Kluwer Law International

As the transnational character of banking and finance activities becomes ever more pronounced, there is a clear need for lawyers in the field to become conversant with pertinent legal developments in...

In this authoritative book, a leading Chinese expert on financial and economic law thoroughly explains the functions, activities and procedures that characterize the behaviour of financial...

Banking Regulation in Israel: Prudential Regulation versus Consumer Protection, unique in its kind, provides broad and comprehensive information about the Israeli Banking System and its regulation...

Changes in banking and securities regulation in many countries since 1980 have allowed banks to expand their range of financial services far beyond mere lending andndash; an opportunity banks have...

The close of the 20th century saw a remarkably high incidence of bank distress and insolvency. This book seeks to identify the causes of this ongoing financial crisis and to draw lessons for the...

Addresses various issues surrounding external and internal EC trade. It includes coverage of GATT law, the major instruments of the Common Commercial Policy, and measures and charges of equivalent...

This book is intended to analyse the concept of sovereignty in international civil aviation, how it evolved in the course of times, how it related to European integration process and to air traffic...

Whether or not we ever attain universal social justice, there can be little doubt that the international community has set meaningful standards, and that significant progress has been made over the...

Between the Lines of the Vienna Convention? is a uniquely usefulhandbook that analyses certain particularly recognizable canons andprinciples of interpretation that are not expressly codified in the...

Increasingly, governments everywhere are backing away from their earlier micromanagement of international aviation, allowing carriers to tap market opportunities wherever they can be found and with...

Private international actors go to arbitration to avoid adjudicatory risks, especially the risk of bias. It follows that safeguarding procedural fairness is a key concern in arbitral processes, and...

This book discusses patent legal issues regarding inventions in the field of biotechnology. The scope of a patent is of central concern, and since biotechnology is very different from other...

The recent financial crisis has once again stressed the importance of good corporate governance and corporate social responsibility in building trust in the European internal market. It has given...

As international political and economic relations have become increasingly complex, so have the pressures on international boundaries and the borderlands which surround them. Although there are still...

Brazil, experiencing its largest economic expansion in three decades, is increasingly at the centre of international trade negotiations. As the world grapples with one of the most severe financial...

Once Brazil came to a clear awareness of its prodigious global economic power a few short years ago, the government quickly undertook a number of sweeping procedural reforms in its competition...

This book provides an analysis of the ongoing Brexit process and its technical understanding of the meaning of Brexit for several substantive areas of law. It offers an exploration of the future that...

This book provides an in-depth analysis of the international tax law of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, the 'BRICS', and discusses how the BRICS countries define tax evasion and tax...

Derivatives trading is now the world's biggest business, with an estimated daily turnover of over US $ 2.5 trillion and an annual growth rate of around 14 percent. Despite the fact that derivatives...

This publication gives an overview of the criteria of the existence of an employment relationship in the following 10 countries: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, France, Great Britain, Italy, Japan,...

Recorded in this volume are some papers presented at an international symposium in comparative industrial relations held in Bologna on 11 January 1991, organized by SINNEA, research and training...

Recorded in this volume are some papers presented at an international symposium in comparative industrial relations held in Bologna on 11 January 1991, organized by SINNEA, research and training...

Workers' participation continues to be an important and much debated, even contested, subject in industrial relations and human resource management. It is also a topic which evolves as the labour...

This work contains a collection of seminal essays on topical issues in Dutch business and bankruptcy law. The articles survey a range of commercial law subjects, including contract, competition,...

Many states - including European Union (EU) Member States - subsidise energy producers in order to guarantee the uninterrupted availability of affordable electricity. This book presents the first...

This second volume of the Capital Markets Forum Yearbook aims to provide a platform for debate and comment on key issues affecting the world's capital markets. It will have a broad appeal for...

Despite a clear distinction in law between equity and debt, the results of such a categorization can be misleading. The growth of financial innovation in recent decades necessitates the allocation of...

The European Commission's proposed Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB) is the most ambitious project in the history of direct taxation within the EU. While retaining the right of Member...

CFC legislations are common to most OECD Member States. They are introduced to combat tax evasion by shifting profits to corporations situated in low tax jurisdictions. Without the introduction of...

Has European economic and market integration curtailed the autonomy of national industrial relations actors and institutions? Or has it reinforced their roles in securing much-needed economic...