. This book will appeal to specialists and nonspecialists alike who are interesting in learning more about business, economics, finance, law, and regulation.Trade Review'A History of Financial Technology is not just mandatory reading for anyone who wants to understand the ongoing relationship between the private world of investment and the government's insistence on regulation, it is also a page-turner for newcomers as well as seasoned observers of the world of business. It helps the reader to see why the world of cryptocurrencies and Shark Tank has much in common with earlier developments in business history. The market innovates in the shadow of legal rules, and then more regulation arises, whether the market has hiccupped or is simply perceived as too powerful. Read it from beginning to end and you will have insights as well as the best topic for dinner conversations.' Saul Levmore, William B. Graham Distinguished Service Professor of Law and former Dean, University of Chicago Law School'In A History of Financial Technology, law professor Seth Oranburg offers us important, accessible background and context relevant to the current and future use and regulation of what is commonly known as fintech. Read the whole book to get the entire picture – but many of the individual chapters also stand alone or in logical groupings as discrete, informative pieces of the fintech puzzle.' Joan MacLeod Heminway, Rick Rose Distinguished Professor of Law, The University of Tennessee“Seth Oranburg's A History of Financial Technology offers a broad, lucid, and informative account of financial regulation from its late seventeenth-century origins to the present, which should appeal to beginners and professionals alike. His call for competitive systems of regulations could well improve both consumer protection and market flexibility. It is a super read.” Richard Epstein, James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Law, Senior Lecturer, University of Chicago Law SchoolTable of ContentsThe First Era: The Wild West: 1. Under a buttonwood tree; 2. The golden spike; 3. Roar and crash; The Second Era: Electric Light: 4. A new deal; 5. Computational asymmetry; 6. Silicon valley; The Third Era: Social Media Investing: 7. The dot.com bubble; 8. Social media activism; 9. Cryptographic theory and decentralized finance; 10. Cryptocurrency regulation; 11. Crowdfunding.
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Cambridge University Press Competition Policy and Intellectual Property in
Book SynopsisThe fast-evolving relationship between the promotion of welfare-enhancing competition and the balanced protection of intellectual property (IP) rights has attracted the attention of policymakers, analysts and scholars. This interest is inevitable in an environment that lays ever greater emphasis on the management of knowledge and innovation and on mechanisms to ensure that the public derives the expected social and economic benefits from this innovation and the spread of knowledge. This book looks at the positive linkage between IP and competition in jurisdictions around the world, surveying developments and policy issues from an international and comparative perspective. It includes analysis of key doctrinal and policy issues by leading academics and practitioners from around the globe and a cutting-edge survey of related developments across both developed and developing economies. It also situates current policy developments at the national level in the context of multilateral develoTable of Contents1. Introduction: Towards a Fresh Contribution to a Critical Policy Dialogue Robert D. Anderson, Nuno Pires de Carvalho, Elena Cima and Antony Taubman; Part I. Setting the Scene: Evolution of Key Principles and International Dialogue: 2. The Application of Competition Policy vis-à-vis Intellectual Property Rights: The Evolution of Thought Underlying Policy Change Robert D. Anderson and William E. Kovacic; 3. The WTO TRIPS Agreement as a Platform for Application of Competition Policy to the Contemporary Knowledge Economy Robert D. Anderson, Anna Caroline Müller and Antony Taubman; 4. Competition Policy in WIPO's Development Agenda Nuno Pires de Carvalho; 5. Fair Enough? Reconciling Unfair Competition with Competition Policy Antony Taubman; 6. The Competition Policy Roots of Intellectual Property Law: A Reflection Antony Taubman; 7. Intellectual Property as a Tool of Product Differentiation, and the Role of Competition Policy: A Unifying Perspective Nuno Pires de Carvalho; Part II. Sharpening the Focus: Sectoral Perspectives: 8. Technical Standards, Intellectual Property and Competition – A Holistic View Nuno Pires de Carvalho; 9. Standard Setting Organizations and FRAND Licensing Jay P. Kesan and Carol Hayes; 10. Digital Disruption and the Reshaping of Markets for IP: What This Means for Trade and Competition Policy Antony Taubman; 11. Information and Communications Technologies: Bridging the Digital Divide through the Right Mix of Competition Policy and Intellectual Property Rohan Kariyawasam; 12. Patent Exhaustion and Seeds: Implications of the US Supreme Court Opinion in Bowman v. Monsanto (2013) Christoph Spennemann; 13. Competition Policy and Intellectual Property: Insights from Developed Country Experience F.M. Scherer and Jayashree Watal; 14. Competition Policy in Copyright Law Ariel Katz; 15. Copyright and Content Aggregation – Competition Law as an Engine of Licences Martin