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Family and Court

Legal Culture and Modernity in Late Ottoman Palestine

By: Iris Agmon

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Family and Court

Legal Culture and Modernity in Late Ottoman Palestine

By: Iris Agmon

The popular image of the family and the court of law in Muslim societies is one of traditional, unchanging social frameworks. Iris Agmon suggests an entirely different view, grounded in a detailed study of nineteenth-century Ottoman court records from the flourishing Palestinian port cities of Haifa and Jaffa. She depicts the shari'a Muslim court of law as a dynamic institution, capable of adapting to rapid and profound social changes indeed, of playing an active role in generating these changes. Court and family interact and transform themselves, each other, and the society of which they form part. Agmon's book is a significant contribution to scholarship on both family history and legal culture in the social history of the Middle East.

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Syracuse University Press

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081563062X

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9780815630623

The Law on Corporate Governance in Banks

By: Iris H-Y Chiu,Michael McKee

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The Law on Corporate Governance in Banks

By: Iris H-Y Chiu,Michael McKee

Corporate governance in financial institutions has come under the spotlight since the banking crisis in the UK in 2008-9. In many respects, the banking business raises unique problems for corporate governance that are not found in other corporate secto

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Edward Elgar Publishing

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1782548866

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9781782548867

Night Law. Life is a Story - story.one

By: Iris Hannesen

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Night Law. Life is a Story - story.one

By: Iris Hannesen

Decades ago, this city found a way to deal with the polarization of society and the housing crisis in one fell swoop: daylight belongs to those who value order and safety, while the nighttime is ruled by freedom and chaos. The only thing that daylighters and nighttimers share are their apartments. Halle lives a cushy daylight life as an architect until her bureau's latest project - the Diamond Shard Quarter - collapses. The catastrophe rips a hole into the neat order of day and night society. And when a personal calamity haunts her professional one, Halle may have to slip into the night and break the law.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3711544711

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EU Consumer Law and Human Rights

By: Iris Benöhr

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EU Consumer Law and Human Rights

By: Iris Benöhr

Exploring the relationship between fundamental rights and consumer law in the EU, this book provides the first comprehensive analysis of the joint implications of the Lisbon Treaty and the Charter of Fundamental Rights. It examines the potential tensions that may emerge between consumer protection objectives and economic, market-oriented goals.

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0199651973

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Divorce in Transnational Families

Marriage, Migration and Family Law

By: Iris Sportel

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Divorce in Transnational Families

Marriage, Migration and Family Law

By: Iris Sportel

This book uniquely focuses on the role of family law in transnational marriages. The author demonstrates how family law is of critical importance in understanding transnational family life. Based on extensive field research in Morocco, Egypt and the Netherlands, the book examines how, during marriage and divorce, transnational families deal with the interactions of two different legal systems. Sportel studies the interactions of European and Islamic family law, addressing its interconnections with migration and everyday life, within the context of highly politicised debates on gender, Islam, migration and the family. The book will be of interest to scholars and students of family sociology, migration and diaspora studies, transnational families, family law, and sociology of law.

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Springer

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3319340093

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A Pessimist's Guide to Manifesting

A Practical Approach to Making the Law of Attraction and 20 Other Universal Laws Work for You

By: Daniel Olexa,Iris Terner

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A Pessimist's Guide to Manifesting

A Practical Approach to Making the Law of Attraction and 20 Other Universal Laws Work for You

By: Daniel Olexa,Iris Terner

This book details the practical working nature of 21 universal laws (including the law of attraction), to give you a guide to understanding where your manifesting efforts may be blocked and resources to create alignment so you may experince flow in realizing your goals and desires.

