Below is a list of
Business Law
books added to the library's collection in the past 6 months.
Accounting and finance for lawyers in a nutshell / by Charles H. Meyer.
Location:
lapsc
Call #:
HF5635 .M5857 2013
Publisher:
West/Thomson Reuters,
This product provides a well-rounded summary of the relevant accounting areas from basic financial statements to complex earnings-per-share ratios and corporate finance and valuation. Learn how to recognize revenue, expenses, assets, and liabilities. It reviews accounting principles for many different areas, including investments, long-term debt, leases, stocks, and partnerships. It also discusses recent developments such as expanded use of fair values in financial statements and guidance on how to determine fair value, accounting for service agreements in securitizations, and revised rules on accounting for acquisitions.
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Adopting open source software : a practical guide / Brian Fitzgerald ... [et al.].
Location:
lax
Call #:
QA76.76.C69 A35 2011
Publisher:
MIT Press,
Government agencies and public organizations often consider adopting open source software (OSS) for reasons of transparency, cost, citizen access, and greater efficiency in communication and delivering services. Adopting Open Source Software offers five richly detailed real-world case studies of OSS adoption by public organizations. The authors analyze the cases and develop an overarching, conceptual framework to clarify the various enablers and inhibitors of OSS adoption in the public sector. The book provides a useful resource for policymakers, practitioners, and academics.The five cases of OSS adoption include a hospital in Ireland; an IT consortium serving all the municipalities of the province of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy; schools and public offices in the Extremadura region of Spain; the Massachusetts state government's open standards policy in the United States; and the ICT department of the Italian Chamber of Deputies. The book provides a comparative analysis of these cases around the issues of motivation, strategies, technologies, economic and social aspects, and the implications for theory and practice.
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Analysing financial statements for non-specialists / Jim O'Hare.
Location:
lax
Call #:
HF5681.B2 O33 2013
Publisher:
Routledge,
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Annual National Institute on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
Location:
lax
Call #:
KF9351.A75 N38
Publisher:
American Bar Association, Center for Continuing Legal Education
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Antitrust law : interpretation and implementation / by Charles J. Goetz, Fred S. McChesney, Thomas A. Lambert.
Location:
lax
Call #:
KF1649.A7 G64 2013
Publisher:
Thomson Reuters/Foundation Press,
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Antitrust law in Brazil : fighting cartels / Eduardo Molan Gaban and Juliana Oliveira Domingues.
Location:
lacom
Call #:
KHD3758 .G33 2012
Publisher:
Wolters Kluwer Law & Business ; Turpin Distribution Services [distributor],
This text highlights the case of Brazil, a major economic player among developing countries. It describes and analyses the workings and case law of Brazil's Administrative Council for Economic Defence.
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Arbitration law and practice in China / Jingzhou Tao.
Location:
lacom
Call #:
KNQ1829 .T368 2012
Publisher:
Kluwer Law International ; Sold and distributed in North, Central and South America by Aspen Publishers,
Though he traces briefly the early development of arbitration in China, Tao, a Beijing lawyer, primarily analyzes its development since the introduction of the Arbitration Law in 1994, focusing on those aspects of the applicable law, its interpretation, and implementation that have combined to produce a unique system often referred to as arbitration with Chinese characteristics. He covers arbitration agreement, court and arbitral jurisdiction, applicable law, the arbitration procedure, enforcing arbitral awards, and recent developments. Appended are the texts of many laws, rulings, and guidelines currently in force.
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Banking secrecy and offshore financial centers : money laundering and offshore banking / Mary Alice Young.
Location:
lax
Call #:
K5223 .Y68 2013
Publisher:
Routledge,
This book brings together the issues surrounding banking secrecy and confiscation of criminal proceeds. The book examines the existing legal agreements at the international, regional and national levels and their interaction in the substantive areas of confiscation, anti-money laundering and banking confidentiality laws. It looks at how these agreements have been applied in offshore financial centres and demonstrates that despite a number of legally binding UN Conventions as well as global anti-money laundering recommendations, the implementation of them is often lukewarm by those Parties who have ratified the Convention and adopted obligations, because of this the confiscation legislation is incompatible with strict banking confidentiality laws. The work draws on the experience of criminologists to offer critical insight into the legislative frameworks designed to deal with banking secrecy and confiscation in offshore financial centres. It goes on to offer suggestions for measures that may be taken by major economies to circumvent the lack of cooperation by offshore financial centres as intolerance towards money laundering grows in light of recent political and economic events.
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Bankruptcy and related law in a nutshell / by David G. Epstein.
Location:
lapsc
Call #:
KF1501.Z9 E67 2013
Publisher:
Thomson/West,
This classic student text, used by tens of thousands of law students for over 40 years has been revised to reflect changes in case law, changes in bankruptcy practices, and changes in bankruptcy casebooks. Today's bankruptcy courses are now much more than just the automatic stay, avoiding powers, and discharge. As bankruptcy classes have become more comprehensive, more students have found this book helpful in comprehending reading assignments, class discussions, and exam questions.
