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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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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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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
... Read more
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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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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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
... Read more
Executive Compensation

by Michael S. Sirkin, Lawrence K. Cagney, Andrea S. Rattner ...

“In an era of making your own retirement happen by planning now, this book is an excellent resource for all attorneys.” —Wisconsin LawyerExecutive compensation has become one of the main targets of investors, and government regulators. Executive Compensation is an invaluable guide through the maze of rules, regulations and practices that governs this area. It is an essential resource for general ... Read more

$1,133.99 CAD

“In an era of making your own retirement happen by planning now, this book is an excellent resource for all attorneys.” —Wisconsin LawyerExecutive compensation has become one of the main targets of investors, and government regulators. Executive Compensation is an invaluable guide through the maze of rules, regulations and practices that governs this area. It is an essential resource for general
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The Bank of England and the Government Debt

Operations in the Gilt-Edged Market, 1928–1972

by William A. Allen ...

Series series Studies in Macroeconomic History
The Bank of England and the Government Debt recounts the surprising history of the Bank of England's activities in the government securities market in the mid-twentieth century. The Bank's governor, Montagu Norman, had a decisive influence on government debt management policy until he retired in 1944, and established an auxiliary market in government securities outside the Stock Exchange during ... Read more

$51.99 CAD

The Bank of England and the Government Debt recounts the surprising history of the Bank of England's activities in the government securities market in the mid-twentieth century. The Bank's governor, Montagu Norman, had a decisive influence on government debt management policy until he retired in 1944, and established an auxiliary market in government securities outside the Stock Exchange during
... Read more
Registro de títulos e documentos

by João Pedro Lamana Paiva, Pércio Brasil Alvares ...

Series Book 5 - Cartórios
Elaborada por especialistas renomados, a Coleção Cartórios examina de maneira didática e profunda o direito notarial e registral em suas espécies, que dão origem aos cartórios extrajudiciais brasileiros. A coleção contempla a teoria geral do direito notarial e registral, o registro de imóveis, o registro civil de pessoa natural e jurídica, o registro de títulos e documentos e o tabelionado de ... Read more

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Elaborada por especialistas renomados, a Coleção Cartórios examina de maneira didática e profunda o direito notarial e registral em suas espécies, que dão origem aos cartórios extrajudiciais brasileiros. A coleção contempla a teoria geral do direito notarial e registral, o registro de imóveis, o registro civil de pessoa natural e jurídica, o registro de títulos e documentos e o tabelionado de
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European Securities Law

Edited by Raj Panasar, Philip Boeckman ...

Fully updated by a team of expert practitioners, this third edition of European Securities Law continues to provide a comprehensive source of knowledge, and practical know-how, about the regulation and operation of the securities markets in Europe. The opening of the work provides the reader with a critical overview of the European legislative process and regulatory framework in the context of ... Read more

$279.99 CAD

Fully updated by a team of expert practitioners, this third edition of European Securities Law continues to provide a comprehensive source of knowledge, and practical know-how, about the regulation and operation of the securities markets in Europe. The opening of the work provides the reader with a critical overview of the European legislative process and regulatory framework in the context of
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Tabelionato de Protesto

by Christiano Cassettari, Sérgio Luiz José Bueno ...

Series series Coleção Cartórios
Elaborada por especialistas renomados, a Coleção Cartórios examina de maneira didática e profunda o direito notarial e registral em suas espécies, que dão origem aos cartórios extrajudiciais brasileiros. A coleção contempla a teoria geral do direito notarial e registral, o registro de imóveis, o registro civil de pessoa natural e jurídica, o registro de títulos e documentos e o tabelionado de ... Read more

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Elaborada por especialistas renomados, a Coleção Cartórios examina de maneira didática e profunda o direito notarial e registral em suas espécies, que dão origem aos cartórios extrajudiciais brasileiros. A coleção contempla a teoria geral do direito notarial e registral, o registro de imóveis, o registro civil de pessoa natural e jurídica, o registro de títulos e documentos e o tabelionado de
... Read more
Précis de droit de la circulation routière

2e édition

by Bernard Dewit, Virginie Katz, Catherine Van Gheluwe ...