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0692137963

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Iris Has Free Time

By: Iris Smyles

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Iris Has Free Time

By: Iris Smyles

Modeled on Dante's Divine Comedy and riffing on Proust's In Search of Lost Time, Iris Has Free Time is a subtle, complicated, funny, bold, lyrical and literary, sad and wise book about youth, time, and what it means to grow up. An instant classic and essential reading for anyone who has ever been young. “There, I came across a cluster of NYU graduates standing in cap and gown. They were laughing and posing for photos. Was it June again already? Their voices echoed through the subway tunnel. ‘Congratulations!’ ‘Congratulations!’ their parents said. And I wanted to yell, ‘Don’t do it! Go back! You don’t know what it’s like!’” Whether passed out drunk at The New Yorker where she’s interning; assigning Cliffs Notes when hired to teach humanities at a local college; getting banned from a fleet of Greek Island ferries while on vacation, or trying to piece together the events of yet another puzzling blackout—“I prefer to call them pink-outs, because I’m a girl”—Iris is never short on misadventures. From quarter-life crisis to the shock of turning thirty, Iris Has Free Time charts a madcap, melancholic course through that curious age—one’s twenties—when childhood is over, supposedly.

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Catapult

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1593765584

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9781593765583

Consumer ADR in Europe

By: Christopher Hodges,Iris Benöhr,Naomi Creutzfeldt

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Consumer ADR in Europe

By: Christopher Hodges,Iris Benöhr,Naomi Creutzfeldt

This is the first systematic comparative study into how consumer ADR systems (usually ombudsmen and médiateurs) work, the differing national architectures within which they operate and how they can be improved. It describes ADR schemes in Belgium, France, Germany, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom as well as emerging pan-EU dispute resolution schemes. Use of the techniques of mediation, conciliation and adjudication are noted. It also covers EU measures on consumer ADR, and 2011 proposals for legislation on ADR and ODR. Data on volumes, cost and duration of ADR schemes are compared, both between different systems and with courts. The authors' findings underpin EU and national developments, and outline options for future policy. Findings and proposals are included for the functions, scope, performance, essential requirements, architecture and operation of ADR systems. The relationships between ADR, courts and regulators are discussed, and need for reforms are noted. This is a ground-breaking work that will have a major impact on European legal systems. This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's International Arbitration online service.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1847319424

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9781847319425

The Foundations and Future of Financial Regulation

Governance for Responsibility

By: Mads Andenas,Iris H-Y Chiu

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The Foundations and Future of Financial Regulation

Governance for Responsibility

By: Mads Andenas,Iris H-Y Chiu

Financial regulation has entered into a new era, as many foundational economic theories and policies supporting the existing infrastructure have been and are being questioned following the financial crisis. Goodhart et al’s seminal monograph "Financial Regulation: Why, How and Where Now?" (Routledge:1998) took stock of the extent of financial innovation and the maturity of the financial services industry at that time, and mapped out a new regulatory roadmap. This book offers a timely exploration of the "Why, How and Where Now" of financial regulation in the aftermath of the crisis in order to map out the future trajectory of financial regulation in an age where financial stability is being emphasised as a key regulatory objective. The book is split into four sections: the objectives and regulatory landscape of financial regulation; the regulatory regime for investor protection; the regulatory regime for financial institutional safety and soundness; and macro-prudential regulation. The discussion ranges from theoretical and policy perspectives to comprehensive and critical consideration of financial regulation in the specifics. The focus of the book is on the substantive regulation of the UK and the EU, as critical examination is made of the unravelling and the future of financial regulation with comparative insights offered where relevant especially from the US. Running throughout the book is consideration of the relationship between financial regulation, financial stability and the responsibility of various actors in governance. This book offers an important contribution to continuing reflections on the role of financial regulation, market discipline and corporate responsibility in the financial sector, and upon the roles of regulatory authorities, markets and firms in ensuring the financial health and security of all in the future.

