Kategoria BISAC: Law >> Business & Financial

In light of on-going global financial crises, the institutional structure of financial regulation is currently a subject of significant academic and practical interest. The financial crisis has called into question the adequacy of financial regulation at the national and supranational levels, and has instigated financial regulatory reforms in major markets overseas. This has included the enactment of the Dodd-Frank Act in the US, and the programme to split the Financial Services Authority in the UK.

This book examines the institutional structure reform of financial regulation from a...

There is a need for maintaining a balance between local needs and international commitments with respect to taxation. This book explores directions in which legal order can be preserved as much as possible from within each country, yet not imposed upon them.

Der "Staub" ist einer der altesten deutschsprachigen Kommentare zum Handelsrecht, die erste Auflage erschien 1893. Er hat als der umfassendste, vollstandigste und bedeutendste Grokommentar zum Handelsrecht einschlielich zahlreicher Nebengebiete ein herausragendes Renommee. Sein hohes Ansehen beruht vor allem auf einer wissenschaftlich fundierten und zugleich praxisorientierten Kommentierung, die nicht zuletzt durch hervorragende und namhafte Herausgeber und Autoren aus Wissenschaft und Praxis gewahrleistet wird. Der Kommentar erscheint in 15 Banden, gegliedert nach den Buchern des HGB.

Whether dealing with contracts, tort actions, or government regulations, lawyers are more likely to be successful if they are conversant in economics. Economics for Lawyers provides the essential tools to understand the economic basis of law. Through rigorous analysis illustrated with simple graphs and a wide range of legal examples, Richard Ippolito focuses on a few key concepts and shows how they play out in numerous applications. There are everyday problems: What is the social cost of legislation enforcing below-market prices, minimum wages, milk regulation, and noncompetitive...

Is harmonisation of European securities law a good idea? According to this original analysis, the answer is a qualified yes. If it can be done without undermining the various systems that now govern the custody and transfer of securities in national European jurisdictions, harmonisation will be well received. The author first shows that such an acceptable outcome is indeed possible, and then offers a detailed analysis of the form it might take. Along the way he compares the current infrastructure of securities law in three European countries (Belgium, France, and the Netherlands)...

Copyright laws, along with other Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs), constitute the legal foundation for the "global knowledge-based economy" and copyright law now plays an increasingly important role in the creation of business fortunes, the access to and dissemination of knowledge, and human development in general.

This book examines major problems in the current IPR regime, particularly the copyright regime, in the context of digitization, knowledge economy, and globalization. The book contends that the final goals of IP law and policy-making are to enhance the progress...