Professional Secrecy of Lawyers in Europe. by Brussels, The Bar of

Table of Contents: “…Contributors; Austria; Belgium; Bulgaria; Cyprus; Czech Republic; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Iceland; Ireland; Italy; Latvia; Liechtenstein; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Malta; The Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Slovakia; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; United Kingdom; Preface; 1 Professional secrecy in Europe; 1 Concepts; 2 Scope; A Definition and relevance; B Legal basis; C Ethical and contractual basis; D Information protected by professional secrecy; E Advisers subject to professional secrecy; F Limitations and derogations…”
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Understanding the Sociology of the Accounting Profession The Case of Australia / by Jasvinder Sidhu, Soma Pillay, Mahesh Joshi. by Sidhu, Jasvinder, Pillay, Soma, Joshi, Mahesh

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Knights, Raiders, and Targets : the Impact of the Hostile Takeover. by Coffee, John C.

Table of Contents: “…Hostile Takeovers and Junk Bond Financing: A Panel Discussion; CAPITAL MARKETS, EFFICIENCY, AND CORPORATE CONTROL; MANAGERIAL BEHAVIOR AND TAKEOVERS; EVIDENCE ON THE GAINS FROM MERGERS AND TAKEOVERS; MERGERS AND TAKEOVERS: TAXES, CAPITAL STRUCTURE, AND THE INCENTIVES OF MANAGERS; LEGAL RULES, TAKEOVER STRATEGIES, AND DEFENSIVE TACTICS; ONE SHARE, ONE VOTE; Index.…”
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Fiscal federalism in multinational states : autonomy, equality, and diversity / edited by François Boucher and Alain Noël.

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Linguistic Justice for Europe and for the World. by Van Parijs, Philippe

Table of Contents: “…; 1.3 Probability-driven language learning; 1.4 Maxi-min language use; 1.5 The maxi-min dynamics; 1.6 Deviation from maxi-min: didactic and symbolic; 1.7 Maxi-min dynamics and power relationships; 1.8 Power and the rise of English; 1.9 Lingua franca and justificatory community; 1.10 Lingua franca and trans-national demos; 1.11 A vector of ideological domination?…”
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Beyond Survival : Protecting Households from Health Shocks in Latin America. by Packard, Truman G.

Table of Contents: “…-- Policy Options for Extending Contributory Risk Pooling among the Informal and the Self-Employed Nonpoor -- 6 THE QUEST FOR EFFICIENCY AND UNIVERSAL COVERAGE: HEALTH SECTOR REFORM IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN -- Achieving Universal Coverage -- Improving Health Sector Efficiency in Latin America and the Caribbean -- Lessons and Challenges -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- BOXES -- 5.1 Spain's Shift from Bismarck to Beveridge: Delinking Risk-Pool Financing from Labor Status -- 5.2 Trends in Latin American and Caribbean Tax Policies: Balancing the Efficiency-Equity Tradeoff -- 5.3 Mitigating the Fiscal Burden in a Transition toward General Tax-Funded Risk-Pooling: Simulations for the Chilean Health System in 1999 -- 6.1 South Korea and Taiwan: From Fragmentation to Universal Coverage through Social Insurance -- Reforms and Breadth versus Depth Choices -- 6.2 United Kingdom: Strengthening the Purchaser-Provider Compact through Inte.…”
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Handbook of State Aid for Film Finance, Industries and Regulation / edited by Paul Clemens Murschetz, Roland Teichmann, Matthias Karmasin.

Table of Contents: “…-- Chapter 31: An Irish Film Industry or a Film Industry in Ireland? The Paradoxes of Film Tax Incentives -- Chapter 32: Tax Incentive Schemes for Film Production: A Pivotal Tool of Film Policy? …”
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Boosting paychecks : the politics of supporting America's working poor / Daniel P. Gitterman. by Gitterman, Daniel Paul

Table of Contents: “…Bush and the return of across-the-board tax relief -- Toward a new bargain? -- The past and future politics of boosting paychecks.…”
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Energy efficiency and renewable energy supply for the G-7 countries, with emphasis on Germany / prepared by Jon Strand. by Strand, Jon

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Against the profit motive : the salary revolution in American government, 1780-1940 / Nicholas R. Parrillo. by Parrillo, Nicholas R.