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Routledge

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113504337X

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Close Your Eyes

A Novel

By: Iris Johansen,Roy Johansen

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Close Your Eyes

A Novel

By: Iris Johansen,Roy Johansen

In Close Your Eyes, The New York Times bestselling duo Iris Johansen and Roy Johansen are back with a suspenseful novel about a once-blind woman with a talent for tracking serial killers The FBI doesn't usually consult with music therapists to solve their cases. But Kendra Michael's astonishing powers of observation and analysis have made her a favorite of law enforcement agencies all across the country. Blind for the first twenty years of her life, she cares little for investigative work but can't deny her unique skill, or the results she's been able to facilitate. Kendra learned at an early age to become hyper-aware of her surroundings, perfecting the art of picking up the most subtle audio, olfactory, and tactile cues in the world around her. Like a secret weapon, she is in high demand. Former FBI agent Adam Lynch, known as The Puppetmaster, has weapons of his own. He's a notorious master manipulator, skillfully handling criminals and colleagues alike to get the results he wants. Now he needs Kendra's special brand of help, but she's not interested until Lynch reveals that Agent Jeff Stedler—Kendra's ex—is missing and may have run directly into the path of a serial killer. What began as a heinous murder investigation escalates into something even larger and more frightening: a multi-million dollar conspiracy to hide a secret that's worth killing for, again and again and again.

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St. Martin's Press

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1429942517

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9781429942515

Regulating the Crypto Economy

Business Transformations and Financialisation

By: Iris H-Y Chiu

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Regulating the Crypto Economy

Business Transformations and Financialisation

By: Iris H-Y Chiu

This book focuses on the building of a crypto economy as an alternative economic space and discusses how the crypto economy should be governed. The crypto economy is examined in its productive and financialised aspects, in order to distil the need for governance in this economic space. The author argues that it is imperative for regulatory policy to develop the economic governance of the blockchain-based business model, in order to facilitate economic mobilisation and wealth creation. The regulatory framework should cater for a new and unique enterprise organisational law and the fund-raising and financing of blockchain-based development projects. Such a regulatory framework is crucially enabling in nature and consistent with the tenets of regulatory capitalism. Further, the book acknowledges the rising importance of private monetary orders in the crypto economy and native payment systems that do not rely on conventional institutions for value transfer. A regulatory blueprint is proposed for governing such monetary orders as 'commons' governance. The rise of Decentralised Finance and other financial innovations in the crypto economy are also discussed, and the book suggests a framework for regulatory consideration in this dynamic landscape in order to meet a balance of public interest objectives and private interests. By setting out a reform agenda in relation to economic and financial governance in the crypto economy, this forward-looking work argues for the extension of 'regulatory capitalism' to this perceived 'wild west' of an alternative economic space. It advances the message that an innovative regulatory agenda is needed to account for the economically disruptive and technologically transformative developments brought about by the crypto economy.

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1509935762

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The Lions' Den

By: Iris Mwanza

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The Lions' Den

By: Iris Mwanza

An evocative, touching, and--in multiple senses--moving portrait of Zambian life and politics at a moment of great transformation. And in the tradition of Zambian storytelling, it shows us, it teaches us, how ordinary people like Grace, in extraordinary circumstances and under persistent forces of oppression, can neverthless extend and bend the arc of justice." —Namwali Serpell, author of The Furrows: An Elegy A missing boy. A corrupt system. A case that could change everything… When young queer dancer Wilbess “Bessy” Mulenga is arrested by corrupt police, fresh-from-the-village rookie lawyer Grace Zulu takes up his cause in her first pro bono case. Presented with a freshly beaten client, Grace protests to the police and gets barred from accessing Bessy, who then disappears from the system—and the world—without a trace. As she fights for justice for Bessy, Grace must navigate a dangerous world of corrupt politicians, traditional beliefs, and deep-seated homophobia. With the help of a former freedom fighter and the head of her law firm, who’s rallying for one last fight as AIDS takes its toll on him, Grace brings together a coalition of unions, students, and political opposition to take on the corrupt administration of President Kaunda. But will justice prevail in the face of such overwhelming odds? The Lions' Den is a gripping and enduring novel that will keep you on the edge of your seat from beginning to end. With unforgettable characters and a thrilling plot, Iris Mwanza has announced herself as a major new talent in fiction.

