Promoting Good Governance
Sam Agere
This book aims to show that a strong and achieving public service is a necessary condition for a competitively successful nation. The concept of good governance is linked with institutionalised values such as democracy, observance of human rights and greater effectiveness of the public sector.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780850926293
- Publication Date: Jan 2000
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Environmental, Social and Economic Development Provisions in Investment Contracts
Motoko Aizawa
This book provides detailed guidance for government drafters and reviewers of investment contracts in the Commonwealth to achieve fairness and balance in investment relationships with respect to environmental, social and economic development matters.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781849291965
- Publication Date: Mar 2021
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Employee Reward Structures
Jackie Anderson
This is a comprehensive guide to the tax treatment of executive reward packages, from recruitment to termination. Includes a comprehensive glossary of terms, checklists and flowcharts. The sixth edition contains analysis of: the following changes: Taxation of pensions contributions, cap on tax relief for contributions, additional rate relief restriction, alignment of pension input periods, reduction in lifetime allowance, freedom to draw down lump sums Termination payments Significant proposed changes in treatment Employee Benefit Trusts: Important case law developments (Murray Group Holdings) Employee Shareholder Shares: Changes to the relief and proposal to end agreements Employee Share Plans: Streamlining and Self-certification Benefits in kind: Removal of 'lower-paid employee' status Includes complete work on CD-ROM (with cross-references and website resources hyperlinked) with the printed book.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781910151389
- Publication Date: Jul 2017
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Judicial Resource Book on Violence Against Women for Asia
Niaz A. Shah
The Judicial Resource Book on Violence Against Women for Asia deepens our understanding of the forms of VAWG and raises awareness of the role that the judiciary can play in tackling them. It can be used by judicial officers and other professionals to promote justice and fairness in the judicial process for women who have been victims of violence.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781849291750
- Publication Date: Mar 2018
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Resolving Business Disputes
Stephen Bate
Resolving Business Disputes will give company directors, business executives and other commercial decision-makers a unique and essential insight into how to resolve business disputes and to reach the best outcomes by making effective decisions. The book is a guide, explaining the unique choices created by commercial conflict, basic workings of the law about disputes, the main avenues of dispute resolution, the forecasting of litigation outcomes for cases going to court, the funding of legal cases, the management of the risk involved, the creation of a dispute strategy, how to make the best use of legal advice and how to negotiate effectively. Also covers implications of Covid-19 for trade and commerce, including issues for the resolution of contract disputes.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781913507008
- Publication Date: May 2020
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The European Union Constitutional Treaty
Esther Brimmer
Europeans have long sought to form "an ever closer union" through the European Union and its predecessors. Can a closer union be based on the constitutional treaty signed at the June 2004 summit meeting? What will it mean for Americans? This volume offers perspectives on these questions as it reviews the process by which the treaty was concluded, compares it to the American constitution, and discusses the treaty's prospects for passage. Contributors include Stefan Fröhlich (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg), Stephen Breyer (associate justice, U.S. Supreme Court), Robert Cottrell (Financial Times), Esther Brimmer (Center for Transatlantic Relations), Günter Burghardt (Delegation of the European Commission to the U.S.), and Lamberto Dini (senator, Republic of Italy).
