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Financial Innovation

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Financial services law /

Table of Contents: “…UK financial services reform / George Walker -- Statutory framework for UK financial services regulation / Paul Kennedy -- European financial services / Jane Welch and Peter Parker -- International agreements and supranational bodies / Deborah Sabalot -- The PRA and FCA and the handbooks of rules and guidance / Robert Purves -- Regulatory processes : authorisation, supervison, and enforcement / Simon Gleeson -- Financial redress : complaints, disputes, and compensation / Alex Kuczynski and James Darbyshire -- Listing and public offers / Julia Machin, Clifford Chance -- Market abuse / Jonathan Melrose -- Insider dealing and misleading statements and impressions / Jonathan Melrose and Richard Sims -- Money laudering and financial crime / Jonathan Herbst and Peter Snowdon -- Regulation and financial disputes in the civil courts / Richard Everett -- Banks and banking / George Walker -- Insurance regulation / Laura Hodgson, Noleen John, and Maria Ross -- Wholesale investment firms / Etay Katz -- Retail investment firms / Gerard McMeel -- Home Finance transactions / Robert Purves -- Collective investment schemes / Eva Lomnicka -- Islamic financial services / Andrew Henderson.…”

ADR principles and practice / by Brown, Henry J.

Table of Contents: “…Analysing ADR -- The dispute resolution toolkit : a process overview -- ADR philosophies and motivation : common values and differences -- Negotiations -- ADR and the courts -- Arbitration -- Contractual adjudication and other adjudicatory processes -- Mediation : general principles -- Mediation : practice overview -- Civil and commercial mediation -- Divorce and other family mediation -- Neighbourhood and community mediation -- Restorative justice and practices -- Workplace and employment dispute resolution -- Environmental and public issue mediation -- Mediator attributes, skills and roles -- Lawyers' role representing parties in mediation -- Non-binding evaluation ADR processes -- Hybrid processes : med-arb, arb-med, neutral fact-finding expert and ombudsman -- Collaborative processes -- Introduction to dispute resolution psychology -- Working with high conflict parties -- Confidentiality and privilege -- Ethics and values, fairness and power -- Online dispute resolution -- Jurisprudence, forum and law -- ADR regulation, training, funding and insurance -- Enforcement of ADR outcomes -- Future directions -- Appendix I. …”

Prudent lending restored securitization after the mortgage meltdown /

Table of Contents: “…Bethel, Allen Ferrell, and Gang Hu -- 6. Mortgage payment insurance and the future of the housing finance system / Jack Guttentag and Igor Roitburg -- 7. …”
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Prudent lending restored securitization after the mortgage meltdown /

Table of Contents: “…Bethel, Allen Ferrell, and Gang Hu -- 6. Mortgage payment insurance and the future of the housing finance system / Jack Guttentag and Igor Roitburg -- 7. …”
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Climate Smart Agriculture Building Resilience to Climate Change /

Table of Contents: “…Maize Yield Growth and Countervailing Climate Change Impacts -- Chapter 9:  Understanding Tradeoffs in the Context of Farm-Scale Impacts:  An Application of Decision-Support Tools for Assessing Climate Smart Argiculture -- Chapter 10:  Can Insurance Help Manage Climate Risk and Food Insecurity?…”
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The forgotten majority : German merchants in London, naturalization, and global trade, 1660-1815 / by Schulte Beerb�uhl, Margrit

Table of Contents: “…Boom and bankruptcy -- Insurance and trade at London's German trade houses -- London's early insurance business -- Networking Europe with the Americas and Asia -- The bankruptcy trend and the naturalized subjects' bankruptcies -- Waves of bankruptcy during the Coalition Wars -- The size of failed trade houses during the era of the Coalition Wars -- Muilman & Nantes -- Theophilus Blanckenhagen -- Persent & Bodecker -- Oom, Hoolboom, Knoblock & Co. and Hippius & Co. -- Estates of the failed -- Certificate of conformity and the ware broker : starting all over -- Commodity brokers and the freedom of the city -- Conclusion.…”
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"A Road to Peace and Freedom" : The International Workers Order and the Struggle for Economic Justice and Civil Rights, 1930-1954 / by Zecker, Robert, 1962-

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Climate Smart Agriculture Building Resilience to Climate Change /

Table of Contents: “…Maize Yield Growth and Countervailing Climate Change Impacts -- Chapter 9:  Understanding Tradeoffs in the Context of Farm-Scale Impacts:  An Application of Decision-Support Tools for Assessing Climate Smart Argiculture -- Chapter 10:  Can Insurance Help Manage Climate Risk and Food Insecurity?…”
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The forgotten majority : German merchants in London, naturalization, and global trade, 1660-1815 / by Schulte Beerb�uhl, Margrit