Senftleben; 16. Rethinking Trademarks and Competition: When is a Brand a Barrier to Market Entry? William van Caenegem; Part III. Deepening the Dialogue: Comparative and Jurisdictional Analyses: 17. Competition Agency Guidelines and Policy Initiatives Regarding Intellectual Property in the BRICS and Other Major Jurisdictions: A Comparative Analysis Robert D. Anderson, Jianning Chen, Anna Caroline Müller, Daria Novozhilkina, Philippe Pelletier, Antonella Salgueiro, Nivedita Sen and Nadezhda Sporysheva; 18. The Treatment of Patent Pools: Economic Underpinnings and Comparative Developments Robert D. Anderson, Giovanni Napolitano, Antonella Salgueiro and Nadezhda Sporysheva; 19. Competition Policy, Intellectual Property and Network Industries: Post-1995 Enforcement Experience in the US and EU Willard K. Tom and J. Clayton Everett; 20. Reverse Patent Settlement Agreements in the Pharmaceutical Sector: Enforcement and Regulatory Issues in a Comparative Perspective Robert D. Anderson, Anna Caroline Müller and Antonella Salgueiro; 21. Product Switching: Valid Commercial Strategy or Anti-Competitive Consumer Coercion? – A Legal and Comparative Perspective Antonella Salgueiro; 22. Enforcement of Competition Law in Relation to Intellectual Property in the European Union Pierre Arhel; 23. The Evolution of Unfair Competition Policy in Chile: Foundations, Enforcement Experience and Significance vis-à-vis Intellectual Property Rights Maximiliano Santa Cruz and Pilar Trivelli; 24. Competition Policy and Intellectual Property Rights: A Perspective from Pakistan Joseph Wilson; Part IV. Drawing the Lessons: Towards International Policy Coherence: 25. International Antitrust: Edging Towards a Global Framework with Our Feet on the Ground Eleanor M. Fox; 26. Time to Look Afresh at the International Dimension of Competition Policy and Intellectual Property? Some Concluding Observations Robert D. Anderson, Nuno Pires de Carvalho and Antony Taubman.
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Edinburgh University Press George Craig of Galashiels
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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Edinburgh University Press Avizandum Statutes on Scots Commercial and
Book SynopsisAvizandum Statutes on Scots Commercial and Consumer Lawcontain the main statutory provisions relating to commercial and consumer law in Scotland
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Edinburgh University Press Avizandum Statutes on Scots Property Trusts and
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Barcharts, Inc Business Contracts TipsTerminology
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Outskirts Press HOW AN ORDINARY LAWYER Creates and Sustains an
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Reputation Matters
Book SynopsisThe essential guide to protecting and managing the professional reputation of both yourself and your organizationIn the volatile landscape of social media and viral news, professional reputations can be wrecked within a matter of hours. Passivity in the face of public criticism is often perceived as conceding guilt, while an ill-judged response can just make things worse. But few senior business leaders, entrepreneurs, public figure, talent managers, in-house lawyers and even PR professionals are aware of the full array of strategies available that can both prevent and mitigate PR crises. In Reputation Matters, Jonathan Coad draws upon his decades of expertise (both as one of the country's leading PR lawyers and as a highly regarded editorial lawyer) to provide this essential guide to protecting and managing both your professional reputation and that of your organization. With the blurred lines between traditional and social media and the growing predominance of misinfoTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Why Reputation Matters 3. Key Regulations and Laws 4. How the Media Operates 5. Avoiding a Media Crisis 6. Preparing for a Media Crisis 7. What to Do if a Media Crisis Looms 8. Dealing with a Media Crisis if it Breaks 9. Litigation PR 10. Looking to the Future 11. Conclusion Appendices Index
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Edinburgh University Press Scots Commercial Law
Book SynopsisScots Commercial Law brings together expertise from academia and practice. Part I puts the subject in context with chapters on Juristic Persons, General Principles of Contract and General Principles of Property. Part II covers the main subject areas covered in commercial law courses
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Edinburgh University Press Scots Commercial Law
Book SynopsisScots Commercial Law brings together expertise from academia and practice. Part I puts the subject in context with chapters on Juristic Persons, General Principles of Contract and General Principles of Property. Part II covers the main subject areas covered in commercial law courses
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Stanford University Press Becoming a Public Benefit Corporation: Express
