Capital adequacy beyond basel

banking, securities, and insurance

This book is timely since the Bassel Committee on Banking Supervision at the Bank for International Settlements is in the process of making major changes in the capital rules for banks. It is important that capital adequacy regulation helps to achieve financial stability in the ...

Readings in unobserved components models

The financial economics of privatization

Central to the book's content is its focus on where privatization stands today and what are the next frontiers, the why and how behind countries who privatize certain industries, whether privatization works as an economic tool and important insights relevant to financial institutions such ...

Institutions in transition

land ownership, property rights and social conflict in China

The restructuring of socialist economies in the former Soviet Union, and East and Central Europe following the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 belong to the largest projects of social engineering ever undertaken. At once, policy-makers were confronted with fundamental questions such as whether ...

Microeconomic theory

a concise course

Topics covered are central in any graduate economics program Useful as a reference because each topic discussion is self-contained Provides an advanced treatment of each topic Microeconomic Theory is based on lecture notes for a graduate course in microeconomic theory. It covers a broad range ...

Towards a labour market in China

Combining remarkable economic transition and dynamic growth, China may well have the most fascinating economy in the world. Over the period of economic reform China has moved from an administered labour system towards the creation of a labour market. The scale of this transformation, involving ...

The field and the forge

population, production, and power in the Pre-industrial West

Where Law and morality meet

How are law and morality connected, how do they interact, and in what ways are they distinct? In Part I of this book, Matthew Kramer argues that moral principles can enter into the law of any jurisdiction. He contends that legal officials can invoke moral ...

Extradition Law handbook

Extradition legislation and cases can be very difficult to locate - particularly when you require quick and easy access to authorities. As the only dedicated sourcebook available, this new Handbook brings together for the first time legislation and relevant case law covering the European Convention on ...

Unjust enrichment

This new edition of Unjust Enrichment by the editor of the Clarendon Law Series, is a fully updated, clear and concise account of the law of unjust enrichment. It attempts to move away from the use of obscure terminology inherited from the past. This text ...

Crime and society

Contains a dedicated discussion of crime and its effects upon society. It combines descriptive and analytical material on key crimes and places them within the context of their impact on various social groups. Authors are from University of Tasmania. Table of Contents 1 Introduction 1 ...

Employment Law

The new edition of LPC Employment Law has been written principally for students taking the optional module in employment law on the Legal Practice Course, and is particularly suitable for those courses with either a corporate or private client bias. It offers a practical and ...

Environmental principles

from political slogans to legal rules

This book traces the evolution of environmental principles from their origins as vague political slogans reflecting fears about environmental hazards to their embodiment in enforceable laws. Since the early 1970s environmental issues have taken on an ever increasing profile. This has been due in part ...

Europe undivided

democracy, leverage, and integration after communism

Mixed legal systems in comparative perspective

property and obligations in Scotland and South Africa

Placed uniquely at the intersection of common law and civil law, mixed legal systems are today attracting the attention both of scholars of comparative law, and of those concerned with the development of a European private law. Pre-eminent among the mixed legal systems are those ...

Justice beyond borders

a global political theory

Justice Beyond Borders examines which political principles should govern global politics. It explores the ethical issues that arise at the global level and addresses questions such as: Are there universal values? If so, what are they? What human rights, if any, are there? Are there ...

Escaping Salem

th other witch hunt of 1692

The lights that failed

european international history 1919-1933

International human resource management

a multinational company perspective

This new textbook provides comprehensive coverage of the key issues facing multinational corporations (MNCs) in their management of human resources across diverse national boundaries. It attempts to answer the question, "Can there be a uniform set of best human resource management (HRM) practices applicable across ...

Human Rights in international criminal proceedings

The limits of competition Law

markets and public services

To what extent should public services (for example public utilities such as telecommunications, energy, public transport and postal services) be subject to ordinary competition law? This question has assumed great importance in the context of the activities of European Union. On the one hand, it ...

Legal aspects of implementing the Kyoto Protocol mechanisms

making Kyoto Work

The first protocol to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was adopted in Kyoto in 1997 and entered into force in February 2005. It is a unique international law instrument which sets legally binding targets for the reduction of emissions of greenhouse gases ...