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Book SynopsisEverything you need to know about the Scots law of delict, rigorously updated for the 3rd edition.

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Book SynopsisResponding to Human Trafficking provides a new framework for critical analyses of anti-trafficking and other rights-based and anti-violence interventions.Trade Review‘Kay’s work is a significant addition to the academic literature on anti-trafficking efforts in Canada and should be included in academic library collections.’ -- Angela Gibson * Canadian Law Library Review vol 43:01:2018 *‘Julie Kaye’s excellent and much needed intervention into contemporary trafficking debates is a must read for scholars…Responding to Human Trafficking is a profound contribution to both public and policy debates on the topic.’ -- Emily van der Meulen * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books, January 2018 *Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Acronyms Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: The Production of International and Domestic Anti-Trafficking in Settler-Colonial Canada Chapter 2: Settler-Colonialism and the Construction of Anti-trafficking Chapter 3: Anti-Trafficking in Canada: Negotiating "Domestic" versus "International" Chapter 4: Settler Colonialism, Sex Work, Criminalization, and Human Trafficking Chapter 5: Anti-Trafficking and Border Secularization Conclusion: Anti-Trafficking Policy and Human Insecurity Appendix A Appendix B References Notes

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Book SynopsisThis book introduces the reader to a number of ideas and issues that underlie the English law of contract—an area of law that is often regarded as forbiddingly dry and technical but which is here made easy to understand and full of interest. Taking as its starting point the role contract law plays in helping markets to operate, the book explains how contract law regulates the commercial risks people take, while at the same time placing limits on what may be bought and sold, and ensuring that contractual powers are not unacceptably abused. A final chapter discusses how contract law can be used to make gifts of binding promises to other people. The book provides a rigorous and stimulating journey through the ideas underpinning contract law and is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the subject. ‘Clearly written and bursting with interesting and novel ideas, this lively book will be a great resource for anyone interested in Contract Law.’ Paul S Davies, Professor of Commercial Law, University College LondonTrade ReviewIdeal book for students before they come up to Cambridge, reflective, thoughtful, introductory without being superficial. -- Sean Bulter * University of Cambridge *This book is original and accessible. It complements the textbooks very well. -- Liron Shmilovits * University of Cambridge *Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Markets 3. Risk 4. Conscience 5. Limits 6. Gifts

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Book SynopsisThis casebook studies the law governing judicial review of administrative action. It examines the foundations and the organisation of judicial review, the types of administrative action, and corresponding kinds of review and access to court. Significant attention is also devoted to the conduct of the court proceedings, the grounds for review, and the standard of review and the remedies available in judicial review cases. The relevant rules and case law of Germany, England and Wales, France and the Netherlands are analysed and compared. The similarities and differences between the legal systems are highlighted. The impact of the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights is considered, as well as the influence of EU legislative initiatives and the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union, in the legal systems examined. Furthermore, the system of judicial review of administrative action before the European courts is studied and compared to that of the national legal systems. During the last decade, the growing influence of EU law on national procedural law has been increasingly recognised. However, the way in which national systems of judicial review address the requirements imposed by EU law differs substantially. The casebook compares the primary sources (legislation, case law etc) of the legal systems covered, and explores their differences and similarities: this examination reveals to what extent a ius commune of judicial review of administrative action is developing.Trade ReviewThe incredible richness of the materials collected in this book and the soundness of the in-depth analysis provided in all the chapters will certainly represent a very useful resource for classes and research in comparative administrative law and judicial systems. -- Giulio Napolitano, University of Roma Tre * Review of European Administrative Law *Table of Contents1. CONSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE AND BASIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LEGAL SYSTEMS EXAMINED (CONCERNING JUDICIAL REVIEW) Thomas Perroud 2. ORGANISATION OF JUDICIAL REVIEW IN ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS AND INTRA-ADMINISTRATIVE OBJECTION PROCEDURE Mariolina Eliantonio 3. TYPES OF ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION AND CORRESPONDING REVIEW Mariolina Eliantonio and Franziska Grashof 4. ACCESS TO COURT Chris Backes 5. CONDUCT OF COURT PROCEEDINGS Mike Varney 6. GROUNDS OF REVIEW AND STANDARD OF REVIEW Hermann Pünder and Anika Klafki 7. REMEDIES AND CONSEQUENCES OF COURT DECISIONS Emilie Chevalier 8. APPELLATE PROCEEDINGS Rob Widdershoven 9. STRUCTURE AND STYLE OF JUDGMENTS Chris Backes 10. NON-JUDICIAL REDRESS MECHANISMS Mike Varney 11. LIABILITY OF THE ADMINISTRATION Hermann Pünder and Anika Klafki

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Book SynopsisThis book is the first book-length analysis of investor accountability under general and customary international law, international human rights law, international environmental law, international humanitarian law, as well as international investment law. International investment law is currently facing growing criticisms for its failure to address corruption, abuse, environmental damage, and other forms of investor misconduct. Reform initiatives range from the rejection of international law as a governing regime for investors, to the dramatic overhaul of investment treaties that supposedly enable investor overprotection, to the creation of a multilateral international instrument that would enable the litigation of claims against errant businesses before an international tribunal. Whether these initiatives succeed in disciplining investors remains to be seen. What these initiatives undeniably show however, is that change is warranted to counteract this lopsided investors’ international law. Each chapter in the book addresses a different and underexplored dimension of investor accountability, thus offering a novel and consolidated study of international law. The book will be of immense assistance to legal practitioners, academics and policy makers involved in the design, drafting, application and reform of various international instruments addressing investor accountability.Table of ContentsSummary of Contents Introduction Jean Ho (National University of Singapore) and Mavluda Sattorova (University of Liverpool, UK) 1. International Law’s Opportunities for Investor Accountability Jean Ho (National University of Singapore) 2. The Foreign Investor as a Good Citizen: Investor Obligations to Do Good Mavluda Sattorova (University of Liverpool, UK) 3. Investors’ International Law and its Asymmetries: The Case of Local Communities Lorenzo Cotula (International Institute for Environment and Development, UK) and Nicolás M Perrone (Universidad Andres Bello, Chile) 4. From Risk to Rights: Reorienting the Paradigms at the Heart of Corporate Legal Form and Investment Treaty Standards in Foreign Investment Governance Anil Yilmaz Vastardis (University of Essex, UK) 5. Investor Obligations in Investment Treaties: Missing Text or a Matter of Application? Prabhash Ranjan (South Asian University, India) 6. The Role of Soft Law Corporate Responsibilities in Defining Investor Obligations in International Investment Agreement Barnali Choudhury (University College London, UK) 7. Responding to Investor Misconduct: The Line Between Lawful and Unlawful Responses and Apportionment in Cases of Unlawful Responses Martin Andrew Jarrett (Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Germany) 8. Counterclaims in Investment Arbitration: Is the Host State the Right Claimant? Tomoko Ishikawa (Nagoya University, Japan) 9. Applying International Law to Corporations: The Limits to the Lessons Offered by the United States Experience with the Alien Tort Statute Lucas Roorda (Utrecht University, the Netherlands) and Julian G Ku (Hofstra University, USA) 10. Investor Obligations Amid Armed Conflict Jure Zrilic (University of Liverpool, UK) 11. Mapping Investors’ Environmental Commitments and Obligations Priscilla Pereira de Andrade (UNIDROIT, Italy) and Nitish Monebhurrun (University Centre of Brasilia, Brazil) 12. Elevating Corruption to an International Tort Jose Daniel Amado (Miranda and Amado, Peru), Jackson Shaw Kern (Addis Law Group LLP, USA) and Martin Doe Rodriguez (Permanent Court of Arbitration, the Netherlands) 13. Conclusion Surya Deva (City University of Hong Kong)

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a short and clear guide to key ideas which underpin the UK tax code and illustrates the wider political and economic issues students need to know about when studying tax law. Some of these key ideas are controversial and the subject of much discussion and debate.The book explains the key issues that are of fundamental juristic and philosophical importance and are common to tax codes throughout the world: What is a ''tax''? Is it different to a civil or criminal penalty? Why does this matter? Is ''taxation'' necessarily a public law concept? Does the concept of 'taxation' attract constitutional considerations? Why? How do the answers to these questions play out when courts have to interpret tax provisions? Readers will come away with a clear understanding of the architecture of the UK tax code, despite its (very real) complexity.

