Commercial Law
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Modernising Sales Law
Series: Current Controversies in Law
This book identifies and analyses the problems with current English sales law, and in particular the Sale of Goods Act 1979. Arguing in favour of a thorough overhaul of the law, it considers how the law could be modernised, and sets out the criteria which should be applied to bring it up to...
To Be Published November 30th 2013 by Routledge
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Mediation Law
Journey through Institutionalism to Juridification
In England mediation became a key part of the civil justice reform agenda after the Woolf Reforms of 1996, as disputants were deflected from litigation towards settlement outside the court system. The Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) give courts the power to ‘encourage’ mediation through judicial case...
To Be Published October 22nd 2013 by Routledge
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The Fugitive Identity of Mediation
Negotiations, Shift Changes and Allusionary Action
Despite much having been written about what mediation is, direct observations of commercial mediations are limited. This book grants an opportunity to observe mediation in action and also provides external commentary about the actions observed. The book approaches Mediation ethnographically as a...
Published April 16th 2013 by Routledge
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The Law and Consumer Credit Information in the European Community
The Regulation of Credit Information Systems
Consumer credit information systems are the tools used by the majority of lenders to manage credit risk, with lenders accessing credit reference databases managed by third party providers to evaluate a consumer’s credit application. So far, the subject of consumer credit reporting has been left to...
Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge-Cavendish
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The Reform of UK Personal Property Security Law
Comparative Perspectives
There has been much discussion in the last ten years about the need to reform the law governing company charge registration, with many bodies including the Department of Trade and Industry and Law Commissions considering the case for reform of this area in the context of a wider scheme of personal...
Published May 9th 2012 by Routledge-Cavendish
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Oil and Gas in the Disputed Kurdish Territories
Jurisprudence, Regional Minorities and Natural Resources in a Federal System
This book examines the historical and contextual background to the oil and gas resources in the Kurdish territories, placing particular emphasis on the reserves situated in the disputed provinces. The volume is singularly unique in focusing on an examination of the rules reflected in both the...
Published May 9th 2012 by Routledge
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Money Laundering – An Endless Cycle?
A Comparative Analysis of the Anti-Money Laundering Policies in the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada
This book provides a detailed examination of anti-money laundering policies and legislative frameworks in a number of jurisdictions and considers how successful these jurisdictions have been in implementing international measures to combat money laundering. Looking at the instruments and proposals...
Published February 23rd 2012 by Routledge
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Commercial and Business Organizations Law in Papua New Guinea
A timely and apposite treatise on Papua New Guinea’s economic environment, this book explores business organizations law and various aspects of commercial law in Papua New Guinea in a readable and informative style. Business and commerce is the twin engine that propels the economy of a modern...
Published March 28th 2007 by Routledge-Cavendish