Table of Contents: “…The old regime : lawful bargaining for public services -- Bargaining outlawed -- A regulatory nightmare : salaries as a remedy for corrupt exchange and official lucre -- A government capable of saying "no" : salaries as a reaction against customer service -- State and local taxation : the tax ferrets -- Federal taxation : the moiety men -- Criminal prosecution : cash for convictions -- Incarceration : jailors' fees and penitentiary profits -- Naval warfare : prize money and blood money -- Epilogue : American state-building and the critique of bureaucracy.…”
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Special economic zones : progress, emerging challenges, and future directions / edited by Thomas Farole, Gokhan Akinci.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Thomas Farole and Gokhan Akinci -- The thin end of the wedge : unlocking comparative advantage through EPZs in Bangladesh / Mustafizul Hye Shakir and Thomas Farole -- Success and statis in Honduras' free zones / Michael Engman -- China's investment in special economic zones in Africa / Deborah Brautigam and Tang Xiaoyang -- Partnership agreements in the China-Singapore (Suzhou) industrial park : lessons for joint economic zone development / Min Zhao and Thomas Farole -- SEZs in the context of regional integration : creating synergies for trade and investment / Naoko Koyama -- When trade preferences and tax breaks are no longer enough : the challenge of adjustment in the Dominican Republic's free zones / Jean-Marie Burgaud and Thomas Farole -- Fostering innovation in developing economies through SEZs / Justine White -- Early reform zones : catalysts for dynamic market economies in Africa / Richard Auty -- Planned obsolescence? …”
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Capital, coercion, and postcommunist states / Gerald M. Easter. by Easter, Gerald, 1959-

Table of Contents: “…Toward a fiscal sociology of the post-communist state -- Fiscal crisis of the old regime -- Politics of tax reform : making (and unmaking) revenue bargains -- State meets society in the transitional tax regime -- Building fiscal capacity in post-communist states -- Taxation and the reconfiguration of state and society.…”
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Corruption, integrity and the law : global regulatory challenges / edited by Nicholas Ryder and Lorenzo Pasculli.

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The Palgrave International Handbook of Basic Income edited by Malcolm Torry.

Table of Contents: “…-Chapter 9: The feasibility and implementation of Basic Income; Malcolm Torry -- Chapter 10: Alternative funding methods; Julio Andrade, Geoff Crocker, Stewart Lansley -- Chapter 11: Analysis of the financial effects of Basic Income; Gareth Morgan, Howard Reed, Malcolm Torry -- Chapter 12: Alternatives to Basic Income; Benjamin Leff, Andrew Percy, Michael Story, Maciej Szlinder -- Chapter 13: Framing Basic Income: Comparing media framing of Basic Income in Canada, Finland, and Spain; Johanna Perkiö, Leire Rincon, Jenna van Draanen -- Chapter 14: The Philosophy and Political Economy of Basic Income Revisited; Louise Haagh -- Part IV: Pilot projects and other experiments -- Chapter 15: The Negative Income Tax experiments of the 1970s; Karl Widerquist -- Chapter 16: Citizen’s Basic Income in Brazil: From Bolsa Família to pilot experiments; Valéria Ferreira Santos de Almada Lima, Maria Ozanira da Silva e Silva -- Chapter 17: Basic Income by default: Lessons from Iran’s ‘cash subsidy’ programme; Massoud Karshenas, Hamid Tabatabai -- Chapter 18: The Namibian Basic Income Grant Pilot; Claudia, Dirk Haarmann, Nicoli Nattrass -- Chapter 19: Pilots, evidence and politics: The Basic Income debate in India; Sarath Davala -- Chapter 20: The Finnish Basic Income experiment: A primer; Jurgen De Wispelaere, Antti Halmetoja, Ville-Veikko Pulkka -- Chapter 21: A variety of experiments; Julen Bollain, Loek Groot, Annie Miller, Enno Schmidt, Enkeleida Tahiraj, Timo Verlaat, Gunmin Yi -- Part V: Political and ethical perspectives -- Chapter 22: Libertarian perspectives on Basic Income; Miranda Perry Fleischer, Otto Lehto -- Chapter 23: Socialist arguments for Basic Income; David Casassas, Daniel Raventós, Maciej Szlinder -- Chapter 24: Neither left nor right; Joe Chrisp Luke Martinelli -- Chapter 25: Trade Unions and Basic Income; Troy Henderson, John Quiggin -- Chapter 26: The ethics of Basic Income; Simon Birnbaum -- Part VI: Concluding chapter -- Chapter 27: Tentative conclusions; Malcolm Torry.…”
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Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research edited by Alex C. Michalos. by Michalos, Alex C.