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Book SynopsisPraise for previous edition: ‘… very comprehensive; very competent; and, what I think will be seen as its chief virtue … very clear’ – David Campbell, Law Quarterly Review ‘I enjoyed…every part of this book. Mr Kramer's analyses are carefully developed and almost always useful and illuminating.’ – Angela Swan, Canadian Business Law Journal Written by a leading commercial barrister and academic, the third edition of this acclaimed book is the most comprehensive and detailed treatment available of this important dispute resolution area. Previous editions have been regularly cited by the English courts and academic literature. The third edition covers all key case law developments and updates since 2017, with very substantial rewrites of the loss of chance, scope of duty and negotiating damages chapters (including in the light of Supreme Court decisions in Perry v Raleys, Edwards v Hugh James Ford Simey, Manchester BS v Grant Thornton and Morris-Garner v One Step (Support) Ltd). It also includes expanded share purchase warranty and causation sections, and a new chapter on the construction of exclusion clauses. To aid understanding and practicality, the book is primarily arranged by the type of complaint, such as the mis-provision of services, the non-payment of money, or the temporary loss of use of property, but also includes sections on causation, remoteness and other general principles. At all points, the work gathers together the cases from all relevant contractual fields, both those usually considered—construction, sale of goods, charterparties, professional services—and those less frequently covered in general works—such as SPAs, exclusive jurisdiction and arbitration clauses, insurance, and landlord and tenant. It also refers to tort decisions where relevant, including full coverage of professional negligence damages, and gives detailed explanation of many practically important but often neglected areas, such as damages for lost management time and the how to prove lost profits. The book provides authoritative and insightful analysis of damages for breach of contract and is an essential resource for practitioners and scholars in commercial law and other contractual fields.Table of ContentsPART I INTRODUCTION 1. A Brief Introduction to the Contract Damages Award 1. Summary 2. The Damages Remedy 3. The Principles of Compensation 4. The Theory of Contract Damages 5. The Currency of the Award PART II TYPES OF COMPLAINT 2. Pure Services: Non-Supply/Defective Supply/Delayed Supply 1. Introduction 2. Services to Commercial Claimants (Including Lost Management Time Claims) 3. Services to Public Bodies or Charities 4. Services to Consumers 3. Misadvice (Especially Professional Negligence) and Contractual Misstatement 1. Introduction to the Breach and Non-Breach Positions in Advice and Similar Cases 2. Extrication Cases 3. Adoption/Non-Extrication Cases and Repair 4. The Non-Breach Position: The Alternative Transaction the Claimant Would Have Entered Into 4. Property Non-Delivery, Destruction and Defects (Damage, Sale, Construction, Misrepair) 1. Introduction to the Different Measures of Loss 2. Market Replacement, the First Cure 3. Repair, the Second Cure 4. Further Issues in Repair and Replacement Cases 5. The Measure when There is No Market Replacement and No Repair 5. Seller/Supplier Claims: Refusal/Failure to Accept Goods, Services or Other Performance 1. Introduction 2. Cure by Finding a Replacement Customer on the Market 3. Lost Volume Sales: Where Supply Outstrips Demand 4. No Replacement and Alternative Mitigation 5. Non-Financial Loss 6. Temporary Loss of Use of the Claimant’s Property 1. Introduction 2. The Cost of Hiring a Temporary Replacement 3. Lost Profits from Sale to the Market 4. Lost Profits from Employment of the Property 5. Loss of Use of Non-Profit-Earning Goods 7. Loss of Use of Money, Including Breach of Obligations to Pay 1. The Cost of Borrowing Replacement Money 2. Lost Profits from Use of the Money 3. Devaluation and Exchange Rate Losses 4. Causing Insolvency 5. Other Losses 6. Specific Points Relating to Breach of Obligations to Pay Money 7. Awards of Interest Outside the Claim for Damages 8. Inflation 8. Claims by a Tenant, Charterer or Hirer 1. Non-Delivery 2. Late Delivery 3. Hire of Defective Property and Damage to Hired Property 9. Warranties and Indemnities 1. Introduction to Warranties 2. Warranties of Authority 3. Warranties of Quality 4. Warranties of Reasonable Care 5. Indemnities 10. Negative Covenants (Including Exclusive Jurisdiction, Arbitration and Non-compete Clauses) 1. Introduction 2. Property-Related Restrictive Covenants 3. Exclusive Jurisdiction and Arbitration Clauses and Non-Litigation Agreements 4. Non-Compete, Non-Solicitation, Exclusivity, Business Secret and Confidentiality Clauses PART III FACTUAL (‘BUT FOR’) CAUSATION AND ACTUAL LOSS 11. Introduction to Factual (‘But For’) Causation 1. Factual (‘But For’) Causation 2. Harm that Would Have Happened Anyway 3. Concurrent Causes and the Modified ‘But For’ Test in Exceptional Cases 12. The Breach Position: What Actually Happened and What Will Happen 1. What Happened Prior to Trial? 2. What Will Happen Post-Trial? (The Chance of a Loss Principle) 3. Tax (That will or Might be Paid) 13. The Non-Breach Position: What Would or Might Have Happened but for the Breach (Including Loss of a Chance) 1. Summary 2. What Would the Claimant Have Done? 3. What Would the Defendant Have Done? 4. What Natural Events Would Have Occurred? 5. What Would Third Parties Have Done? (The Principle of Loss of a Chance) 6. The Future: What Would Have Happened after Trial 7. Tax (That Would Have Been but Has Not Been and Will Not Be Paid) PART IV LEGAL PRINCIPLES OF REMOTENESS, MITIGATION AND LEGAL CAUSATION 14. Remoteness and Scope of Duty 1. For Remoteness Start with Foreseeability 2. The Assumption of Responsibility Basis of Remoteness 3. The Reasonable Contemplation Test of Remoteness 4. The Cap Rule from Cory V Thames Ironworks 5. The Scope of Duty Principle 6. Factors Relevant to Scope of Duty and Assumption of Responsibility 7. The Burden of Proof 8. The Interaction between Scope of Duty and Contributory Negligence and Contribution 15. Legal Causation, Mitigation and Contributory Negligence 1. Introduction 2. Legal Causation 3. The Principle of Mitigation 4. Betterment 5. Burdens of Proof 6. Contributory Negligence 7. Applying Legal Causation to What Would Have Happened but for the Breach 16. Causation in Practice: Intervening and Mitigatory Acts and Events by Category 1. Introduction to this Chapter 2. Claimant Failure to Avoid the Danger 3. Failing to Terminate, or Terminating, the Contract with the Defendant 4. The Claimant Sourcing or Not Sourcing a Replacement Supply or Customer or a Repair 5. Speculation by the Claimant 6. Money Made by the Claimant Post-Breach 7. Impecuniosity and Other Special Characteristics of the Claimant 8. Trading while Insolvent 9. Unreasonable Claimant Conduct 10. Post-Breach Dealings with the Defendant 11. Receipt by the Claimant of Payments or Help from Third Parties (Including Insurance and State Assistance and Litigation with Third Parties) or Non-Payment by Third Parties 12. Claimant Payments and Liabilities to Third Parties 13. Payments that would have been made by the Claimant to Third Parties 14. Passing on Risk or Selling the Property to Third Parties 15. Events External to the Claimant 17. The Date of Assessment 1. The Principles 2. The Different Dates of Purchase of a Replacement or Cure on the Market 3. The Different Dates of Sale to the Market 4. Where There Is No Opportunity to Resort to the Market PART V PARTICULAR TYPES OF LOSS REQUIRING SEPARATE EXAMINATION 18. Proving Business Loss: Revenue, Capital Value, Profit and Costs, Wasted Expenditure/Reliance Losses, Burdens and the Fair Wind 1. Revenue, Profit and Capital Loss 2. Pleading, Proof, Evidence and the Fair Wind Principle 3. The Presumption of Breaking Even and the Myth of the Reliance Measure of Loss 4. Examples of Lost Profit Awards 19. Non-Pecuniary Loss 1. The Evolution of the Legal Test 2. Quantification and Presumptions 3. (Physical) Inconvenience and Disturbance 4. Personal Injury 20. Loss Comprising Liability to Third Parties or Litigation Costs 1. Indemnity for Third Party Liability 2. Costs in Relation to the Breach of Contract Dispute Itself 3. Costs in Previous Proceedings Against the Defendant 4. Costs in Third Party Proceedings PART VI OTHER MATTERS 21. Third Parties and Loss 1. Recovery by the Claimant of the Third Party’s Loss for the Benefit of the Third Party (‘Transferred Loss’ and the Albazero Principle) 2. Recovery by a Claimant of Its Own Loss 3. Third Party Claims Under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 22. Negotiating Damages 1. The Wrotham Park Decision 2. The Morris-Garner Decision 3. Basis of the Principles 4. Scope of the Principles 5. The Measure 23. Non-Compensatory Damages 1. Nominal Damages 2. Account of Profits/Restitutionary Damages 3. Punitive/Exemplary Damages 24. Concurrent Claims 1. Against the Same Defendant 2. Against Different Defendants 25. Exclusion Clauses 1. This Chapter and Introduction 2. The Role of Statutes 3. Principles of Construction 4. Particular Phrases Used in Exclusion Clauses Denoting Certain Types of Loss 5. Exclusion of Particular Types of Fault/Conduct

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Book SynopsisCan it be argued that there exists a concept of Nordic citizenship, founded on inter-Nordic cooperation and its relationship with EU law and EEA law? Researchers from all five Nordic States (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden) explore the tensions, gaps, and overlaps arising from the interplay of EU citizenship, EEA law, and the Nordic initiatives that aim to facilitate cross-border mobility of persons in the region. The analysis takes a dual approach. Firstly, it tracks the legal development of nationality law in Nordic states. Secondly, it sets out the rights of residence and access to social rights that follow from the three different regimes. It asks if the Nordic States, through their regional cooperation, are ‘going beyond’ EU free movement law, making naturalisation to a citizenship in a Nordic state particularly attractive. This important new work gives a unique perspective on EU citizenship and free movement law.Table of ContentsPART I INTRODUCTION 1. Free Movement of Persons in the Nordic States Katarina Hyltén-Cavallius (Linnaeus University, Sweden ) and Jaan Paju (Stockholm University, Sweden) PART II THE INTERPLAY OF EU LAW, EEA LAW AND NORDIC COOPERATION: VARIOUS PERSPECTIVES 2. The Vision and Legal Reality of Regional Integration in the Nordic States Henrik Wenander (Lund University, Sweden) 3. Free Movement of Persons in the Nordic States through EU Law and EEA Law Graham Butler (Aarhus University, Denmark) 4. Fundamental Rights of the Individual in EEA Law: The Tension between the ECHR Standards and the EU Charter Davíð Þór Björgvinsson (University of Akureyri and University of Iceland) 5. Closure of Borders in the Three Nordic EU Member States During the Covid-19 Pandemic Ulla Neergaard 9 University of Copenhagen, Denmark), Jaan Paju (Stockholm University, Sweden) and Juha Raitio (University of Helsinki, Finland) PART III THE INDIVIDUAL’S ACCESS TO FREE MOVEMENT RIGHTS IN THE NORDIC REGION 6. Free Movement Rights in Denmark Catherine Jacqueson (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) 7. Free Movement Rights in Sweden Thomas Erhag (University of Gothenburg, Sweden) 8. Free Movement Rights in Finland Päivi J Neuvonen (Durham University, UK) 9. Free Movement Rights in Norway Christian NK Franklin (University of Bergen, Norway) 10. Free Movement Rights in Iceland Ciarán Burke (University of Jena, Germany) and Ólafur Ísberg Hannesson (EFTA Court, Luxembourg) 11. Free Movement of Persons and the Autonomous Territories in the Danish Kingdom: Greenland and the Faroe Islands Ulla Neergaard (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) PART IV CONCLUSION 12. Flickering Contours of a Nordic Citizenship Encircling a Legal Core of EU/EEA Law Katarina Hyltén-Cavallius (Linnaeus University, Sweden ) and Jaan Paju (Stockholm University, Sweden)