Series series Droit des assurances
Evolutions du droit de la circulation et du roulage.Le droit de la circulation et du roulage est sans cesse en mouvement, compte tenu notamment de la volonté déclarée du législateur de sanctionner de plus en plus sévèrement les « délinquants routiers ». Les cours et tribunaux font également évoluer la matière. La Cour constitutionnelle a d’ailleurs prononcé plusieurs arrêts de principe qui ont ... Read more

$97.99 CAD

Evolutions du droit de la circulation et du roulage.Le droit de la circulation et du roulage est sans cesse en mouvement, compte tenu notamment de la volonté déclarée du législateur de sanctionner de plus en plus sévèrement les « délinquants routiers ». Les cours et tribunaux font également évoluer la matière. La Cour constitutionnelle a d’ailleurs prononcé plusieurs arrêts de principe qui ont
... Read more
Anti-Terrorism Law and Foreign Terrorist Fighters

by Jessie Blackbourn, Deniz Kayis, Nicola McGarrity ...

Series series Routledge Research in Terrorism and the Law
Jessie Blackbourn is a research fellow at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies at the University of Oxford, UK.Deniz Kayis is currently the Associate for Chief Justice Allsop AO of the Federal Court of Australia.Nicola McGarrity is a senior lecturer and the Director of the Terrorism Law Reform Project at the University of New South Wales, Australia. ... Read more

$48.08 CAD

Jessie Blackbourn is a research fellow at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies at the University of Oxford, UK.Deniz Kayis is currently the Associate for Chief Justice Allsop AO of the Federal Court of Australia.Nicola McGarrity is a senior lecturer and the Director of the Terrorism Law Reform Project at the University of New South Wales, Australia.
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Legal Reform and Business Contracts in Developing Economies

Trust, Culture, and Law in Dakar

by Julie Paquin ...

Series series Cultural Diversity and Law
This book examines the prospects for business law reform to drive economic development in developing countries. It argues that, despite statements to the contrary, cultural factors and other local conditions in developing countries are not properly taken into account in current business law reform programs. Utilizing the city of Dakar as an example, this book investigates the consequences of this ... Read more

$86.56 CAD

This book examines the prospects for business law reform to drive economic development in developing countries. It argues that, despite statements to the contrary, cultural factors and other local conditions in developing countries are not properly taken into account in current business law reform programs. Utilizing the city of Dakar as an example, this book investigates the consequences of this
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The Financial Crisis Inquiry Report: Final Report of the National Commission on the Causes of the Financial and Economic Crisis in the United States (Revised Corrected Copy)

by Phil Angelides, Bill Thomas ...

In the wake of the most significant financial crisis since the Great Depression, the President signed into law on May 20, 2009, the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009, creating the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission. The Commission was established to "examine the causes, domestic and global, of the current financial and economic crisis in the United States."The 10 members of the bi ... Read more

$9.99 CAD

In the wake of the most significant financial crisis since the Great Depression, the President signed into law on May 20, 2009, the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009, creating the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission. The Commission was established to "examine the causes, domestic and global, of the current financial and economic crisis in the United States."The 10 members of the bi
... Read more
Stanford Law Review: Volume 64, Issue 6 - June 2012

by Stanford Law Review ...

This June 2012 issue of the Stanford Law Review (the last for the academic year) contains studies of law, economics, and social policy by recognized scholars on diverse topics of interest to the academic and professional community. Contents for the issue include:"Beyond DOMA: Choice of State Law in Federal Statutes": William Baude"Does Shareholder Proxy Access Damage Share Value in Small Publicly ... Read more

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This June 2012 issue of the Stanford Law Review (the last for the academic year) contains studies of law, economics, and social policy by recognized scholars on diverse topics of interest to the academic and professional community. Contents for the issue include:"Beyond DOMA: Choice of State Law in Federal Statutes": William Baude"Does Shareholder Proxy Access Damage Share Value in Small Publicly
... Read more
Guía-Temario formación en servicio de vigilancia en puertos en seguridad privada

by Roca Cristina ...

Un puerto es el conjunto de espacios terrestres, aguas marítimas e instalaciones que, situado en la ribera del mar o de las rías, reúna condiciones físicas, naturales o artificiales y de organización que permitan la realización de operaciones de tráfico portuario y autorice la actividad la autoridad competente.Actualmente, el personal de seguridad privada viene realizando una gran cantidad de ... Read more

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Un puerto es el conjunto de espacios terrestres, aguas marítimas e instalaciones que, situado en la ribera del mar o de las rías, reúna condiciones físicas, naturales o artificiales y de organización que permitan la realización de operaciones de tráfico portuario y autorice la actividad la autoridad competente.Actualmente, el personal de seguridad privada viene realizando una gran cantidad de
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財富背後的法律密碼

法律如何創造財富與不平等The Code of Capital: How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality

by 卡塔琳娜．皮斯托（Katharina Pistor）, 趙盛慈 ...

