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  • Hedge Fund Activism in Japan

    The Limits of Shareholder Primacy

    by John Buchanan, Simon Deakin, Dominic Heesang Chai ...
    Hedge fund activism is an expression of shareholder primacy, an idea that has come to dominate discussion of corporate governance theory and practice worldwide over the past two decades. This book provides a thorough examination of public and often confrontational hedge fund activism in Japan in the period between 2001 and the full onset of the global financial crisis in 2008. In Japan this ... Read more

    $62.99 CAD

  • Is Law Computable?

    Critical Perspectives on Law and Artificial Intelligence

    Edited by Professor Simon Deakin, Dr Christopher Markou ...
    What does computable law mean for the autonomy, authority, and legitimacy of the legal system? Are we witnessing a shift from Rule of Law to a new Rule of Technology? Should we even build these things in the first place?This unique volume collects original papers by a group of leading international scholars to address some of the fascinating questions raised by the encroachment of Artificial ... Read more

    $62.99 CAD

  • Systems of Production

    Markets, Organisations and Performance

    by Brendan Burchell, Simon Deakin, Jonathan Michie, Jill Rubery ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Contemporary Political Economy
    In recent years we have seen the predictions of our forebears that leisure time would increase as the years pass utterly confounded. It is a fact of life that in major cities across the world, transport systems are full to bursting with people on their way to and from work. As people have come to accept longer working hours as a way of life, a number of new issues have come into play. These ... Read more

    $446.61 CAD

  • The Contract of Employment

    Edited by Mark Freedland, Alan Bogg, David Cabrelli, Hugh Collins, Nicola Countouris, A.C.L. Davies, Simon Deakin, Jeremias Prassl ...
    The contract of employment is the central legal institution of modern English employment law. It provides the foundation upon which most statutory employment rights are constructed; it provides a conduit for the implementation of norms negotiated in collective bargaining; and it continues to provide a contractual structure for the terms and conditions of employment for a significant proportion of ... Read more

    $252.99 CAD

  • Corporate Governance and Managerial Reform in Japan

    Edited by D. Hugh Whittaker, Simon Deakin ...
    Japanese corporate governance and managerial practice is at a critical juncture. At the start of the decade pressures mounted for Japan to move to a shareholder-value driven, 'Anglo-American' system of corporate governance. Subsequent changes, however, may be seen as an adjustment and renewal of the post-war model of the Japanese firm. In adapting to global corporate governance standards, Japanese ... Read more

    $143.99 CAD

  • Labour, Finance and Inequality

    The Insecurity Cycle in British Public Policy

    by Suzanne J. Konzelmann, Simon Deakin, Marc Fovargue-Davies, Frank Wilkinson ...
    Series series Routledge Critical Studies in Finance and Stability
    Following the 2008 "global" financial crisis, the viability of globalised financial capitalism was called into question. The resulting fear and uncertainty produced a momentary return to "Keynesian" policies. But as soon as emergency stimuli – and bank bail-outs – appeared to stabilise the situation, there was a sharp reversal; and successive British governments and the financial sector have since ... Read more

    $86.56 CAD

  • Deakin and Morris’ Labour Law

    by Dr Zoe Adams, Professor Catherine Barnard, Professor Simon Deakin, Ms Sarah Fraser Butlin ...
    Deakin and Morris' Labour Law, a work cited as authoritative in the higher appellate courts of several jurisdictions, provides a comprehensive analysis of current British labour law which explains the role of different legal and extra-legal sources in its evolution, including collective bargaining, international labour standards, and human rights. The new edition, while following the broad pattern ... Read more

    $84.99 CAD

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    The Jealousy Man and Other Stories

    by Jo Nesbo ...
    Narrated by Nicholas Guy Smith, Christian Coulson, Mark Deakins, Simon Vance, Euan Morton, Alex McKenna, Edoardo Ballerini, Anthony Mark Barrow, Lara Sawalha ...

    Unabridged

    20 hours 19 min

    **#1 New York Times bestselling author Jo Nesbo's story "The Jealousy Man" is now a major motion picture Killer Heat starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, and Richard Madden – from Amazon MGM Studios and streaming on Prime Video.From “the greatest contemporary writer of the thriller” (The New York Times), THE JEALOUSY MAN is a dark and chilling short story collection that takes us on a ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD

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  • The Corporation

    A Critical, Multi-Disciplinary Handbook

    Edited by Grietje Baars, Andre Spicer ...
    The corporation has become an increasingly dominant force in contemporary society. However, comprehensive, in-depth analysis of the concept of the corporation is often restricted, or limited to one disciplinary approach. This handbook brings together the cutting-edge scholarship, expertise and insight of leading scholars in a wide range of disciplines, notably management studies, law, history, ... Read more

    $154.99 CAD

  • How Data Happened

    A History from the Age of Reason to the Age of Algorithms

    by Chris Wiggins, Matthew L. Jones ...
    **“Fascinating.” —Jill Lepore, The New YorkerA sweeping history of data and its technical, political, and ethical impact on our world.**From facial recognition—capable of checking people into flights or identifying undocumented residents—to automated decision systems that inform who gets loans and who receives bail, each of us moves through a world determined by data-empowered algorithms. But ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

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  • Does Education Matter?

    Myths About Education and Economic Growth

    by Alison Wolf ...
    "Education, education, education" has become an obsession for politicians and the public alike. It is seen as an economic panacea: an engine for growth and prosperity. But is there a link between increased spending on higher eductaion and economicgrowth? Professor Alison Wolf takes a critical look at successive governments' education policy and challenges many of the tenets of received wisdom: ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD