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Global systemically important banks are the largest, most complex and, in the event of their potential failure, most threatening banking institutions in the world. The global financial crisis was a turning point for global systemically important banks, many of which contributed to the outbreak and severity of this downturn.

This book argues that a leading cause of the political instability in the Horn of Africa is a crisis of governance, caused by extreme centralization of power, weak institutions, and the failure to institutionalise the responsible use of authority.

This Handbook brings together the voices of a range of contributors interested in the many varied experiences of women in criminal justice systems, and who are seeking to challenge the status quo.

This book tells the story of the star class, a segregated division for first offenders in English convict prisons; known informally as 'star men', convicts assigned to the division were identified by a red star sewn to their uniforms.

This interdisciplinary collection examines the significance of constitutions in setting the terms and conditions upon which market economies operate.

Drawing on in-depth research, including interviews with former and serving detectives, this book explores how homicide investigation in England and Wales has changed since the 1980s, and the opportunities and challenges that have arisen as a consequence.

FIDIC contracts are the most widely used contracts for international construction around the world and are used in many different jurisdictions, both common law and civil law. This book is essential reading for construction professionals, lawyers and students of construction law.

A dramatic intellectual biography of Victorian jurist Travers Twiss, who provided the legal justification for the creation of the brutal Congo Free StateEminent jurist, Oxford professor, advocate to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Travers Twiss (1809-1897) was a model establishment figure in Victorian Britain, and a close collaborator of Prince Metternich, the architect of the Concert of Europe. Yet Twiss's life was defined by two events that threatened to undermine the order that he had so stoutly defended: a notorious social scandal and the creation of the Congo Free State. In King Leopold's Ghostwriter, Andrew Fitzmaurice tells the incredible story of a man who, driven by personal events that transformed him from a reactionary to a reformer, rewrote and liberalised international law-yet did so in service of the most brutal regime of the colonial era.In an elaborate deception, Twiss and Pharailde van Lynseele, a Belgian prostitute, sought to reinvent her as a woman of suitably noble birth to be his wife. Their subterfuge collapsed when another former client publicly denounced van Lynseele. Disgraced, Twiss resigned his offices and the couple fled to Switzerland. But this failure set the stage for a second, successful act of re-creation. Twiss found new employment as the intellectual driving force of King Leopold of Belgium's efforts to have the Congo recognised as a new state under his personal authority. Drawing on extensive new archival research, King Leopold's Ghostwriter recounts Twiss's story as never before, including how his creation of a new legal personhood for the Congo was intimately related to the earlier invention of a new legal personhood for his wife.Combining gripping biography and penetrating intellectual history, King Leopold's Ghostwriter uncovers a dramatic, ambiguous life that has had lasting influence on international law.

A comprehensive resource on different aspects of sustainable carbon capture technologies including recent process developments, environmentally friendly methods and roadmaps for implementations. Discusses also the socio-economic and policy aspects of carbon capture and the challenges, opportunities, and incentives for change in industry and policy.

Bringing together leading match-fixing researchers from different fields, this book offers new theoretical and applied perspectives on this persistent problem in sport and wider society.

This book addresses a gap in contemporary theorising and empirical analysis of the European Union's law and policy frameworks on migration, sex work and anti trafficking, examining the processes involved in constructing and enacting policy frameworks and legal interventions on these issues, within a feminist analytical framework.

Brexit and the Migrant Voice provides a platform for the perspectives of European citizens and migrants living and working in the UK by assessing their representation in British and European cultural productions (literature, drama, the media) and by foregrounding their attitudes, their fears, and their concerns about Brexit.

The Law of the Sea: Normative Context and Interactions with other Legal Regimes discusses the normative context of the law of the sea and the interactions of the law of the sea with other legal regimes.

This book brings together leading scholars from various disciplines to illuminate Weber's thought in numerous areas, including the methodology and philosophy of social science, comparative religion, the rationalization process, political sociology, the sociology of law, and the Protestant ethic and the development of capitalism.

Das Buch von Derek Brandt zeigt anhand von Geschichten und konkreten Tipps aus der umfangreichen Berufspraxis des Autors auf, wie eine positive Arbeitsatmosphäre und eine authentische Führung zur Transformation von Unternehmen beitragen können. Mithilfe von Analysen und Erfahrungsberichten erläutert der Autor einen neuen Weg - weg von hierarchischen Strukturen hin zu teamorientierter Führung und selbstbestimmten Mitarbeitenden, um eine neue Dynamik in der Organisation zu schaffen. Gerade die nachrückenden jüngeren Generationen bzw. die Berufseinsteiger erwarten etwas anderes als die Babyboomer. Sie fordern mehr Selbstbestimmung. Darauf muss in der Teamführung und Zusammenarbeit eingegangen werden.Der Autor ermuntert deshalb dazu, althergebrachte Sichtweisen nicht nur zu hinterfragen, sondern komplett zu verwerfen. Stattdessen bietet er eine Anleitung, wie Führung heute besser gelingen kann.Dieses Buch ist ein Muss für jeden, der verstehen möchte, wie man als Organisation und in Teams in einer sich ständig verändernden Welt agil reagieren und einen nachhaltigen Erfolg erzielen kann. Durch die Umsetzung der im Buch vorgestellten Strategien können die Leser die Zufriedenheit und Bindung ihrer Mitarbeitenden erhöhen, was zu einer höheren Produktivität führt. Abgesehen von beruflichen Vorteilen, fördert das Buch auch persönliches Wachstum und Selbstvertrauen, indem es die Bedeutung von Selbstbestimmung und Eigenverantwortung betont. Außerdem bietet es auch Tools und Techniken zur effektiven Bewältigung und Lösung von Konflikten am Arbeitsplatz. Dies kann dazu beitragen, das allgemeine Arbeitsklima zu verbessern und die Teamarbeit zu stärken.Derek Brandt liefert damit einen Leitfaden, der ein Aufruf zum Handeln, eine Aufforderung zur Veränderung und eine Vision für eine bessere Zukunft ist.

This book explores this incoherent approach to human rights, including specific challenges that arise as a result of the creation and regulation of legal relationships between parties (state and non-state) that sit outside of the human rights framework, with a view to considering how it may be remedied.

Through clients¿ stories and historical perspectives, Andrea D. Lyon explains what¿s wrong with the criminal justice system and makes the case that the United States needs someone who represents the poor and disenfranchised, who is part of discussions of policy, funding, or the administration of justice¿a Defender General.

This book provides a systematic and analytical account of the problems facing transnational criminal justice.It details actual problems arising in the transnational prosecution of crimes; assesses existing obstacles on admissibility of evidence; in particular with regard to electronic evidence, assesses the impact that the impediment of free circulation of evidence has on fundamental rights of the defendants facing criminal trial; and finally drafts a proposal for the future of regulation for this complex topic.The book therefore contributes to the debate on the creation of an Area of Freedom, Security and Justice in the EU. It offers insights on how to outline the main general rules that could be adopted at EU level in a manner that adequately balances the need for efficiency in prosecution and the protection of human rights.With contributions of renowned experts in the field, the book addresses the discussion of a potential legislative proposal with the help of insight into the experience and conceptual context of the rules of evidence at the national level. The legislative proposal was adopted by the European Law Institute, who supported the work reflected in this book.

This book offers a concise and accessible introduction to debates about expertise, policy-making, and democracy.

This analysis of the making of the UN law of the sea treaties which culminated in the 1982 law of the sea convention uses archival sources to trace the transformation of diverse national interests into international law, and the reshaping of that law over successive international conferences.