Law, politics and the governance of English and Scottish joint-stock companies 1600-1850 [PDF]
This article examines the impact of law on corporate governance by means of a case study of joint-stock enterprise in England and Scotland before 1850.
Acres W.M. +24 more
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Interpretation Rules and Good Faith as Obstacles to the UK\u27s Ratification of the CISG and to the Harmonization of Contract Law in Europe [PDF]
This essay examines Article 7 of the CISG, the provision on the Convention’s interpretation, through the lenses of both German and English law in order to shed light on interpretative issues in which there are divergent views in common law and civil law ...
Hofmann, Nathalie
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Initial Conditions, Institutional Dynamics and Economic Performance: Evidence from the American States [PDF]
Using state-level data from the United States, we find that differences in colonial legal institutions affect the current quality of state legal institutions.
Berkowitz, Daniel M., Clay, Karen
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Civil Justice Systems in Europe and the United States [PDF]
Professor Dr. Hein D. Kötz - dean of Bucerius Law School in Hamburg, Germany, and a leading scholar in comparative law - presents the inaugural Herbert L.
Kötz, Hein
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Protecting mobile money customer funds in civil law jurisdictions [PDF]
The provision of financial services through mobile phones is a powerful tool to foster financial inclusion, and thus economic growth, in developing countries. However, it raises important regulatory issues.
Buckley, Ross P. +3 more
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"But the law won't help us":challenges of mobilizing Law 348 to address violence against women in Bolivia [PDF]
Drawing on findings of an original 12-month ethnographic study, this article presents the challenges that Bolivian women face in accessing a new law that has been designed to protect them, Law 348 to "Guarantee Women a Life Free from Violence." Data ...
Rogers, Ashley
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Civil Forfeiture: A Higher Form of Commercial Law? [PDF]
In this Article, Messrs. Schwarcz and Rothman analyze the disquieting impact of civil forfeiture law on creditors\u27 rights. The Article begins by describing the historical origins of civil forfeiture and its development into current day law.
Rothman, Alan E., Schwarcz, Steven L.
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Jewish Law: Finally, a Useable and Readable Text for the Noninitiate [PDF]
Why would anyone not studying religion be interested in Jewish law? It will be surprising for some to learn that some twenty to twenty-five law schools now offer courses in Jewish law. The literature in English is growing year after year. And the area is
Cohn, Sherman L.
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Reflections on Sexual Liberty and Equality: Through Seneca Falls and Selma and Stonewall [PDF]
This Essay uses the opportunity to examine Roe v. Wade forty years after it was decided and Lawrence v. Texas ten years after it was decided as a platform from which to analyze the status of the civil rights paradigm in American law.
Hunter, Nan D.
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Enigmas of the Equality Act 2010 - "Three uneasy pieces" [PDF]
The Equality Act 2010 was designed to simplify as well as unify British discrimination law. While there has been some significant unification, there are a number of areas where it has fallen short with regard to simplification, indeed it has introduced ...
James Hand, Pat Feast
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