Table of Contents: “…Aboriginal Peoples Survey, Canada (APS) -- Reporting of Indices by the Press -- Accessibility -- Personal and Institutional Accountability -- Acquiescence Response Set -- Action Research -- Bakas Caregiving Outcomes Scale -- Balanced Life -- Bankruptcy -- Barthel Index -- Basic Capabilities Index (BCI) -- Calibrated Development Index -- Campbell, Angus -- Canadian Index of Well-Being -- Cancer Survivor(s) -- Cantril Self-Anchoring Striving Scale -- Daily Diary Methodology -- Dartmouth COOP Charts -- Dartmouth Pain Questionnaire -- Data Analysis -- Databook of Happiness -- Early Adolescence -- Children from Birth to Age Five, Quality of Life in -- Early School Leaving -- Earthquakes -- Earth’s Carrying Capacity -- Equity Theory -- F-Ratio -- Face Perception -- Facet Theory -- Facilities -- Factor Analysis -- Feelings of Justice -- Gambling -- Gardening -- Gated Communities -- Gender and Education -- Gender and Health -- Happiness -- Happiness Adjusted Life Years -- Happiness Measures -- Happy Life Inventory -- Happy Planet Index -- ICTs Role in QoL -- Ideology and Quality of Life -- Illiteracy, an Overview -- Immigrants, an Overview -- Immigrants, Responses to -- Japan, Quality of Life -- Job Descriptive Index -- Job Satisfaction -- Job Security -- Katz Activities of Daily Living Scale -- KIDS COUNT® -- Knowledge Transfer and Exchange -- Known-Groups Validity -- Labor Markets and Underemployment -- Lake Erie Quality Index -- Lancashire Quality of Life Profile -- Land Use Diversity Index -- Land Quality Indicators -- Malnutrition -- Manchester-Oxford Foot Questionnaire (MOxFQ) -- Mapping Neighborhoods -- Marginal Utility -- Marginalized Communities -- National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) -- National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) -- National Neighborhood Indicator Partnership -- Natural Resource Management (NRM) -- Neck Disability Index -- Obesity, an Overview -- Objective and Subjective Deprivation -- Objective Index of Quality of Life Developed for the Municipalities of the Barcelona Province -- Objective Index of Quality of Life in Spain -- Objective Quality of Life -- Pain, an Overview -- Pairwise Comparisons -- Care, Palliative -- Parametric Analysis -- Parental Time and Child Well-Being -- Qualitative Indicators of Development -- Qualitative Methods -- Work Index in Span, Quality of -- Community Life Measures, Quality -- Work and Employment, Quality of -- Random Effects Regression for Panel Data -- Rank-Order Correlation -- Rasch Analysis -- Rasch Polytomous Models -- Long-Term Unemployment, Rate of -- Sample Frame -- Sample Survey -- Sampling Error -- Life Satisfaction Judgments -- Medical Care, Satisfaction with -- Taiwan -- Task Discretion -- Taxes -- Taylor and Aspinwall Psychosocial Stress Model -- Telecommuting -- Unemployment -- UNESCO Framework for Cultural Indicators -- UNESCO World Culture Report -- Education for All Global Monitoring Report -- Crime Estimates -- Validity, Logical -- Validity, Statistical -- Valuations of Life/Injury -- Value Theories -- Values Aspired to by Adolescents and by Adolescents’ Parents in Relation to Their Children’s Future -- Walkability -- War -- Waste Recycling -- Water Consumption -- Watershed(s) -- Xenophobia -- Youth Dependency Ratio -- Youth in Transition Survey (YITS) Canada -- Youth Violence -- Youth/Adolescent Rights -- Zero-Order Relationships -- Z-Scores.…”
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Investing in real estate / Gary W. Eldred. by Eldred, Gary W.

Table of Contents: “…Achieve a prosperous future : 22 ways you can earn profits with property -- OPM : borrow smart, raise cash, build equity -- Appraisal : ins and outs of market value -- maximize cash flows and grow your equity -- Pay less than market value -- Profit with foreclosures -- Profit from REOs and other bargain sales -- Profit by creating value -- More techniques to profit with property -- Negotiate a win-win purchase agreement -- Strategic management builds equity -- Develop the best lease -- Create promotions that sell -- Pay less tax -- More ideas for profitable investing -- Opportunity for a lifetime.…”
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Investing in real estate / Gary W. Eldred. by Eldred, Gary W.

Table of Contents: “…Achieve a prosperous future : 22 ways you can earn profits with property -- OPM : borrow smart, raise cash, build equity -- Appraisal : ins and outs of market value -- maximize cash flows and grow your equity -- Pay less than market value -- Profit with foreclosures -- Profit from REOs and other bargain sales -- Profit by creating value -- More techniques to profit with property -- Negotiate a win-win purchase agreement -- Strategic management builds equity -- Develop the best lease -- Create promotions that sell -- Pay less tax -- More ideas for profitable investing -- Opportunity for a lifetime.…”
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Roberto Calvi: The Murder Of God's Banker.

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Encyclopedia of cremation / edited by Douglas J. Davies with Lewis H. Mates.

Table of Contents: “…. -- Remains -- Resurrection -- Rites of Passage -- Ritual and Symbolism -- Robinson, William -- Romania -- Romans -- Russia and The Ussr -- Sati -- Schulte, Julius -- Schumacher, Fritz -- Secondary Burial -- Secularization and Secularism -- Shelley, Percy Bysshe -- Siedek, Oskar -- Siemens, Friederich -- Soul -- South Africa -- Spain -- Spontaneous Human Combustion -- Stephen, James Fitzjames -- Stockholm Woodland Crematorium -- Suriname -- Sweden -- Tax -- Telophase Society (USA) -- Thompson, Sir Henry -- Tibet -- Typhoid -- Undertakers and Early Cremations (UK) -- Urns -- Usa -- Vaillant, C.J. -- Vampires -- Van Lissa, P.K. -- Vienna Crematorium -- Viking Sweden -- War -- Westminster Abbey -- Widlar, Anton -- Women -- Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) -- Zoroastrianism.…”
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Aging Populations East Devon / 4 Learning (Firm).

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