The guarantee has been regarded as an important method of securing the performance of future obligations. In modern banking lending transactions the practical use of the guarantee has been accepted with full recognition. ...

In the mid-nineteenth century, the assessment of the income tax was entrusted to personnel who were independent of the Board of Inland Revenue and this constitutional division between local and central authority was the ...

This thesis is an extensive analysis of commercial arbitration within Islamic Jurisprudence, clarifying its rules starting with the fundamentals of its origins which are based on the Quran, Sunna, Consensus and Analogy. ...

The New Zealand KiwiSaver scheme is a work-based retirement scheme, anindividualised savings account managed by the private investment providers.KiwiSaver will cost taxpayers an estimated $3 billion over four years beginning ...

This book examines the influence of constitutional legal paradigms upon the political stability and viability of states. It contributes to the literature in the field by focussing on how constitutional flexibility may have ...

The law of copyright will celebrate its tricentennial in thirteen years time. First introduced in England in 1709 in response to the invention of printing, its history has been one of constant development to keep pace with ...

Since the 19th century when corporations were first made the subject of criminal law, there has been a ongoing controversy regarding the theoretical basis of this. The crux of this debate is whether criminal liability can ...

The report of the Fiji Human Rights Commission (‘the Commission’), ‘The Assumption of Executive Authority on December 5th 2006 by Commodore J.V. Bainimarama, Commander of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces: Legal, ...

Crime, criminals and the criminal justice system continue to be at the forefront of public debate and controversy. First published in 1972, this entirely new edition of a highly regarded text examines contemporary efforts ...