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Book SynopsisThis book provides an in-depth analysis of 4 economically significant Asian jurisdictions: Mainland China, India, Hong Kong and Singapore. These jurisdictions have recently either reformed – or are considering reforming – their corporate restructuring laws to promote regimes conducive to restructuring financially distressed, but otherwise economically viable, companies. Mainland China, India, Hong Kong and Singapore continue to adhere to a framework that requires the court’s final approval but draw references from Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code 1978 in the United States and/or the schemes of arrangement in the United Kingdom. However, the institutional and market structures are very different in Asia; in particular, Asia has a far higher concentration in shareholdings among listed firms, including holdings by families and the state, and a different composition of creditors. The book explains how, notwithstanding the legal transplantation, corporate restructuring laws in these Asian jurisdictions have adapted and evolved due to the frictions in shareholder-creditor and creditor-creditor relationships, and the role of the state in resolving non-performing loans and financial distress of state-owned enterprises which are listed, or which issue public debt. The study argues that any reforms must go beyond professionalising the insolvency professionals and the judiciary but must be designed to address fundamental issues of corporate governance, bank regulation and enforcing non-bankruptcy rules. It offers invaluable insights for academics and policy makers alike.Trade ReviewMeticulously researched, well presented, and thoroughly referenced, this book represents a major contribution to insolvency scholarship. It will also be valuable to those with a more general interest in corporate restructuring laws as well as insolvency laws in Asia. The methodology will be of interest to comparative law scholars in Asia, the UK, and the US, not only to those with an interest in insolvency law. The book is an extremely valuable addition to the Hart Series on Contemporary Studies in Corporate Law. -- Jingchen Zhao, Nottingham Trent University * International Insolvency Review *This book plugs a significant gap in the literature concerning restructuring and insolvency law and policy in Asia and will be a valuable resource for academics, practitioners, and those who engage in policy formulation and law reform. -- Andrew Godwin, University of Melbourne * The Chinese Journal of Comparative Law *In this excellent new book Professor Wan critically analyses the development of corporate restructuring law in four Asian jurisdictions: Hong Kong, Singapore, Mainland China, and India. Her controlling argument is that all of these jurisdictions have borrowed ideas from corporate restructuring law in the US and the UK, but that the organisational and institutional environment is very different in each of them so that adaptations are necessary for the legal transplants to flourish in their new soil. The book makes a highly significant contribution to the literature ... What emerges is a fascinating, readable, rigorous, and highly compelling piece of research. * Sarah Paterson, Professor of Law, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK *Professor Wan’s new book provides a fascinating deep dive into the insolvency regimes of China, Hong Kong, India, and Singapore. Professor Wan traces the evolution of each regime and highlights the influence that American and English systems had on that evolution. In doing so, she develops a new framework for measuring the success of restructuring laws and persuasively challenges the idea that American and English principles of restructuring can simply be transplanted to any jurisdiction regardless of local institutions and laws. This book is a must read for anyone interested in the law of corporate restructuring or comparative law more generally. * Anthony J Casey, Donald M Ephraim Professor of Law and Economics, University of Chicago, USA *In this masterful monograph, Professor Wai Yee Wan combines economic analysis with detailed institutional knowledge to assess the application of American- and British-style business reorganization law to the economies and legal environments of Mainland China, Hong Kong, India, and Singapore. Her book is rich in comparative information on these four Asian legal regimes, and she offers insightful conclusions and persuasive recommendations. Of particular importance is her original analysis of the challenges of the employment of an Anglo-American reorganization model in jurisdictions whose businesses are, as contrasted with those in the US and UK, characterized by concentrated share holdings. * Richard Squire, Professor of Law & Alpin J Cameron Chair in Law, Fordham Law School, USA *This book presents a theoretically rich and intellectually stimulating account of corporate restructuring in Hong Kong, Singapore, India and Mainland China. The corporate insolvency regimes of these jurisdictions have all been influenced to differing degrees by Anglo-American models. Wan interrogates the appropriateness of this in the very different economic and social context of business practice in these four Asian economies. Through careful examination of relevant law and the use of empirical data, she identifies a number of key differences that pull towards the need for these jurisdictions to consider their own policy imperatives and possible reforms. * Sally Wheeler OBE, Robert Garran Professor of Law, Australian National University, Australia *Table of Contents1. Introduction and Theoretical Framework 1.1. Overview 1.2. Restructuring Models in Anglo-America and Asia 1.3. Understanding the Interaction between Corporate Governance and Restructuring Law 1.4. Building an Analytical Framework 1.5. Methodology 1.6. Organisation of the Book 2. Development of Corporate Restructuring Law in Four Asian Jurisdictions 2.1. Introduction 2.2. Emerging Jurisdictions 2.3. Advanced Jurisdictions 2.4. Conclusion 3. The Agency Costs of Manager–Creditor and Shareholder–Creditor Relationships in Restructuring 3.1. Introduction 3.2. Institutional and Organisational Background 3.4. Addressing Information Asymmetry and Hold-Out Problems in Asian Restructurings 3.5. Enhancing the Restructuring Regime: Lessons and Implications 3.6. Conclusion 4. The Agency and Coordination Costs of Creditor–Creditor Relationships in Restructuring 4.1. Introduction 4.2. Institutional and Organisational Background 4.3. Strategies to Deal with Agency and Coordination Costs of Creditor–Creditor Conflicts in Anglo-American Restructurings 4.4. The Features of Asian Restructurings 4.5. Enhancing the Restructuring Regime in Asia: Lessons and Implications 4.6. Conclusion 5. Managing Non-Performing Loans and their Impact on Agency and Coordination Costs in Two Emerging Jurisdictions 5.1. Introduction 5.2. Institutional and Organisational Background in the International Context for Resolving NPLs 5.3. Institutional Background to NPLs in India and Mainland China 5.4. AMCs and Variations to Agency and Coordination Costs in Restructuring 5.5. Developing Active Distressed Loan Markets in India and Mainland China 5.6. Conclusion, Lessons and Implications for Managing NPLs 5.7. Postscript 6. Insolvency Practitioners as Gatekeeper Intermediaries 6.1. Introduction 6.2. Role of Insolvency Practitioners: A Comparative Perspective 6.3. The Governance of Intermediaries: Accountability, Conflicts of Interest and Effectiveness 6.4. Lessons, Implications and Options for Reform in Asian Jurisdictions 6.5. Conclusion 7. Role of the Courts in Court-Supervised Restructurings 7.1. Introduction 7.2. Legislative Framework and Judicial Discretion in the US and the UK: Strengths and Limitations 7.3. Legislative Framework and Judicial Discretion in Asia 7.4. Lessons and Implications 7.5. The Experience of Mainland China 7.6. Conclusion 8. Relationship between Restructuring Law, Enforcing Contracts and Directors’ Duties 8.1. Introduction 8.2. Impact of Enforcing Creditor Rights on Restructuring Law 8.3. Analysis 8.4. Directors’ Duties and Incentives to Invoke or Use Restructuring Law 8.5. Conclusion 9. Restructuring Law, Implications for Reform and Conclusion 9.1. Introduction 9.2. Seven Propositions in this Book 9.3. Future Prospects for Reform in the Asian Jurisdictions 9.4. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisWell-selected and authoritative, Hart Core Statutes provide the key materials needed by students in a format that is clear, compact and very easy to use. They are ideal for use in exams.Table of ContentsFrom previous edition: Marriage Act 1949 Intestates' Estates Act 1952 Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 Matrimonial Causes (Property and Maintenance) Act 1958 Maintenance Orders Act 1958 Marriage (Enabling) Act 1960 Law Reform (Husband and Wife) Act 1962 Married Women's Property Act 1964 Abortion Act 1967 Civil Evidence Act 1968 Family Law Reform Act 1969 Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1970 Marriage (Registrar General's Licence) Act 1970 Matrimonial Proceedings and Property Act 1970 Land Charges Act 1972 Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 Domicile and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1973 Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 Legitimacy Act 1976 Adoption Act 1976 Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts Act 1978 Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 Senior Courts Act 1981 Marriage Act 1983 Child Abduction Act 1984 Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 Surrogacy Arrangements Act 1985 Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985 Housing Act 1985 Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986 Insolvency Act 1986 Family Law Act 1986 Family Law Reform Act 1987 Housing Act 1988 Children Act 1989 Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 Maintenance Enforcement Act 1991 Child Support Act 1991 Social Security Administration Act 1992 Pensions Act 1995 Family Law Act 1996 Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 Housing Act 1996 Education Act 1996 Protection from Harassment Act 1997 Human Rights Act 1998 Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 Adoption and Children Act 2002 Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Deceased Fathers) Act 2003 Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 Courts Act 2003 Gender Recognition Act 2004 Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 Children Act 2004 Civil Partnership Act 2004 Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 Children and Young Persons Act 2008 Pensions Act 2008 Equality Act 2010 Crime And Security Act 2010 Rights of Children and Young Persons (Wales) Measure 2011 Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 Children and Families Act 2014 Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 Immigration Act 2014 Serious Crime Act 2015 Childcare Act 2016 Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 Children and Social Work Act 2017 Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration, etc) Act 2019 Stalking Protection Act 2019 Divorce, Separation and Dissolution Act 2020 Domestic Abuse Act 2021 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (1980) United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) Hague Convention on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Co-operation in Respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children (1996) Family Law Arbitration Financial Scheme Arbitration Rules 2021 Family Law Arbitration Children Scheme Arbitration Rules 2021 Index

