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Bank Funding, Liquidity, and Capital Adequacy

A Law and Finance Approach

by José Gabilondo ...

Series series Elgar Financial Law series
Focusing primarily on the banking system in the United States, this book offers an innovative framework that integrates a depository bank's liquidity and its capital adequacy into a unified notion of funding that helps to explain how the 2007-2008 crisis unfolded, why central banks succeeded in resolving the crisis, and how the conceptual legacy of the crisis and its resolution led to lasting ... Read more

$41.99 CAD

Focusing primarily on the banking system in the United States, this book offers an innovative framework that integrates a depository bank's liquidity and its capital adequacy into a unified notion of funding that helps to explain how the 2007-2008 crisis unfolded, why central banks succeeded in resolving the crisis, and how the conceptual legacy of the crisis and its resolution led to lasting
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The Code of Capital

How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality

by Katharina Pistor ...

A compelling explanation of how the law shapes the distribution of wealthCapital is the defining feature of modern economies, yet most people have no idea where it actually comes from. What is it, exactly, that transforms mere wealth into an asset that automatically creates more wealth? The Code of Capital explains how capital is created behind closed doors in the offices of private attorneys, and ... Read more

$52.79 CAD

A compelling explanation of how the law shapes the distribution of wealthCapital is the defining feature of modern economies, yet most people have no idea where it actually comes from. What is it, exactly, that transforms mere wealth into an asset that automatically creates more wealth? The Code of Capital explains how capital is created behind closed doors in the offices of private attorneys, and
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Making Money

Coin, Currency, and the Coming of Capitalism

by Christine Desan ...

Money travels the modern world in disguise. It looks like a convention of human exchange - a commodity like gold or a medium like language. But its history reveals that money is a very different matter. It is an institution engineered by political communities to mark and mobilize resources. As societies change the way they create money, they change the market itself - along with the rules that ... Read more

$36.79 CAD

Money travels the modern world in disguise. It looks like a convention of human exchange - a commodity like gold or a medium like language. But its history reveals that money is a very different matter. It is an institution engineered by political communities to mark and mobilize resources. As societies change the way they create money, they change the market itself - along with the rules that
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A Very English Deceit

The Secret History of the South Sea Bubble and the First Great Financial Scandal (Text Only)

by Malcolm Balen ...

The ebook of the critically acclaimed popular history book: the story of the South Sea Bubble which in Balen’s hands becomes a morality tale for our times. A classic collision of political ambition, mercenary greed and financial revolution.The early years of the 18th-century produced two great monuments: one, Christopher Wren’s new cathedral of St Paul’s, an enduring testament to principled craft ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

The ebook of the critically acclaimed popular history book: the story of the South Sea Bubble which in Balen’s hands becomes a morality tale for our times. A classic collision of political ambition, mercenary greed and financial revolution.The early years of the 18th-century produced two great monuments: one, Christopher Wren’s new cathedral of St Paul’s, an enduring testament to principled craft
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Strategies for Minimizing Risk Under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Related Laws

by Mike Koehler ...

Series series Elgar Compliance Guides
In the minds of some, complying with the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and related laws is easy: 'you just don't bribe.' The reality, as sophisticated professionals should know, is not so simple. This book is for professionals across various disciplines who can assist in risk management and want to learn strategies for minimizing risk under aggressively enforced bribery laws.Written by a ... Read more

$96.99 CAD

In the minds of some, complying with the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and related laws is easy: 'you just don't bribe.' The reality, as sophisticated professionals should know, is not so simple. This book is for professionals across various disciplines who can assist in risk management and want to learn strategies for minimizing risk under aggressively enforced bribery laws.Written by a
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The New Stock Market

Law, Economics, and Policy

by Merritt B. Fox, Lawrence Glosten, Gabriel Rauterberg ...

The U.S. stock market has been transformed over the last twenty-five years. Once a market in which human beings traded at human speeds, it is now an electronic market pervaded by algorithmic trading, conducted at speeds nearing that of light. High-frequency traders participate in a large portion of all transactions, and a significant minority of all trade occurs on alternative trading systems ... Read more

$78.99 CAD

The U.S. stock market has been transformed over the last twenty-five years. Once a market in which human beings traded at human speeds, it is now an electronic market pervaded by algorithmic trading, conducted at speeds nearing that of light. High-frequency traders participate in a large portion of all transactions, and a significant minority of all trade occurs on alternative trading systems
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Border Frictions

Gender, Generation and Technology on the Frontline

by Karine Côté-Boucher ...

