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Terrorist Groups
Terrorist Groups in 2016 Although terrorist attacks and fatalities from terrorism declined globally for the second year in a row in 2016, terrorist groups continued to exploit ungoverned territory and ongoing conflict to expand their reach, and to direct and inspire attacks around the world. […]
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Bitcoin
Bitcoin in the E-Commerce Law Bitcoin, launched in 2009, was the first decentralized convertible virtual currency and the first cryptocurrency. Bitcoins are mathematical tokens composed of unique strings of numbers and letters that constitute units of the currency and are oftentimes traded […]
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Thai Money Laundering Charges
United States Prosecution of Thai Nationals on Money Laundering Charges in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): On September 9, 2011, the United States filed a brief in the U.S. District Court for the […]
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Thai Money Laundering Charges
United States Prosecution of Thai Nationals on Money Laundering Charges in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): On September 9, 2011, the United States filed a brief in the U.S. District Court for the […]
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Encyclopedia of White-Collar and Corporate Crime
Encyclopedia of White-Collar & Corporate Crime Preface of the Encyclopedia of White-Collar and Corporate Crime “N THE 2000s, white-collar crime has become a topic of almost daily news. The white-collar crime that caused the bankruptcy of Enron Corporation resulted in financial losses exceeding $66 billion to stockholders, and likely helped lead to the recall of…
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Encyclopedia of White-Collar and Corporate Crime
Encyclopedia of White-Collar & Corporate Crime Preface of the Encyclopedia of White-Collar and Corporate Crime “N THE 2000s, white-collar crime has become a topic of almost daily news. The white-collar crime that caused the bankruptcy of Enron Corporation resulted in financial losses exceeding $66 billion to stockholders, and likely helped lead to the recall of…
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Keiretsu
A loose coalition of Japanese businesses, usually with equity holdings in one another. The group of companies may span several industries, and strict parent-subsidiary relationships are not usually evident. Mitsubishi, Mitsui, and Yasuda are representative of Japanese keiretsu. The keiretsu […]
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A Dictionary of Law Enforcement
A Dictionary of Law Enforcement A Dictionary of Law Enforcement is “the only dictionary available -according to Oxford University Press, its publisher- that focuses on United Kingdom (British) law enforcement terms. This legal resource contains over 3,400 legal terms, covering many United Kingdom and European Union institutions.” Most of the entries in “A Dictionary of…
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A Dictionary of Law Enforcement
A Dictionary of Law Enforcement A Dictionary of Law Enforcement is “the only dictionary available -according to Oxford University Press, its publisher- that focuses on United Kingdom (British) law enforcement terms. This legal resource contains over 3,400 legal terms, covering many United Kingdom and European Union institutions.” Most of the entries in “A Dictionary of…
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Privacy in Argentina
Privacy in Argentina Argentina country report of the Epic (Electronic Privacy Infomation Center) survey “Privacy and Human Rights” (2005, 2006 and 2007): Constitutional Privacy Framework Articles 18 and 19 of the Argentine Constitution provide (in part), “The home is inviolable as is personal correspondence and private papers; the law will determine what cases and what…
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Code Law Systems
Code Law Systems The term “code-law systems” is usually employed, as a legal term of art, with two different, if related, meanings. First, “code” refers to the reduction of the laws customarily observed by a particular people to a more or less permanent, organized, and written form through a comprehensive piece of legislation or codification.…
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History of Working Time
History of Working Time Regulations History of Working Time until 1920 The decade following 1910 witnessed a rapid advance and extension in the already widespread movement in favour of the reduction of the hours of labour. This was mainly due, apart from general trade-union pressure, firstly to the repercussions of the World War and of…
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History of Nationalization
History of Nationalization Introduction The fact that “Nationalization” had become in 1916-21 one of the burning political questions of the day is unfortunate as regards arriving at a clear appraisal of its principles, for, from the outset, it is difficult for a writer to avoid a certain bias in approaching its discussion. Yet Nationalization of…