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Biomedical consulting agreements : a guide for academics / Edward Klees and H. Robert Horvitz.
Location:
lax
Call #:
KF3821 .K58 2012
Publisher:
MIT Press,
This book offers an essential guide for academic scientists and physicians who are considering consulting work in the field of biomedicine. In it, the authors--an attorney and a Nobel Laureate in Medicine, both with extensive experience reviewing and negotiating consulting agreements--outline key issues to consider before signing a consulting agreement. These issues range from the obvious--intellectual property, confidentiality, and fees--to those that might not spring immediately to mind, including indemnity, different classes of stock, and the relevance of insider trading and securities laws.
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Boilerplate : the fine print, vanishing rights, and the rule of law / Margaret Jane Radin.
Location:
lax
Call #:
KF808 .R25 2013
Publisher:
Princeton University Press,
Boilerplate--the fine-print terms and conditions that we become subject to when we click "I agree" online, rent an apartment, enter an employment contract, sign up for a cellphone carrier, or buy travel tickets--pervades all aspects of our modern lives. On a daily basis, most of us accept boilerplate provisions without realizing that should a dispute arise about a purchased good or service, the nonnegotiable boilerplate terms can deprive us of our right to jury trial and relieve providers of responsibility for harm.Boilerplateis the first comprehensive treatment of the problems posed by the increasing use of these terms, demonstrating how their use has degraded traditional notions of consent, agreement, and contract, and sacrificed core rights whose loss threatens the democratic order.
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Business enterprises : legal structures, governance, and policy : cases, materials, and problems / Douglas M. Branson ... [et al.].
Location:
lax
Call #:
KF1366 .B87 2012
Publisher:
LexisNexis,
This book undertakes a traditional, and inclusive, approach to the law of business organizations. The volume includes materials many books now on the market omit, such as agency and unincorporated business associations, while at the same time maintaining a wide breadth of coverage. As such, the book permits professors to emphasize closely held and other non-public companies while at the same time offering the basics on public company law and practice. Along these lines, the book includes materials on securities offerings, registration, exemptions from registration, and lawyers' responsibilities under the securities laws.
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Business law of Colombia [by] James W. F. Raisbeck.
Location:
lacom
Call #:
KHH333.B86 B87 1964
Publisher:
L. F. Serrano A.
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Business organizations : cases, problems, and case studies / D. Gordon Smith , Cynthia A. Williams.
Location:
lax
Call #:
KF1355 .S63 2012
Publisher:
Wolters Kluwer Law & Business,
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Captive audience : the telecom industry and monopoly power in the new gilded age / Susan Crawford.
Location:
lax
Call #:
KF2765 .C73 2013
Publisher:
Yale University Press,
This important book by leading telecommunications policy expert Susan Crawford explores why Americans are now paying much more but getting much less when it comes to high-speed Internet access. Using the 2011 merger between Comcast and NBC Universal as a lens, Crawford examines how we have created the biggest monopoly since the breakup of Standard Oil a century ago. In the clearest terms, this book explores how telecommunications monopolies have affected the daily lives of consumers and America's global economic standing.
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Case against the Davis-Bacon Act : 54 reasons for repeal / Armand J. Thieblot.
Location:
lax
Call #:
KF3505.C65 T448 2013
Publisher:
Transaction Publishers,
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CIO wisdom : best practices from Silicon Valley's leading IT experts / Dean Lane, Change Technology Solutions, Inc., and Members of the Silicon Valley Community of Practice.
Location:
lax
Call #:
HD30.2 .C56 2004
Publisher:
Prentice Hall PTR,
This is the practical survival guide for every CIO and IT manager who is fighting the battle to do more with less. Covers everything from budgeting and measuring, to planning, sourcing, and architecture. Each chapter is introduced with a real-life story that shows how the common themes that have emerged from each author's unique experiences are related. the critical skills that every IT manager needs to master are covered in detail with real-life insights and practical examples. Whether your IT organization is wrestling with outsourcing maintenance issues, or critical infrastructure problems, the solutions you need can be found in this book.
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Civic fusion : mediating polarized public disputes / Susan Podziba.
Location:
lax
Call #:
KF9084 .P63 2012
Publisher:
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Commencement of insolvency proceedings / edited by Dennis Faber ... [et al.].
Location:
lax
Call #:
K1375 .C658 2012
Publisher:
Oxford University Press,
This first volume in theOxford International and Comparative Insolvency Law Series addresses the types, conditions, participants and effects of insolvency proceedings. It deals with the commencement of insolvency proceedings over business debtors and with their effects on the various players, assets and liabilities concerned.
The uniform treatment of topics allows detailed comparisons to be made which helps practitioners seek foreign counsel on specific features of a foreign legal system and for academics the book provides a wealth of previously inaccessible material. All major legal families (including various mixed legal systems) are covered to reflect the needs of the international insolvency community and intergovernmental organizations.