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Book SynopsisThe new edition of this essential book details the present state of EU environmental law as it has developed over the last 50 years. The author was personally involved in its making and enforcement, having worked for more than 30 years in the environmental department of the European Commission. The book therefore provides unique insights into this complex field.The book discusses in detail governance and other horizontal issues, such as competence questions, the division of power between the EU and its Member States, the individual right to a clean environment, and the integration of environmental requirements into other EU policies such as energy, transport, agriculture, fisheries, trade, and tourism. New chapters elaborate on the relationship between UK and EU law after Brexit (written by Christopher Badger) and on the global effect of EU environmental law and policy. Other chapters deal with climate change, biodiversity, water protection, air and noise poll

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Book SynopsisTort Law: Cases and Materials offers a fresh approach to the study of tort law. It is the essential companion to Green and Gardner''s Tort Law textbook.Comprehensively covering the tort law curriculum, the inclusion of extracts from key cases, statutes, newspaper reports and articles demonstrates the law in action. The clear and insightful commentary accompanying each extract explains the significance of each and provides students with an enhanced understanding of the material, ensuring they can respond with depth and analysis in their essay questions.In addition to the standard and oft-cited materials, the expert authors have selected alternative voices, including feminist approaches, socio-legal perspectives and comparative material from multiple international jurisdictions. This provides students with a thorough and wide-ranging examination of tort law.Accompanying online resources for this title can be found at bloomsbury.pub/tort-

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Book Synopsis...This book [] goes beyond stating what the law is and focuses on controversies occurring within this area of the law... an excellent introduction to this complex area of international law for newcomers to the subject' Kate Miles, Australian International Law JournalThe updated edition of this acclaimed book offers a critical overview of the law of foreign investment, incorporating a thorough analysis of the principles and standards of treatment available to foreign investors in international law. It is authoritative and multi-layered, offering an analysis of the key issues and an insightful assessment of recent trends in the case law, from both developed and developing country perspectives.A major feature of the book is that it deals with the tension between the law of foreign investment and other competing principles of international law. In doing so, it proposes ways of achieving a balance between these principles and the need to protect the legitim

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Book SynopsisGender and punishment in Ireland explores women’s lethal violence in Ireland. Drawing on comprehensive archival research, including government documents, press reporting, the remnants of public opinion and the voices of the women themselves, the book contributes to the burgeoning literature on gender and punishment and women who kill. Engaging with concepts such as ‘double deviance’, chivalry, paternalism and ‘coercive confinement’, the work explores the penal landscape for offending women in postcolonial Ireland, examining in particular the role of the Catholic Church in responses to female deviance. The book is an extensive interdisciplinary treatment of women who kill in Ireland and will be useful to scholars of gender, criminology and history.Trade Review‘Beautifully written and comprehensively researched, this book is a vital addition to historical and criminological work on women, murder and punishment. Extending the literature on women who kill, Black goes beyond a focus on gender representation alone to examine the complex dynamics that influenced conviction, sentencing and punishment of women accused of murder in Ireland in the decades after independence. Distinct from existing research on women accused of murder, she traces their experiences of punishment, including what happened to women reprieved from the death penalty. A particularly fascinating aspect of Gender and punishment in Ireland is Black's analysis of the use of religious detention in Ireland's “shadow system of penalty” as a disposal, which further develops feminist penology on gender and mixed economies of punishment. As such, this book is highly recommended for its combination of rigorous empirical research and fresh conceptual insight.’Professor Lizzie Seal, University of SussexBlack has provided an extensive and close reading of court records, including trial recordbooks, case files, the state books for the Central Criminal Court, relevant files from theDepartment of the Taoiseach and newspaper accounts of trials. The book is a major interventioninto studies of crime and criminality in post-Independence Ireland and forms the basisfor comparative work with other countries. It is informative, well structured, well written andconceptually sophisticated.Maria Luddy, University of Warwick, Women's History ReviewThis book contributes to an international literature on histories and practicesof capital punishment. It also adds to a growing literature presenting the historyof Irish criminal justice as a distinct object of study. And Black’s book makes asignificant contribution here. One of the questions Black sets out in the introductionis whether the theoretical literature on state responses to women who killcan be universalized. While this book’s argument fundamentally requires Irishwomen’s experiences to be taken on their own terms, in setting out exactlyhow these experiences were unique, it also makes major contributions to the relevantliterature well beyond Ireland.Kay Crosby, Newcastle University, The Journal of Legal History -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction1 Women prosecuted for murder2 Clemency for the condemned3 Insanity4 Sentencing and punishment5 Post-reprieve punishment of death-sentenced women6 Motherhood and child-killing7 Marriage and sexuality8 Rural lives and classConclusion Women’s lethal violence in Ireland

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Book SynopsisThis book examines one of the most fundamental issues in twelfth-century English politics: justice. It demonstrates that during the foundational period for the common law, the question of judgement and judicial ethics was a topic of heated debate – a common problem with multiple different answers. How to be a judge, and how to judge well, was a concern shared by humble and high, keeping both kings and parish priests awake at night. Using theological texts, sermons, legal treatises and letter collections, the book explores how moralists attempted to provide guidance for uncertain judges. It argues that mercy was always the most difficult challenge for a judge, fitting uncomfortably within the law and of disputed value. Shining a new light on English legal history, Justice and mercy reveals the moral dilemmas created by the establishment of the common law.Trade Review‘Justice and Mercy is a remarkable book…the book resounds with the historiographic traditions and conflicts among the different schools of legal history and of intellectual history, both in Britain and on the continent. While the author is obviously well aware of them, she manages to avoid the pitfalls of adding to these ongoing conflicts.’Esther Cohen, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, The Medieval Review -- .Table of ContentsPrologue: the vanishing adulteress1 Introduction2 The problem with mercy: the schools3 The problem with mercy: the courts4 Twelfth-century models of justice and mercy5 Who should be merciful?6 Judgement in practice: the Church7 Histories of justice: the crown, persuasion and lordship8 Love your enemies? Popular mercy in a vengeance culture9 ConclusionBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the powerful influence of civil law on understandings and responses to madness in England and in New Jersey. The influence of civil law on the history of madness has not hitherto been of major academic investigation. This body of law, established and developed over a five hundred year period, greatly influenced how those from England’s propertied classes understood and responded to madness. Moreover, the civil law governing the response to madness in England was successfully exported into several of its colonies, including New Jersey. Drawing on a well-preserved and rare collection of trials in lunacy in New Jersey, this book reveals the important ties of civil law, local custom and perceptions of madness in transatlantic perspectives. This book will be highly relevant to scholars interested in law, medicine, psychiatry and madness studies, as well as contemporary issues in mental capacity and guardianship.Trade Review'James Moran has provided an important addition to the historiography of psychiatry and mental health provision in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. His new book contributes significantly to shifting the historical emphasis away from asylums and towards extra-institutional approaches to the card of the insane.'Social History of Medicine'Madness on Trial, introduces a ‘treasure trove’ of an alternative archive, in the form of documents relating to civil proceedings in lunacy from eighteenth- and nineteenth-century New Jersey. [it] is a welcome addition to the history of mental illness, and is a very useful and accessible work for anyone interested in mental health law and community or family practices of care.'Journal of The Historical Association'This is an excellent book: it offers a rich and deep inquiry into the legal and transatlantic histories of lunacy across place and space, also illuminating imperial legal practices around insanity. Moran’s original history provides a new set of insights into the interpretation of insanity through laws, the way law was used by different people, and the translation of imperial law into colonial contexts. This has not been achieved for the transatlantic historical site in such a deliberate and detailed way before now [...] Moran’s historical work is innovative. He makes a variety of new statements of method, purpose, evidence, and interpretation in and across legal and asylum histories. This field of madness, insanity, families, and institutions has a deep and sustained readership and continues to garner interest among students and researchers. Moran’s book also traverses multiple fields and readers, and will bring legal-historical methods and ideas to a wider audience.'Canadian Bulletin of Medical History'Madness on Trial thus offers a rich history of lunacy investigation law as well as points to new resources for scholars studying madness, mental health, and civil law in the pre-asylum era.'William J. Ryan, Journal of Early American History -- .Table of ContentsList of tablesAcknowledgments1 Introduction: civil law and madness in transatlantic context2 Suing for a lunatic: lunacy investigation law, 1320-18903 Indefinite mental states: negotiating the legal definition of madness4 Trials of madness: family struggles over property in England5 Care and protection: managing madness in England 6 Atlantic crossing: lunacy law as colonial inheritance7 Family, friends and neighbours: localizing madness in New Jersey8 Asylum in the community: managing madness in New Jersey 9 Orders in lunacy: lunacy investigation law and the asylum reconsidered10 ConclusionBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThis book's statistical and legal analyses of international organizations' constitutions reveal new interpretations of international organizations law. It provides a map of international organizations' values, and a healthy start towards fully understanding that map, thereby helping global governance take a quantum leap forward. -- .

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Book SynopsisThis book discusses trends in foreign direct investment in the African continent, the benefits and challenges that it presents for African States, and Africa's participation in the international investment law regime more generally. -- .

