Kategoria BISAC: Law >> Corporate

When used in conjunction with corporations, the term public is misleading. Anyone can purchase shares of stock, but public corporations themselves are uninhibited by a sense of societal obligation or strict public oversight. In fact, managers of most large firms are prohibited by law from taking into account the interests of the public in decision making, if doing so hurts shareholders. But this has not always been the case, as until the beginning of the twentieth century, public corporations were deemed to have important civic responsibilities.
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Das renommierte Standardwerk bietet mit der Kommentierung des Patentgesetzes, des Patentgebuhrengesetzes, des Gebrauchsmustergesetzes, des Halbleiterschutzgesetzes, des Arbeitnehmererfindungsgesetzes sowie des Gesetzes uber Internationale Patentubereinkommen eine aktuelle und umfassende Darstellung des gesamten Patentrechts.

The "Bruck/Moller" boasts the prominent standing of being the traditional commentary on insurance contract law. Its prestigious reputation is based, above all, on its scientifically grounded yet handson commentary. The latest edition holds especially true to this concept. This is most recognizable in the numerous conceptual reforms. In addition to the uniform structure of the individual commentaries, there are considerably more commentators and an increase in the number of individual volumes. Thus, the commentaries are produced by acknowledged experts and held ever up to date. In addition,...

When corporations carry on their business in a grossly negligent manner, or take a cavalier approach to risk management, the consequences can be catastrophic. The harm may be financial, as occurred when such well-regarded companies as Enron, Lehman Brothers, Worldcom and Barings collapsed, or it may be environmental, as illustrated most recently by the Gulf oil spill. Sometimes deaths and serious injuries on a mass scale occur, as in the Bhopal gas disaster, the Chernobyl nuclear explosion, the Paris crash of the Concorde, the capsize of the Herald of Free Enterprise, and rail crashes at...

The mapping of sections of tax law,...