This is the only book that offers a thorough comparative analysis of existing domestic insolvency laws in the main economically developed and emerging countries and meets the need for detailed analysis on largely inaccessible materials in English.
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Commercial and professional liability insurance, 2012 / chapter authors, Ali Ryan Amin ... [et al.].
Location:
laill-nc
Call #:
KFI1391.A1 C66 2012
Publisher:
Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education,
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Conducting business in China : an intellectual property perspective / Lei Mei.
Location:
lacom
Call #:
KNQ1155 .M45 2012
Publisher:
Oxford University Press,
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Confidentiality, transparency, and the U.S. civil justice system / edited by Joseph W. Doherty, Robert T. Reville, Laura Zakaras.
Location:
lax
Call #:
KF8700 .C658 2012
Publisher:
Oxford University Press,
American law was founded on the principle of an open court, where the general public could observe judicial proceedings and report to others on the outcomes. In recent decades, however, civil disputes have been increasingly resolved out of court, with the outcomes of the disputes kept secret. While it is widely acknowledged that confidential handling of disputes has advantages, these trends reduce the transparency of the entire civil justice system. This collection of articles considers whether reversing this trend should be a public policy objective. With special attention to modern mass litigation, leading legal scholars provide empirical, nonpartisan, and multidisciplinary analyses, case studies, and novel prescriptions for reform of various aspects of the system.
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Construction dispute litigation, 2013 / general editors, Mark C. Friedlander, Stanley P. Sklar, Lorence H. Slutzky ; chapter authors, Douglas R. Allen ... [et al.].
Location:
laill-nc
Call #:
KFI1475 .C667 2013
Publisher:
Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education,
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Corporate income tax in Sweden, by Martin Norr [and] Claes Sandels.
Location:
lacom
Call #:
KKV3592 .N67 1960
Publisher:
Stockholms Enskilda Bank,
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Corporate manslaughter and regulatory reform / Paul Almond.
Location:
lax
Call #:
KD7965 .A96 2013
Publisher:
Palgrave Macmillan,
Corporate Manslaughter and Regulatory Reform provides an innovative account of the emergence of new corporate manslaughter offences to criminalise deaths in the workplace during the last twenty years. Occurring in many different national jurisdictions, this book shows how these developments can be understood as a coherent phenomenon. Almond identifies the historical and legal origins of the instrumentalism that has limited the ability of health and safety regulation to respond effectively to work-related death cases, explaining how and why criminal law came to be used as a means of addressing these limitations by reinforcing the moral values underpinning regulation. The contemporary neoliberal political context poses fundamental challenges to systems of safety regulation; it has created an environment in which criminal law is seen as an effective and desirable means of delivering important moral and symbolic messages that regulation cannot communicate effectively itself.
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Covenants against competition in franchise agreements / Michael R. Gray and Natalma M. McKnew, editors.
Location:
lax
Call #:
KF2023.Z95 C68 2012
Publisher:
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Crossroads of intellectual property : intersection of intellectual property and other fields of law / Ana Ramalho and Christina Angelopoulos, editors.
Location:
lax
Call #:
K1401 .C765 2012
Publisher:
Nova Science Publishers,
The leading line of this book is the interplay between intellectual property and other fields of law. This volume deals specifically with civil law, criminal law and competition law. The challenge presented to the contributors was to analyze the relation of intellectual property with any of these three fields, from a perspective individually chosen by the author.
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Danish business law / Bent Iversen & Lars Lindencrone Petersen
Location:
lacom
Call #:
KJR78.B86 D36 2012
Publisher:
Error(12001)
Written by two law professors and a judge, this volume provides a general introduction to a number of central areas in Danish business law. Coverage includes areas of purely national Danish law as well as those in which an international influence has affected the Danish legal position. Twenty-three chapters address such topics as case law, the sale of goods, credit agreements, intellectual property rights, transfer of claims, and the legal relationship between employers and employees.
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Defying corporations, defining democracy : a book of history & strategy / edited by Dean Ritz.
Location:
lax
Call #:
JK467 .D45 2001
Publisher:
Apex Press ; Program on Corporations, Law & Democracy,
In these 70 essays, speeches, sermons and screeds, POCLADers probe: corporations as "legal persons"; corporate social responsibility as a ploy; strategies for amending state corporation codes and challenging judge-made laws; and much, much more.This collection, which Howard Zinn calls "powerfully persuasive," chronicles POCLAD's evolution ” among the twelve POCLADers and with thousands of activists. Here are hidden histories, crisp analyses and thoughtful responses to corporate apologists ” all in one provocative book.
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Dictionary of international trade law / Raj Bhala.