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Book SynopsisCan Rook keep his criminal past a secret when facing the most dangerous case of his life? Thirteen men have died in a London prison. Barrister Elliot Rook QC, who risks losing everything if his secret criminal past is revealed, must defend Charli Meadows, the vulnerable single mother accused of smuggling the deadly tainted drugs inside. But just as Rook becomes suspicious of those closest to Charli, a note arrives at his flat – threatening violence if the trial is not called off. While Rook battles to defend Charli and protect himself, his young protégé Zara Barnes is fighting for her livelihood. In a few short weeks, only one tenancy at the legal chambers will be available to the ever-multiplying mass of pupils. Determined to make it hers, Zara takes on her biggest solo case yet. But will her gamble pay off? Praise for the Elliot Rook QC series: '[A] thriller I found hard to put down' - Observer 'Slick and wonderfully paced, I was hooked from the opening pages. One of the best legal thrillers I have read recently, it reminded me of early Grisham’ - AMW Books Blog 'A brilliant read' - A. N. Wilson, TabletTrade ReviewThe court scenes bristle with authenticity. Throughout, I had flashbacks to my time at the bar. And Rook is a compelling creation. Intrepid, irreverent and ingenious. I’m a follower. -- John FairfaxIt’s very well done - crackles with authenticity and warmth in the relationship between Rook and Zara. Rumpole of the Bailey dusted off and brought firmly up to date for the twenty first century. -- Harriet TycePost Mortem is brilliant in the court room and inventive. -- Paul Burke * Crime Time *

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Book SynopsisCan the criminal justice system achieve justice based on its ability to determine the truth? Drawing on a variety of disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives, this book investigates the concept of truth – its complexities and nuances – and scrutinizes how well the criminal justice process facilitates truth-finding. From allegation to sentencing, the chapters take the reader on a journey through the criminal justice system, exposing the marginalization of truth-finding in favour of other jurisprudential or systemic values, such as expediency, procedural fairness and the presumption of innocence. This important work bridges the gap between what people expect from the criminal justice system and what it can legitimately deliver.Table of ContentsThe Criminal Process and the Pursuit of Truth Allegations Confessions Witness Testimony Truth and the Probity of Evidence-Gathering Decisions and Narratives: Factfinding and Case Construction Truth and the Criminal Trial: Competing Stories Truth, Sentencing and Punishment Restoration, Reconciliation and Reconceptualizing Justice The Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth: The Truth of Who Is to Blame

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Book SynopsisHow should we treat animals? The long-held belief that other animals exist solely for human use has undergone radical challenge in the past half century. How much further do we need to go to minimize, and even eliminate, animal suffering? The field of animal rights raises big questions about how humans treat the other animals with which we share the planet. These questions are becoming more pressing as livestock farming exerts an ever-greater toll on the planet and the animals themselves, and we learn more about their capacity to think and experience pain. This book shows why animals ought to have greater rights and what the world might look like if they did.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. A Brief Intellectual History of Animal Rights 3. Rights, Interests and Choices 4. Case Studies: Animals in the Farm, Home, Zoo and Lab 5. Emerging issues: From Mollusc Rights to Animal Citizens 6. Engaging the Imagination: Turning Prejudice into Compassion 7. Conclusion: Beyond Animal Rights?

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Book SynopsisIs the government really acting for the people? Or does this rhetoric simply justify an executive power-grab? For some, Boris Johnson’s premiership epitomised how far the UK’s democracy has been captured by populism and the Prime Minister seemed more concerned about fulfilling the wishes of the British people than with following the rules or listening to Parliament. Events like ‘Partygate’ grabbed the headlines. Criticisms of Boris Johnson’s actions eventually led to his resignation and replacement as leader of his party and Prime Minister. Some feel that this shows that the UK’s constitution is healthy, with checks and balances in place to prevent any possible abuse of power. While these events attracted much media attention, other constitutional changes have been taking place with little public awareness. These have strengthened governmental powers and weakened political and legal checks over governmental actions. Deliberation is being replaced by rhetoric and principles of good government no longer seem to restrain the actions of those in power. Alison Young provides the first consolidated account of these changes, arguing that the UK is currently on a constitutional cliff-edge which endangers democracy and good constitutional government. She argues that more is needed to shore up the UK’s post-Brexit constitution to prevent it collapsing into a system of unchecked power.Table of Contents1. The Post-Brexit Constitution: Standing on a Constitutional Cliff Edge? 2. What Is Populism and Should We Be Worried? 3. Is the Government Getting Too Big for Its Boots? 4. Checks and Balances or Crowing and Bolstering? 5. Constitutional Guardrails or Greasy Poles? 6. Getting Things Done or Putting on a Show? 7. Constitutional Watchdogs: Rottweilers or Lapdogs? 8. Should We Be Afraid and if So What Should We Do about It?

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Book SynopsisSHORTLISTED FOR THE BLOODY SCOTLAND DEBUT PRIZE 2022'Beautifully written and a real page turner -a wonderful insight into the early quest to understand and give a voice to people who cannot hear. ' Elisabeth Gifford 'A fascinating exploration of deafness and human value amid the sights, sounds of smells of 1817 urban Scotland.' Sally Magnusson 'told with great empathy and heart' Guinevere Glasfurd'A striking and stylish literary page-turner that breathes life into the past' Zoë Strachan'skilfully combines crime fiction with a woman's struggle to speak the truth' The TimesIn the burgeoning industrial city of Glasgow in 1817 Jean Campbell - a young, Deaf woman - is witnessed throwing a child into the River Clyde from the Old Bridge.No evidence is yielded from the river. Unable to communicate with their silent prisoner, the authorities move Jean to the decaying Edinburgh Tolbooth in order to prise the story from her. The High Court calls in Robert Kinniburgh, a talented teacher from the Deaf & Dumb Institution, in the hope that he will interpret for them and determine if Jean is fit for trial. If found guilty she faces one of two fates; death by hanging or incarceration in an insane asylum.Through a process of trial and error, Robert and Jean manage to find a rudimentary way of communicating with each other. As Robert gains her trust, Jean confides in him, and Robert begins to uncover the truth, moving uneasily from interpreter to investigator, determined to clear her name before it is too late.Based on a landmark case in Scottish legal history Hear No Evil is a richly atmospheric exploration of nineteenth-century Edinburgh and Glasgow at a time when progress was only on the horizon. A time that for some who were silenced could mean paying the greatest price. Trade ReviewA striking and stylish literary page-turner that breathes life into the past, illuminating a fascinating corner of history by revealing its lost voices and contemporary resonance. Smith's evocative storytelling and willingness to probe the murkier reaches of the human psyche make her a talent to watch! * Zoë Strachan *A fascinating exploration of deafness and human value amid the sights, sounds and smells of urban Scotland in 1817. * Sally Magnusson *I loved Hear No Evil, beautifully written and a real page turner with characters whose company I enjoyed greatly. It evoked the Edinburgh of that time brilliantly and vividly and gave such a wonderful insight into the early quest to understand and give a voice to people who cannot hear. The historical evocation of Edinburgh and the dramatic murder story were both so well done and so rewarding. * Elisabeth Gifford *A compelling and thoughtful exploration of a deaf woman's struggle for justice in Regency-era Scotland * Rebecca Netley, author of THE WHISTLING *'Fascinating... gripped me from start to finish' * Westender Magazine *A richly evocative telling. You can almost smell the reek of the old Edinburgh streets. Feel the brutality and inhumanity of it all... A gentle read that belies its power. A stylish murder mystery illuminating a fascinating corner of history. * C&B News *In Sarah Smith's debut, Hear No Evil, Robert Kinniburgh, a teacher at Edinburgh's Deaf and Dumb Institution, is summoned to one of the city's jails, where an unusual prisoner awaits interrogation. Jean Campbell, a deaf woman, is accused of drowning her child, but communication with her has been impossible. Kinniburgh, who employs a form of sign language, becomes the means by which she can tell her story, and slowly the complex reality of what happened emerges. Based on a case from Scottish legal history, Smith's novel skilfully combines crime fiction with a woman's struggle to speak the truth. * The Times *Dramatic and evocative . . . a stunning debut * Dumfries & Galloway Life *

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Book SynopsisWeapons have been a source of political and legal debate for centuries. Aristotle considered the possession of arms a fundamental source of political power and wrote that tyrants ""mistrust the people and deprive them of their arms."" Today ownership of weapons - whether handguns or military-grade assault weapons - poses more acute legal problems than ever before. In this volume, the editors' introduction traces the history of gun control in the United States, arguing that until the 1980s courts upheld reasonable gun control measures. The contributors confront urgent questions, among them the usefulness of history as a guide in ongoing struggles over gun regulation, the changing meaning of the Second Amendment, the perspective of law enforcement on guns and gun control law, and individual and relational perspectives on gun rights.The contributors include the editors and Carl T. Bogus, Jennifer Carlson, Saul Cornell, Darrell A.H. Miller, Laura Beth Nielsen, and Katherine Shaw.

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Book SynopsisFive years after publication of the third edition, and reflecting the dynamic nature of the pharmaceutical and medical device industries (as well as the many different areas of law that pertain to the management of these medical technologies), the Fourth Edition incorporates the latest legislative, regulatory, and judicial developments, describes recent scientific advances, and excerpts or references new scholarly contributions to this broad field (the wealth of citations should facilitate use in a seminar setting). Measured by volume, more than 20% of the previous edition has been replaced with new material. The latest edition retains the same basic thematic approach and modular structure of the original, which allows instructors to pick and choose the materials to cover based on their own tastes and areas of expertise.

