Company law

Corporate laws are based on the idea that the interests of shareholders should be the primary concern of company directors.

One of the most important EU consumer protection directives of the past decade, the 2005 Unfair Commercial Practices Directive, or UCPD, is brought under examination in this stimulating volume.

One of the most important EU consumer protection directives of the past decade, the 2005 Unfair Commercial Practices Directive, or UCPD, is brought under examination in this stimulating volume.

This edited collection brings together leading academics in their respective fields to examine the European Union's impact on media and public policy.

This edited collection brings together leading academics in their respective fields to examine the European Union's impact on media and public policy.

There are an estimated 40,000 international Non-Government Organisations (NGOs), working in an enormous global aid industry; official development assistance alone reached GBP90bn in 2014.

There are an estimated 40,000 international Non-Government Organisations (NGOs), working in an enormous global aid industry; official development assistance alone reached GBP90bn in 2014.

In the internet age, the need for effective consumer law enforcement has arguably never been greater.

In the internet age, the need for effective consumer law enforcement has arguably never been greater.

Virtual worlds are the latest manifestation of the internet's inexorable appetite for development.

Virtual worlds are the latest manifestation of the internet's inexorable appetite for development.

The Logic of Innovation examines not merely the supposed problem of the efficacy and relevance of intellectual property, and the nature of innovation and creativity in a digital environment, but also the very circumstances of that inquiry itself.

The Logic of Innovation examines not merely the supposed problem of the efficacy and relevance of intellectual property, and the nature of innovation and creativity in a digital environment, but also the very circumstances of that inquiry itself.

The relationship between intellectual property and food affects the production and availability of food by regulating dealings in products, processes, innovations, information and data.

The relationship between intellectual property and food affects the production and availability of food by regulating dealings in products, processes, innovations, information and data.

Corruption scandals hit the headlines all around the world, across a diverse range of institutional, organisational and cultural settings.

Corruption scandals hit the headlines all around the world, across a diverse range of institutional, organisational and cultural settings.

The process of economic globalization, as product and capital markets have become increasingly integrated since WWII, has placed huge, and it is argued by some, irresistible pressures on the world's 'insider' stakeholder oriented corporate governance systems.

The process of economic globalization, as product and capital markets have become increasingly integrated since WWII, has placed huge, and it is argued by some, irresistible pressures on the world's 'insider' stakeholder oriented corporate governance systems.

This book offers commentary and analysis on the catastrophic events which have recently confronted the international economy in the modern era and contrasts the current situation with other financial crises.

This book offers commentary and analysis on the catastrophic events which have recently confronted the international economy in the modern era and contrasts the current situation with other financial crises.

Examining the challenges of using the global anti-money laundering (AML) framework in an uneven global regulatory landscape, this book discusses the difficulties of relating de-regulation, liberalization and conflict of laws to the dynamics of the market economy and demonstrates how the global environment engenders money laundering.

Examining the challenges of using the global anti-money laundering (AML) framework in an uneven global regulatory landscape, this book discusses the difficulties of relating de-regulation, liberalization and conflict of laws to the dynamics of the market economy and demonstrates how the global environment engenders money laundering.

The statutory duty of public service ombudsmen (PSO) is to investigate claims of injustice caused by maladministration in the provision of public services.

The statutory duty of public service ombudsmen (PSO) is to investigate claims of injustice caused by maladministration in the provision of public services.

What, exactly, is private property?

What, exactly, is private property?

The second half of the twentieth century saw the emergence of international economic law as a major force in the international legal system.

The second half of the twentieth century saw the emergence of international economic law as a major force in the international legal system.

Dr Mohammad Nurunnabi examines the factors that affect the implementation of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in developing countries and answers these specific research questions: - What is the relative impact of accounting regulatory frameworks and politico-institutional factors on the implementation of IFRS in developing countries?

Dr Mohammad Nurunnabi examines the factors that affect the implementation of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in developing countries and answers these specific research questions: - What is the relative impact of accounting regulatory frameworks and politico-institutional factors on the implementation of IFRS in developing countries?

This book introduces and develops the paradigm of the organisational contract in European contract law.

This book introduces and develops the paradigm of the organisational contract in European contract law.

The Yearbook of Consumer Law provides a valuable outlet for high quality scholarly work which tracks developments in the consumer law field with a domestic, regional and international dimension.

The Yearbook of Consumer Law provides a valuable outlet for high quality scholarly work which tracks developments in the consumer law field with a domestic, regional and international dimension.

Addressing three central questions of legal policy, this is an interesting and comprehensive analysis of the need to control and regulate tobacco consumption.

Addressing three central questions of legal policy, this is an interesting and comprehensive analysis of the need to control and regulate tobacco consumption.

What are the challenges to the prevention of transnational bribery by multinational corporations in international business transactions?

What are the challenges to the prevention of transnational bribery by multinational corporations in international business transactions?

This book criticizes prevailing corporate law in the United States and articulates reforms aimed at making corporations more socially responsible.

Compares Australia''s new misuse of market power law with US and EU tests for monopolization and abuse of dominance.

This book criticizes prevailing corporate law in the United States and articulates reforms aimed at making corporations more socially responsible.

The first in-depth analysis of the independent director in Asia: who they are, what they do and how they are regulated.

A unique comparative analysis of Chinese contract law accessible to lawyers from civil, common, and mixed law jurisdictions.

A collection of essays that examines the use and abuse of eminent domain across the world.

A collection of essays that examines the use and abuse of eminent domain across the world.

Excessive household debt has allowed for economic growth, but this model has become increasingly unstable.

This book advances an innovative, multi-jurisdictional argument for the necessity of company law reform to reorient companies towards environmental sustainability.

This book uses interviews with corporate board directors in Norway and analysis of US corporate securities filings to investigate quotas and disclosure in hiring practices.

This book advances an innovative, multi-jurisdictional argument for the necessity of company law reform to reorient companies towards environmental sustainability.