Book SynopsisThere are now over 10,000 benefit corporations and public benefit corporations in the United States, including at least fifteen public companies. This is the authoritative guide for leaders, advisors, and board members. Entrepreneurs and leaders often have an inspiring vision for how their business can not only make money for shareholders, but also benefit society. In recent years a new legal structure has emerged, the "Benefit Corporation" or "Public Benefit Corporation," which helps organizations make this ethical vision a legally authorized and protected reality. Companies like Patagonia, Kickstarter, Warby Parker, Danone North America, Allbirds, and King Arthur Baking have become benefit corporations to help advance both their business and their broader mission. Rather than narrowly maximizing profits, they consider their businesses' impacts on employees, customers, suppliers, the environment and others. The goal of benefit corporations like these is to foster a new, more humane, and sustainable capitalism by pursuing both profits and mission. Benefit corporation status helps protect the company mission even when leadership changes—and in the face of pressure from investors, shareholders, bankers and lenders. Becoming a Public Benefit Corporation explains this exciting new type of corporation, when it makes sense, and how becoming a benefit corporation can help leaders and organizations balance the tradeoffs between profits and mission. Law professor and corporate governance expert Michael B. Dorff also covers the weaknesses of benefit corporations, arguing that the enforcement mechanisms around benefit corporations are currently too weak to prevent "purpose washing." With examples from top companies, the book shows mission-driven leaders, board members, and advisors how to use the benefit corporation structure to make the world a better place.Trade Review"Michael Dorff's fascinating new book is essential reading for anyone interested in learning about this newer type of corporate entity that was created to help organizations balance purpose with profit."—Michael J. Downer, Senior Lawyer and Executive (ret.) Capital Group American Funds"Essential reading for anyone interested in learning about this newer type of corporate entity that is expressly permitted to balance purpose with profit."—Michael J. Downer, former Senior Lawyer and Executive, Capital Group"Why do corporations exist? Becoming a Public Benefit Corporation mines the tensions that underpin democracy and capitalism—through the story of the public benefit corporation, a (decades-old) innovation in corporate governance designed to support business entrepreneurs keen to balance purpose vs. profits. The book is timely, both for those who aspire to create great companies equipped to perform across multiple dimensions of value creation, and for those who hope to hold business to account."—Judy Samuelson, Founder and Executive Director, Aspen Institute Business and Society Program"Becoming a Public Benefit Corporation does an excellent job explaining the rise of new corporate forms—the public benefit corporation and the benefit corporation—in the context of both the rise of shareholder primacy and society's need to have corporations better meet the needs of stakeholders in addition to shareholders."—Susan Mac Cormac, Partner, Morrison Foerster"Becoming a Public Benefit Corporation is the definitive guide for entrepreneurs and investors who care about imbuing their companies with social purpose or who want to understand this ground-breaking change in modern business."—Steven Solomon, Alexander F. and May T. Morrison Professor of Law, UC Berkeley School of LawTable of ContentsIntroduction: Introduction 1. What Is a Corporation's Purpose? 2. Corporate Law Basics 3. How Are BCs and PBCs Different? 4. What Public Purposes Can Benefit Corporations Serve? 5. Purpose Enforcement Mechanisms 6. Should Entrepreneurs Choose a Hybrid Form? 7. Should Investors Support Hybrid Forms? 8. How Should Benefit Corporations Balance Profit and Public Good? 9. The Publicly Traded Public Benefit Corporation Conclusion: Conclusion
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC A Critical Account of Article 106(2) TFEU:
Book SynopsisA Critical Account of Article 106(2) TFEU: Government Failure in Public Service Provision offers a sceptical perspective on how EU law applies to public services. Article 106(2) provides that other Treaty rules may be disapplied in order to sustain a Service of General Economic Interest (SGEI). The rhetorical presentation of Article 106(2) is as a strict exception. As a result, Article 106(2) is often presented as a threat to Europe’s public service tradition. This book challenges those shibboleths by using the concept of government failure. It is concerned with instances of government intervention that are unnecessary, generate avoidable inefficiencies, or that can be bettered so as to realise general interest goals more efficaciously. As an element of the government failure critique, a market feasibility test incorporating the concept of market failure is used to expose laxity in the review of general interests under Article 106(2). Complementing that, the process of disapplying other Treaty rules under Article 106(2) is shown to have evolved from being strict to being highly indulgent of SGEI providers, with a relatively recent but only partial correction post Altmark. Overall, the strict exception label for Article 106(2) does not hold. Moreover, it is contingent and presents no legitimate general interest related threat to the organisation and delivery of public services. A comprehensive re-orientation of Article 106(2) on issues of proof is required, as is greater reliance on market counterfactuals, and much more careful separation of objectives