Series series Routledge Studies in Criminal Justice, Borders and Citizenship
How did Canadian border officers come to think of themselves as a "police of the border"? This book tells the story of the shift to law enforcement in Canadian border control. From the 1990s onward, it traces the transformation of a customs organization into a border-policing agency.Border Frictions investigates how considerable political efforts and state resources have made bordering a matter of ... Read more

$86.56 CAD

How did Canadian border officers come to think of themselves as a "police of the border"? This book tells the story of the shift to law enforcement in Canadian border control. From the 1990s onward, it traces the transformation of a customs organization into a border-policing agency.Border Frictions investigates how considerable political efforts and state resources have made bordering a matter of
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Lombard Street

A Description of the Money Market

by Walter Bagehot ...

Bagehot was one of the first writers to describe and explain the world of international and corporate finance, banking, and money in understandable language. The book was in part a reaction to the 1866 collapse of Overend, Gurney and Company, located at 65 Lombard Street, from which the title draws its name. Bagehot’s description, and knowledge, is timeless and a must for anyone who wants to ... Read more

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Bagehot was one of the first writers to describe and explain the world of international and corporate finance, banking, and money in understandable language. The book was in part a reaction to the 1866 collapse of Overend, Gurney and Company, located at 65 Lombard Street, from which the title draws its name. Bagehot’s description, and knowledge, is timeless and a must for anyone who wants to
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The Oxford Handbook of Law, Regulation and Technology

Edited by Roger Brownsword, Eloise Scotford, Karen Yeung ...

Series series Oxford Handbooks
The variety, pace, and power of technological innovations that have emerged in the 21st Century have been breathtaking. These technological developments, which include advances in networked information and communications, biotechnology, neurotechnology, nanotechnology, robotics, and environmental engineering technology, have raised a number of vital and complex questions. Although these ... Read more

$207.99 CAD

The variety, pace, and power of technological innovations that have emerged in the 21st Century have been breathtaking. These technological developments, which include advances in networked information and communications, biotechnology, neurotechnology, nanotechnology, robotics, and environmental engineering technology, have raised a number of vital and complex questions. Although these
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Capital Markets, Derivatives and the Law

by Alan Rechtschaffen ...

President Obama recently called for a new financial regulation system in the United States. In order to understand the intricacies of new regulation, individuals must have a strong foundation in how capital markets function as well as how financial instruments and derivatives work. Capital Markets, Derivatives, and the Law provides readers with the foundation necessary to make informed, well ... Read more

$179.99 CAD

President Obama recently called for a new financial regulation system in the United States. In order to understand the intricacies of new regulation, individuals must have a strong foundation in how capital markets function as well as how financial instruments and derivatives work. Capital Markets, Derivatives, and the Law provides readers with the foundation necessary to make informed, well
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Contenido mínimo del programa de formación específica de servicio de respuesta ante alarmas en seguridad privada

by Castro Borja ...

Ningún domicilio esta a salvo. Los amigos de lo ajeno no tienen fijación por ningún tipo de vivienda ni un modus operandi concreto, simplemente observan su entorno y entran en aquellas casas que parecen no estar habitadas. Este manual ofrece información para Facilitar al Vigilante de Seguridad la formación necesaria para desempeñar eficazmente los servicios de seguridad ante alarmas del servicio ... Read more

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Ningún domicilio esta a salvo. Los amigos de lo ajeno no tienen fijación por ningún tipo de vivienda ni un modus operandi concreto, simplemente observan su entorno y entran en aquellas casas que parecen no estar habitadas. Este manual ofrece información para Facilitar al Vigilante de Seguridad la formación necesaria para desempeñar eficazmente los servicios de seguridad ante alarmas del servicio
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The Socio-Politics of Legal Design and its Epistemic Consequences

Edited by Siddharth Peter de Souza, Dr Joaquín Santuber ...

Series series Oñati International Series in Law and Society
This book brings together diverse perspectives from researchers working in the fields of law, justice, and design to interrogate the emergence of vocabularies and methods of legal design and unpack their epistemic consequences.Legal design has emerged in the last decade as an interdisciplinary practice, at the intersection of law and justice, and initially human-centred design. Despite the short ... Read more

$126.99 CAD

This book brings together diverse perspectives from researchers working in the fields of law, justice, and design to interrogate the emergence of vocabularies and methods of legal design and unpack their epistemic consequences.Legal design has emerged in the last decade as an interdisciplinary practice, at the intersection of law and justice, and initially human-centred design. Despite the short
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Comparing European And U.S. Securities Regulations: MiFID Versus Corresponding U.S. Regulations

by Boskovic Tanja; Cerruti Caroline; Noel Michel ...

