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A History of Corporations

by William Magnuson ...

**An “eloquent” (Economist) history of how corporate innovation has shaped society, from ancient Rome to Silicon Valley **Americans have long been skeptical of corporations, and that skepticism has only grown more intense in recent years. Meanwhile, corporations continue to amass wealth and power at a dizzying rate, recklessly pursuing profit while leaving society to sort out the costs. In For ... Read more

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**An “eloquent” (Economist) history of how corporate innovation has shaped society, from ancient Rome to Silicon Valley **Americans have long been skeptical of corporations, and that skepticism has only grown more intense in recent years. Meanwhile, corporations continue to amass wealth and power at a dizzying rate, recklessly pursuing profit while leaving society to sort out the costs. In For
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Conrad and Lady Black

Dancing on the Edge (Text Only)

by Tom Bower ...

The riveting tale of how the wanabee aristo Conrad Black and his social-mountaineering wife Barbara gulled their way into the City, the Tory party, Wall Street and High Society. This new paperback edition will be fully updated to include details of Black’s high-profile trial for corporate fraud, sure to claim international attention.The rise and fall of the media tycoon Conrad Black is rivalled in ... Read more

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The riveting tale of how the wanabee aristo Conrad Black and his social-mountaineering wife Barbara gulled their way into the City, the Tory party, Wall Street and High Society. This new paperback edition will be fully updated to include details of Black’s high-profile trial for corporate fraud, sure to claim international attention.The rise and fall of the media tycoon Conrad Black is rivalled in
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The World's Funniest Lawyer Jokes

A Caseload of Jurisprudential Jest

by Steven D. Price ...

What is it about lawyers that has made them the butt of hundreds and hundreds of jokes over the centuries? Whatever the reason, everyone—including lawyers and judges themselves—has laughed at attorney-aimed humor. Now here is the best and most recent collection of jokes, anecdotes, quotations, and proverbs that poke fun (. . . and malice) at the legal profession. In summation, you must find The ... Read more

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What is it about lawyers that has made them the butt of hundreds and hundreds of jokes over the centuries? Whatever the reason, everyone—including lawyers and judges themselves—has laughed at attorney-aimed humor. Now here is the best and most recent collection of jokes, anecdotes, quotations, and proverbs that poke fun (. . . and malice) at the legal profession. In summation, you must find The
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The Predators' Ball

The Inside Story of Drexel Burnham and the Rise of the JunkBond

by Connie Bruck ...

An insightful portrait of junk-bond powerhouse Drexel Burnham Lambert and infamous financier Michael Milken, “one of the most brilliant minds ever to have been dedicated to Wall Street's money games.” (The New York Times).Milken is purported to have offered to pay award-winning journalist Connie Bruck to stop work on this book, the fascinating story of how a singularly brilliant and intensely ... Read more

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An insightful portrait of junk-bond powerhouse Drexel Burnham Lambert and infamous financier Michael Milken, “one of the most brilliant minds ever to have been dedicated to Wall Street's money games.” (The New York Times).Milken is purported to have offered to pay award-winning journalist Connie Bruck to stop work on this book, the fascinating story of how a singularly brilliant and intensely
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Hilarious Lawyer Jokes

An Illustrated Caseload of Jurisprudential Jests

by Steven D. Price ...

What is it about lawyers that has made them the butt of hundreds and hundreds of jokes over the centuries? Whatever the reason, everyone-including lawyers and judges themselves-has had a hearty chuckle over attorney-aimed humor. Hilarious Lawyer Jokes pokes the most fun (and malice) at a profession that has been targeted with humorous jabs for centuries.From this single hilarious source, with full ... Read more

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What is it about lawyers that has made them the butt of hundreds and hundreds of jokes over the centuries? Whatever the reason, everyone-including lawyers and judges themselves-has had a hearty chuckle over attorney-aimed humor. Hilarious Lawyer Jokes pokes the most fun (and malice) at a profession that has been targeted with humorous jabs for centuries.From this single hilarious source, with full
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Unequal Protection

How Corporations Became "People"—and How You Can Fight Back

by Thom Hartmann ...