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Harlequin

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0369735846

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9780369735843

The Naked Eye

A Novel

By: Iris Johansen,Roy Johansen

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The Naked Eye

A Novel

By: Iris Johansen,Roy Johansen

The #1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen and the Edgar Award-winning author Roy Johansen are back with another novel in The Naked Eye featuring Kendra Michaels-hired gun for both the CIA and FBI. How can you catch a killer when everyone thinks he's dead? Kendra Michaels was instrumental in bringing serial killer Eric Colby to justice. And yet, despite his apparent execution at San Quentin, Kendra is convinced that Colby is still alive. The problem is that she can't prove it. Even her razor-sharp powers of observation-developed to an amazing capacity during the twenty years she spent blind and now in constant demand by law enforcement agencies-have gotten her nowhere. But then a reporter who very publicly humiliated Kendra is murdered. Visiting the crime scene in search of anything that might link the brutal homicide to Colby, Kendra instead finds evidence that points to her. Finally Colby's master plan becomes clear to her: he is framing Kendra for murder. Suspicions mount and Kendra is thrust into deadly pursuit to clear her name and catch the killer no one believes exists anymore. A killer who is always nearby, watching, waiting to make his next move, even as everyone believes him to be dead. A killer whose trail of destruction is invisible to the naked eye, despite the carnage he leaves in his wake. It will take everything Kendra has to find and stop Colby--and save her own life one more time.

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St. Martin's Press

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1250020557

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9781250020550

Intersecting Voices

Dilemmas of Gender, Political Philosophy, and Policy

By: Iris Marion Young

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Intersecting Voices

Dilemmas of Gender, Political Philosophy, and Policy

By: Iris Marion Young

Iris Marion Young is known for her ability to connect theory to public policy and practical politics in ways easily understood by a wide range of readers. This collection of essays, which extends her work on feminist theory, explores questions such as the meaning of moral respect and the ways individuals relate to social collectives, together with timely issues like welfare reform, same-sex marriage, and drug treatment for pregnant women. One of the many goals of Intersecting Voices is to energize thinking in those areas where women and men are still deprived of social justice. Essays on the social theory of groups, communication across difference, alternative principles for family law, exclusion of single mothers from full citizenship, and the ambiguous value of home lead to questions important for rethinking policy. How can women be conceptualized as a single social collective when there are so many differences among them? What spaces of discourse are required for the full inclusion of women and cultural minorities in public discussion? Can the conceptual and practical link between self-sufficiency and citizenship that continues to relegate some people to second-class status be broken? How could legal institutions be formed to recognize the actual plurality of family forms? In formulating such questions and the answers to them, Young draws upon ideas from both Anglo-American and Continental philosophers, including Seyla Benhabib, Joshua Cohen, Luce Irigaray, Susan Okin, William Galston, Simone de Beauvoir, and Michel Foucault.

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Princeton University Press

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0691216355

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9780691216355

Stalemate

By: Iris Johansen

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Stalemate

By: Iris Johansen

The suspense begins with a phone call and leads forensic sculptor Eve Duncan onto the harrowing trail of a killer that even the most cold-blooded killers fear to face. No one leaves this game alive Her skill in identifying murder victims was worldrenowned, but Eve Duncan worked only for law enforcement and the families of innocent victims. The man on the other end of the phone was anything but law-abiding or innocent. She’d already turned down his offer twice, but the third time it comes with a grisly warning. Forced to accept, Eve will leave everything and everyone she loves to travel alone to the luxurious armed compound of one of the world’s most wanted criminals to identify a skull he’s recovered. She’s agreed to this devil’s bargain to save an innocent family, but also for a reason she can’t admit to the police, to the CIA, to anyone. For the man in the Colombian jungle promises Eve what she wants most of all—the key to solving the most painful mystery of her past.