- Imprint: Center for Transatlantic Relations SAIS
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780975332573
- Publication Date: Jan 2005
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Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law
Mark Butler
Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law covers The Equality Act 2010 and other anti-discrimination protections both within the UK legislation and in the context of EU law. As well as the Equality Act 2010, other key areas covered include atypical worker protection and family friendly regulation: each of these are discussed to sufficient detail to enable the reader to gain a working understanding of how each operates.The text takes account of case law from both UK courts, and European Courts where this is needed. This helps show the interaction that UK and EU law has in the area of equality law, and how the systems are interdependent.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781907444470
- Publication Date: Dec 2015
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Insurance Premium Tax
Mark Chesham
Insurance Premium Tax is a guide for practitioners and those involved in the insurance industry. It summarises how the IPT is applied in practice, the definition of an insurance contract, looks at exemptions from the tax, the application of the higher rate and issues affecting non UK risks and global policies. It also explores compliance issues such as IPT registration, the submission of returns and payment of the tax, changes in rates and the penalty regime.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781913507251
- Publication Date: Mar 2023
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A Manual of International Dispute Resolution
Anthony Connerty
A practical guide to international dispute resolution and settlement, especially in the fields of trade and commerce, investment, and intellectual property. The book will be of interest to readers worldwide who need to understand international dispute resolution processes and institutions.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780850928372
- Publication Date: Nov 2006
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Plato’s Modern Enemies and the Theory of Natural Law
John Daniel Wild
- Format: Hardback
- ISBN: 9783868385830
- Publication Date: Feb 2017
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TUPE: Law & Practice
Wyn Derbyshire
This guide provides analysis of the new 2014 TUPE Amendment Regulations including: the scope to “service provision changes” (i.e. outsourcing/contracting-out and in), as well as clarification of the Regulation 3; key changes relating to transfer dismissals and changes to terms and conditions; pensions obligations under TUPE; clarified ‘joint‘consultation rights; the confusing application of TUPE where the transferor is insolvent.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781907444821
- Publication Date: Feb 2014
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Compendium of Election Laws, Practices and Cases of Selected Commonwealth Countries, Volume 2, Part 1
Carl W. Dundas
This compendium presents the constitutional provisions and election laws of a number of selected Commonwealth countries in a user-friendly way.
- Format: Hardback
- ISBN: 9780850925333
- Publication Date: Jan 1998
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Compendium of Election Laws, Practices and Cases of Selected Commonwealth Countries, Volume 2, Part 2
Carl W. Dundas
This compendium presents the constitutional provisions and election laws of a number of selected Commonwealth countries in a user-friendly way.
- Format: Hardback
- ISBN: 9780850925753
- Publication Date: Jan 1998
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A Walk Down the Fairway of Value Added Tax
Ian Fleming
This book is intended as a guide to the basic rules of VAT as they affect golf clubs for club secretaries, treasurers, finance committee chairmen and accounting practices that have golf clubs as their clients. The third edition includes a new chapter to cover claims for overpaid VAT the consequences of the Bridport and West Dorset Golf Club case and new HMRC guidance.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781907444753
- Publication Date: Feb 2013
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Trade and Commercial Interactions in the Atlantic Basin
Renato G. Flores Jr.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781733733939
- Publication Date: Dec 2019
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Economic, Social & Cultural Rights in Practice
Yash Ghai
Examines the record of jurisdictions in which attempts have been made at judicial enforcement of economic, social and cultural rights. Contributions provide insights into the methods, specificity, and limits of judicial enforcement.
- Imprint: Interights Publishing
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781869940270
- Publication Date: May 2004
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The Tax Schedule
Eile Gibson
- Format: Hardback
- ISBN: 9781913507299
- Publication Date: Oct 2023
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Christian IX and Queen Louise
Jens Gunni Busck
- Format: Hardback
- ISBN: 9788793229426
- Publication Date: Jun 2016
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European Employment Laws
Stephen Hardy
The book reviews the evolution of labour law within the EU, analyses the distinct regional approaches to employment and welfare, and looks at the pressures for change within a further enlarged EU. The authors then provide a basic outline of employment law in each of the 28 member states, and in Turkey, Montenegro and Bosnia Herzegovina (all of whom are preparing for membership). It is intended for HR persons, lawyers looking for basic knowledge, policymakers & lawmakers elsewhere in EU, and EU bodies.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781910151013
- Publication Date: Apr 2016
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Childcare Choices and Costs
Alison Haynes
This book is primarily for parents looking for a source of information which compares the different types of childcare available in the UK. It provides information on the financial consequences, commitments and obligations that come with each of the different forms of childcare.
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781904905295
- Publication Date: May 2015
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