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The Predators' Ball

The Inside Story of Drexel Burnham and the Rise of the JunkBond

by Connie Bruck ...

An insightful portrait of junk-bond powerhouse Drexel Burnham Lambert and infamous financier Michael Milken, “one of the most brilliant minds ever to have been dedicated to Wall Street's money games.” (The New York Times).Milken is purported to have offered to pay award-winning journalist Connie Bruck to stop work on this book, the fascinating story of how a singularly brilliant and intensely ... Read more

$19.99 CAD

An insightful portrait of junk-bond powerhouse Drexel Burnham Lambert and infamous financier Michael Milken, “one of the most brilliant minds ever to have been dedicated to Wall Street's money games.” (The New York Times).Milken is purported to have offered to pay award-winning journalist Connie Bruck to stop work on this book, the fascinating story of how a singularly brilliant and intensely
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Hilarious Lawyer Jokes

An Illustrated Caseload of Jurisprudential Jests

by Steven D. Price ...

What is it about lawyers that has made them the butt of hundreds and hundreds of jokes over the centuries? Whatever the reason, everyone-including lawyers and judges themselves-has had a hearty chuckle over attorney-aimed humor. Hilarious Lawyer Jokes pokes the most fun (and malice) at a profession that has been targeted with humorous jabs for centuries.From this single hilarious source, with full ... Read more

$10.99 CAD

What is it about lawyers that has made them the butt of hundreds and hundreds of jokes over the centuries? Whatever the reason, everyone-including lawyers and judges themselves-has had a hearty chuckle over attorney-aimed humor. Hilarious Lawyer Jokes pokes the most fun (and malice) at a profession that has been targeted with humorous jabs for centuries.From this single hilarious source, with full
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For Profit

A History of Corporations

by William Magnuson ...

**An “eloquent” (Economist) history of how corporate innovation has shaped society, from ancient Rome to Silicon Valley **Americans have long been skeptical of corporations, and that skepticism has only grown more intense in recent years. Meanwhile, corporations continue to amass wealth and power at a dizzying rate, recklessly pursuing profit while leaving society to sort out the costs. In For ... Read more

$19.99 CAD

**An “eloquent” (Economist) history of how corporate innovation has shaped society, from ancient Rome to Silicon Valley **Americans have long been skeptical of corporations, and that skepticism has only grown more intense in recent years. Meanwhile, corporations continue to amass wealth and power at a dizzying rate, recklessly pursuing profit while leaving society to sort out the costs. In For
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Start Your Own Medical Practice

A Guide to All the Things They Don't Teach You in Medical School about Starting Your Own Practice

by Judge William Huss, Marlene M Coleman M.D ...

Series series Open for Business
After years of school and maybe even after some years of practice, you are ready to do it on your own.Running a profitable business takes more than just being a great doctor. Start Your Own Medical Practice provides you with the knowledge to be both a great doctor and a successful business owner.Whether you are looking to open a single practice office or wanting to go into partnership with other ... Read more

$17.99 CAD

After years of school and maybe even after some years of practice, you are ready to do it on your own.Running a profitable business takes more than just being a great doctor. Start Your Own Medical Practice provides you with the knowledge to be both a great doctor and a successful business owner.Whether you are looking to open a single practice office or wanting to go into partnership with other
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The Ponzi Scheme Puzzle:A History and Analysis of Con Artists and Victims

A History and Analysis of Con Artists and Victims

by Tamar Frankel ...

Charles Ponzi perpetrated his infamous scheme almost a hundred years ago. But his method of using new investments to pay existing investors and finance a highflying lifestyle is alive and well: just as much money is lost in the United States today from Ponzi schemes as from shoplifting. Somehow, con artists are able to dazzle wealthy, educated individuals and sophisticated institutions and ... Read more

$58.31 CAD

Charles Ponzi perpetrated his infamous scheme almost a hundred years ago. But his method of using new investments to pay existing investors and finance a highflying lifestyle is alive and well: just as much money is lost in the United States today from Ponzi schemes as from shoplifting. Somehow, con artists are able to dazzle wealthy, educated individuals and sophisticated institutions and
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Freedom for the Thought That We Hate

A Biography of the First Amendment

by Anthony Lewis ...