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Bantam

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0553586548

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9780553586541

Regulatory Convergence in EU Securities Regulation

By: Iris H.-Y. Chiu

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Regulatory Convergence in EU Securities Regulation

By: Iris H.-Y. Chiu

Offers a new approach to the legal issues raised by the drive for convergence in securities regulation. The author offers an informed and insightful examination of the implications for regulatory and policy design if regulatory convergence were to be rigorously implemented.

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Kluwer Law International B.V.

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9041126686

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9789041126689

Regulating (From) the Inside

The Legal Framework for Internal Control in Banks and Financial Institutions

By: Iris H-Y Chiu

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Regulating (From) the Inside

The Legal Framework for Internal Control in Banks and Financial Institutions

By: Iris H-Y Chiu

This book examines a key aspect of the post-financial crisis reform package in the EU and UK-the ratcheting up of internal control in banks and financial institutions. The legal framework for internal controls is an important part of prudential regulation, and internal control also constitutes a form of internal gate-keeping for financial firms so that compliance with laws and regulations can be secured. This book argues that the legal framework for internal control, which is a form of meta-regulation, is susceptible to weaknesses, and such weaknesses are critically examined by adopting an interdisciplinary approach. The book discusses whether post-crisis reforms adequately address the weaknesses in regulating internal control and proposes an alternative strategy to enhance the 'governance' effectiveness of internal control.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1509901396

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9781509901395

Try to Remember

By: Iris Gomez

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Try to Remember

By: Iris Gomez

An award-winning poet and expert in US immigration and asylum law delivers a powerful novel about a daughter's attempt to sustain her family as her father struggles with his mental health. "Lyrical, poignant, and smart, as compassionate and hopeful as it is heartbreaking...a novel you will never forget." -- Jenna Blum, New York Times bestselling author of Those Who Save Us If she tries, Gabriela can almost remember when her father went off to work . . . when her mother wasn't struggling to undo the damage he caused . . . when a short temper didn't lead to physical violence. But Gabi cannot live in the past, not when one more outburst could jeopardize her family's future. So she trades the life of a normal Miami teenager for a career of carefully managing her father's delusions and guarding her mother's secrets. As Gabi navigates her family's twisting path of lies and revelations, relationships and loss, she finds moments of happiness in unexpected places. Ultimately Gabi must discover the strength she needs to choose what's right for her: serving her parents or a future of her own.

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Grand Central Publishing

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0446569100

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9780446569101

Double Blind

A Novel

By: Iris Johansen,Roy Johansen

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Double Blind

A Novel

By: Iris Johansen,Roy Johansen

Kendra Michaels, formerly blind and now a hired gun for law enforcement agencies who relies on her razor-sharp powers of observation, is reluctant to help the FBI with the most recent case they've brought to her. But then she hears the details: the body was found just blocks away from Kendra's condo

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St. Martin's Press

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1250075998

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9781250075994

Essential Land Law

By: Iris Williams

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Essential Land Law

By: Iris Williams

The Essentials series aims to help students get through exams. It looks at major subjects and the main topics within those subjects, thereby offering an understanding of the important principles, regardless of the structure of the course or primary textbook. This work covers land law.

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Routledge Cavendish

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1859411258

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9781859411254

The Italian Girl

By: Iris Murdoch

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The Italian Girl

By: Iris Murdoch

Edmund has escaped from his family into a lonely life. Returning for his mother's funeral he finds himself involved in the old, awful problems, together with some new ones. One by one his relatives reveal their secrets to a reluctant Edmund: illicit affairs, hidden passions, shameful scandals. And the heart of all, there is, as always, the family's loyal servant, the Italian girl.

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Random House

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0099285231

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9780099285236

With Open Eyes

An Original Short Story

By: Iris Johansen,Roy Johansen

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With Open Eyes

An Original Short Story

By: Iris Johansen,Roy Johansen

With Open Eyes, an original short story from The New York Times bestselling duo, Iris Johansen and Roy Johansen Blind for the first twenty years of her life, Kendra Michaels learned at an early age to become hyper-aware of her surroundings, perfecting the art of picking up the most subtle audio, olfactory, and tactile cues in the world around her. Kendra's astonishing powers of observation and analysis have made her a favorite of law enforcement agencies all across the country. She cares little for investigative work but can't deny her unique skill, or the results she's been able to facilitate. Like a secret weapon, she is in high demand, but her talents are put to the test when her mentor calls on her to help solve a mysterious disappearance and she uncovers one explosive secret that not even the police want her to find.