and means in SGEI operation and design. Through these measures, the toleration of government failure can be stemmed and Article 106(2)’s contingency reduced.Trade ReviewMaking sense of art.106(2) TFEU and the case law around it is not an easy task and even less so is providing a critical and well-reasoned proposal for its improved implementation. Hence, the author of this book has surely chosen a challenging task and is to be congratulated for mastering it in great detail and with a commendable measure of sophistication throughout the book. -- Katri Paas-Mohando * European Competition Law Review *Table of Contents1. In the General Interest? A. Introduction B. The Nature of the Problem C. The Mechanics of Article 106(2) D. The Essence of Government Failure and its Cost E. This Book 2. The Pathology of Government Failure A. Introduction B. Government Failure and Market Failure C. The Constitutional Grounding for Government Failure Control Under Article 106(2) D. Approaches to Government Failure E. Government Failure Under Article 106(2) F. Conclusions 3. The Contestation and Indeterminacy of Article 106(2) A. Introduction B. The Political, Constitutional and Administrative Battleground C. Accounts of Article 106(2) D. Conclusions 4. A Most Contingent Exemption A. Introduction B. Contestation—The Scope of Article 106(2) Ratione Materiae C. Competition—The Free Movement Derogations D. Subordination—The State Aid Rules E. Conclusions 5. Government Failure in Assessing Market Feasibility A. Introduction B. Telecommunications C. Environmental Protection D. Broadcasting E. Conclusions 6. Government Failure in Disapplication Review A. Introduction B. The First Phase—The Strict Exception C. The Second Phase—Permissive Derogation D. The Third Phase—Partial Revival E. Conclusions 7. Contours of a Better Exemption A. Introduction B. Government Failure Redux C. Proposals for a Reorientation of the Law with Respect to SGEIs D. Concluding Observations
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Regulatory Delivery
Book SynopsisThis ground-breaking book addresses the challenge of regulatory delivery, defined as the way that regulatory agencies operate in practice to achieve the intended outcomes of regulation. Regulatory reform is moving beyond the design of regulation to address what good regulatory delivery looks like. The challenge in practice is to operate a regulatory regime that is both appropriate and effective. Questions of how regulations are received and applied by those whose behaviour they seek to control, and the way they are enforced, are vital in securing desired regulatory outcomes. This book, written by and for practitioners of regulatory delivery, explains the Regulatory Delivery Model, developed by Graham Russell and his team at the UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. The model sets out a framework to steer improvements to regulatory delivery, comprising three prerequisites for regulatory agencies to be able to operate effectively (Governance Frameworks, Accountability and Culture) and three practices for regulatory agencies to be able to deliver societal outcomes (Outcome Measurement, Risk-based Prioritisation and Intervention Choices). These elements are explored by an international group of experts in regulatory delivery reform, with case studies from around the world. Regulatory Delivery is the first product of members of the International Network for Delivery of Regulation.Trade ReviewThe book is a must-read for regulators at all levels of government. For regulatory practitioners working at the frontlines, the chapters on regulatory practices will likely be of most interest. For those working in managerial positions in regulatory agencies, the chapters on prerequisites will likely have the most insights. Yet, as the authors of the Regulatory Delivery Model explain (in exceptionally clear language) all these aspects impact each other. Contrary to some of the other books that I have discussed on this blog, Regulatory Delivery provides regulators with an easy heuristic to work with. * New Zealand Government Regulatory Practice Initiative *Table of ContentsPART ONE WHY DELIVERY? Introduction Graham Russell 1. The Rationale for Regulatory Delivery Graham Russell and Christopher Hodges 2. The Regulatory Delivery Model Graham Russell PART TWO THE REGULATORY DELIVERY MODEL Prerequisites: Governance Frameworks 3. Governance Frameworks Graham Russell and Helen Kirkman 4. The Delegated Administrative Authority Model, a Radical Alternative Governance Framework from Ontario, Canada Srikanth Mangalam 5. Code-based Approaches, the Use of Codes to Change the Behaviour of Regulators in the UK Helen Kirkman and Paul Sanderson 6. Transparency Approaches, Changing the Role of Supervisory Institutions in Lithuania Giedrius Kadziauskas Prerequisites: Accountability 7. Accountability Graham Russell and Helen Kirkman 8. Better Business for All, an Approach to Building Local Capability for Collaboration and Accountability Martin Traynor and Kathryn Preece 9. Primary Authority as a Mechanism for Strengthening Regulator Consistency and Accountability Duncan Johnson Prerequisites: Culture 10. Culture Graham Russell and Helen Kirkman 11. Cooperative Approaches: The Work of the Inspection Council in the Netherlands Rob Velders 12. Culture as a Transformation Tool, the Experience of the Environment Protection Authority in Victoria, Australia Chris Webb Practices: