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Coming Closer? Tax Morale, Deterrence and Social Learning after German Unification [PDF]
The paper explores whether a social learning model helps explain the observed conformity and compliance with social norms after the unification of Germany.
Benno Torgler, Bin Ding, Lars P. Feld
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.In June 2023, the Laje River, located in the traditional territory of the Wari’ Indigenous people in Rondônia, Brazil, was declared a legal entity, an earth being, with rights, following the co‐ordinated action of an indigenous councillor and non‐indigenous activists.
Aparecida Vilaça
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STREETS AS STAGES: Traffic Enforcement and the Competition for Cultural Growth in China
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In keeping with China’s desire to build soft power to parallel its economic growth, the policing of city streets has moved to the forefront as a mechanism for moral regulation and improving urban prestige. Under pressure to civilize their citizenry, many Chinese cities have become entrepreneurial cities within a type of cultural growth ...
Gregory Fayard
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Confiscation orders and abuse of process: discretion to prevent "double whammy" under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 [PDF]
, 2010 Explores the circumstances in which the making of an application for a confiscation order might amount to an abuse of process entitling the court to grant a stay of proceedings. Outlines the facts leading to the Court of Appeal decision in R.
Mitchell, Rebecca, Stockdale, Michael
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The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Tracing the early adoption of computer gang databases by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and the Los Angeles Police Department in the 1980s to the deployment of computationally‐assisted surveillance during the Vietnam War, this paper uses a genealogical approach to compare surveillance technologies developed across the arc of ...
Christina Hughes
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Customs Valuation in India: Identifying Trade Facilitation related Concerns [PDF]
India has introduced several trade facilitation related measures in the last couple of years. The pro-active strategy adopted by the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) has helped in introducing several policy measures which have not only ...
Sachin Chaturvedi
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Opportunities and Obstacles: Ensuring access to compensation for trafficked persons in the UK [PDF]
, 2009 This document is part of a digital collection provided by the Martin P. Catherwood Library, ILR School, Cornell University, pertaining to the effects of globalization on the workplace worldwide.
Lam, Janice, Skrivánková, Klára
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STATUS OF PUBLIC PROSECUTOR IN CASES INVOLVING TAX OFFENCES
PRZEGLĄD POLICYJNY, 2019 This study is a thorough analysis of the status of a public prosecutor in proceedings involving tax offences. It examines the regulation obliging fi nancial investigative authorities or their representative to participate in the main and appeal hearings if they fi led the bill of indictment for a fi scal offence.
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The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Within classical sociological accounts of capitalism, families are curious remnants of the past. Contemporary elite sociology dismisses the family in a different way: by primarily focusing on individual men. When the family does appear within elite studies, scholars frequently follow a stratification framework, which focuses on the ...
Shamus Khan, Max Besbris, Estela Diaz
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Monitoring Quality of Mafia‐Connected Accountants
Journal of Accounting Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We investigate the monitoring quality of accountants with ties to the Mafia in their role as auditors for “clean” firms—those with no known ties to organized crime. Using a proprietary government database, we identify Italian firms with alleged ties to the Mafia through their executives, directors, or shareholders.
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