Series series FROM
■首見由法學教授從法律、法規、條款的角度來探討，造成貧富差距、社會不公的手段。■法律已成為國家、企業、富人等分配財富，製造社會不平等、貧富不均的一個意外工具。■暢銷書《二十一世紀資本論》作者Thomas Piketty推薦：這是一本引人入勝的書，它證明了資本的權利如何深植於國際法律體制中，是一本必讀之作。**財富分配不均也是暴政哪裡有利可圖，哪裡的法規就會鬆綁。這樣可以嗎？你以為的「依法治國」其實是「資本治國」！法治是rule of law還是rule by law，有巨大的差別。揭開21世紀資本論未解之謎，破解法律如何決定財富分配、造成社會不平等的底層根源，你一定要懂什麼是創造資本的法律密碼。**「在所有形式的暴政中，最沒有吸引力、最粗俗的暴政，就是純粹財富的暴政，富豪統治的暴政。」──第二十六屆美國總統狄奧多．羅斯福（Theodore Roosevelt ... Read more

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■首見由法學教授從法律、法規、條款的角度來探討，造成貧富差距、社會不公的手段。■法律已成為國家、企業、富人等分配財富，製造社會不平等、貧富不均的一個意外工具。■暢銷書《二十一世紀資本論》作者Thomas Piketty推薦：這是一本引人入勝的書，它證明了資本的權利如何深植於國際法律體制中，是一本必讀之作。**財富分配不均也是暴政哪裡有利可圖，哪裡的法規就會鬆綁。這樣可以嗎？你以為的「依法治國」其實是「資本治國」！法治是rule of law還是rule by law，有巨大的差別。揭開21世紀資本論未解之謎，破解法律如何決定財富分配、造成社會不平等的底層根源，你一定要懂什麼是創造資本的法律密碼。**「在所有形式的暴政中，最沒有吸引力、最粗俗的暴政，就是純粹財富的暴政，富豪統治的暴政。」──第二十六屆美國總統狄奧多．羅斯福（Theodore Roosevelt
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Registro Civil de Pessoa Jurídica

by Christiano Cassettari ...

Sobre a obra Registro Civil de Pessoas Jurídicas - 1ª Ed - 2023 Coleção Cartórios Elaborada por especialistas renomados, a Coleção Cartórios examina de maneira didática e profunda o direito notarial e registral em suas espécies, que dão origem aos cartórios extrajudiciais brasileiros. A coleção contempla a teoria geral do direito notarial e registral, o registro de imóveis, o registro civil de ... Read more

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Sobre a obra Registro Civil de Pessoas Jurídicas - 1ª Ed - 2023 Coleção Cartórios Elaborada por especialistas renomados, a Coleção Cartórios examina de maneira didática e profunda o direito notarial e registral em suas espécies, que dão origem aos cartórios extrajudiciais brasileiros. A coleção contempla a teoria geral do direito notarial e registral, o registro de imóveis, o registro civil de
... Read more
Liability of Asset Managers

Edited by Danny Busch, Deborah DeMott ...

Given the international nature of the asset management industry, lawyers representing investors, asset managers, and regulators are often confronted with asset management agreements governed by foreign law. This book provides the necessary points of law and practice in the leading jurisdictions allowing lawyers to identify the main pitfalls concerning the foreign law in question. This book is the ... Read more

$274.99 CAD

Given the international nature of the asset management industry, lawyers representing investors, asset managers, and regulators are often confronted with asset management agreements governed by foreign law. This book provides the necessary points of law and practice in the leading jurisdictions allowing lawyers to identify the main pitfalls concerning the foreign law in question. This book is the
... Read more
Blockchain im Registerrecht

Die Nutzung der Blockchain-Technologie fuer Grundbuch, Handelsregister und Aktienregister

by Felix Müller-Eising ...

Series Book 84 - Zivilrechtliche Schriften
Felix Müller-Eising untersucht die Nutzung der Blockchain-Technologie für das Grundbuch, das Handelsregister und das Aktienregister. Zuerst wird eine Einführung in die allgemeine Funktionsweise einer Blockchain gegeben, wobei Token, kryptografische Schlüssel, Smart Contracts und Konsensmechanismen wie Proof-of-Work und Proof-of-Stake erläutert werden. Danach werden dezentrale und zentrale ... Read more

$68.19 CAD

Felix Müller-Eising untersucht die Nutzung der Blockchain-Technologie für das Grundbuch, das Handelsregister und das Aktienregister. Zuerst wird eine Einführung in die allgemeine Funktionsweise einer Blockchain gegeben, wobei Token, kryptografische Schlüssel, Smart Contracts und Konsensmechanismen wie Proof-of-Work und Proof-of-Stake erläutert werden. Danach werden dezentrale und zentrale
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