Outcome Measurement 13. Outcome Measurement Graham Russell and Helen Kirkman 14. The Impacts and Outcomes Toolkit, Getting to the Outcomes of Regulatory Services Christian van Stolk and Tom Ling 15. The Impact of Inspections, Measuring Outcomes from Occupational Safety and Health Inspections Florentin Blanc and Giuliana Cola Practices: Risk-based Prioritisation 16. Risk-based Prioritisation Graham Russell and Helen Kirkman 17. Effective Environmental Regulation, the Use of Risk-based Permitting, Compliance Approaches and Associated Charging Schemes Paul Leinster and Simon Pollard 18. The Find-IT Tool, an Approach to Evidence-Led Targeted Interventions David Snowball, Joseph Januszewski, Mike Calcutt, Michael Bone and Phil Preece 19. Regulating Quality Outputs, an Approach Based on Provision of Data to Drive Behaviour Marcus Rink Practices: Intervention Choices 20. Intervention Choices Graham Russell and Helen Kirkman 21. Consumer Empowerment, Providing Information from Food Inspections in Ways that Enable Consumer Behaviour Erica Sheward and Mariam Shkubuliani 22. Ethical Business Regulation, a New Understanding of the Power of Trust-Based Relationships Christopher Hodges and Ruth Steinholtz 23. Standards-based Regulation, the Role of Standards and Accreditation in Regulatory Delivery 9 Scott Steedman, Matt Gantley and Richard Sanders PART THREE INTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICE EXAMPLES 24. Regulatory Delivery in Brazil: Past and Future Marcelo Pacheco dos Guaranys 25. Lessons from Creating a Consolidated Inspection Agency in Mongolia Jigjidmaa Dugeree, Giuliana Cola, Florentin Blanc and Giuseppa Ottimofi ore 26. Harmonising Delivery at National and Local Levels in the Philippines Ariel Francisco Faraon and Nestor Ian Favila Fiedalan PART FOUR REFLECTIONS 27. Reflections on Regulatory Delivery: Evolution and Future Christopher Hodges
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Secured Transactions Law in Asia: Principles,
Book SynopsisThis collection of essays offers a unique insight and overview of the secured transactions law in many of the most important countries in Asia, as well as reflections on the need for, benefits of and challenges for reform in this area of the law. The book provides a mixture of general reflections on the history, successes and challenges of secured transaction law reform, and critical discussion of the law in a number of Asian countries. In some of the countries, the law has already been reformed, or reform is under way, and here the reforms are considered critically, with recommendations for future work. In other countries, the law is not yet reformed, and the existing law is analysed so as to determine what reform is desirable, and whether it is likely to take place. First, this book will enable those engaging with the law in Asia to understand better the contours of the law in both civil and common law jurisdictions. Second, it provides analytical insights into why secured transactions law reform happens or does not happen, the different methods by which reform takes place, the benefits of reform and the difficulties that need to be overcome for successful reform. Third, it discusses the need for reform where none has yet taken place and critically assesses the reforms which have already been enacted or are being considered. In addition to providing a forum for discussion in relation to the countries in question, this book is also a timely contribution to the wider debate on secured transactions law reform which is taking place around the world.Table of Contents1. Introduction Louise Gullifer, University of Cambridge, UK and Dora Neo, National University of Singapore PART I GENERAL 2. Lost in Transplantation? Modern Principles of Secured Transactions Law as Legal Transplants Charles W Mooney, Jr, University of Pennsylvania, USA 3. Personal Property Securities Law Reform in Developed Jurisdictions Anthony Duggan, University of Toronto, Canada 4. Secured Transactions Law Reform in Asia and Access to Finance: What can the UNCITRAL Model Law on Secured Transactions Offer? N Orkun Akseli, University of Durham, UK 5. Secured Transactions Reform in East Asia: Progress and Challenges Elaine MacEachern, World Bank Group, Financial Institutions Group Advisory Services (Washington DC), USA PART II CIVIL LAW JURISDICTIONS 6. Secured Transactions Law Reform in Civil Law Jurisdictions: Challenging Tradition, Facing Reality, and Embracing Modernity Teresa Rodríguez de las Heras Ballell, , Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain 7. The Law of Secured Transactions in China: Comparison and Future Reform Lebing Wang, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, PRC. 8. Secured Transactions Law Reform in Indonesia: Fiducia, at a Crossroads Ibrahim Assegaf, STIH Indonesia Jentera, Jakarta, Indonesia and Aria Suyudi, STIH Indonesia Jentera, Jakarta, Indonesia 9. Navigating the Patchwork of Secured Transactions Rules in Japan: Towards a Framework Conducive to Asset Based Lending Megumi Hara, Gakushuin University, Japan 10. Banking the Unbanked: An Examination of the Personal Property Security Act of the Philippines Anthony Amunategui Abad, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines, David Kintanar Rosario III, Abad Alcantara & Associates, Philippines and Griselda (Gay) Santos, Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines 11. Korea: The Coexistence of Old and New