"This is a seminal work, a godsend really, a clear message to every citizen about the need to reform our country, laws, and companies." —Paul Hawken, New York Times-bestselling authorNEW EDITION, REVISED AND UPDATEDUnequal taxes, unequal accountability for crime, unequal influence, unequal control of the media, unequal access to natural resources—corporations have gained these privileges and more ... Read more

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"This is a seminal work, a godsend really, a clear message to every citizen about the need to reform our country, laws, and companies." —Paul Hawken, New York Times-bestselling authorNEW EDITION, REVISED AND UPDATEDUnequal taxes, unequal accountability for crime, unequal influence, unequal control of the media, unequal access to natural resources—corporations have gained these privileges and more
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Class Privilege

How Law Shelters Shareholders and Coddles Capitalism

by Harry Glasbeek ...

Capitalism’s agenda is the endless pursuit of private accumulation of socially produced wealth. In our system, the corporation—created by law—is meant to hide this agenda, to distract us so that flesh and blood capitalists can do what they like. But when the workings of the corporation are examined, they reveal a betrayal of the very values and norms that, for their legitimacy’s sake, capitalists ... Read more

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Capitalism’s agenda is the endless pursuit of private accumulation of socially produced wealth. In our system, the corporation—created by law—is meant to hide this agenda, to distract us so that flesh and blood capitalists can do what they like. But when the workings of the corporation are examined, they reveal a betrayal of the very values and norms that, for their legitimacy’s sake, capitalists
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Capitalism: A Crime Story

by Harry Glasbeek ...

A mugger to a stranger, “Give me your wallet or I will beat you to pulp!” It is a crime.An employer says to a worker: “Adding lung-saving ventilation will reduce my profit. Give me back some of your wages and I will let you keep your lungs!” This is not a crime.Our assumptions about the world condition us to see these situations as legally different from one another. But what if we, the critics of ... Read more

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A mugger to a stranger, “Give me your wallet or I will beat you to pulp!” It is a crime.An employer says to a worker: “Adding lung-saving ventilation will reduce my profit. Give me back some of your wages and I will let you keep your lungs!” This is not a crime.Our assumptions about the world condition us to see these situations as legally different from one another. But what if we, the critics of
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Business Law Basics: A Legal Handbook for Online Entrepreneurs and Startup Businesses

by James Hart ...

Business Law Basics is an entry-level legal handbook for online entrepreneurs and startup businesses. Written by intellectual property and trademark lawyer James Hart, "BLB" begins with the stories of Fred and Sally, two e-commerce entrepreneurs with entrepreneurial dreams to break free from their 9-5 jobs. Fred's story ends in bankruptcy and illustrates many of the mistakes that the author has ... Read more

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Business Law Basics is an entry-level legal handbook for online entrepreneurs and startup businesses. Written by intellectual property and trademark lawyer James Hart, "BLB" begins with the stories of Fred and Sally, two e-commerce entrepreneurs with entrepreneurial dreams to break free from their 9-5 jobs. Fred's story ends in bankruptcy and illustrates many of the mistakes that the author has
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The Ponzi Scheme Puzzle:A History and Analysis of Con Artists and Victims

A History and Analysis of Con Artists and Victims

by Tamar Frankel ...

Charles Ponzi perpetrated his infamous scheme almost a hundred years ago. But his method of using new investments to pay existing investors and finance a highflying lifestyle is alive and well: just as much money is lost in the United States today from Ponzi schemes as from shoplifting. Somehow, con artists are able to dazzle wealthy, educated individuals and sophisticated institutions and ... Read more

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Charles Ponzi perpetrated his infamous scheme almost a hundred years ago. But his method of using new investments to pay existing investors and finance a highflying lifestyle is alive and well: just as much money is lost in the United States today from Ponzi schemes as from shoplifting. Somehow, con artists are able to dazzle wealthy, educated individuals and sophisticated institutions and
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Start Your Own Medical Practice

A Guide to All the Things They Don't Teach You in Medical School about Starting Your Own Practice

by Judge William Huss, Marlene M Coleman M.D ...

Series series Open for Business
After years of school and maybe even after some years of practice, you are ready to do it on your own.Running a profitable business takes more than just being a great doctor. Start Your Own Medical Practice provides you with the knowledge to be both a great doctor and a successful business owner.Whether you are looking to open a single practice office or wanting to go into partnership with other ... Read more

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After years of school and maybe even after some years of practice, you are ready to do it on your own.Running a profitable business takes more than just being a great doctor. Start Your Own Medical Practice provides you with the knowledge to be both a great doctor and a successful business owner.Whether you are looking to open a single practice office or wanting to go into partnership with other
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Indispensable Counsel

The Chief Legal Officer in the New Reality

by E. Norman Veasey, Christine T. Di Guglielmo ...