Location:
lax
Call #:
K3943 .B488 2012
Publisher:
LexisNexis,
From the Afghan-American Chamber of Commerce to "zeroing," the "artificial setting to zero a dumping margin that is negative for the purpose of determining whether dumping has occurred," Bhala (U. of Kansas School of Law) presents dictionary entries explaining the terminology of international trade law and allied fields. His dictionary aims to be comprehensive in defining terms in the field regularly encountered by practitioners, scholars, and students and to cover important terms from the related disciplines of development economics and international economics. Also included are 25 maps, information on research resources, and data on free trade agreements involving the United States.
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Disasters, hazards and law / edited by Mathieu Deflem.
Location:
lax
Call #:
K1980 .D57 2012
Publisher:
Emerald,
This volume deals with important social-science issues of law and legal control pertaining to disasters and hazards in a variety of contexts. The orientation of this volume is driven by relevant recent occurrences, such as hurricanes Katrina and Irene in the United States; the 2010 BP oil spill, and the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami. Thematically diverse within the province of the social and behavioral sciences related to law and law-related problems, the chapters in this volume are not restricted in terms of theoretical approach and methodological orientation. Topics addressed include: legal controls pertaining to disaster prevention, response, and mitigation; regulations and policies concerning hazardous conditions; and crime and the control thereof in post-disaster situations
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Domestic judicial review of trade remedies : experiences of the most active WTO members / Edited by Muslum Yilmaz.
Location:
lax
Call #:
K3943 .D655 2012
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press,
rade remedies, namely anti-dumping, countervailing measures and safeguards, are one of the most controversial issues in today's global trading environment. When used, such measures effectively close the markets of the importing countries to competition from outside for a certain period of time. Exporters that are faced with such measures can either try to convince their government to bring a case against the government of the importing country in the WTO or to use, themselves, the judicial review mechanism of the importing country. This second path has been, until now, largely unexamined. Domestic Judicial Review of Trade Remedies is the first book of its kind to examine in detail how the judicial review process has functioned and considers the experiences in the domestic courts of the twenty-one WTO members that are the biggest users of trade remedies.
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Drivers and barriers for psychosocial risk management : an analysis of the findings of the European survey of enterprises on new and emerging risks (ESENER) : report / [edited by Malgorzata Milczarek, Xabier Irastorza].
Location:
lax
Call #:
HF5548.8 .D75 2012
Publisher:
Publications Office of the European Union,
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Dynamics of global economic governance : the financial crisis, the OECD and the politics of international tax cooperation / Richard Eccleston.
Location:
lax
Call #:
K4475 .E33 2012
Publisher:
The financial crisis which engulfed global markets in 2008 created an acute need for improved international economic cooperation. Despite the G20s prominent coordination role, the regulatory response to the crisis has varied considerably across governance arenas. This book focuses on the international tax arena and examines how the financial crisis prompted renewed attempts to enhance international tax transparency. It highlights the complexity of international regime change and the significance of national and financial interests, international organizations, domestic politics and the emerging G20 Leader's Forum in this process.
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Economic efficiency : the sole concern of modern antitrust policy? : non-efficiency considerations under Article 101 TFEU / Ben Van Rompuy.
Location:
lax
Call #:
K3850 .V36 2012
Publisher:
Kluwer Law International ; Sold and distributed in North, Central and South America by Aspen Publishers, Inc.,
This work demonstrates the close interrelationship between evolving images of the purpose of antitrust, the development of related enforcement norms, and enforcement output.
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Empresas publicas y turismo / Jose Luis Meilan.
Location:
lacom-nc
Call #:
KKT3217 .M49 1967
Publisher:
[s.n.],
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Essentials of merger review / editors Elizabeth M. Avery [and eight others].
Location:
lax
Call #:
K3850 .E85 2013
Publisher:
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Financial regulation and supervision : a post-crisis analysis / edited by Eddy Wymeersch, Klaus J. Hopt, Guido Ferrarini.
Location:
lax
Call #:
KJE2188 .F558 2012
Publisher:
Oxford University Press,
This book provides a welcome insight into the changes to the financial regulatory system in the EU, including consideration of their likely impact on financial institutions and the implementation of the new rules in a cross-border context.
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Freedom to harm : the lasting legacy of the laissez faire revival / Thomas O. McGarity.
Location:
lax
Call #:
KF1600 .M395 2013
Publisher:
This book tells the story of how the business community, and the trade associations and think tanks that it created, launched three powerful assaults during the last quarter of the twentieth century on the federal regulatory system and the state civil justice system to accomplish a revival of the laissez faire political economy that dominated Gilded Age America. Although the consequences of these assaults became painfully apparent in a confluence of crises during the early twenty-first century, the patch-and-repair fixes that Congress and the Obama administration put into place did little to change the underlying laissez faire ideology and practice that continues to dominate the American political economy. In anticipation of the next confluence of crises, Thomas McGarity offers suggestions for more comprehensive governmental protections for consumers, workers, and the environment.
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Future of the patent system / edited by Ryo Shimanami.
