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THE TERRITORIALIZATION OF ANGOLA'S REAL ESTATE FRONTIER: How Private‐led Housing Developments are Reshaping the Outskirts of Luanda

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Africa is recognized as the final frontier for urbanization and capitalism. Following a long wave of massive loans to promote state‐led developments, small private foreign and local developers are transforming the urban landscape on the outskirts of Luanda, forging partnerships with Angola's national and local governments and developing an ...
Higor Carvalho
wiley   +1 more source

Advancing Corporate Climate Accountability in Nigeria: Lessons from South Africa and the United Kingdom

open access: yesLampung Journal of International Law
The global climate crisis demands enforceable legal frameworks to hold high-emission corporations accountable. Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy and a major oil producer, remains hampered by fragmented laws, weak enforcement, and regulatory gaps.
Hemen Philip Faga   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

CLAIMING SOCIAL HOUSING FUTURES: Value, Risk and the Temporal Politics of Income Strip Financing in London

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Asset managers, private equity firms and other institutional investors have assumed an increasingly important role in the ownership and management of housing and infrastructure since the Global Financial Crisis. This article analyses how social housing in London is being transformed into a financial asset through an analysis of ‘income strip ...
Aretousa Bloom, Joe Penny
wiley   +1 more source

The Moral Permissibility of Providing Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada: An Ethical Framework for Professional Practice

open access: yesCanadian Journal of Bioethics
Although medical assistance in dying (MAiD) is legally permitted in Canada under defined statutory conditions, this legal framework does not determine when it is morally permissible for a healthcare professional to provide MAiD.
Timothy Christie
doaj   +1 more source

Kentucky Corporate Fiduciary Duties

open access: yes, 2005
In this article I offer an interpretation of Kentucky\u27s corporate fiduciary law. The article is positive, in that it attempts to explain our law by reference to certain principles. The article is also normative, however, in that it offers constructive
Campbell, Rutheford B, Jr.
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The Impact of Financial Reporting Mandates on Labor Unions

open access: yesJournal of Accounting Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Labor unions in the United States are subject to financial reporting mandates. This study examines how these mandates affect unions and their members. Using several regulation‐based empirical designs, we document that more granular reporting requirements adversely affect unions' election outcomes.
QINGKAI DONG, ANTHONY LE
wiley   +1 more source

The non-negotiable baseline of lawyers’ fiduciary duties

open access: yes, 2016
This article argues that lawyers cannot contract out of their fiduciary duties. There is a mandatory baseline of fiduciary duties that neither lawyer nor client can remove through private ordering.
Hickey, Samuel
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Incidence, Risk, and Disclosure of Corporate Litigation: Insights from Federal Court Filings

open access: yesJournal of Accounting Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We assemble and describe a sample of 174,782 lawsuits filed against 218,437 public‐company lawsuit‐defendants in federal district court from 2006 to 2021. These lawsuits involve an array of allegations, including product liability, civil rights discrimination, contract breaches, improper compensation and labor practices, antitrust violations ...
MARY BROOKE BILLINGS   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Against the Equality of Moral Spheres in Healthcare. [PDF]

open access: yesAm J Bioeth, 2023
Herington J, Ross LF.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Fiduciary Duties

open access: yes, 2004
This article explores the implications of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 for fiduciary duty analysis in corporate law. The article examines those provisions of the Act, and recent SEC, NYSE and NASDAQ rules, that most pointedly bear on corporate ...
Sides, Mark A., Johnson, Lyman P. Q.
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