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Macmillan

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1466820683

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Practicing Under the U.S. Anti-corruption Laws

By: Joseph Paul Covington,Iris E. Bennett

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Practicing Under the U.S. Anti-corruption Laws

By: Joseph Paul Covington,Iris E. Bennett

The all-new Practicing Under the U.S. Anti-Corruption Laws provides the practical guidance you need to advise your clients on all major U.S. anti-corruption laws in one, easy to use volume. With comprehensive coverage of the representation process from planning the prevention and compliance program through internal and governmental investigation, enforcement, and post-investigation compliance, Practicing Under the U.S. Anti-Corruption Laws includes all the information you need to ensure that your client stays in compliance. In recent years, the DOJ and SEC have ramped up their anti-corruption enforcement efforts dramatically. It is now more important than ever for companies subject to the FCPA to ensure they have robust anti-corruption compliance programs and effective tools for addressing government investigations. The FCPA applies to: All public companies All U.S. companies Many foreign companies U.S. citizens working anywhere in the world Foreign citizens working for U.S. companies Foreign citizens working for foreign companies that trade on a U.S. exchange Third parties that act on behalf of an entity subject to the statute. Moreover, DOJ and SEC have made it a priority to: Pursue criminal and civil charges against individuals as well as companies Pursue foreign companies, even where that company is under investigation by another country (e.g., Siemens) Impose substantial monetary penalties of tens of millions and in some cases hundreds of millions of dollars Develop cases without relying on voluntary disclosures; and Target particular industries (e.g., technology and medical device companies, as well as companies participating in the UN Iraq Oil-for-Food Program). This expansion has made anti-corruption compliance a focus of all companies subject to the FCPA and has heightened the need for sound guidance on implementing compliance programs, reporting violations, dealing with government investigations, and conducting adequate due diligence to ensure compliance of target companies in mergers and acquisitions. Only Practicing Under the U.S. Anti-Corruption Laws delivers: Coverage of all U.S. Anti-Corruption laws, with a focus on the FCPA , but also including: SOX, USA PATRIOT Act, OFAC regulations, Travel Act, mail and wire fraud statutes, and anti-money laundering statutes Expert insight into the FCPA's detailed compliance requirements An international chapter that includes activities in China, Germany, India, Mexico, Nigeria, and Russia co-authored by Alexandra Wrage, President and Founder, TRACE International Chapters covering SEC enforcement practices and trends, corporate criminal liability principles in the FCPA arena, and FCPA compliance authored by Larry Ellsworth, Andrew Weissmann and Richard Ziegler, who are former SEC lawyers and federal prosecutors and all partners at Jenner & Block LLP

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Aspen Publishers

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0735594139

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9780735594135

The Foundations and Anatomy of Shareholder Activism

By: Iris H-Y Chiu

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The Foundations and Anatomy of Shareholder Activism

By: Iris H-Y Chiu

The Foundations and Anatomy of Shareholder Activism examines the landscape of contemporary shareholder activism in the UK. The book focuses on minority shareholder activism in publicly listed companies. It argues that contemporary shareholder activism in the UK is dominated by two groups; one, the institutional shareholders whose shareholder activism is largely seen as a driving force for good corporate governance, and two, the hedge funds whose shareholder activism is based on value extraction and exit. The book provides a detailed examination of both types of shareholder activism, and discusses critically the nature of, motivations for and consequences following both types of shareholder activism. The book then locates both types of shareholder activism in the theory of the company and the fabric of company law, and argues that institutional shareholder activism based on exercising a voice at general meetings is well supported in theory and law. The call for institutions to engage in more informal forms of activism in the name of 'stewardship' may bring about challenges to the current patterns of activism that institutions engage in. The book argues, however, that a more cautious view of hedge fund activism and the pattern of value extraction and exit should be taken. More empirical evidence is likely to be necessary, however, to weigh up the long terms benefits and costs of hedge fund activism.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1847316042