Location:
lax
Call #:
K1505 .F88 2012
Publisher:
Edward Elgar,
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Gaveling down the rabble : how "free trade" is stealing our democracy / by Jane Anne Morris.
Location:
lax
Call #:
KF4606 .M67 2008
Publisher:
Apex Press,
In Gaveling Down the Rabble, author/activist Jane Anne Morris explores a century and a half of efforts by corporations and the courts to undermine local democracy in the United States by using a "free trade" model. It was that very nineteenth-century model that was later adopted globally by corporations to subvert local attempts at protecting the environment and citizen and worker health.Gaveling Down the Rabble is essential reading for understanding the background of the current struggle for U.S. democracy local, state and national against growing corporate power and how we can challenge it. Since the late 1800s the U.S. Supreme Court has been cutting our local, state and national democracy off at the knees in the name of "free trade" by usurping the power to make public policy from our elected representatives in the Congress and the state legislatures and by giving power to corporations over citizens. By erecting a "free trade" zone in the U.S., corporations and their champions on the Supreme Court have seen to it that "we do not have a chance of building a democracy."
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Identity, invention, and the culture of personalized medicine patenting / Shubha Ghosh.
Location:
lax
Call #:
K1519.B54 G49 2012
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press,
What are the normative implications of patenting in the area of personalized medicine? As patents on genes and medical diagnoses have increased over the past decade, this question lies at the intersection of intellectual property theory, identity politics, biomedical ethics and constitutional law. These patents are part of the personalized medicine industry, which develops medical treatments tailored to individuals based on race and other characteristics. This book provides an overview of developments in personalized medicine patenting and suggests policies to best regulate such patents.
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Information privacy law sourcebook / American Bar Association.
Location:
lax
Call #:
KF1263.C65 A3 2012
Publisher:
American Bar Association,
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Infrastructure from the ground up : civil engineering works for lawyers / editors: Buck S. Beltzer ... [et al.].
Location:
lax
Call #:
KF2928 .I54 2012
Publisher:
American Bar Association, Forum on the Construction Industry,
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Intellectual property liability of consumers, facilitators and intermediaries / edited by Christopher Heath, Anselm Kamperman Sanders.
Location:
lax
Call #:
K1401 .I55944 2012
Publisher:
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Intellectual property, human rights and competition : access to essential innovation and technology / Abbe E.L. Brown.
Location:
lax
Call #:
K1401 .B784 2012
Publisher:
Edward Elgar,
This text explores the relationship between intellectual property, competition and human rights. It considers the extent to which they can and must be combined by decision makers, and how this approach can foster innovation in key areas for society - such as pharmaceutical drugs, communications software and technology to combat climate change.
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International business transactions in a nutshell / by Ralph H. Folsom ... [et al.]
Location:
lapsc
Call #:
K3943 .W54 2012
Publisher:
West,
This guide examines the principal subjects involved in international business and commercial transactions. It includes chapters on the negotiation of business transactions; the international sale of goods; the role of documentary sales; the use of letters of credit; technology transfers; the initiation, operation, and termination of, as well as limitations imposed on, foreign investments; property takings, including remedies for and options for insuring against such actions; the European Union competition rules; and dispute settlement (both through litigation in state courts and through arbitration). It also addresses throughout the special challenges for business transactions in developing and nonmarket economies.
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International investment law and soft law / edited by Andrea K. Bjorklund, August Reinisch.
Location:
lax
Call #:
K3830 .I5953 2012
Publisher:
Edward Elgar Pub.,
This important book examines the development of soft law instruments in international investment law and the feasibility of a 'codification' of the present state of this field of international economic law. It draws together the views of international experts on the use of soft law in international law generally and in discrete fields such as WTO, commercial, and environmental law. The book assesses whether investment law has sufficiently coalesced over the last 50 years to be 'codified' and focuses particularly on topical issues such as most-favoured-nation treatment and expropriation. This timely book will appeal to academics interested in the development of international law and legal theory, to those working in investment law, Government investment treaty negotiators and arbitration practitioners.
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International taxation : corporate and individual / Philip F. Postlewaite, Stephanie Renee Hoffer.
Location:
lax
Call #:
KF6419 .P66 2011
Publisher:
Carolina Academic Press,
Current through January 1, 2010, this resource is intended primarily for novices who need to navigate the complexities of international tax consequences from a United States perspective; it's also for experienced professionals seeking a thorough and practical reference. Coverage encompasses taxation of US individuals and corporations with respect to income arising from outside the US, and US taxation of foreign individuals and corporations on both US and foreign source income. The authors have kept the presentation readable by reviewing major cases, rulings, and relevant articles and supplementing the reviews with footnotes pointing to the sources. The text generally focuses on current law, touching only briefly, when necessary on past law. Material is clearly and logically arranged in two volumes.
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International trade and economic relations in a nutshell / by Ralph H. Folsom, Michael Wallace Gordon, John A. Spanogle, Michael P. Van Alstine.