More than any other people on earth, Americans are free to say and write what they think. The media can air the secrets of the White House, the boardroom, or the bedroom with little fear of punishment or penalty. The reason for this extraordinary freedom is not a superior culture of tolerance, but just fourteen words in our most fundamental legal document: the free expression clauses of the First ... Read more

$2.99 CAD

More than any other people on earth, Americans are free to say and write what they think. The media can air the secrets of the White House, the boardroom, or the bedroom with little fear of punishment or penalty. The reason for this extraordinary freedom is not a superior culture of tolerance, but just fourteen words in our most fundamental legal document: the free expression clauses of the First
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The Anatomy of Corporate Law

A Comparative and Functional Approach

by Reinier Kraakman, John Armour, Paul Davies, Luca Enriques, Henry Hansmann, Gerard Hertig, Klaus Hopt, Hideki Kanda, Mariana Pargendler, Wolf-Georg Ringe, Edward Rock ...

This is the long-awaited third edition of this highly regarded comparative overview of corporate law. This edition has been comprehensively revised and updated to reflect the profound changes in corporate law and governance practices that have taken place since the previous edition. These include numerous regulatory changes following the financial crisis of 2007-09 and the changing landscape of ... Read more

$38.87 CAD

This is the long-awaited third edition of this highly regarded comparative overview of corporate law. This edition has been comprehensively revised and updated to reflect the profound changes in corporate law and governance practices that have taken place since the previous edition. These include numerous regulatory changes following the financial crisis of 2007-09 and the changing landscape of
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Great Credit Guaranteed

by Arnold Goldstein ...

Proven credit building system. Learn how to turn bad credit or no credit into great credit! ... Read more

$3.31 CAD

Proven credit building system. Learn how to turn bad credit or no credit into great credit!
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Digital Identity Management

Technological, Business and Social Implications

Edited by David Birch ...

For almost every organization in the future, both public and private sector, identity management presents both significant opportunities and risks. Successfully managed, it will allow everyone to access products and services that are tailored to their needs and their behaviours. But successful management implies that organizations will have overcome the significant obstacles of security, ... Read more

$102.25 CAD

For almost every organization in the future, both public and private sector, identity management presents both significant opportunities and risks. Successfully managed, it will allow everyone to access products and services that are tailored to their needs and their behaviours. But successful management implies that organizations will have overcome the significant obstacles of security,
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Asset Protection Secrets - Arnold Goldstein

by Arnold Goldstein ...

How to legally safeguard wealth against lawsuits, creditors, divorce, foreclosure and other financial threats. Make yourself 100 percent judgment-proof! ... Read more

$3.31 CAD

How to legally safeguard wealth against lawsuits, creditors, divorce, foreclosure and other financial threats. Make yourself 100 percent judgment-proof!
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Key Cases: Company Law

by Christopher Shepherd ...

Series series Key Cases
Key Cases is the essential series for anyone studying law, including A Level, LLB, ILEX and post-graduate conversion courses. Understanding and memorising leading cases fully is a vital part of the study of law - the clear format, style and explanations of Key Cases will ensure you achieve this. Key Cases provides the simplest and most effective way for you to memorise and absorb the essential ... Read more

$71.45 CAD

Key Cases is the essential series for anyone studying law, including A Level, LLB, ILEX and post-graduate conversion courses. Understanding and memorising leading cases fully is a vital part of the study of law - the clear format, style and explanations of Key Cases will ensure you achieve this. Key Cases provides the simplest and most effective way for you to memorise and absorb the essential
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Too Big to Jail

How Prosecutors Compromise with Corporations

by Brandon L. Garrett ...

American courts routinely hand down harsh sentences to individual convicts, but a very different standard of justice applies to corporations. Too Big to Jail takes readers into a complex, compromised world of backroom deals, for an unprecedented look at what happens when criminal charges are brought against a major company in the United States.Federal prosecutors benefit from expansive statutes ... Read more

$31.58 CAD

American courts routinely hand down harsh sentences to individual convicts, but a very different standard of justice applies to corporations. Too Big to Jail takes readers into a complex, compromised world of backroom deals, for an unprecedented look at what happens when criminal charges are brought against a major company in the United States.Federal prosecutors benefit from expansive statutes
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Great Credit Guaranteed - Revised Edition

by Arnold Goldstein ...

$3.31 CAD
Longer Lasting Products

Alternatives To The Throwaway Society

Edited by Tim Cooper ...

The present economic system requires us to consume and throw away more and more goods. Yet often it's our desire, and the best interests of the environment, for these goods to last. The contributors to this book, who comprise many of the most significant international thinkers in the field, explore how longer lasting products could offer enhanced value while reducing environmental impacts. If we ... Read more

$72.68 CAD

The present economic system requires us to consume and throw away more and more goods. Yet often it's our desire, and the best interests of the environment, for these goods to last. The contributors to this book, who comprise many of the most significant international thinkers in the field, explore how longer lasting products could offer enhanced value while reducing environmental impacts. If we
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Legal Translation Outsourced

by Juliette R. Scott ...