Secured Transactions Law Regimes Youngjoon Kwon, Seoul National University, Korea 12. Law Reform of the Secured Transactions Regime in Taiwan: Modernisation, Controversies, and Prospects Andrew Jen-Guang Lin, National Taiwan University, Taiwan 13. Implementation of International Standards on Secured Transactions into the Thai Legal System: Possibilities and Proposals Parawee Kasitinon, Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand 14. Secured Transactions Reform in Vietnam: Prominent Achievements, Experiences, and Lessons Learnt Huyen Pham, International Finance Corporation (IFC), World Bank Group, Vietnam PART III COMMON LAW JURISDICTIONS 15. Secured Transactions Law Reform in Common Law Jurisdictions (Brunei Darussalam as an Example) Louise Gullifer, University of Cambridge, UK 16. Bangladesh Secured Transactions Framework: Moving Towards a Reform Marek Dubovec, Kozolchyk National Law Center, USA and Junayed Chowdhury, Vertex Chambers, Bangladesh and Vertex International Consulting, Australia 17. Secured Transactions Law in India: Suggestions for Reforms M R Umarji, Indian Delegate to UNCITRAL Working Group VI on Secured Transactions Law 18. Pakistan’s Reform of Secured Transactions Law: Challenges and the Road Ahead Marek Dubovec, Kozolchyk National Law Center, USA and Zahra Abid, Haidermota & Co, Pakistan 19. Secured Transactions Law in Singapore: Living with Untidiness Dora Neo, National University of Singapore 20. Conclusion Louise Gullifer, University of Cambridge, UK
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC European Capital Markets Law
Book Synopsis“The richness, clarity and nuances of the structure and methodology followed by the contributors make the book a very valuable tool for students... seeking to obtain a general understanding of the market and how it is regulated.” – Ligia Catherine Arias Barrera, Banking & Finance Law Review The fully updated edition of this user-friendly textbook continues to systematise the European law governing capital markets and examines the underlying concepts from a broadly interdisciplinary perspective. The 3rd edition deals with 3 central developments: the project of the capital markets union; sustainable finance; and the further digitalisation of financial instruments and securities markets. The 1st chapter deals with the foundations of capital markets law in Europe, the 2nd explains the basics, and the 3rd examines the regime on market abuse. Chapter 4 explores the disclosure system and chapter 5 short-selling and high-frequency trading. The role of intermediaries, such as financial analysts, rating agencies, and proxy advisers, is described in chapter 6. Chapter 7 explains compliance and corporate governance in investment firms and chapter 8 illustrates the regulation of benchmarks. Finally, chapter 9 deals with public takeovers. Throughout the book emphasis is placed on legal practice, and frequent reference is made to the key decisions of supervisory authorities and courts. This is essential reading for students involved in the study of capital markets law and financial law.Trade ReviewThis work is probably the best treatise on European securities market law. … The book's greatest virtue is that this very important sector of the economy is approached from an interdisciplinary, systematic and dogmatic perspective. This point of view is not so common and is undoubtedly one of the main merits of the book. * Revista de derecho mercantil [Bloomsbury translation] *This book provides essential background information for understanding European capital markets law. -- Toshiaki Yamanaka * University of Tsukuba *Table of ContentsSUMMARY CONTENTS 1 Foundations of Capital Markets Legislature in Europe § 1. History (Rüdiger Veil) § 2. Concept and Aims of Capital Markets Regulation (Rüdiger Veil) § 3. Legislative Powers for Regulating and Harmonising Capital Markets in Europe (Rüdiger Veil) § 4. Rule-Making Process (Fabian Walla) § 5. Sources of Law and Principles of Interpretation (Rüdiger Veil) § 6. Intra- and Interdisciplinarity (Rüdiger Veil) 2 Basics of Capital Markets Law § 7. Capital Markets (Rüdiger Veil) § 8. Financial Instruments (Rüdiger Veil) § 9. Market Participants (Rüdiger Veil) § 10. Cryptoassets and DLT Market Infrastructures (Rüdiger Veil) § 11. Capital Markets Supervision (Fabian Walla) § 12. Sanctions (Rüdiger Veil) 3 Market Abuse § 13. Foundations (Rüdiger Veil) § 14. Insider Dealing (Rüdiger Veil) § 15. Market Manipulation (Rüdiger Veil) 4 Disclosure System § 16. Foundations (Hendrik Brinckmann) § 17. Prospectus Disclosure (Rüdiger Veil) § 18. Periodic Disclosure (Hendrik Brinckmann) § 19. Disclosure of Inside Information (Rüdiger Veil) § 20. Disclosure of Major Holdings (Rüdiger Veil) § 21. Directors’ Dealings (Rüdiger Veil) § 22. Corporate Governance and Shareholder Rights (Rüdiger Veil) 5 Trading Activities § 23 Investment Objectives (Rüdiger Veil) § 24 Short Sales and Credit Default Swaps (Fabian Walla) § 25 Algorithmic Trading and High-Frequency Trading (Marcus Lerch) 6 Intermediaries § 26 Financial Analysts (Rüdiger Veil) § 27 Rating Agencies (Rüdiger Veil) § 28 Proxy Advisors (Rüdiger Veil) 7 Investment Firms § 29 Foundations (Rüdiger Veil) § 30 Investment Services (Rüdiger Veil) § 31 Product Intervention (Rüdiger Veil) § 32 Foundations of Compliance (Malte Wundenberg) § 33 Compliance Requirements (Malte Wundenberg) § 34 Governance (Malte Wundenberg) 8 Regulation of Benchmarks § 35 Foundations (Malte Wundenberg) § 36 Market Supervision and Organisational Requirements (Malte Wundenberg) 9 Takeover Law § 37 Foundations (Rüdiger Veil) § 38 Public Takeovers (Rüdiger Veil) § 39 Mandatory Bid (Rüdiger Veil) § 40 Defence against Takeover Bids (Rüdiger Veil)