Location:
lapsc
Call #:
K3943 .F65 2012
Publisher:
Thomson Reuters,
This guide on international trade and investment examines the legal rules governing international trade. After initial chapters on the legal and practical environment for multinational enterprises (MNEs) engaged in international trade and investment, it analyzes the principal international institutions involved in international trade, the World Trade Organization (WTO) and International Monetary Fund (IMF); the essential rules governing the regulation of international trade, including in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT); the system for dispute resolution within the WTO under its Dispute Settlement Body (DSB); restrictions on and other regulation of imports, including tariff rates, customs classification and valuation, and rules of origin; trade remedy responses to import competition; U.S. export controls; regional free trade agreements and customs unions; the governance structure and essential principles of the European Union; and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and free trade in the Americas.
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Internet law for the business lawyer / Juliet M. Moringiello, editor.
Location:
lax
Call #:
KF390.5.C6 I569 2012
Publisher:
This book, written by experts in the area of cyberspace law, provides the business lawyer with a toolkit for advising clients in the electronic environment. Internet law is a new way of looking at existing law in an environment that is constantly evolving, and the shift of business to the online world has also changed the way business lawyers work with their clients. With the ease of online communications, clients may exchange much written communication about a potential transaction, or easily obtain suggested forms of legal documentation, long before a lawyer is apprised of developments.
This book is designed for the business lawyer who is not yet immersed in all of the issues that arise in internet transactions and is filled with practice tips on how to avoid traps for the unwary as well as a detailed discussion of relevant cases, statutes, and regulations.
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Investigating the workplace harassment claim / Beth K. Whittenbury
Location:
lax
Call #:
KF3467 .W48 2012
Publisher:
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Landmark cases in competition law : around the world in fourteen stories / edited by Barry Rodger.
Location:
lax
Call #:
K3850 .L36 2013
Publisher:
Kluwer Law International ; Sold and distributed in North, Center and South America by Aspen Publishers,
Leading scholars from 14 jurisdictions describe a particularly salient case in each of their countries, commenting on the contribution of the case to the development of their particular competition law culture and to the case's enduring significance for competition law and its enforcement from a global perspective.
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Latin American company law.
Location:
lacom
Call #:
KG320 .L38 2013
Publisher:
Carolina Academic Press,
The two volumes of Latin American Company Law aim to create a better understanding of Latin America's company law as a tool for harnessing development capital, local and foreign, and for developing a broader class of traders, investors, lenders and corporate managers. In pursuing these goals, the authors and editors share a belief in a comparative analysis that the National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade (NLCIFT) refers to as 'contextual': legal institutions are examined not only in light of the legal system to which they belong but also as a product of their normative purposes and socio-economic environment. Thus, prospective investors in and lenders to Latin America as well as their legal and economic advisors will learn about the legal and cultural or institutional obstacles to capital formation and financing, especially at the bottom of the economic pyramid.
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Law and fair work in China / Sean Cooney, Sarah Biddulph and Ying Zhu.
Location:
lacom
Call #:
KNQ1270 .C66 2013
Publisher:
Routledge,
China’s economic reforms have brought the country both major international clout and widespread domestic prosperity. At the same time, the reforms have led to significant social upheaval, particularly manifest in labour relations. Each year, several hundred thousand disputes break out over working conditions, many of them violent, and the Chinese state has responded with both legal and political strategies. This book investigates how Chinese governments have used law, and other forms of regulation, to govern working conditions and combat labour disputes. Starting from its beginnings in the Republican period the book traces the evolution of the law of work in modern China right up to the reforms of the present day. It goes on to consider the structure of Chinese work law, drawing on both Chinese and Western scholarship to provide new insights into its unique features and assess where the law is innovative and where it is stagnant and unresponsive. Finally, the authors explore the various legal and extra-legal techniques successive Chinese governments have adopted to enforce employment law and the responses of firms, workers and organizations to these practices.
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Lawyers as economic drivers : the business case for legal services / Nelson P. Miller, James D. Robb, and John D. Crane, editors.
Location:
lax
Call #:
KF315 .L394 2012
Publisher:
Vandeplas Publishing,
Lawyers are economic drivers-producers of the wealth and prosperity from which all Americans benefit. The public has not lost its fascination with lawyers and curiosity about how lawyers serve individuals, families, communities, corporations, and the nation. The contributors to this book are leading lawyers who lead and influence law firms, corporate-counsel offices, agencies, and other legal-service providers. Their reflections here express what lawyers mean to American economic productivity and welfare. Gain a clearer sense of just how important lawyers are to the continued growth and vitality of the American republic.
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Legal framework for emerging business models : dynamic networks as collaborative contracts / Emily M. Weitzenboeck, Postdoctoral Scholar, Norwegian Research Center for Computers & Law, University of Oslo, Norway.