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Book SynopsisA law professor''s memoir of his own ascendancy from prosecutor to influential legal thinker.From prosecuting murderers in Chicago, to arguing before the Supreme Court, to authoring more than a dozen books, Georgetown University law professor Randy Barnett has played an integral role in the rise of originalism—the movement to identify, restore, and defend the original meaning of the Constitution. Thanks in part to his efforts, by 2018 a majority of sitting Supreme Court justices self-identified as “originalists.” After writing seminal books on libertarianism and contract law, Barnett pivoted to constitutional law. His mission to restore "the lost Constitution" took him from the schoolhouse to the courthouse, where he argued the medical marijuana case of Gonzeles v. Raich in the Supreme Court—a case now taught to every

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Book SynopsisAny notary public in England or Wales can run a successful notarial practice that is an asset to their legal career, their clients and the profession. Whether you are newly qualified or well established, you can create, adjust or transform your notarial practice so that it streamlines perfectly with your solicitor work and generates opportunities for growth and consistent income. The Four Pillars of Notarial Practice enable you to become more visible, expert, efficient and bold, and build a robust practice that is uniquely tailored to you. This book gives you the tools to: Design your ideal notarial practice Become visible to key clients and contacts Establish yourself as the expert in your field Run your practice efficiently and profitably Build a successful business that you love

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Book SynopsisThis books provides a contextual analysis of the constitution of the European Union which, unlike most constitutions, does not belong to a state. Rather, the EU is an international organization that has moved beyond the features of international law into a terrain very close to the municipal law of federal states. Many features we take for granted in nation-states are non-existent, or contested, in the Union. There is no European Union constitutional text in the proper sense; the “Constitutional Treaty” signed by the Member States in 2004 failed spectacularly in the process of popular ratification. The Union’s founding texts were international treaties – international law, not constitutional law. And yet, over time, legal doctrine put into place by the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg has led to constitutional attributes of Union law, and political practice, led by the Commission, has mirrored these attributes, complementing a de facto constitutionalist environment. As a consequence, we have seen a steady re-ordering of the functional boundaries of the Member States, followed by a nascent re-ordering of the imagined boundaries of political community and self. All of this is constitutionalism writ large: legal doctrines, institutional arrangements, political practices, and their implications for legitimacy, democracy, and political self-imagination, and together they form the subject of this fascinating book.

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Book SynopsisIncorrect execution can lead to documents being invalid or unenforceable. Ensure that you are following the correct procedures with Execution of Documents.

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Book SynopsisThe Licensing Law Handbook is a clear and concise guide to the reformed system of licensing. It safely guides practitioners through all aspects of the new and revised procedures including how to apply for authorisation, the forms to use, operating schedules, how to object to an application, offences, closure powers and appeals.

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Book SynopsisTwo women a week are killed by a spouse or partner. Every seven minutes a woman is raped. Now is the time for change.‘Fascinating and chilling’ Caroline Criado Perez, bestselling author of Invisible Women Helena Kennedy, one of our most eminent lawyers and defenders of human rights, examines the pressing new evidence that women are being discriminated against when it comes to the law. From the shocking lack of female judges to the scandal of female prisons and the double discrimination experienced by BAME women, Kennedy shows with force and fury that change for women must start at the heart of what makes society just. ‘An unflinching look at women in the justice system… an important book because it challenges acquiescence to everyday sexism and inspires change’ The TimesTrade ReviewStimulating and scary -- Jeanette Winterson * Guardian *An excellent and forensic takedown... fascinating and chilling... women are being let down wholesale by a justice system designed with men in mind. And almost the worst thing is, it doesn't have to be this way -- Caroline Criado-Perez * Guardian *An unflinching look at women in the justice system… an important book because it challenges acquiescence to everyday sexism and inspires change -- Kirsty Brimelow * The Times, **Books of the Year** *Helena Kennedy has written a chilling exposé of how the law has historically failed women. Taking no prisoners, Kennedy outlines the damage we must undo, and the changes we must make. Eve was Shamed is a necessary book for the #MeToo era -- Amanda ForemanPassionate and persuasive proof that equal justice is an ideal yet to be achieved. Drawing upon her outstanding career at the defence Bar and of leading reform in Parliament, Helena Kennedy eloquently urges an end to the discrimination and dehumanisation that women suffer in the courts, and in their lives -- Geoffrey Robertson QC

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Book SynopsisService Charges: Law and Practice is a best-selling guide to the legal framework in which service charges operate. It is designed to be used by all those who deal with service charges, either as landlord, tenant, agent or professional adviser.This new edition has been substantially revised.The concise and easily understood commentary is supported by specimen service charge clauses, model accounts, notices and certificates making this book an invaluable and immensely practical guide to this difficult subject.

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Book SynopsisHow would we treat Paddington Bear if he came to the UK today? Perhaps he would be a casualty of extortionate visa application fees; perhaps he would experience a cruel term of imprisonment in a detention centre; or perhaps his entire identity would be torn apart at the hands of a hostile environment that delights in the humiliation of its victims. Britain thinks of itself as a welcoming country, but the reality is very different. This is a system in which people born in Britain are told in uncompromising terms that they are not British, in which those who have lived their entire lives on these shores are threatened with deportation, and in which falling in love with anyone other than a British national can result in families being ripped apart. Now fully updated to include the Nationality and Borders Bill, in this vital and alarming book, campaigner and immigration barrister Colin Yeo tackles the subject with dexterity and rigour, offering a roadmap of where we should go from here as he exposes the injustice of an immigration system that is unforgiving, unfeeling and, ultimately, failing.Trade Review"An incisive and compelling analysis of how muddled political thinking has caused our immigration laws to go so badly wrong, and what must be done to reform them. Highly readable and cogently argued, a copy should be put on the desk of every tabloid editor and every MP." - The Secret Barrister "Successive governments have allowed the UK's immigration laws to become ever more incomprehensible and increasingly unfair, confident that few will understand what is happening and even fewer will care. Colin Yeo understands the law better than most and cares very much indeed. As well as providing a highly readable account of what the law is, he offers his own vision of what it should become." - Joshua Rozenberg QC "Colin Yeo presents us with a forensic examination of the UK's labyrinthine, costly and dehumanising immigration system - a must-read." - Maya Goodfellow, author of Hostile Environment: How Immigrants Became Scapegoats "This is a brilliant and urgently necessary book. Colin Yeo writes piercingly about the chaotic cruelty of Britain's immigration system and offers meticulously well-informed proposals for reform of the Home Office. He strips away with lawyerly precision the nonsense which informs so much of our toxic debate on immigration. Packed with chilling accounts of lives ripped up by the Home Office, this is an intensely disturbing read." - Amelia Gentleman, journalist "Excellent ... delivers a powerful critique of the failings of the system and offers meticulously well-informed and realistic proposals for reform. Yeo is the perfect guide for a tour of Britain's broken immigration system." - Prospect

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Book SynopsisFor decades, the American political asylum process has been used to punish enemies and reward friends of the US government. Refugees from Cuba can walk through an open door. People fleeing Eastern Europe have been judged very differently than those trying to escape persecution in "friendly" but deeply violent states like Mexico, El Salvador, Colombia and Honduras.From a storefront law office in the US border city of El Paso, Texas, one man set out to challenge that system. Carlos Specter has filed hundreds of political asylum cases on behalf of human rights defenders, journalists, and political dissidents, and though his legal activism has only inched the process forward-98% of refugees from Mexico are still denied asylum-his myriad legal cases and the media fallout from them has increasingly put US immigration policy, the corrupt state of Mexico, and the political basis of immigration, asylum, and deportation decisions-on the spot.We Built the Wall is an immersive, engrossing story of a new front in the immigration wars.Trade ReviewPraise for Dreamers "Compelling, honest, and personal, this is a must-read for anyone interested in the immigration debate." --Booklist "A forthright, moving piece of advocacy journalism." --Kirkus Reviews "Truax succeeds in conveying how a shadow status permeates the lives of all the young people profiled here, with education, employment opportunities, and essential social services severely limited or unavailable." --Publishers Weekly