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Licensing Standard Essential Patents: FRAND and
Book SynopsisWhat is the licensing framework of standard essential patents (SEPs) for connectivity standards such as 5G and Wi-Fi? How will the framework change with the Internet of Things (IoT)? This book provides comprehensive answers to these questions. For over two decades, connectivity standards have been the subject of litigation and controversy around the globe. Now, with the introduction of 5G and the emergence of the world of connected objects, or the IoT, the licensing framework for SEPs is becoming even more contentious. In order to bring clarity to the debate, this book analyses and explains key components of a fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) licence for SEPs; clarifies the economic, policy and market background of SEP disputes; examines the interrelated application of contract, patent and competition laws; and describes the approaches by courts and regulators in the EU, US and the UK. Importantly, the book also assesses how the experience from the smartphone and ICT industries can be applied in a new environment of the IoT, and considers what needs to be changed in the future SEP licensing landscape. The book provides a holistic coverage of SEP licensing issues in an attempt to reduce uncertainty within this highly complex and technical area, and will be useful to practitioners, policy makers, SMEs and large technology companies in the IoT, as well as academics interested in the field.Table of ContentsI. Setting the Context II. Structure PART I THE STANDARD-DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT 1. Standards, Standard-Development Organisations and Standard Essential Patents I. Standards A. Technical Interoperability Standards B. Classification of Standards i. Standards Based on their Source a. De Facto Standards b. Collaborative Standards c. Governmental Standards ii. Open and Closed Standards II. Standard Development Organisations A. Types of SDOs B. Membership C. How SDOs Develop Standards III. Standard Essential Patents A. SEPs in IPR Policies of SDOs i. Disclosure Rules ii. Licensing Rules B. The Meaning of Essentiality C. The Problem of Over-Disclosure IV. Conclusion 2. The Dynamics of Standard Essential Patent Licensing: Patent Holdup, Holdout and Royalty Stacking I. Industry Convergences and Changing Market Dynamics II. Patent Holdup and Royalty Stacking A. Patent Holdup B. Royalty Stacking C. The Influence of Patent Holdup and Royalty Stacking Theories III. Criticism of Patent Holdup and Royalty Stacking Theories A. The Lack of Empirical Evidence of Systematic Negative Effects B. The Misunderstanding of the Standardisation Process and Legal Licensing Framework IV. Patent Holdout V. Conclusion PART II THE MEANING AND CONTENT OF A FRAND LICENCE 3. The Nature of a FRAND Commitment I. The Principles and the Text of a FRAND Commitment II. The Enforceability of a FRAND Commitment A. Contract Law i. Can SDO Non-Members Rely on a FRAND Contract? ii. Is a FRAND Commitment Sufficiently Clear to be an Enforceable Contract iii. Transferability of a FRAND Commitment iv. Not All Jurisdictions Recognise Third-Party Beneficiary Rights v. SDOs Could Clarify the Contractual Nature of a FRAND Commitment B. Competition Law i. EU Competition Law and Breach of FRAND Commitments ii. US Antitrust Law and Breach of FRAND Commitments iii. The Role of Competition Law in the SEP Context C. Alternative Theories on the Enforceability of FRAND Commitments III. Conclusion 4. FRAND Royalty I. The Principles of FRAND Royalty A. The Value of the Technology Itself (the Ex Ante Incremental Value Approach) i. Reception in Practice ii. Criticism of the Ex Ante Incremental Value Approach a. Misunderstanding the Standard-Development Process b. Depreciating the Value of SEPs c. Not Used in Real-World Commercial Transactions d. Inapplicability in Practice B. Sharing the Value of Standardisation II. Calculating FRAND Royalties in Practice A. Comparable Licences i. Application in Practice B. Top-Down Approach i. Application in Practice C. Other Approaches III. Conclusion 5. The Non-Discrimination Requirement of a FRAND Commitment I. Positive and Negative Aspects of Price Discrimination in Standard Essential Patent Licensing II. The Non-Discrimination Requirement in the Text of a FRAND Commitment III. No Requirement to Apply Uniform Terms to All Licensees IV. Interpretations of the Non-Discrimination Requirement of a FRAND Commitment A. Prohibition of Discrimination between Different Levels of the Production Chain B. Prohibiting Price Discrimination of Vertically Integrated SEP Holders against Downstream Competitors C. Prohibiting Discrimination against Similarly Situated Licensees i. Which Licensees are Similarly Situated? ii. When is Dissimilar Treatment Discriminatory? iii. What are the Remedies for Discrimination? V. The Application of the Non-Discrimination Requirement of a FRAND Commitment VI. Confidentiality Agreements and Disclosure of Licences VII. Conclusion 6. FRAND Royalty Base I. Introduction: The End-Product or Component? II. The Appropriate FRAND Royalty Base