The paper compares the EU and US securities regulations, and specifically MiFID with the corresponding US regulations. It primarily focuses on the regulatory and supervisory framework, trading venues, and the provision of investment services.The paper argues that the architecture and some of the rules regarding securities markets are different in the two regions, but the objectives and some of the ... Read more

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The paper compares the EU and US securities regulations, and specifically MiFID with the corresponding US regulations. It primarily focuses on the regulatory and supervisory framework, trading venues, and the provision of investment services.The paper argues that the architecture and some of the rules regarding securities markets are different in the two regions, but the objectives and some of the
... Read more
Conversations on Justice from National, International, and Global Perspectives

Dialogues with Leading Thinkers

Edited by Jean-Marc Coicaud, Lynette E. Sieger ...

The question of what constitutes norms for global justice is of considerable concern for all those interested in world peace and cooperation. In order to define these global norms, Jean-Marc Coicaud, while working at the United Nations University, initiated a project centered around conversations with leading theorists and policy practitioners in global affairs. Conversations on Justice from ... Read more

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The question of what constitutes norms for global justice is of considerable concern for all those interested in world peace and cooperation. In order to define these global norms, Jean-Marc Coicaud, while working at the United Nations University, initiated a project centered around conversations with leading theorists and policy practitioners in global affairs. Conversations on Justice from
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Insider Trading and Market Manipulation

Investigating and Prosecuting Across Borders

by Janet Austin ...

This book explores how the globalization of securities markets has affected market manipulation and insider trading. It delves into the responses of securities regulators, discussing new regulations designed to deter such misconduct, as well as they ways in which detection, investigation and prosecution techniques are adapting to tackle insider trading and market manipulation that crosses ... Read more

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This book explores how the globalization of securities markets has affected market manipulation and insider trading. It delves into the responses of securities regulators, discussing new regulations designed to deter such misconduct, as well as they ways in which detection, investigation and prosecution techniques are adapting to tackle insider trading and market manipulation that crosses
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Economic Transplants

On Lawmaking for Corporations and Capital Markets

by Katja Langenbucher ...

Series series International Corporate Law and Financial Market Regulation
Why and in what ways have lawyers been importing economic theories into a legal environment, and how has this shaped scholarly research, judicial and legislative work? Since the financial crisis, corporate or capital markets law has been the focus of attention by academia and media. Formal modelling has been used to describe how capital markets work and, later, has been criticised for its abstract ... Read more

$43.99 CAD

Why and in what ways have lawyers been importing economic theories into a legal environment, and how has this shaped scholarly research, judicial and legislative work? Since the financial crisis, corporate or capital markets law has been the focus of attention by academia and media. Formal modelling has been used to describe how capital markets work and, later, has been criticised for its abstract
... Read more
Money Market Funds in the EU and the US

Regulation and Practice

Edited by Viktoria Baklanova, Joseph Tanega ...

This book provides the first comprehensive examination of the regulation of the money market fund sector. In consideration of the current regulatory uncertainties in the sector, this book provides practical help to legal and market practitioners by setting out regulations governing money market funds in the EU and in the US. Providing a comparative approach, analyzing the regulatory environment in ... Read more

$144.99 CAD

This book provides the first comprehensive examination of the regulation of the money market fund sector. In consideration of the current regulatory uncertainties in the sector, this book provides practical help to legal and market practitioners by setting out regulations governing money market funds in the EU and in the US. Providing a comparative approach, analyzing the regulatory environment in
... Read more
Financial Regulation and Supervision

A post-crisis analysis

Edited by Eddy Wymeersch, Klaus J. Hopt, Guido Ferrarini ...

This comprehensive account of financial regulation and supervision in times of crisis analyses the complex changes under way regarding the new financial regulatory structures in the EU. Focusing on the organisation of financial supervision, it deals with the background to the reforms, the architecture of the regulatory system, the likely implications for the financial institutions and the ... Read more

$173.99 CAD

This comprehensive account of financial regulation and supervision in times of crisis analyses the complex changes under way regarding the new financial regulatory structures in the EU. Focusing on the organisation of financial supervision, it deals with the background to the reforms, the architecture of the regulatory system, the likely implications for the financial institutions and the
... Read more
Sovereignty and Sanctions: Nations' Legal Weapons

by Dilip Kumar Agrawal ...

Sovereignty and Sanctions: Nations' Legal Weapons is a thoughtful and powerful exploration of one of the most important questions in modern international relations: how can the world respect the independence of nations while also holding them accountable for aggression, human rights abuses, corruption, terrorism, and violations of international law? In an age where war remains dangerous and ... Read more

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Sovereignty and Sanctions: Nations' Legal Weapons is a thoughtful and powerful exploration of one of the most important questions in modern international relations: how can the world respect the independence of nations while also holding them accountable for aggression, human rights abuses, corruption, terrorism, and violations of international law? In an age where war remains dangerous and
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Guía-Temario formación en servicio de vigilancia en centros comerciales

by Pizarro Santa ...

