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This book is concerned with the development of the trust idea in common law jurisdictions, whether mainland or offshore, and in civil law jurisdictions. While trusts are important for preserving...

The trend towards internationalization, especially in the trade and finance sectors, brings with it an urgent need to know about financial transactions and how they affect currencies. Rapid...

This work contains the proceedings of the Second Conference on Dutch-Japanese Law, which took place at the University of Utrecht in August 1996. The doctrine of tort law was chosen as the central...

This very useful guide offers a convenient one-volume analysis of the expectations and requirements of the Community legal order upon international arbitration, as well as a dependable source of...

What are the legal limits of the European Communityand#8217;s competence in the matter of company law? As many company law instruments have already emerged as a result of the European...

Contains thirteen national reports and the general report on Money Laundering and Banking Secrecy. The reports were written for the XIVth Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law...

Vast amounts of money are said to be laundered through financial intermediaries in the United Kingdom, thereby potentially affecting the integrity of the financial markets. This unique work offers a...

It has long been believed that the most effective way to immobilise organised criminal activity lies in blocking the channels that allow illegally-obtained assets to enter the economic mainstream...

The past fifteen years witnessed the emergence globally of a plethora of legislative measures aimed at countering money laundering. These developments have been inextricably linked with the growing...

This unique work provides a comprehensive and detailed analysis of international environmental legal principles and concepts, as well as public policy criteria of direct relevance to Multilateral...

Multilateral Diplomacy within the CommonwealthAuthor: A. N. PapadopoulosPublisher: Kluwer Law InternationalPublication Date: 29799Number of Pages: 276 pagesBinding: Political ScienceISBN-10:...

Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this practical analysis of the internal organization and operations of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)...

Differing provisions in bilateral tax treaties lead to undesired consequences. Tax administrations expend considerable energy combating tax structures devised by taxpayers and their advisers who...

There can be little doubt that the "benign neglect" from which the EC/EU so long benefited has come to an end. As European institutions expand and affect member State citizens in an ever more direct...

As European lawyers dealing with cross-border issues quickly learn, the terms contract, contrat, and contratto signify three very different legal concepts. This illustration highlights the importance...

Multilingualism in International Law and InstitutionsAuthor: Mala TaboryPublisher: Kluwer Law InternationalPublication Date: 27699Number of Pages: 465 pagesBinding: LawISBN-10: 9028602100ISBN-13:...

Due to the fact that no attempt to create uniform law for multimodal carriage has as yet met with success, transport law has no adequate means to create certainty as to the legal consequences of any...

Globalisation is unravelling and reassembling the fabric of labour relations in ways that are more affected by local conditions and business requirements than by international standards. Now is the...

Multiparty ArbitrationAuthor: Bernard HanotiauPublisher: Kluwer Law InternationalPublication Date: Apr 13, 2015Number of Pages: NA pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 9041160973ISBN-13:...

In the wake of the notable failure of the OECD draft Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI), it has become clear that any attempt to regulate investment at the global level must pay serious...

The incidence of international tax evasion and tax avoidance is growing rapidly, due in great part to the enormous increase in electronic trading. Although international tax harmonization andndash;...

There are investment aspects of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) which considerably enhance the opportunities for foreign investment among the signatories, while at the same time...

The 25th anniversary edition of the 'NAFTA and NAALC' monograph in the International Encyclopaedia of Laws, Labour Law and Industrial Relations is a comprehensive and up-to-date 270-page resource...

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) are the first major multilateral treaties to impose obligations on governments concerning the protection and...

This book presents various perspectives on the environmental aspects of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), including the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC)...

This book was originally published as a monograph in the International encyclopaedia of laws/Labour law and industrial relations.Author: Lance A. Compa, Tequila BrooksPublisher: Kluwer Law...

Here is the introductory volume to Kluwer's NAFTA Chapter Eleven Reports, an ongoing, comprehensive, and regularly augmented collection of full-text awards and other important decisions issued under...

In June 2011 the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) marked its fiftieth anniversary with a celebratory conference in Geneva, the birthplace of ICCA. This volume, ICCA Congress...

This book comprises contributions from leading practitioners and scholars in relation to national constitutions and international economic law and the conflicts that may arise.Author: Meinhard...

Constitutionalists have not been eager to deal with the legal structures and problems of the European integration process from the viewpoint of the nation-state and have often surrendered the...