Legislation and case law following the relatively recent corporate scandals have increased scrutiny on the ethics and integrity of individuals, and the culture they create, at the highest levels within the corporate structure. The corporate General Counsel (GC) is a key member of that group. This enhanced attention increases the already substantial tensions facing the GC, who must navigate the ... Read more

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Legislation and case law following the relatively recent corporate scandals have increased scrutiny on the ethics and integrity of individuals, and the culture they create, at the highest levels within the corporate structure. The corporate General Counsel (GC) is a key member of that group. This enhanced attention increases the already substantial tensions facing the GC, who must navigate the
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Hard Lessons in Corporate Governance

by Bryce C. Tingle ...

How should corporations be run? Who should get a say, and what results can we expect? Hard Lessons in Corporate Governance provides an accessible introduction to the various failed attempts at using corporate governance to improve society. It introduces the record of these failures and illuminates hard lessons spread across thousands of empirical studies. If we look at the outcomes generated by ... Read more

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How should corporations be run? Who should get a say, and what results can we expect? Hard Lessons in Corporate Governance provides an accessible introduction to the various failed attempts at using corporate governance to improve society. It introduces the record of these failures and illuminates hard lessons spread across thousands of empirical studies. If we look at the outcomes generated by
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Freedom for the Thought That We Hate

A Biography of the First Amendment

by Anthony Lewis ...

More than any other people on earth, Americans are free to say and write what they think. The media can air the secrets of the White House, the boardroom, or the bedroom with little fear of punishment or penalty. The reason for this extraordinary freedom is not a superior culture of tolerance, but just fourteen words in our most fundamental legal document: the free expression clauses of the First ... Read more

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More than any other people on earth, Americans are free to say and write what they think. The media can air the secrets of the White House, the boardroom, or the bedroom with little fear of punishment or penalty. The reason for this extraordinary freedom is not a superior culture of tolerance, but just fourteen words in our most fundamental legal document: the free expression clauses of the First
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Human Rights in Business

Removal of Barriers to Access to Justice in the European Union

Edited by Juan José Álvarez Rubio, Katerina Yiannibas ...

The capacity to abuse, or in general affect the enjoyment of human, labour and environmental rights has risen with the increased social and economic power that multinational companies wield in the global economy. At the same time, it appears that it is difficult to regulate the activities of multinational companies in such a way that they conform to international human, labour and environmental ... Read more

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The capacity to abuse, or in general affect the enjoyment of human, labour and environmental rights has risen with the increased social and economic power that multinational companies wield in the global economy. At the same time, it appears that it is difficult to regulate the activities of multinational companies in such a way that they conform to international human, labour and environmental
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Wealth By Stealth

Corporate Crime, Corporate Law, and the Perversion of Democracy

by Harry Glasbeek ...

How is it that corporations are able to behave irresponsibly, criminally, and undemocratically? Wealth by Stealth is a scathing introduction to the operations of the modern corporation, written by a corporate lawyer. Many writers point to the growth of undemocratic corporate power. Glasbeek takes these observations further and outlines clearly how corporations become so powerful. He also shows how ... Read more

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How is it that corporations are able to behave irresponsibly, criminally, and undemocratically? Wealth by Stealth is a scathing introduction to the operations of the modern corporation, written by a corporate lawyer. Many writers point to the growth of undemocratic corporate power. Glasbeek takes these observations further and outlines clearly how corporations become so powerful. He also shows how
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The Anatomy of Corporate Law

A Comparative and Functional Approach

by Reinier Kraakman, John Armour, Paul Davies, Luca Enriques, Henry Hansmann, Gerard Hertig, Klaus Hopt, Hideki Kanda, Mariana Pargendler, Wolf-Georg Ringe, Edward Rock ...

This is the long-awaited third edition of this highly regarded comparative overview of corporate law. This edition has been comprehensively revised and updated to reflect the profound changes in corporate law and governance practices that have taken place since the previous edition. These include numerous regulatory changes following the financial crisis of 2007-09 and the changing landscape of ... Read more

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This is the long-awaited third edition of this highly regarded comparative overview of corporate law. This edition has been comprehensively revised and updated to reflect the profound changes in corporate law and governance practices that have taken place since the previous edition. These include numerous regulatory changes following the financial crisis of 2007-09 and the changing landscape of
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Law Express Question and Answer: Company Law

by Fang Ma ...