Table of Contents: “…Boom and bankruptcy -- Insurance and trade at London's German trade houses -- London's early insurance business -- Networking Europe with the Americas and Asia -- The bankruptcy trend and the naturalized subjects' bankruptcies -- Waves of bankruptcy during the Coalition Wars -- The size of failed trade houses during the era of the Coalition Wars -- Muilman & Nantes -- Theophilus Blanckenhagen -- Persent & Bodecker -- Oom, Hoolboom, Knoblock & Co. and Hippius & Co. -- Estates of the failed -- Certificate of conformity and the ware broker : starting all over -- Commodity brokers and the freedom of the city -- Conclusion.…”
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"A Road to Peace and Freedom" : The International Workers Order and the Struggle for Economic Justice and Civil Rights, 1930-1954 / by Zecker, Robert, 1962-

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Saving Social security : a balanced approach / by Diamond, Peter A.

Table of Contents: “…A brief overview of Social Security -- Goals for Social Security reform -- Social Security's long-term deficit -- A three-part plan to shore up Social Security -- Strengthening Social Security's effectiveness as social insurance -- Implications for benefits and revenue -- Individual accounts -- Questions and answers about our balanced reform plan -- Conclusions -- Appendixes: A. …”
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Smith, Currie & Hancock's common sense construction law : a practical guide for the construction professional /

Table of Contents: “…The legal context of construction -- Interpreting the contract -- Alternative contracting methods -- Public private partnerships -- International construction contracts -- Working in a new state : pre-proposal & performance considerations -- Competing for the contract -- The uniform commercial code and the construction industry -- Authority and responsibility of the design professional -- Subcontract administration and dispute avoidance -- Contract changes -- Differing site conditions -- Schedules, delays, and acceleration -- Inspection, acceptance, warranties, and commissioning -- Management techniques to limit risks and avoid disputes -- Payment bonds -- Performance bonds and terminations -- Proving costs and damages -- An overview of environmental and safety concerns on the construction site -- Construction insurance -- Labor and employment issues affecting the construction industry -- Bankruptcy in the construction setting -- Resolution of construction disputes -- Federal government construction contracting : an overview.…”
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Saving Social security : a balanced approach / by Diamond, Peter A.

Table of Contents: “…A brief overview of Social Security -- Goals for Social Security reform -- Social Security's long-term deficit -- A three-part plan to shore up Social Security -- Strengthening Social Security's effectiveness as social insurance -- Implications for benefits and revenue -- Individual accounts -- Questions and answers about our balanced reform plan -- Conclusions -- Appendixes: A. …”
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Smith, Currie & Hancock's common sense construction law : a practical guide for the construction professional /

Table of Contents: “…The legal context of construction -- Interpreting the contract -- Alternative contracting methods -- Public private partnerships -- International construction contracts -- Working in a new state : pre-proposal & performance considerations -- Competing for the contract -- The uniform commercial code and the construction industry -- Authority and responsibility of the design professional -- Subcontract administration and dispute avoidance -- Contract changes -- Differing site conditions -- Schedules, delays, and acceleration -- Inspection, acceptance, warranties, and commissioning -- Management techniques to limit risks and avoid disputes -- Payment bonds -- Performance bonds and terminations -- Proving costs and damages -- An overview of environmental and safety concerns on the construction site -- Construction insurance -- Labor and employment issues affecting the construction industry -- Bankruptcy in the construction setting -- Resolution of construction disputes -- Federal government construction contracting : an overview.…”
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Divide and deal the politics of distribution in democracies /

Table of Contents: “…Institutions -- Welfare regimes and redistribution in the South / Jeremy Seekings -- Distributional conflicts in mature welfare states / Isabela Mares -- The politics of tax structure / Steffen Ganghof -- AIDS, inequality, and access to antiretroviral treatment / Nicoli Nattrass -- Distributive politics and formal institutions in new democracies : the effect of electoral rules on budget voting in the Russian state duma, 1994-2003 / Jana Kunicová -- Individuals -- Religion and social insurance : evidence from the United States, 1970-2002 / Kenneth Scheve and David Stasavage -- Moral values and distributive politics : an equilibrium analysis of the 2004 U.S. election / Woojin Lee and John Roemer -- Giving the people what they want? …”
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Employment issues and multiple sclerosis by Rumrill, Phillip D.

Table of Contents: “…Rumrill, Jr -- Federal laws concerning continuation of benefits, health insurance portability, and family and medical leave / Kimberly Calder -- Social security disability benefits / Steven W. …”
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Biosecurity : understanding, assessing, and preventing the threat /

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