Location:
lax
Call #:
K1010 .W45 2012
Publisher:
Weitzenboeck (Norwegian Research Center for Computers & Law, U. of Oslo, Norway) examines how contract and partnership law regulate and cope with the emerging forms of business enterprise collectively labeled dynamic networks, inclusive of spontaneous and temporary virtual enterprises for specific projects, enterprise pools and virtual enterprises formed out of such pools, and long-term dynamic networks with a lead partner. Chapters examine case studies that provide the empirical background for the analysis, the precontractual stage, the application of basic questions of contract law to dynamic networks, the internal and legal relationships between the participants in dynamic networks during the operative phase of such networks, the elements of national partnership law that apply and may override the wishes of contracting parties, and the notion of contractual networks associated with the series of contracts that often underlie dynamic networks of business enterprise.
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Legal handbook for photographers : the rights and liabilities of making images / Bert P. Krages.
Location:
lax
Call #:
KF2042.P45 K73 2012
Publisher:
Amherst Media,
Beginning with the basic laws that govern photography, this legal manual helps photographers understand the basic matters of access and privacy, covering issues such as shooting images on private property, consent, and the photography of public groups. Subjects addressed include the legalities of photographing currency, stamps, securities, trademarks, seals, and insignia; military and nuclear installations; copyrighted materials; children; and animals. This updated handbook includes changes in the copyright and national security laws, including law as it applies to digital imaging as well as video and audio recording of public and private activities.
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Legal reform and business contracts in developing economies : trust, culture, and law in Dakar / Julie Paquin.
Location:
lacom
Call #:
KTG920 .P37 2012
Publisher:
Ashgate Pub.,
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 lack of fit between local needs and transplanted legal models by examining the potential and actual impact of the OHADA program of law reform on local business practices. Focusing on how managers make decisions and apply appropriate norms in routine business operations, the book documents how contractual disputes arise and are solved in Dakar and the role played by formal law in these processes. By examining imported law from the point of view of the end-users of legal reforms, the book reveals the complex relationship between formal law, local cultural norms and the activities of SMEs operating in developing economies, and calls for a reconsideration of current law and development theory as well as the role of contract law in business decisions.
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Mexican commercial code annotated / translated and updated by Jorge A. Vargas.
Location:
lacom-nc
Call #:
KGF1054.3 1889 .V37 2012
Publisher:
West,
Invaluable for any attorney representing clients doing business in Mexico or doing business with Mexican companies, this title contains the official Spanish text of the Mexican Commercial Code, together with a side-by-side English translation. Mexican Commercial Code Annotated includes citations to leading Mexican cases, legal treatises, law review articles, and treaties collected by a noted expert in Mexican law.
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Nanotechnology intellectual property rights : research, design, and commercialization / Prabuddha Ganguli, Siddharth Jabade.
Location:
lax
Call #:
K1401 .G364 2012
Publisher:
CRC Press,
Demystifying the accelerating research and product development process of nanotechnology, this book employs illustrations and lucid explanations to examine the integration and exploitation of intellectual property rights (IPR) as a tool in research and development, technology transfer, and safe commercialization. Requiring no prior legal experience of readers, it illuminates the nuances and integral role of IPR in technology development, from product inception through commercialization. This indispensible book destroys illusions in the minds of stakeholders and builds confidence to establish a framework for an agile, working model for product development.
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New competition jurisdictions : shaping policies and building institutions / edited by Richard Whish, Christopher Townley.
Location:
lax
Call #:
K3850 .N49 2012
Publisher:
E. Elgar,
This detailed book is a blend of academic excellence informed by practical insights which discusses four key issues surrounding new competition jurisdictions.
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Open connectivity, open data : two dimensions of the freedom to seek, receive and impart information / Johnathon W. Penney.
Location:
lacom
Call #:
KUQ2119 .P46 2012
Publisher:
Victoria University of Wellington,
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Politics of patent law : crafting the participatory patent bargain / Kali Murray.
Location:
lax
Call #:
K1505 .M87 2013
Publisher:
Routledge,
This book examines how national, regional and international patent law can better respond to the interests of a diverse set of non-profit and public interest entities, and be of more benefit to developing countries. The book sets out a "tool-box" of participatory mechanisms which would foster third party participation in the patent process.
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Practical guide to software licensing for licensees and licensors / H. Ward Classen.
Location:
lapsc
Call #:
KF3024.C6 C56 2013
Publisher:
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Public services and international trade liberalization : human rights and gender implications / Barnali Choudhury.
Location:
lax
Call #:
K3973 .C46 2012
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press,
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Real estate litigation, 2013 / general editor: LaVon M. Johns ; chapter authors, Jennifer H. Caracciolo ... [et al.].
Location:
laill-nc
Call #:
KFI1326 .I55 2013
Publisher:
Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education,
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Reconstructing contracts / Douglas G. Baird.
Location:
lax
Call #:
KF801 .B35 2013
Publisher:
Harvard University Press,
Douglas Baird takes stock of the current state of contract doctrine and in the process reinvigorates the classic framework of Anglo-American contract law, showing that Oliver Wendell Holmes’s set of principles, properly understood, continues to provide the best guide to contracts for a new generation of students, practitioners, and judges.