Series series Law Express Questions & Answers
Fang Ma is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Portsmouth. ... Read more

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Fang Ma is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Portsmouth.
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From Ideas to Action

Governance Paths to Net Zero

by Janis Sarra ...

This book offers a guide, for companies, pension funds, asset managers, and other institutional investors, on how to commence the legal, governance, and financial strategies needed for effective climate mitigation and adaptation, and to help distribute the economic benefits of these actions to their stakeholders. It takes the reader from ideas to action, from first steps to a more meaningful ... Read more

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This book offers a guide, for companies, pension funds, asset managers, and other institutional investors, on how to commence the legal, governance, and financial strategies needed for effective climate mitigation and adaptation, and to help distribute the economic benefits of these actions to their stakeholders. It takes the reader from ideas to action, from first steps to a more meaningful
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Strategies for Minimizing Risk Under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Related Laws

by Mike Koehler ...

Series series Elgar Compliance Guides
In the minds of some, complying with the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and related laws is easy: 'you just don't bribe.' The reality, as sophisticated professionals should know, is not so simple. This book is for professionals across various disciplines who can assist in risk management and want to learn strategies for minimizing risk under aggressively enforced bribery laws.Written by a ... Read more

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In the minds of some, complying with the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and related laws is easy: 'you just don't bribe.' The reality, as sophisticated professionals should know, is not so simple. This book is for professionals across various disciplines who can assist in risk management and want to learn strategies for minimizing risk under aggressively enforced bribery laws.Written by a
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Business Structures and Incorporation

by Ann Carrington ...

A comprehensive book describing principal forms of business, including sample agreements, forms and checklists, such as: a limited partnership agreement, a management agreement, a limited liability company operating agreement, articles of incorporation, sample minutes, bylaws, an indemnity agreement, a stock purchase agreement, and much more.Look Inside: What Structure Makes the Most Sense? Choice ... Read more

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A comprehensive book describing principal forms of business, including sample agreements, forms and checklists, such as: a limited partnership agreement, a management agreement, a limited liability company operating agreement, articles of incorporation, sample minutes, bylaws, an indemnity agreement, a stock purchase agreement, and much more.Look Inside: What Structure Makes the Most Sense? Choice
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Corporate Social Responsibility, Private Law and Global Supply Chains

by Andreas Rühmkorf ...

Series series Corporations, Globalisation and the Law series
'Rühmkorf's thought-provoking book has a powerful message: that we cannot rely on the discretion of business to promote CSR voluntarily. Through the devastating example of the Rana Plaza disaster, Rühmkorf shows that we must get beyond business rhetoric and develop a multidimensional approach to the regulation of global supply chains. Whilst recognising the existing limitations of private law, his ... Read more

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'Rühmkorf's thought-provoking book has a powerful message: that we cannot rely on the discretion of business to promote CSR voluntarily. Through the devastating example of the Rana Plaza disaster, Rühmkorf shows that we must get beyond business rhetoric and develop a multidimensional approach to the regulation of global supply chains. Whilst recognising the existing limitations of private law, his
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Key Cases: Company Law

by Christopher Shepherd ...

Series series Key Cases
Key Cases is the essential series for anyone studying law, including A Level, LLB, ILEX and post-graduate conversion courses. Understanding and memorising leading cases fully is a vital part of the study of law - the clear format, style and explanations of Key Cases will ensure you achieve this. Key Cases provides the simplest and most effective way for you to memorise and absorb the essential ... Read more

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Key Cases is the essential series for anyone studying law, including A Level, LLB, ILEX and post-graduate conversion courses. Understanding and memorising leading cases fully is a vital part of the study of law - the clear format, style and explanations of Key Cases will ensure you achieve this. Key Cases provides the simplest and most effective way for you to memorise and absorb the essential
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The Essentials of M&A Due Diligence

by Peter Howson ...

Series series Routledge Focus on Economics and Finance
How can you be sure you are buying the company you think you are? Are you sure it is as good as the seller says? How can you be certain unexpected costs and obligations will not suddenly appear once you are the owner and responsible for them? How best can you arm yourself for the negotiations? Have you worked out precisely what you are going to do with it once it is yours? How do you set the ... Read more

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How can you be sure you are buying the company you think you are? Are you sure it is as good as the seller says? How can you be certain unexpected costs and obligations will not suddenly appear once you are the owner and responsible for them? How best can you arm yourself for the negotiations? Have you worked out precisely what you are going to do with it once it is yours? How do you set the
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