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Cases in european competition policy

the economic analysis

Ed. Bruce Lyons. Competition between firms is usually the most effective way of delivering economic efficiency and what consumers want. However, there is a balance to be struck. Firms must not be over-regulated and so hampered in their development of innovative products and new strategies ...

Intermediate microeconomics with Microsoft Excel

This unique text uses Microsoft Excel(r) workbooks to instruct students in microeconomic theory.

But is it science?

the philosophical question in the creation/evolution controversy

On December 20, 2005, a US district court in Dover, Pennsylvania, ruled in Kitzmiller et al v Dover Area School Board that teaching Intelligent Design in public school biology classes violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States ...

Foreclosure nation

mortgaging the american dream

The family residence is the backbone of the American economy, the most valuable and enduring asset for those who have achieved a financial foothold. Yet today record numbers of households confront foreclosure. In the next year it is estimated that over two million Americans will ...

Ethics and the legal profession

Beneficial to the introductory law or philosophy student, "Ethics and the Legal Profession" comprises a selection of articles by eminent philosophers and lawyers that explore confrontations in the daily practice of law, employing in-depth case studies. The text is divided into six sections, each dealing ...

Ancient Egypt and Nubia

in the Ashmolean Museum

The treasures from Ancient Egypt to be found inside the Ashmolean Museum are second only, outside Egypt, to those in the British Museum.From vases to weapons, and 'serpent game' boards to decorated ostrich eggs, this book showcases the richness and diversity of the Museum ...

Socialism and war

essays, documents, reviews

Ed. Burce Caldwell. In the essays in this volume Hayek contributed to economic knowledge in the context of socialism and war, while providing an intellectual defence of a free society. The connection between the two topics is illuminated through essays containing some of Hayek's ...

Law and Administration

This definitive textbook explores the field of law which allows government and its agencies to practically apply its laws. The subject, affected by policy and political factors, can challenge even the more advanced student. In response, this title looks at both the law and the ...

International jurisdiction and commercial litigation

uniform rules for contract disputes

This exploration of the basic approaches to international jurisdiction in commercial contractual disputes contains a comprehensive analysis of jurisdictional regimes of major continental European countries, England, the United States and the Brussels Regulation 44/2001. It includes an exhaustive comparative study of each rule establishing ...

Prospectus for the public offering of securities in Europe

Eds. Dirk Van Gerven. The Prospectus Directive of 4 November 2003 and the Prospectus Regulation of 29 April 2004 permit a single European passport for a prospectus that has been approved by the competent authority of a Member State to be used for the public ...

Defence counsel in international criminal Law

This book examines whether international criminal courts enable defence counsels to conduct effective defences. When the ad hoc tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda were set up in the mid-nineties to prosecute those responsible for serious violations of international humanitarian law, little thought had ...

Participation in EU decision making

implications on the national level

This book explores the European Union decision-making processes from the perspective of its Member States.

TV rights and sport

legal aspects

Eds. Ian Blackshaw, Steve Cornelius, Robert Siekmann. An examination of the European law aspects of international sports broadcasting, containing 27 country studies.

A critical introduction to european Law

Written by one of the leading academics specialising in European law and legal theory, A Critical Introduction to European Law explains the history and institutional framework of European Union law to students and scholars. Through the inclusion of commentaries on successive drafts of the Constitutional ...

Trade policy flexibility and enforcement in the WTO

a Law and economics analysis

The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an incomplete contract among sovereign countries. Trade policy flexibility mechanisms are designed to deal with contractual gaps, which are the inevitable consequence of this contractual incompleteness. Trade policy flexibility mechanisms are backed up by enforcement instruments which allow for ...

On philosophy in American Law

Ed. Francis J. Mootz. In recent years there has been tremendous growth of interest in the connections between law and philosophy, but the diversity of approaches that claim to be working at the intersection of philosophy and law might suggest that this area of inquiry ...

Economic justice and natural Law

Gary Chartier elaborates a particular version of economic justice rooted in the natural law tradition, explaining how it is relevant to economic issues and developing natural law accounts of property, work, and economic security. He examines a range of case studies related to ownership, production ...

An introduction to international institutional Law

International institutions are powerful players on the world stage, and every student of international law requires a clear understanding of the forces that shape them. For example, with increasing global influence comes the need for internal control and accountability. This thought- provoking overview considers these ...

Critical tax theory

an introduction

Eds. Anthony C. Infanti, Bridget J. Crawford. Tax law is political. This book highlights and explains the major themes and methodologies of a group of scholars who challenge the traditional claim that tax law is neutral and unbiased. The contributors to this volume include pioneers ...

An economic and social history of Later Medieval Europe, 1000-1500

This book examines the most important themes in European social and economic history from the beginning of growth around the year 1000 to the first wave of global exchange in the 1490s. These five hundred years witnessed the rise of economic systems, and the social ...