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Book SynopsisSince 25 May 2018 the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR) has applied, representing a significant overhaul of data protection law in the European Union. Although it was drafted and passed by the European Union, the GDPR imposes obligations onto organisations anywhere, so long as they collect or target data relating to people in the EU. It is one of the toughest privacy and security laws in the world and harsh fines are levied against those who violate its privacy and security standards. This commentary provides a detailed examination of the individual articles of the GDPR and is an essential resource aimed at helping legal practitioners prepare for compliance. The second edition includes guidelines on the interpretation of the GDPR published by the European Data Protection Board as well as new case law by the Court of Justice of the European Union. This revised and updated edition includes: •a general introduction to data protection law; •full text of the GDPR’s articles and recitals; •article-by-article commentary explaining the individual provisions and elements of each article. In addition to lawyers and in-house counsel, this book is also suitable for law professors and students, and offers comprehensive coverage of this increasingly important area of data protection legislation.Table of ContentsList of abbreviations 9 List of Recitals of the General Data Protection Regulation 11 Introduction to the General Data Protection Regulation 13 1. Introduction 13 2. The most important compliance steps to be implemented 13 3. Basic terms of the GDPR 14 4. The scope of the GDPR 15 4.1 Material scope – what processing activities are covered? .............. 15 4.2 Personal scope – who does the GDPR apply to? ........................ 15 4.3 Territorial scope – where does the GDPR apply? ...................... 16 5. The relationship with national data protection laws 16 6. The principles relating to the processing of personal data 18 7. Legal basis requirement for any data processing activity 19 7.1 Available legal bases ................. 19 7.2 Requirements for valid consent ............................ 20 8. Information obligations and privacy notices 22 9. Rights of the data subject 24 10. Profiling and automated individual decision-making 25 11. Data protection compliance programme 26 11.1 Organisational measures including data protection strategies ................................ 26 11.2 Technical measures including privacy by design and by default ............................... 26 12. Maintaining a record of processing activities 27 13. Data protection impact assessment and consultation obligation with supervisory authority 28 14. Data protection officer 29 15. Data security 30 15.1 Mandatory data security measures ................................. 30 15.2 Obligation to notify personal data breaches .......................... 31 16. Mandatory arrangements between joint controllers 33 17. Obligations in case of outsourcing 33 18. International data transfers 34 18.1 Transfers not subject to notification or approval ......... 35 18.2 Transfers subject to notification ............................. 36 18.3 Transfers subject to approval .. 36 19. International jurisdiction of supervisory authorities 37 20. Administrative fines and other sanctions 38 21. Civil liability and private enforcement 40 Text of the General Data Protection Regulation and commentary 41 Chapter I – General provisions 43 Article 1 Subject-matter and objectives ........................ 43 Article 2 Material scope ................. 47 Article 3 Territorial scope .............. 51 Article 4 Definitions ...................... 56 Chapter II – Principles 75 Article 5 Principles relating to processing of personal data ................... 75 Article 6 Lawfulness of processing ....................... 81 Article 7 Conditions for consent ... 90 Article 8 Conditions applicable to child’s consent in relation to information society services ................ 93 Article 9 Processing of special categories of personal data ................... 96 Article 10 Processing of personal data relating to criminal convictions and offences .................. 102 Article 11 Processing which does not require identification ................ 103 Chapter III – Rights of the data subject 105 Section 1 – Transparency and modalities 105 Article 12 Transparent information, communication and modalities for the exercise of the rights of the data subject ................... 105 Section 2 – Information and access to personal data 109 Article 13 Information to be provided where personal data are collected from the data subject .... 109 Article 14 Information to be provided where personal data have not been obtained from the data subject ................... 115 Article 15 Right of access by the data subject ................... 120 Section 3 – Rectification and erasure 123 Article 16 Right to rectification ..... 123 Article 17 Right to erasure (‘right to be forgotten’) ..................... 124 Article 18 Right to restriction of processing ................. 128 Article 19 Notification obligation regarding rectification or erasure of personal data or restriction of processing ..................... 130 Article 20 Right to data portability ..................... 131 Section 4 – Right to object and automated individual decision-making 135 Article 21 Right to object .............. 135 Article 22 Automated individual decision-making, including profiling ....... 138 Section 5 – Restrictions 142 Article 23 Restrictions ................... 142 Chapter IV – Controller and processor 145 Section 1 – General obligations 145 Article 24 Responsibility of the controller ...................... 145 Article 25 Data protection by design and by default .............. 149 Article 26 Joint controllers ............ 152 Article 27 Representatives of controllers or processors not established in the Union ........................... 154 Article 28 Processor ....................... 157 Article 29 Processing under the authority of the controller or processer .................. 162 Article 30 Records of processing activities ....................... 163 Article 31 Cooperation with the supervisory authority ... 166 Section 2 – Security of personal data _ 167 Article 32 Security of processing ... 167 Article 33 Notification of a personal data breach to the supervisory authority ... 171 Article 34 Communication of a personal data breach to the data subject ............ 174 Section 3 – Data protection impact assessment and prior consultation 177 Article 35 Data protection impact assessment .................... 177 Article 36 Prior consultation ......... 185 Section 4 – Data protection officer 188 Article 37 Designation of the data protection officer .......... 188 Article 38 Position of the data protection officer .......... 194 Article 39 Tasks of the data protection officer ........................... 197 Section 5 – Codes of conduct and certification 199 Article 40 Codes of conduct ......... 199 Article 41 Monitoring of approved codes of conduct .......... 202 Article 42 Certification ................. 204 Article 43 Certification bodies ...... 206 Chapter V – Transfers of personal data to third countries or international organisations 209 Article 44 General principle for transfers ........................ 209 Article 45 Transfers on the basis of an adequacy decision ........................ 211 Article 46 Transfers subject to appropriate safeguards ..................... 216 Article 47 Binding corporate rules .............................. 221 Article 48 Transfers or disclosures not authorised by Union law ..................... 224 Article 49 Derogations for specific situations ...................... 225 Article 50 International cooperation for the protection of personal data ................ 230 Chapter VI – Independent supervisory authorities 231 Section 1 – Independent status 231 Article 51 Supervisory authority ... 231 Article 52 Independence ............... 233 Article 53 General conditions for the members of the supervisory authority ...................... 235 Article 54 Rules on the establishment of the supervisory authority ...................... 236 Section 2 – Competence, tasks and powers 237 Article 55 Competence ................. 237 Article 56 Competence of the lead supervisory authority ...................... 239 Article 57 Tasks ............................. 246 Article 58 Powers .......................... 249 Article 59 Activity reports ............. 252 Chapter VII – Cooperation and consistency 253 Section 1 – Cooperation 253 Article 60 Cooperation between the lead supervisory authority and the other supervisory authorities concerned ... 253 Article 61 Mutual assistance ......... 257 Article 62 Joint operations of supervisory authorities .................... 259 Section 2 – Consistency 261 Article 63 Consistency mechanism ................... 261 Article 64 Opinion of the Board ............................ 262 Article 65 Dispute resolution by the Board ...................... 265 Article 66 Urgency procedure ....... 269 Article 67 Exchange of information .................. 271 Section 3 – European Data Protection Board 272 Article 68 European Data Protection Board ........... 272 Article 69 Independence ............... 273 Article 70 Tasks of the Board ......... 274 Article 71 Reports ......................... 277 Article 72 Procedure ..................... 278 Article 73 Chair ............................ 279 Article 74 Tasks of the Chair ......... 280 Article 75 Secretariat ..................... 281 Article 76 Confidentiality ............. 282 Chapter VIII – Remedies, liability and penalties 283 Article 77 Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority ... 283 Article 78 Right to an effective judicial remedy against a supervisory authority ...................... 285 Article 79 Right to an effective judicial remedy against a controller or processor ...................... 287 Article 80 Representation of data subjects ................. 289 Article 81 Suspension of proceedings .................. 291 Article 82 Right to compensation and liability .................. 293 Article 83 General conditions for imposing administrative fines ................................ 296 Article 84 Penalties ........................ 303 Chapter IX – Provisions relating to specific processing situations 305 Article 85 Processing and freedom of expression and information .................. 305 Article 86 Processing and public access to official documents .................... 307 Article 87 Processing of the national identification number ......................... 309 Article 88 Processing in the context of employment ............. 310 Article 89 Safeguards and derogations relating to processing for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes ....................... 312 Article 90 Obligations of secrecy .......................... 317 Article 91 Existing data protection rules of churches and religious associations .... 318 Chapter X – Delegated acts and implementing acts 319 Article 92 Exercise of the delegation ..................... 319 Article 93 Committee procedure ..................... 324 Chapter XI – Final provisions 325 Article 94 Repeal of Directive 95/46/EC ...................... 325 Article 95 Relationship with Directive 2002/58/EC ... 327 Article 96 Relationship with previously concluded Agreements ................... 328 Article 97 Commission reports ..... 329 Article 98 Review of other Union legal acts on data protection ..................... 330 Article 99 Entry into force and application ................... 331 Keyword index 333 About the authors 341

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Book SynopsisPrivate trust companies play an increasingly important role in the wealth structures of many ultra-wealthy families, offering a high degree of control and flexibility in the administration of a family’s trusts and the management of trust assets. Featuring chapters written by leading practitioners from firms including Appleby, McDermott, Will & Emery and Squire Patton Boggs, this edition fully explores the legal, regulatory and practical dimensions of forming and operating a private trust company. The relevant law in prime jurisdictions including Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Hong Kong, Jersey and key US states is thoroughly examined. In addition, content shines a light on organisational and operational issues such as designing a private trust company’s ownership structure, implementing proper internal controls, outsourcing services and working with professional advisers. Important matters like coordinating with the family office, communicating with family, protecting privacy and handling disputes involving private trust companies are also tackled. This second edition features: a new chapter covering Guernsey; regulatory developments in the Cayman Islands; tax law changes in Hong Kong; legislative developments in Wyoming and other US states; recent cases relevant to private trust companies; discovery disputes involving private trust companies; and developments concerning beneficial ownership disclosure requirements in the United States and Europe. This handbook is a comprehensive resource for lawyers, accountants, family office executives and others who advise families on private trust companies.Table of ContentsIntroduction 7 Todd D Mayo Wealth structuring strategist Part I. Design and operation of private trust companies Considerations when forming a private trust company 11 Todd D Mayo Wealth structuring strategist Ownership and governance structures 33 Vanessa Schrum Appleby (Bermuda) Limited Kathryn von Matthiessen Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP Coordinating with the family office 45 Sara Schroter Michelle L Wolfe Meritus Trust Company Limited Facilitating essential communication with family members 67 Babetta von Albertini Institute for Family Governance Helping hands: utilising service providers 89 Ryan M Harding Garden Trust Company Jonathan W Motto McDermott Will & Emery LLP Internal controls 109 Elise J McGee McDermott Will & Emery LLP Beneficial ownership registers: the balance between transparency and privacy 123 Paolo Panico Private Trustees SA Teton Trust Company LLC US tax and regulatory considerations 143 Osvaldo Garcia JP Morgan Private Bank Sasha Grinberg Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP Dorothy Mehta Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP William S Schaaf Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP Disputes involving private trust companies 171 Nicholas Holland Joseph J Viviano McDermott Will & Emery LLP Part II. Non-US jurisdictions Bermuda 191 Ashley Fife Keith Robinson Carey Olsen Bermuda Limited British Virgin Islands 201 Fraser Allister Andrew Miller Bedell Cristin Cayman Islands 211 Fraser Allister Andrew Miller Bedell Cristin Guernsey 221 Joanna Caen Natasha Kapp Carey Olsen (Guernsey) LLP Hong Kong 231 Patricia Woo Squire Patton Boggs Jersey 241 Robert Dobbyn Carey Olsen Jersey LLP Sevyn Kalsi Bedell Cristin Jersey Partnership Part III. US jurisdictions Florida 255 Christopher W Boyett Nichole D Scott John L Stansbury Holland & Knight Nevada 267 Thomas M Cota Jason Nomsen Matthew Tobin SDTC Services of Nevada LLC New Hampshire 281 Steven M Burke Patrick O Collins McLane Middleton Todd D Mayo Wealth structuring strategist South Dakota 325 James Paladino South Dakota Planning Company Matthew Tobin South Dakota Trust Company LLC Tennessee 343 John M Bunge Aaron B Flinn Jill C Mastroianni Holland & Knight (formerly with Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis) Wyoming 355 Christopher M Reimer Amy M Staehr Long Reimer Winegar LLP About the authors 365 About Globe Law and Business 379

