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Showing 1 to 20 of 722 for “"jurisdictions"”.
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Investigating the relationship between ESG factors and firm performance in socially challenged jurisdictions relative to developed jurisdictions
… factor of ESG on firm performance for firms in jurisdictions with socio-economic challenges versus firms in developed jurisdictions. For this research work, South Africa was used as a proxy for a jurisdiction with socio-economic challenges and Australia was used as a proxy for a developed …
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Fiscal Competition Among Jurisdictions: Evidence and Methodology
The proposed GMM versions of the Wald, the Likelihood ratio and the Lagrange multiplier test statistics for spatial lag dependence are based on the GMM estimator suggested by Kelejian and Robinson (1993), and on the work of Newey and West (1987). The tests are asymptotically distributed as …
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Open economies and regulations : convergence and competition among jurisdictions
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Political Science, 1995.
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Curbing transfer pricing manipulation in South Africa : lessons from selected jurisdictions
… India with a view to drawing lessons from those jurisdictions. Based on the outcome of the analysis and the lessons drawn from the comparative analysis, findings are presented followed by legislative proposals or recommendations which will help to eradicate the problem. It is hoped that …
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Mapping the Division of Labour in Long-Term Residential Care Across Jurisdictions
Despite the international emphasis on care in private homes, the demand for long-term residential care is rising given the growing number of older persons and those living with severe disabilities. Rising acuity levels of residents have resulted in calls for more training for care providers and …
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Legal controls of corporate management in Japan : comparisons with common law jurisdictions
… made to relevant areas of the law in common law jurisdictions, in particular that of Canada. This thesis also tries to shed some light on sociological peculiarities of Japanese society which may have influenced the present legal system affecting corporate management in Japan.
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Judicial discretion in sentencing: contrasting reform in foreign jurisdictions with the South African system
President Nelson Mandela, in his opening address to Parliament, highlighted the fact that there are certain areas in the criminal justice system, which warrant considerable attention. It is the submission of this dissertation that the one such area is the unfettered discretion exhibited by judges …
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Comparative Environmental and Planning Law Relating to Light Pollution Control in England and Other Jurisdictions
… and soft laws from international and national jurisdictions established a duty on local authorities to manage outdoor lights and control all key elements of light pollution so as to ensure that people are not exposed to risks to the night environment. These also include environmental risks …
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Intellectual property strategy : a comparative business perspective considering China, Japan, USA and certain European jurisdictions
… of the changes in intellectual property laws in jurisdictions relevant to the topic of this thesis, and in particularly addresses the impact on Chinese and Japanese laws due to TRIPS and WTO.
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An evaluation of corporate governance legal frameworks in Nigeria: lessons from international organisations and other jurisdictions
There is a global trend in the international community, within countries, and within corporate organizations for the promotion of good corporate governance practices. The aim is to foster sustainable development in countries and particularly within corporations at local, national, regional and …
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THE EFFECT OF SUSPENDED SENTENCES ON RECIDIVISM AND PROMOTING REHABILITATION IN SRI LANKA: COMPARATIVE INSIGHTS FROM ACROSS SELECTED JURISDICTIONS
… option in the criminal justice system of many jurisdictions aimed at rehabilitation while balancing punitive measures, where a convicted individual is not immediately incarcerated, and the execution of the sentence is avoided under specific conditions. This study examines the effectiveness of …
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The concept of medical negligence and its litigation process; a comparison between the UK and the Saudi Arabian jurisdictions
Medical negligence or medical malpractice is as old as the medical practice itself. In the UK, both concepts have evolved and transformed over the years. Medical negligence litigation process in the UK is as clear as the English law itself and its accompanying procedural rules. Conversely, the …
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A microcomputer model for assessing the relative risks and vulnerabilities of streets and jurisdictions to the shipment of hazardous materials
… practical means for comparing large numbers of jurisdictions which is necessary for equity among jurisdictions and cost effectiveness. In response to these difficulties, this research is intended to develop a microcomputer based model to quantitatively compare the susceptibility of different …
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The regulation of fuel retailing activities and its contribution to a rural development policy : lessons from the UK and Australian jurisdictions
… to examine fuel retail regulations in the two jurisdictions. The comparators consisted of the following regulations: sites, licence/franchise, retail/wholesale price, fuel tax. The second and third actions involved a comparison of state aid policies and trends in rural development policies in …
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The recognition and treatment of title retention in the legal systems of the United Kingdom, Vietnam and related jurisdictions : a comparative study
… purchase price in a sales contract, but not all jurisdictions recognize it as a security interest. The research aims to compare the recognition and treatment of title retention in Vietnam, England, France, the United States and Australia. It examines the issues arising in Vietnam concerning the …
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Recommendations for the incorporation of electronic bill of lading into Pakistani law using lessons from the experiences of UK and other jurisdictions
… countries such as UK, USA and Korea as these jurisdictions have adopted e-B/L and secondly should examine adoption of principles approved in international convention such as Rotterdam Rules and UN model law MLETR.
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When Insider Trading and Market Manipulation Cross Jurisdictions. What Are the Challenges For Securities Regulators and How Can They Best Preserve the Integrity of Markets?
Over the last few decades world securities markets have become significantly more sophisticated in terms of how securities are traded as well as the variety of securities traded. My hypothesis is that the ability of securities regulators to take enforcement action against market abuse has not kept …
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