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A Comparative Study of Insider Trading Regulation Enforcement In the U.S. and China

Shen, Han - 2010

precondition to the optimal development of public securities markets. The regulation of insider trading, while controversial, is … thus a subject of public imperatives. Following the regulation of insider trading in the U.S., the notion of insider … trading regulation is not sufficient to assure optimal securities market development; enforcement of insider trading …

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Private Antitrust Enforcement at a Roundabout

Bulst, Friedrich Wenzel - 2007

Private enforcement of EC competition law has reached a new stage with the publication of the European Commission's Green Paper entitled "Damages actions for breach of the EC antitrust rules." Even though it is unclear whether any legislative action at the Community level will follow, the Green...

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The Intent-to-Benefit : Individually Enforceable Rights under International Treaties

Kalantry, Sital - 2016

Citizens of foreign countries are increasingly using international treaties to bring claims against the U.S government. As a result, U.S. courts are being asked to determine whether treaties provide litigants with individually enforceable rights. Although courts have no consistent approach to...

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Anarchy, Monopoly, and Predation

Leeson, Peter T. - 2010

The 'folk theorem' suggests that the shadow of the future coupled with the threat of lost business can create cooperation without government. Although institutions rooted in this theorem can support self-enforcing exchange in a wide variety of contexts, their potential to create cooperation is...

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Polish Leniency Programme and its Intersection with Private Enforcement of Competition Law

Rumak, Ewelina; Sitarek, Piotr - 2011

This paper is devoted to the Polish leniency programme, including the conditions of obtaining lenient treatment and the applicable procedure. The type, scope and form of information that must be submitted are commented on as well as the marker system and summary applications. The intersection of...

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Creating Quality Courts

Cross, Frank B.; Donelson, Dain C. - 2010

Numerous studies examine the importance of legal systems, yet there is little scholarship on how nations can improve their legal systems. Nations might try to invest more resources, including increasing overall budgets, increasing judicial salaries, or expanding the number of judges and/or...

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How Much Control is Enough? Monitoring and Enforcement Under Stalin

Markevich, Andrei - 2010

The paper examines the control system that Stalin established, as the Soviet dictator, to enforce his orders. Historical records demonstrate that Stalin designed the system’s scope, organisation, and credentials to maximise its cost-effectiveness. On several occasions Stalin deliberately...

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Soft Law and the Private Enforcement of the EU Competition Rules

Sanchez-Graells, Albert - 2010

The use of soft law instruments is pervasive in the field of EU competition policy. This poses significant legal challenges derived from the progressive ‘hardening’ of these regulatory tools by the European Courts as a result of the application of the general principles of EU law. The...

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Enforcing Family Promises : Reliance, Reciprocity, and Relational Contract

Leslie, Melanie B. - 2000

Courts are willing, in commercial contests, to enforce promises even without consideration when enforcement supports a norm of reciprocity -- a norm which recognizes that such promises are seldom totally gratuitous, but are often made in furtherance of reciprocal, long-term, trust-based...

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Failing the Bay : Clean Water Act Enforcement in Maryland Falling Short

Glicksman, Robert L.; Huang, Ling-Yee - 2015

The Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) is responsible for enforcing Clean Water Act (CWA) requirements in Maryland. This report evaluates MDE's enforcement of the CWA and draws three significant conclusions: (1) MDE is drastically underfunded; (2) MDE has not designed its enforcement...

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