Series series Oxford Studies in Language and Law
As a result of globalization, cross-border transactions and litigation, and multilingual legislation, outsourcing legal translation has become common practice. Unfortunately, over-reliance on such outsourcing has given rise to significant dangers, including information asymmetry, goal divergence, and risk. Legal Translation Outsourced provides the only current reference on commercial legal ... Read more

$36.71 CAD

As a result of globalization, cross-border transactions and litigation, and multilingual legislation, outsourcing legal translation has become common practice. Unfortunately, over-reliance on such outsourcing has given rise to significant dangers, including information asymmetry, goal divergence, and risk. Legal Translation Outsourced provides the only current reference on commercial legal
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公司法学．上

by 朱锦清 ...

Series Book 1 - 公司法学
中国法学的落后集中反映在教材上。内容空洞无物、语言枯燥乏味的法学教材耽误了一代又一代的莘莘学子，浪费了他们的时间和精力，扼杀了他们的兴趣和热情。本来，教材的编写要以现有的科研成果为基础，从中系统地吸收养料。可是学风浮夸，制度低效，法学界尤甚。发表出来的所谓成果和论文大都是无用的垃圾。教材的编写者们即使是巧妇也难为无米之炊。教材上不去，年轻一代的基础打不扎实，科研就没有后劲，反过来又制约教材质量的提高。要突破这个恶性循环的局面，写出与国际接轨的教材来，必须跳出学术界，向两个方面寻求素材：第一是实践部门，主要是中国法院的判例以及工商、税务等部门的实务；第二是国外的判例、规则和学术讨论。除此之外别无他路。本书正是在这两个方向上努力的。本书通过浅显的文字说明，配以具体案例，对董事的注意义务和忠诚义务、派生诉讼、征集投票代理权等国内的难点问题和制度空白作了清楚的讲解 ... Read more

$21.36 CAD

中国法学的落后集中反映在教材上。内容空洞无物、语言枯燥乏味的法学教材耽误了一代又一代的莘莘学子，浪费了他们的时间和精力，扼杀了他们的兴趣和热情。本来，教材的编写要以现有的科研成果为基础，从中系统地吸收养料。可是学风浮夸，制度低效，法学界尤甚。发表出来的所谓成果和论文大都是无用的垃圾。教材的编写者们即使是巧妇也难为无米之炊。教材上不去，年轻一代的基础打不扎实，科研就没有后劲，反过来又制约教材质量的提高。要突破这个恶性循环的局面，写出与国际接轨的教材来，必须跳出学术界，向两个方面寻求素材：第一是实践部门，主要是中国法院的判例以及工商、税务等部门的实务；第二是国外的判例、规则和学术讨论。除此之外别无他路。本书正是在这两个方向上努力的。本书通过浅显的文字说明，配以具体案例，对董事的注意义务和忠诚义务、派生诉讼、征集投票代理权等国内的难点问题和制度空白作了清楚的讲解
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Great Debates in Equity and Trusts

by Alastair Hudson ...

Series series Great Debates in Law
This textbook is an ambitious and engaging introduction to the more advanced writings on equity and trusts, primarily designed to allow students to ‘get under the skin’ of the topic and begin to build their critical thinking and analysis skills. Each chapter is structured around key questions and debates that provoke deeper thought and, ultimately, a clearer understanding.The aim of the book is ... Read more

$38.56 CAD

This textbook is an ambitious and engaging introduction to the more advanced writings on equity and trusts, primarily designed to allow students to ‘get under the skin’ of the topic and begin to build their critical thinking and analysis skills. Each chapter is structured around key questions and debates that provoke deeper thought and, ultimately, a clearer understanding.The aim of the book is
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Arbeitsmarkt 2030

Eine strategische Vorausschau auf Demografie, Beschäftigung und Bildung in Deutschland

by Kurt Vogler-Ludwig, Nicola Düll ...

Wie sieht der Arbeitsmarkt in 20 Jahren aus? Die Studie kombiniert qualitative Zukunftsszenarien und mathematische Verfahren zu einer qualifizierten Prognose. Sie hinterfragt auch, was Politik, Unternehmen und Arbeitskräfte tun müssen, um den demografischen Wandel zu bewältigen und im internationalen Wettbewerb zu bestehen. Mit 44 untersuchten Wirtschaftszweigen, 88 Berufsgruppen und 27 ... Read more

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Wie sieht der Arbeitsmarkt in 20 Jahren aus? Die Studie kombiniert qualitative Zukunftsszenarien und mathematische Verfahren zu einer qualifizierten Prognose. Sie hinterfragt auch, was Politik, Unternehmen und Arbeitskräfte tun müssen, um den demografischen Wandel zu bewältigen und im internationalen Wettbewerb zu bestehen. Mit 44 untersuchten Wirtschaftszweigen, 88 Berufsgruppen und 27
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Women, Business and the Law 2021

by World Bank ...