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Regulation and economics / edited by Roger van den Bergh, Professor of Law and Economics, Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands [and] Alessio M. Pacces, Professor of Law and Finance, Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University
Location:
lax
Call #:
K3840 .R4354 2012
Publisher:
This comprehensive volume provides a state-of-the-art overview of regulatory economics and reviews the main theories, tools and domains of regulation. The book is divided into six parts: regulation in general; tools of regulation; social regulation; regulation of public utilities; regulation of non-natural-monopolies, and regulation of professions. Regulation and Economics begins with a valuable introductory chapter on the law and economics of regulation followed by 17 concise chapters on specific subjects in regulation including highly topical matters such as regulation of banking, finance and insurance; energy markets and telecommunications; environmental and risk regulation. Providing an overview of the most important insights in regulatory economics and providing a useful access point to the more specialized literature in this area, this unique book will particularly benefit students of law and economics, as well as academics and government officials of regulatory agencies.
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Search engine freedom : on the implications of the right to freedom of expression for the legal governance of web search engines / Joris van Hoboken.
Location:
lax
Call #:
KJC164.C65 H63 2012
Publisher:
An exploration of how search media can be incorporated into freedom of expression doctrine, as well as media and communications law and policy more generally. It develops a theory of the legal relations between national governments and search media providers, and between end-users and information providers.
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Social media and the law : a guidebook for communication students and professionals / edited by Daxton R. "Chip" Stewart.
Location:
lax
Call #:
KF320.A9 S625 2013
Publisher:
Routledge,
Social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and others have become vital tools for professionals in the news and strategic communication fields. But, to what extent do communications put themselves at risk for defamation and privacy lawsuits by using these tools, and what rights do communicators have when other users talk about them on social networks? This book explores these questions and more.
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Standard of review in WTO dispute settlement : critique and development / Ross Becroft.
Location:
lax
Call #:
K4610.5 .B43 2012
Publisher:
Edward Elgar,
This detailed book critiques how the World Trade Organization scrutinizes domestic measures to determine compliance with the WTO Agreements. This scrutiny, known as the standard of review, is particularly relevant when WTO panels are examining measures involving controversial domestic policy issues. The author argues that the current WTO standard of review is inadequate and a flexible standard based on the responsibilities that WTO members have retained for themselves under the WTO Agreements is preferable. This new standard of review would better reflect the autonomy contemplated for members under the WTO rules and reduce scope for the contention that the WTO overreaching its mandate. This work provides a foundation for mediating relations between states and the WTO, and similar international organisations. It will be of great interest to scholars and practitioners in the fields of law and international relations with an interest in international economic law, the WTO or international organisations in general.
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Star! : finding artistic and commercial success in the new entertainment industry / Richard Warren Rappaport.
Location:
lapsc
Call #:
KF4290 .R37 2013
Publisher:
American Bar Association,
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Taxation : a fieldwork research handbook / edited by Lynne Oats.
Location:
lax
Call #:
HJ2305 .T1865 2012
Publisher:
Routledge,
Taxation is a subject of enquiry that cuts across a range of disciplines, including law, economics, politics, psychology, history and accountancy, to name a few. However, research into taxation as a social and institutional phenomenon – rather than as abstraction from the real world – is largely neglected.
Taxation: A Fieldwork Research Handbook opens up new avenues of enquiry in the research of taxation by offering suggestions on how research might be conducted into actual tax practice, rather than abstract models.
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Three and a half minute transaction : boilerplate and the limits of contract design / Mitu Gulati and Robert E. Scott.
Location:
lax
Call #:
K845.S7 G86 2013
Publisher:
University of Chicago Press,
Drawing on over two hundred interviews, Mitu Gulati and Robert E. Scott provide an eye-opening account of the institutional pressures on attorneys who prepare contracts that undergird huge financial deals. A contract of this sort consists mostly of boilerplate terms, that is, clauses copied from prior deals. The authors insightfully explore why most lawyers engage in this sort of herd behavior, but also why they respect the few who stray from the herd. A landmark study of the folkways of high-powered transactional lawyers.
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Trans-Pacific Partnership : a quest for a twenty-first century trade agreement / edited by C.L. Lim, Deborah K. Elms, Patrick Low.
Location:
lacom
Call #:
KVC947.A4 2005 T73 2012
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press,
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Truth in lending / Diane E. Thompson, Elizabeth Renuart ; contributing authors, Carolyn L. Carter ... [et al.].
Location:
lax
Call #:
KF1040 .T78 2012
Publisher:
National Consumer Law Center,
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Writing for dollars, writing to please : the case for plain language in business, government, and law / Joseph Kimble.
Location:
lapsc
Call #:
KF250 .K535 2012
Publisher:
Carolina Academic Press,
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