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The Institute of Advanced Legal Studies was founded in 1947,
although the idea for a national law library and centre for
research was conceived over 50 year before this. Since its
foundation, the IALS has developed a library of international
standing and has been able to foster and promote legal research not
only in Britain but around the world. It performs a unique role in
the United Kingdon and the Commonwealth and an increasingly
important one in Europe. To commemorate the Institute's jubilee and
the inaurgation of the Society for Advanced Legal Studies, the
present Director has assembled a series of papers which not only
trace the Institute's development into an institution for the
advancement of legal research of world-class standing, but also
illustrate the depth of spport that it enjoys.
This second volume focuses on the quest for a legal form for small
businesses. The debate as to whether the traditional registered
company, perhaps with some modification, is an appropriate vehicle
for small enterprises has continued in Britain, and to a lesser
extent in Europe, for well over 30 years. The imperative behind
reform in this area of the law in many cases will be political and
this is perhaps most dramatically illustrated in the case of South
Africa. The British heritage of South African law renders South
Africa's approach to developing appropriate legal forms for small
enterprises of considerable interest to Europe. Consequently, the
Institute of Advanced Legal Studies in collaboration with the
Centre for Business Law of the University of the Orange Free State
organized a conference in London in the Autumn of 1997 on the
search for an ideal form for small businesses. The discussions were
chaired by Professor A.J. Boyle and Professor Johan Henning and
ranged across a broad spectrum of issues.
This work consists of a selection of key papers presented at the
first Anglo-Japanese Comparative Law Conference, held at Jesus
College, Cambridge in September 1996. The conference was organized
under the auspices of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies,
University of London; the University of Tsukuba, Japan; and Murdoch
University in Australia. The conference brought together a number
of leading business lawyers from around the world, who discussed
the impact of globalization on commercial law. If the
internalization of trade and business has produced problems for
lawyers, the impact of globalization, particularly in such areas as
the capital markets, has proved to be even more problematic. The
implications for all those who operate in the commercial and
financial sectors, and for those who advise them, of developments
in the nature and character of the markets are increasingly
significant. The publication should be of interest to academics,
those involved in trans-national business, and legal practitioners.
Professor Leonard Sealy has spent almost 50 years studying and
teaching law in Cambridge. A good proportion of this time has been
occupied with matters relating to company law. As a scholar,
teacher, author, law reformer and even draftsman Len Sealy's
contribution to the refinement and improvement of structures, rules
and most importantly ideas has been significant. Therefore the
occasion of his retirement as the first S.J. Berwin Professor of
Corporate Law in the University of Cambridge has afforded a number
of leading company lawyers from around the world, many his former
students or colleagues, an opportunity to address a series of
important legal issues relating to companies and associated areas
of commercial law and practice, in his honour.
This work contains a selection of key papers presented at the 14th
International Symposium on Economic Crime, which had as its central
theme the prevention and control of corrupt practices. Whether the
major issue centres on the control of economic crime, the
protection of developing economies or those in transition, the
ever-present threat of corruption remains predominant. Corruption
and associated abuses attack from within the integrity and thus the
efficiency and efficacy of institutions, both in the public and
private sectors. Whilst the threat inevitably has an external
aspect the consequences occur within government or the enterprise
in question. Therefore the control of corrupt practices requires
more than any other threat, an integrated strategy involving
preventive and response measures facing both outwards and inwards.
All aspects of the problem of corruption are addressed on a
multidisciplinary basis and cover a variety of jurisdictions. These
proceedings should be of interest to law enforcement officers,
lawyers, and bankers.
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