Series series Women, Business and the Law
Women, Business and the Law 2021 is the seventh in a series of annual studies measuring the laws and regulations that affect women’s economic opportunity in 190 economies. The project presents eight indicators structured around women’s interactions with the law as they move through their lives and careers: Mobility, Workplace, Pay, Marriage, Parenthood, Entrepreneurship, Assets, and Pension. This ... Read more

$26.54 CAD

Women, Business and the Law 2021 is the seventh in a series of annual studies measuring the laws and regulations that affect women’s economic opportunity in 190 economies. The project presents eight indicators structured around women’s interactions with the law as they move through their lives and careers: Mobility, Workplace, Pay, Marriage, Parenthood, Entrepreneurship, Assets, and Pension. This
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Corporate Governance and Directors' Independence

by Yuan Zhao ...

More and more, the agenda of corporate governance reform has been calling for a dramatic change in the composition and structure of boards of publicly traded companies, with particular criticism reserved for the role of independent directors. This timely, ground-breaking book takes a new and rigorous approach to this important issue. Investigating board independence from a distinctly original ... Read more

$182.99 CAD

More and more, the agenda of corporate governance reform has been calling for a dramatic change in the composition and structure of boards of publicly traded companies, with particular criticism reserved for the role of independent directors. This timely, ground-breaking book takes a new and rigorous approach to this important issue. Investigating board independence from a distinctly original
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Corporations and Partnerships in Slovenia

by Rado Bohinc ...

Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this practical analysis of the law of business formations in Slovenia provides quick and easy guidance on a variety of corporate and partnership considerations such as mergers, rights and duties of interested parties, stock exchange rules, labour laws, and takeovers. Lawyers who handle transnational business will ... Read more

$79.99 CAD

Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this practical analysis of the law of business formations in Slovenia provides quick and easy guidance on a variety of corporate and partnership considerations such as mergers, rights and duties of interested parties, stock exchange rules, labour laws, and takeovers. Lawyers who handle transnational business will
... Read more
The Scope and Structure of Unjust Enrichment

by Professor Duncan Sheehan ...

Series series Hart Studies in Private Law
This ambitious book grapples with the complex debates ongoing on the structure of unjust enrichment, proving to be a major contribution to the field.Responding to the subject's critics, it presents a clearly articulated structure for this branch of private law, arguing that while unjust enrichment has the function of reversing defective enrichments (whether by performance or in another way) there ... Read more

$55.07 CAD

This ambitious book grapples with the complex debates ongoing on the structure of unjust enrichment, proving to be a major contribution to the field.Responding to the subject's critics, it presents a clearly articulated structure for this branch of private law, arguing that while unjust enrichment has the function of reversing defective enrichments (whether by performance or in another way) there
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Handels- und Gesellschaftsrecht

by Lutz Schade, Schade ...

Der Inhalt:Das Skript behandelt die im Pflichtfachstudium relevanten Grundlagen und Prüfungsschwerpunkte des Handels- und des Gesellschaftsrechts. Der Vermittlung wiederkehrender Grundprinzipien beider Rechtsgebiete gilt ein besonderes Augenmerk, da hierdurch das Verständnis einzelner Regelungen und der Rechtsprechung erleichtert wird. Die Neuerungen durch das MoPeG und KöMoG sind eingearbeitet ... Read more

$36.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Der Inhalt:Das Skript behandelt die im Pflichtfachstudium relevanten Grundlagen und Prüfungsschwerpunkte des Handels- und des Gesellschaftsrechts. Der Vermittlung wiederkehrender Grundprinzipien beider Rechtsgebiete gilt ein besonderes Augenmerk, da hierdurch das Verständnis einzelner Regelungen und der Rechtsprechung erleichtert wird. Die Neuerungen durch das MoPeG und KöMoG sind eingearbeitet
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Revise SQE Business Law and Practice

SQE1 Revision Guide

by Benjamin Jones ...

This book will develop a thorough knowledge and understanding of business law and practice as it is assessed as part of SQE 1. It is a clear and concise overview of the subject and is split into two parts, the first part dealing with business law and practice and the second exploring principles of taxation relevant to businesses and their stakeholders. The guide provides plenty of opportunities ... Read more

$25.28 CAD

This book will develop a thorough knowledge and understanding of business law and practice as it is assessed as part of SQE 1. It is a clear and concise overview of the subject and is split into two parts, the first part dealing with business law and practice and the second exploring principles of taxation relevant to businesses and their stakeholders. The guide provides plenty of opportunities
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