The United States and Canada: The Quest for Free Trade an Examination of Selected Issues (Policy Analyses in International Economics) (Policy Analyses in International Economics)

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part of the groundswell for NAFTA.......2006-08-17

The author examines various issues of dispute between the US and Canada, regarding their mutual trading. The perennial issue of whether to have tariffs, or instead to impose nontariff barriers, is studied. The gains from bilateral free trade are highlighted. And how these can overcome vested interested in industries in both countries.

The book was written a few years before NAFTA. It can perhaps be regarded as part of the intellectual groundswell that drove the final approval of the treaty in the mid 90s.

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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LAW AND IT'S ENVIRONMENT, 4th Edition employs a comparative approach that emphasizes private law and facilitates effective managerial decision-making. The authors balance the legal challenges of doing business in developing and non-market-economy countries with the economic and political issues that commonly arise.

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It is an excellent book for international lawyers.......1998-09-29

This book contains a concise explanation of every day problems regarding foreign transactions, together with an explanation of the Common law system specially in United States, this book concentrates pertinent cases for each of the subjects explained in it.

The Anatomy of Corporate Law: A Comparative and Functional Approach

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The Anatomy of Corporate law: A comparative and funcional approach
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The Anatomy of Corporate Law: A Comparative and Functional Approach

Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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ASIN: 0199260648

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This book is a concise analytical overview of the field of corporate law. The authors start from the premise that corporate (or company) law across jurisdictions addresses the same three basic agency problems: (1) the opportunism of managers vis-a-vis shareholders; (2) the opportunism of
controlling shareholders vis-a-vis minority shareholders; and (3) the opportunism of shareholders as a class vis-a-vis other corporate constituencies, such as corporate creditors and employees.

Every jurisdiction must address these problems in a variety of contexts framed by the corporation's internal dynamics and its interactions with the product, labor, capital, and takeover markets. The authors' central claim, however, is that corporate (or company) forms are fundamentally similar and
that, to a surprising degree, jurisdictions pick from among the same handful of legal strategies--although not always the same strategy--to address the three basic agency issues.

This book explains in detail how (and why) the principal European jurisdictions, Japan, and the United States sometimes select identical legal strategies to address a given corporate law problem, and sometimes make divergent choices. After an introductory discussion of agency issues and legal
strategies, the book addresses the basic governance structure of the corporation, including the powers of the board of directors and the shareholders meeting. It proceeds to creditor protection measures, related-party transactions, and fundamental corporate actions such as mergers and charter
amendments. Finally, it concludes with an examination of friendly acquisitions, hostile takeovers, and the regulation of the capital markets. This book should be of great interest to scholars and students of corporate and comparative law and to persons interested in business, finance, and economics
who wish to deepen their understanding of corporate law.

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The Anatomy of Corporate law: A comparative and funcional approach.......2007-03-10

Exccellent book, oth for lawyer and economists,

Katra

Great book.......2006-07-04

I do agree with the former reviewer. This is a great book if you do want a comparative perspective of corporate law. It is concentrating on how different legal systems have solved the same problems with minority shareholders, agnecy costs etc. with examples from Japan to US to Europe. We are using it as required reading on two different law school courses.

Work of excellene.......2006-03-20

A first time global review of corporate law explaining everything. I loved it

Financial Statement Analysis and Business Valuation for the Practical Lawyer

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Financial Statement Analysis and Business Valuation for the Practical Lawyer
Robert B. Dickie
Manufacturer: Aba Professional Education
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1570734992

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Not Bad.......2000-04-25

May be too detailed for normal attorneys. Good use of real world examples but goes too quickly into higher level discussions. Could use a chapter or two on the fundamentals. Would recommend for beginning finance attorneys or "deal makers".

The Commercial Appropriation of Personality (Cambridge Intellectual Property and Information Law)

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The Commercial Appropriation of Personality (Cambridge Intellectual Property and Information Law)
Huw Beverley-Smith
Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0521800145

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Commercial exploitation of attributes of an individual's personality (name, voice and likeness) is characteristic of modern advertising and marketing. This volume provides a framework for analyzing the disparate aspects of the commercial appropriation of personality and traces its discrete patterns in the major common law systems. It considers whether a coherent justification for a remedy may be identified from a range of competing theories.

