Many governments across the world have responded to the need for greater efficiency in the delivery of government services by the reorganization of these bureaucracies along the lines of for-profit business corporations.
All modern legal systems with advanced economies must address the question of how to respond to the needs of insolvent consumers whose burden of debt greatly exceeds their capacity to repay within a reasonable time frame.
This edited collection is an interdisciplinary and international collaborative book that critically investigates the growing phenomenon of Indigenous-industry agreements - agreements that are formed between Indigenous peoples and companies involved in the extractive natural resource industry.
A unique and invaluable aid to corporate counsel, and other legal advisors, to guide corporate response and decision making, presented with ease of accessibility and a practical, pragmatic focus.
Insolvency law reform has become a subject of public urgency in many countries in the past two decades and particularly in much of Asia over the last ten years.
While the concept and domain of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) are not new-its beginnings can be tracked back to the 1960s-its scope, urgency, and relevance have shifted dramatically in recent years.
This book provides a critical examination of modern English corporate insolvency law, in particular the procedures under the Insolvency Act 1986, from both conceptual and functional points of view.
Business Negotiations and the Law: The Protection of Weak Professional Parties in Standard Form Contracting aims to explore the issues surrounding contract negotiations between entrepreneurs and other professionals when one of the parties does not have the same level of bargaining power as the other.
The Investment Advisors Compliance Guide, 3rd Editiondelivers a concise yet comprehensive explanation of the rules and how they affect the work you do on a daily basis-no matter where youre registered.
Since the financial crisis of 2007 to 2009 the role of the company in society, especially the role of publicly traded companies, has acquired a political salience that was largely absent in the decades before the crisis.
Mountains are the home of significant ecological resources - wildlife habitat, higher elevation plant systems, steep slopes, delicate soils and water systems.
The principle of solidarity is particularly important now because it is in juxtaposition to some current self-centered trends in politics: the crises that have upset the world in recent years, such as migrations, hegemonic aspirations, pandemics, and wars, have made self-evident the inadequacy of such selfish politics.
This book explores the intersection of two emergent and vibrant fields of study in international human rights law: transitional justice and corporate accountability for human rights abuses.
This book offers up to date insights into the exciting world of China's extensive economic activity through the pervasive and often secretive practice of transfer pricing.
Intellectual assets - including documents, designs, know-how, software, data, patents and trademarks - are critical to the delivery of innovative, and cost effective, products and services.
An integrity system is an integrated assemblage of institutional mechanisms, designed to minimize ethical misconduct and promote ethical health in institutions, organizations, occupations and the like.
This book is about the regulation of corporations that use bribery in international commerce to win or maintain overseas business contracts and interests.
The second edition of this successful book incorporates many important developments, such as the changing judicial approach to directors' duties and disqualification orders, recent developments in auditors' liability and the effect of the House of Lords decision in Sharp v Thompson.
Le droit pénal de l'entreprise a donné lieu, en 2019, à une jurisprudence riche et variée, marquée notamment par des arrêts de principe du Tribunal fédéral sur de nombreuses questions d'actualité.
Die Edition enthält außer den die Reform vorbereitenden Materialien die umfangreichen nicht veröffentlichten Quellen über die Beratungen der Aktienrechtsnovelle im Bundesrat des Norddeutschen Bundes.
Articles of Association for Charities and Not for Profit Organisations: Guidance and Precedents contains guidance and full precedents to help charity trustees, members of incorporated companies by guarantee, professional charity advisers and solicitors to form constitutional documents that meet the Charity Commission's requirements.
The statutory duty of public service ombudsmen (PSO) is to investigate claims of injustice caused by maladministration in the provision of public services.
An important reference for the entrepreneur, student or para-professional, every aspect of forming and maintaining a corporate entity is included in this useful chart.