III. The Legal Requirement to Use a Particular Royalty Base A. Origins and Evolution of the SSPPU Theory i. US Patent Damages System and the Emergence of the SSPPU Theory ii. Reception and Expansion of the SSPPU Doctrine by the Federal Circuit iii. Clarification and Backtracking of the SSPPU Doctrine by the Federal Circuit iv. Jury Bias as a Reason for the Introduction of the SSPPU B. Conclusion IV. The Royalty Base in Standard Essential Patent Litigation V. Conclusion 7. FRAND and Value Chain Licensing I. The Value Chain Licensing Debate II. Patent Law and Value Chain Licensing III. FRAND Commitments and Value Chain Licensing IV. Competition Law and Value Chain Licensing A. Refusal to License and EU Competition Law B. Article 101 TFEU and the Horizontal Cooperation Guidelines C. Refusal to License and US Antitrust Law V. Policy Outlook for the Internet of Things VI. Conclusion 8. Remedies I. Injunctions A. Principles of Equity (US Courts) B. Public Policy (International Trade Commission) C. Unfair Competition (Federal Trade Commission) D. Competition Law (EU) i. The Interpretation of Huawei v ZTE by National Courts E. Conclusion II. Global or Territorial Scope of a FRAND Licence? III. Antisuit Injunctions IV. Past Damages V. Procedural Remedies to Facilitate Patent Licensing A. A FRAND Trial First B. Interim Payments VI. Conclusion PART III STANDARD ESSENTIAL PATENT LICENSING IN THE INTERNET OF THINGS 9. Standard Essential Patent Licensing in the Internet of Things I. Challenges of FRAND Licensing in the Internet of Things II. Current Proposals for Improving the Standard Essential Patent Licensing Framework A. Transparency of the SEP Landscape B. Unilateral Ex Ante Disclosure of Maximum Licensing Terms C. Collectively Setting an Aggregate Royalty for a Standard D. Global Rate-Setting Tribunals III. Collective Licensing Models for the Internet of Things A. Patent Pools for the IoT i. Overcoming the Obstacles in Pool Formation a. Assembling a Critical Number of Upstream Companies is Sufficient b. Pool Royalty to Induce Pool Participation and Prevent Free Riding c. Division of Royalties d. Essentiality Checks e. IoT Industry-Specific Licensing Terms f. Transparency of Terms and Patents B. Implementers’ Collective Licensing Associations IV. Conclusion
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC From Corporate Social Responsibility to Corporate
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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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Culpable Corporate Mind
Book SynopsisThis collection examines critically, and with an eye to reform, conceptions and conditions of corporate blameworthiness in law. It draws on legal, moral, regulatory and psychological theory, as well as historical and comparative perspectives. These insights are applied across the spheres of civil, criminal, and international law. The collection also has a deliberate focus on the ‘nuts and bolts’ of the law: the legal, equitable and statutory principles and rules that operate to establish corporate states of mind, on which responsibility as a matter of daily legal practice commonly depends.The collection therefore engages strongly with scholarly debates. The book also speaks, clearly and cogently, to the judges, regulators, legislators, law reform commissioners, barristers and practitioners who administer and, through their respective roles, incrementally influence the development of the law at the coalface of legal practice.Table of ContentsForeword by The Hon Justice Michelle Gordon AC Preface List of Contributors Table of Cases Table of Legislation Table of Instruments and Other Materials (Australia) Australian State Legislation Table of Other National Legislation Table of International Materials PART I FRAMEWORKS AND CONTEXTS 1. The Culpable Corporate Mind: Taxonomy and Synthesis Elise Bant 2. Associations and Moral Responsibility: Some Ground-Clearing Matthew Harding 3. Crown Resorts and the Im/moral Corporate Form Penny Crofts 4. Corporate Torts in England: Limiting Liability by Capacity Joshua Getzler 5. The Corporate Culpability of Big Tech Julia Powles PART II ATTRIBUTION MODELS 6. Meridian, Allocated Powers and Systems Intentionality Compared Rachel Leow 7. Reactive Corporate Fault Brent Fisse 8. Ideas of Corporate Culture from the Perspective of Penalties Jurisprudence Rebecca Faugno 9. Systems Intentionality: Theory and Practice Elise Bant 10. How to Read a Corporation’s Mind Mihailis E Diamantis PART III CORPORATE STATES OF MIND 11. Modelling Corporate States of Mind through Systems Intentionality Elise Bant 12. Automated Mistakes: Vitiated Consent and State of Mind Culpability in Algorithmic Contracting Jeannie Marie Paterson and Elise Bant 13. Can Corporations be Dishonest? Jeremy Gans 14. Asset-Based Lending: A Case Study in Unconscionable Systems of Conduct Michael Bryan 15. Corporate Contrition Robyn Carroll PART IV ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES 16. Culpable Ships Sarah Derrington and Samuel Walpole 17. Culpable Executives Pamela Hanrahan 18. ‘Failure to Prevent’ Offences: The Solution to Transnational Corporate Criminal Liability? Jonathan Clough 19. Performance-Based Consumer and Investor Protection: Corporate Responsibility without Blame Lauren E Willis 20. Regulatory Pluralism to Tackle Modern Slavery Fiona McGaughey Index
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