Un centro comercial, shopping o mall es una construcción que consta de uno o varios edificios, por lo general de gran tamaño, que albergan servicios, locales y oficinas comerciales aglutinados en un espacio determinado concentrando mayor cantidad de clientes potenciales dentro del recinto.Un centro comercial está pensado como un espacio colectivo con distintas tiendas; además, incluye lugares de ... Read more

$7.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Un centro comercial, shopping o mall es una construcción que consta de uno o varios edificios, por lo general de gran tamaño, que albergan servicios, locales y oficinas comerciales aglutinados en un espacio determinado concentrando mayor cantidad de clientes potenciales dentro del recinto.Un centro comercial está pensado como un espacio colectivo con distintas tiendas; además, incluye lugares de
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Resseguro e Seguro

Ponto de Contato entre Negócios Jurídicos Securitários

by Ana Maria Blanco Montiel Alvarez ...

A obra tem por intuito abordar o contrato de resseguro enquanto negócio jurídico securitário, figura contratual que passou a ganhar maior relevância no cenário jurídico nacional a partir da abertura do mercado ressecuritário, outrora objeto de monopólio estatal. Pontua-se o cerne da abordagem pela demonstração da autonomia jurídica, técnica e econômica do resseguro frente ao seguro. ... Read more

$10.99 CAD

A obra tem por intuito abordar o contrato de resseguro enquanto negócio jurídico securitário, figura contratual que passou a ganhar maior relevância no cenário jurídico nacional a partir da abertura do mercado ressecuritário, outrora objeto de monopólio estatal. Pontua-se o cerne da abordagem pela demonstração da autonomia jurídica, técnica e econômica do resseguro frente ao seguro.
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Epistemologia serviciilor de informaţii

by Nicolae Sfetcu ...

Despre analogia existentă între aspectele epistemologice şi metodologice ale activităţii serviciilor de informaţii şi unele discipline ştiinţifice, pledând pentru o abordare mai ştiinţifică a procesului de culegere şi analiză de informaţii din cadrul ciclului de informaţii. Afirm că în prezent aspectele teoretice, ontologice şi epistemologice, în activitatea multor servicii de informaţii, sunt ... Read more

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Despre analogia existentă între aspectele epistemologice şi metodologice ale activităţii serviciilor de informaţii şi unele discipline ştiinţifice, pledând pentru o abordare mai ştiinţifică a procesului de culegere şi analiză de informaţii din cadrul ciclului de informaţii. Afirm că în prezent aspectele teoretice, ontologice şi epistemologice, în activitatea multor servicii de informaţii, sunt
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Familienpflegezeit - Rechsanspruch, soziale und finanzielle Absicherung

by Kerstin Düsch-Wehr ...

Series Book 35 - Studien zum Arbeitsrecht und zur Arbeitsrechtsvergleichung
Die Möglichkeit, Berufstätigkeit und Pflege miteinander zu vereinbaren, ist ein entscheidender Faktor zur Sicherstellung der Betreuung Pflegebedürftiger. Aktuell werden mehr als die Hälfte der Pflegebedürftigen zu Hause durch Angehörige betreut.Für die Übernahme der Pflege durch Angehörige ist insbesondere die finanzielle Situation von Pflegebedürftigem und pflegendem Angehörigen von Bedeutung. ... Read more

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Die Möglichkeit, Berufstätigkeit und Pflege miteinander zu vereinbaren, ist ein entscheidender Faktor zur Sicherstellung der Betreuung Pflegebedürftiger. Aktuell werden mehr als die Hälfte der Pflegebedürftigen zu Hause durch Angehörige betreut.Für die Übernahme der Pflege durch Angehörige ist insbesondere die finanzielle Situation von Pflegebedürftigem und pflegendem Angehörigen von Bedeutung.
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Legal and Ethical Implications of Drone Warfare

Edited by Michael Boyle ...

Over the last decade, the U.S., UK Israel and other states have begun to use Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for military operations and for targeted killings in places like Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia. Worldwide, over 80 governments are developing their own drone programs, and even non-state actors such as the Islamic State have begun to experiment with drones. The speed of technological change ... Read more

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Over the last decade, the U.S., UK Israel and other states have begun to use Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for military operations and for targeted killings in places like Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia. Worldwide, over 80 governments are developing their own drone programs, and even non-state actors such as the Islamic State have begun to experiment with drones. The speed of technological change
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