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The Innovative Lawyer
Inside the Minds Staff.,Inside the Minds: The Innovative Lawyer is the most authoritative book ever written on the essentials behind the practice of law and management of a law firm. This title features Chairman, Presidents and Managing Partners from some of the nations top law firms, who have each contributed chapters akin to objective, experience-related white papers or essays on the ins and outs of successful firm leadership and the place of innovation in the legal practice. In an over-arching as well as in-depth presentation of the fundamentals, authors articulate the unspoken rules and the important issues facing any attorney or firm leader, and what will hold true into the future. From examining the fundamental role of the lawyer and the lawyer-client relationship, to evaluating changes in legislation and industry-wide and addressing the need for innovation, this book pulls readers through all facets of the successful practice of law, from beginning to end.
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European Company Law
Nicola de Luca.,Taking a text, cases and materials approach, this is the first and only student textbook on European company law, providing an insight into the subject and shedding light on its future development. Textboxes for explanatory commentary, cases and materials - such as EU legislation, official documents and excerpts from scholarly papers - are clearly differentiated from the text, allowing the student to quickly identify sources. Each chapter also includes suggestions for further reading. Structured in seven parts, the book explores a diversity of topics, from what European company law is, the common rules for establishing, financing and accounting a company, and corporate governance, to the structure of the Societas Europaeca Statute, EU company law directives, capital markets and takeover law, and insolvency. An essential resource for the growing number of graduate courses on European company law, European business law, and comparative corporate law.
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Experimental Criminology
Brandon C, Welsh.,Experimental criminology is a part of a larger and increasingly expanding scientific research and evidence-based movement in social policy. The essays in this volume report on new and innovative contributions that experimental criminology is making to basic scientific knowledge and public policy. Contributors explore cutting-edge experimental and quasi-experimental methods and their application to important and topical issues in criminology and criminal justice, including neurological predictors of violence, peer influence on delinquency, routine activities and capable guardianship, early childhood prevention programs, hot spots policing, and correctional treatment for juvenile and adult offenders. It is the first book to examine the full scope of experimental criminology, from experimental tests - in the field and in the laboratory - of criminological theories and concepts to experimental and quasi-experimental evaluations of crime prevention and criminal justice interventions.
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The principles of the Law of Restitution
Virgo Graham,The third edition of The Principles of the Law of Restitution brings this widely cited and influential volume fully up to date. It has been substantially rewritten to reflect the significant changes in the law of restitution and the expansion in the theoretical and critical commentary on the subject.
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