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The Novels of Iris Murdoch Volume Three

A Word Child, An Unofficial Rose, and Bruno's Dream

By: Iris Murdoch

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The Novels of Iris Murdoch Volume Three

A Word Child, An Unofficial Rose, and Bruno's Dream

By: Iris Murdoch

From the Man Booker Prize–winning author of The Sea, the Sea and “one of the most significant novelists of her generation” (The Guardian). A “consummate storyteller,” British author Iris Murdoch grappled with questions of morality as well as the nature of love in novels that are every bit as entertaining as they are thought provoking (The Independent). Over the span of her career, the “prodigiously inventive” Murdoch was the recipient of the Man Booker Prize, the Whitbread Literary Award, and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize (The New York Times). A Word Child: Twenty years ago, Hilary Burde was one of the most promising scholars at Oxford, a student with a rare talent for linguistics and an unquenchable drive—until the accident. Now, forty-one and a decidedly ordinary failure, Hilary finds his quietly angry routine shattered when his old professor reappears—a man whose own demons are tied to Hilary’s and the tragedy from years ago. As the two men begin to circle each other again, digging up old wrongs and seeking forgiveness for long-buried ills, they find themselves on a path that will either grant them both redemption or end in their mutual destruction. “Marvelous . . . riveting . . . fine and elegant.” —Los Angeles Times An Unofficial Rose: Hugh Peronett’s life is tinged with regret: Twenty-five years ago, he ended an affair with Emma Sands, a detective novelist who had stolen his heart, to be with his wife, Fanny. Now Fanny is gone, and both Hugh and his grown son, Randall, find themselves at a crossroads of passion and righteousness. As Hugh, Emma, Randall, Randall’s wife, Randall’s mistress, and several others are caught in a dance of romance and rejection in bucolic rural England, they search for the true meanings of love, companionship, and desire. “[A] Shakespearean comedy of misaligned lovers, minus the spirits and potions. Here the characters are responsible for their own actions, and Murdoch delights in painting these young, middle-aged and elderly adventurers and the psychological processes that direct their actions.” —Publishers Weekly Bruno’s Dream: With not much time left to live, Bruno makes a final request to those who care for him: He wishes to see his estranged son, Miles, once more. After decades of broken contact due to Miles marrying a woman Bruno once found unsuitable, the prodigal son returns home—and finds himself confronting much more than a dying man’s last demand. As Miles; his wife and his sister-in-law; Bruno’s son-in-law, Danby; and Bruno’s nurses and aides gather at this deathbed vigil, they become entangled in a web of affairs. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, Bruno’s Dream explores the turbulent passions and bitter grudges that will change them all—even long after Bruno is gone. “Murdoch is in command of her talents . . . above all there are the transcending elements of passion and profundity on the subjects of death and love beautifully articulated in dramatic action.” —The New York Times

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Matters of Choice

Puerto Rican Women's Struggle for Reproductive Freedom

By: Iris Ofelia López

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Matters of Choice

Puerto Rican Women's Struggle for Reproductive Freedom

By: Iris Ofelia López

In Matters of Choice, Iris Lopez presents a comprehensive analysis of the dichotomous views that have portrayed sterilization either as part of a coercive program of population control or as a means of voluntary, even liberating, fertility control by individual women. Drawing upon her twenty-five years of research on sterilized Puerto Rican women from five different families in Brooklyn, Lopez untangles the interplay between how women make fertility decisions and their social, economic, cultural, and historical constraints. Weaving together the voices of these women, she covers the history of sterilization and eugenics, societal pressures to have fewer children, a lack of adequate health care, patterns of gender inequality, and misinformation provided by doctors and family members.

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