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Book SynopsisOne of the most powerful ways we can care for our future is to create a Power of Attorney. This simple document allows an appointed person to make decisions for us in the case that we can no longer do so ourselves. But what does it mean to be someone's attorney? And how can it be set up? This book is designed to offer clear, practical advice for anyone making this decision, or needing to exercise their rights. Drawing on over two decades of professional and personal experience, Sandra McDonald explains everything that you need to know about Power of Attorney, including: - how to create the legal document - how to implement it - dealing with others and safeguarding The result is an invaluable resource for anyone who is, has or deals with a Power of Attorney.Trade ReviewBrings a huge weight of expertise to bear in the lightest way possible upon almost all issues that might be relevant for those thinking about making a power of attorney, being an attorney, or working with an attorney. ... Succeeds magnificently ... Masterful -- Alex Ruck Keene * Mental Capacity Law and Policy *

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Book SynopsisAntitrust or competition law is widely considered an essential part of the legal and political structures of most liberal democracies and an integral foundation of a market economy. In this book, Mark D. White disputes this understanding, drawing on concepts from economics, philosophy, and law to argue that the pre-eminent status accorded to the regulation of competition should be reconsidered by any government that claims to support basic property rights. Despite its populist origins, antitrust is usually understood today in terms of economic theory, which provides a solid foundation for the analysis of market competition. As this logic goes, governments restrict firms from engaging in behaviour regarded as uncompetitive, with the purpose of protecting consumers, other firms, or the very process of competition itself. However, this neglects the fundamental property rights on which the market economy is based, an unfortunate implication of the utilitarian ethics at the heart of economics. Firms are held responsible for promoting societal welfare and penalized for failing to do so, even when their actions violate no recognized rights of consumers or competitors. This view of commerce sees firms as agents of the state rather than opportunities for individuals to pursue their interests in exchange with others. As White explains, competition or antitrust law serves as an example of how economics privileges welfare and efficiency over rights and justice, promoting the maximization of outcomes while ignoring the rights of those who generate them. Accessible and non-technical, this book assumes no previous knowledge of economics, philosophy, or law, and provides a fresh and thought-provoking perspective on antitrust and competition law that will challenge readers from all backgrounds and political stances to question the degree to which its wisdom is taken for granted.Trade ReviewOriginal, well written, thought provoking . . . this is an important contribution to the ongoing debate on American antitrust law. An accessible and fruitful read for the novice and seasoned expert, who will find a different perspective on issues that are normally taken for granted. -- Nicola Giocoli, Professor of Economics, University of PisaWhite’s thought-provoking book challenges us to rethink the basic pillars of antitrust – from competition, to market power, to consumer welfare – and to confront the paradox of enforcing antitrust in a liberal society. In so doing, White raises a provocative question: What rights are we willing to sacrifice on the altar of economic welfare or populist ideals? -- Geoffrey A. Manne, President & Founder, International Center for Law & EconomicsReadable, refreshing, and relevant. A lively jaunt through the underpinnings of antitrust law from an all too rare perspective: one that champions individual rights. -- Anastasia Boden, Director, Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato InstituteTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Overview 2. The economics of antitrust 3. The ethics of economics 4. Rights 5. Antitrust violations and rights 6. Harms and wrongs 7. The obligation to maximize welfare 8. Re-envisioning the market

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Book Synopsis***BUSINESS BOOK AWARDS 2022 SHORTLISTED TITLE***Starting a business is one of the most exciting things you can do. It’s also one of the most daunting. There’s so much that can go right, and so much that can go wrong.That’s why you need to understand and minimise the legal and commercial risks involved. When your new business is built on rock, you can relax in the knowledge that you won’t lose access to life-changing opportunities or waste time and energy on fighting legal challenges. Instead, you’re free to get on with what you do best — coming up with fresh ideas, finding ways to make them a reality, and selling your products or services to an ever-expanding customer base.This book makes the complicated aspects of start-up law simple. In everyday language, it walks you through the key legal and commercial considerations. Setting up your corporate structure for maximum advantage Discovering your risks and how to minimise them Finding out the best sources of investment Learning how to value your company Negotiating with investors for long-term success MICHAEL BUCKWORTH is a qualified solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales, and the founder of Buckworths (www.buckworths.com), the only law firm in the UK working exclusively with start-ups and high-growth businesses. He has a passion for entrepreneurialism, and has advised countless start-ups over the last ten years. He’s been ‘entrepreneur in residence’ at London South Bank University and University College, London, for several years, and is a regular speaker at industry events.Trade ReviewMichael's book is exactly what every cofounder should have in their locker when embarking on a new venture.Overall the book is a thoroughly comprehensive guide for what to do & what not do when trying to build a sustainable business.Each chapter covers different legal / operational elements that all start ups from ideation to funding ought to be aware of and address.Michael makes the information relatable by ending each chapter with a summary of an example case study of a founder who goes through the regular challenges at each particular stage of getting their business off the ground.The content is in an easily digestible format which is great given the density & complexity of the knowledge being shared. * Amazon *Table of ContentsBuilt on Rock: Table of ContentsBuilding your start-up on rockMeet LucioPART ONE: Launching your business1. Setting up your company: avoid the barriers and traps2. Dodging the pitfalls: identify and manage risk3. Protecting your brand and intellectual property: secure your intangible assets4. Bringing in help: incentivise employees and contractors5. Looking after your liabilities: your customer contract6. Understanding data protection law: use it to your advantagePART TWO: Raising investment7. Where to find funding: the investment landscape8. How to value your company: make your equity go further9. When to raise funds: get your timing right10. Making your business attractive to investors: understand investor tax relief11. Seal the deal: receiving funds and issuing sharesSolid foundationsStart-up checklistThe authorAcknowledgements

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Book Synopsis Since the end of World War II, the ongoing efforts aimed at criminal prosecution, restitution, and other forms of justice in the wake of the Holocaust have constituted one of the most significant episodes in the history of human rights and international law. As such, they have attracted sustained attention from historians and legal scholars. This edited collection substantially enlarges the topical and disciplinary scope of this burgeoning field, exploring such varied subjects as literary analysis of Hannah Arendt’s work, the restitution case for Gustav Klimt’s Beethoven Frieze, and the ritualistic aspects of criminal trials.Trade Review “Focusing on such disparate and under-explored topics as corporate conduct during the Holocaust, the changing nature of European nations’ reparations practices, and the quality of postwar American military commission trials (as distinct from the IMT Nuremberg prosecution), Goda has assembled a fascinating and informative collection of essays. The book not only explores these matters, but each essay provides lavish footnotes and a detailed ‘select bibliography’ to facilitate further inquiry.” • American Historical Review “This volume is a tremendously exciting and thought-provoking exploration of understudied aspects of Holocaust justice. It fills a major lacuna in the literature.” • Katrin Paehler, author of The Third Reich's Intelligence Services: The Career of Walter Schellenberg “This is an exceptional collection. It assembles interesting and often methodologically innovative chapters that contribute genuinely new knowledge to the field of Holocaust justice.” • Hilary Earl, Nipissing UniversityTable of Contents Figures Acknowledgments Abbreviations A Note on Editing Introduction Norman J.W. Goda PART I: LITERARY AND RELIGIOUS APPROACHES TO HOLOCAUST JUSTICE Chapter 1. Before the Law: The Poetics of Justice in Hannah Arendt's Eichmann in Jerusalem Eric Kligerman Chapter 2. Criminal Trials as Rituals of Purification Katharina von Kellenbach PART II: TESTIMONY AND NARRATIVE Chapter 3. What Kind of Narrative is Legal Testimony? Terezín Witnesses Before of Czechoslovak, Austrian, and German Courts Anna Hájková Chapter 4. 
A Morality of Evil:
Nazi Ethics and the Defense Strategies of German Perpetrators Kerstin von Lingen PART III: APPROACHES TO JUSTICE IN THE KILLING FIELDS Chapter 5. The “Second Wave” of Soviet Justice: The 1960s War Crimes Trials Alexander V. Prusin Chapter 6. “Not quite Klaus Barbie, but in that Category” Mykola Lebed, the CIA, and the Airbrushing of the Past Per Anders Rudling Chapter 7. Convicting the Cog: The Munich Trial of John Demjanjuk Lawrence Douglas PART IV: RETHINKING APPROACHES TO HOLOCAUST RESTITUTION Chapter 8. Reparations, Victims, and Trauma in the Wake of the Holocaust Regula Ludi Chapter 9. Achieving a Measure of Justice and Writing Holocaust History through US Restitution Litigation Michael J. Bazyler Chapter 10. The Fortunate Possessor: The Case of Gustav Klimt’s Beethoven Frieze Sophie Lillie PART V: RETURNING TO NUREMBERG Chapter 11. Judging from Without: German Clergy, Public Pressure, and Postwar Justice JonDavid K. Wyneken Chapter 12. Rough Justice and the US Approach to War Crimes Prosecution: Dachau, Guantanamo Bay, and the Nuremberg Exception Tomaz Jardim Index

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