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The Role of Customary Law in Sustainable Development (Cambridge Studies in Law and Society)

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The Role of Customary Law in Sustainable Development (Cambridge Studies in Law and Society)
Peter Ørebech , Fred Bosselman , Jes Bjarup , David Callies , Martin Chanock , and Hanne Petersen
Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0521859255

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For many nations, a key challenge is how to achieve sustainable development without a return to centralized planning. Using case studies from Greenland, Hawaii and Northern Norway, this book examines whether 'bottom-up' systems such as customary law can play a critical role in achieving viable systems for managing natural resources. While the use of customary law does not always produce sustainability, the study of customary methods of resource management can give valuable insights into methods of managing resources in a sustainable way.

Bibliography on Law and Developing Countries

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Bibliography on Law and Developing Countries
Brian Tamanaha
Manufacturer: Springer
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ASIN: 9041108602

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The citations listed in this bibliography were published between 1975 and mid-1993. Substantial legal developments have occurred since 1975 and the vast bulk of materials on the subject has been produced since that time. The citations are grouped under 53 different subject headings. Some subjects are further divided into subcategories. Audience: Lawyers, legal scholars, social scientists and civil servants involved in development issues.

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Company Law (Clarendon Law Series)
Paul L. Davies
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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ASIN: 0199249407

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This addition to the renowned Clarendon Law Series offers a concise and stimulating introduction to company law. Professor Davies sets out the five key functions of company law: the creation of separate legal personality for the company; the conferment of limited liability on the company's shareholders; the provision of centralised management; the allocation of control rights over the company; and the creation of transferable shares. However, the purpose of company law is not simply to implement these policies as they all have costs as well as benefits. The role of the law is therefore to maximise the benefits whilst minimising the costs. The author examines these crucial policy choices within the context of the central relationships with which company law deals (or ought to deal). These are the relations between senior management and the shareholders; those between majority and minority shareholders; and those between company controllers (whether managers or shareholders) and non-shareholder stakeholders in the company. This new and comprehensive introductory volume is an essential resource for all those studying company law.

Economic Regulation and Competition:Regulation of Services in the EU, Germany, and Japan (European Business Law & Practice Series, V. 18)

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Economic Regulation and Competition:Regulation of Services in the EU, Germany, and Japan (European Business Law & Practice Series, V. 18)

Manufacturer: Kluwer Law International
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 904111968X

The New German Law of Obligations: Historical and Comparative Perspectives

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The New German Law of Obligations: Historical and Comparative Perspectives
Reinhard Zimmermann
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ASIN: 0199291373

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An authoritative account of the German law of obligations after the reform legislation of 2002 and a critical assessment of the new law in historical and comparative perspective. The analysis covers the new regime concerning liability for general non-performance, non-conformity in sales law,
the incorporation of a number of special statutes aimed at the protection of consumers, and examines how the reform has moved German contract law considerably closer to European thinking patterns.

Regulating Procurement: Understanding the Ends and Means of Public Procurement Regulation

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Regulating Procurement: Understanding the Ends and Means of Public Procurement Regulation
Peter Trepte
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ASIN: 0198267754

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Public procurement regulation is the body of law dealing with the way in which public authorities award contracts. Procurement by public bodies has implications for a number of areas of law, in particular trade and competition law and administrative law. Failure to comply with public procurement rules can lead to public bodies being sued by unsuccessful contractors (or their governments), under national, EC or WTO law. The object of this study is to show why procurement is regulated at all and to provide an understanding of the differences between national and regional systems and a guide to the emerging international system. This book will provide an essential international and comparative perspective on the foundations of procurement for academics, practitioners and policy makers.

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Terrific Primer for New Project Managers

A Good Cookbook for the Desperate...

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Excellent Foundation and Guidebook

Great book for introducing project management process

The Project Manager's Partner : A step-by-Step Guide to Project Management, Second Edition
Michael Greer
Manufacturer: Human Resource Development Press
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ASIN: 0874256100

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The Project Manager's Partner is composed of step-by-step performance tools such as checklists, worksheets, guidelines, and other valuable support materials that will help plan and work through project events. These tools are organized around 20 key action items that guide the project management process. This book also contains a glossary of project management terms which will establish a clear terminology for communications between project participants, as well as a set of practical instructions that support the use of project management software.

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Terrific Primer for New Project Managers.......2005-04-03

Every day, at numerous workplaces, somebody in power asks-or tells-someone to assume control of a project. In some cases, the designee is an experienced project manager. In most cases, however, the assignment is given to someone who has little or no knowledge or experience in project management. Consequently, too many new project managers stumble, flounder, look foolish, and don't achieve desired project results.

Give that neophyte some help! A partner to accompany the project manager step-by-step with guidance, advice, forms to use, and answers to the questions that are sure to bedevil you if you didn't have an expert by your side. The expert-the author-is a consultant and trainer in project management. His focus is to work specifically with people who do not manage projects as the principal element of their job, but who want-and need-to learn the techniques to do a great job.

Your learning will begin with a short introduction about how to use the handbook. This section will build your comfort and help you see the all-important big picture. Part One explores deliverables, project phases, and life cycles. After a brief time in Part Two, looking at project management processes, you'll dig right into a treasure trove of action items that take you right through the steps. The action items tie right back into the knowledge gained in Part Two, so the flow is easy to grasp.

Then come the appendices! Tips for Managing Experts Outside Your Expertise. Glossary of Project Management Terms. Shortcuts. And even guidelines for deciding when to kill a project. And this is only part of the picture.

Excellent resource for managers and would-be managers in any field.

A Good Cookbook for the Desperate..........2004-06-15

If you have no background in project management, and no time for formal training, you could do worse than starting with this book. It is full of checklists and charts to handhold you through a project from start to finish. It also gives helpful follow-up references, both in-print and online. For the curious I particularly recommend searching for other publications by the Project Management Institute, and their associated work the Project Management Book of Knowledge (aka the PMBOK).

The Project Manager's Partner (which I got in spiralbound) will disappoint project management veterans because it neither provides any case studies nor tackles some of the thornier issues encountered in real world projects. There is a disk included in the back of the book (3-1/2" floppy) which just repeats some of the pages in the book in case you want to print out the checklists for yourself.

After a fairly brief introduction in the first 30 pages the book spends the next 120 pages covering the nuts and bolts of project management, the project's action items. It is up to you to breathe life into each of these in turn. A handful of helpful appendices follow.

One thing you should keep in mind (or, maybe it's just a reminder to myself) is that a project is generally intended to involve a committed team, and it is not something that you are supposed to scribble away about in a dark corner by yourself (how would your project get funded in that case?). If you don't have a group of interested, or, dare I say, passionate, coworkers to see you through the twists and turns of planning and implementation, your fruits are likely to die on the vine. You will even require moral support, criticism and celebration on occasion together with others to make the effort ultimately worthwhile. As an aside you might want to read "Encouraging the Heart" or similar works on the topic of rewards and recognition.

Please don't snub this book because its writing is inelegant and its structure is simple. For a larger library of project management books, this one definitely has its place, and you will often find yourself dog-earing the pages as you remind yourself what stage you are in and what you should think about working on next (assuming you don't have a software package with reminders, prompts, bells and whistles).

As a criticism, if you are not inspired by your project, this book will not provide the poetry to set you in motion. If you want inspiration to vigorous action, I humbly suggest instead reading Ron Chernow's biography of Alexander Hamilton, which at 700+ pages is ten times as interesting as this book's 150 pages. Hamilton orchestrated a number of "projects" during his late eighteenth-century lifetime, including writing the Federalist Papers, reorganizing the national debt, laying the foundation for the US federal bureaucracy, and lobbying for the controversial Jay Treaty. He also worked himself to exhaustion on a number of occasions, and was embroiled in a major adultery scandal, so make sure you balance any enthusiasm you take from Hamilton's life with some time for mellowing out.

Great Foundational Guidebook.......2003-06-07

As the leader of the Project Management Office and the initiator of project management standards for a large metropolitan school district, I needed a reference to give my new project managers an introduction to the things I was asking them to do. I found this book to be an excellent reference for that purpose. Also using the associated training program, I have offered very effective training classes for many people throughout our school district.

In adapting project management standards for our district, I also drew upon many of the princples outlined so effectively in this book. It makes project management easy to understand for people who have little or no exposure to the concepts.

I also found that I, as a veteran of many years of project management, found many excellent refreshers and reminders for the best practices of how we should pursue project management.

I would recommend this book to new and experienced project managers, alike.

Excellent Foundation and Guidebook.......2003-06-07

I also found that I, as a veteran of many years of project management, found many excellent refreshers and reminders for the best practices of how we should pursue project management.

I would recommend this book to new and experienced project managers, alike.

Great book for introducing project management process.......2002-01-26

I have used this book for 2 purposes. Along with the facilitator's guide, I've conducted introductory project management work sessions to introduce people to project management concepts, terminology and processes. Session evaluations from attendees have been overwhelmingly positive. We have also used many of the tools on the disk, some in exact format, some with revisions, to build tools for use in developing our project planning documentation.

Also use the tools, worksheets and checklists for both work projects and personal projects at home. The book and the tools are very helpful to ensure projects get off in the right direction. The terms, concepts and exercises have been extremely well received by participants. Have so far had 75 particpants in six 2 to 3 day sessions.

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