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Read at Your Own Risk
Remy Lai
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Rely on resources for Scotland, from Scotland, to meet the needs of
every student. With differentiation at its core, this course
provides appropriate support, structure and challenge for all
learners. Students will enjoy developing their skills, knowledge
and appreciation of the Spanish language and the culture of
Spanish-speaking countries. > Trust Scotland's No.1 educational
publisher. Written specifically for the Scottish curriculum, this
book covers the specified contexts of society, learning,
employability and culture, with each double-page spread containing
the content for one lesson. > Practise and strengthen skills.
Every lesson includes high-quality reading, writing, speaking,
listening and grammar exercises. Vocabulary lists for each context
and a 30-page grammar chapter help students to build from a strong
foundation. Four 'magazines' offer extra insight and reading
practice. > Ensure access for everyone. The content is
differentiated into three difficulty levels, enabling students to
work independently, follow a clear pathway and feel confident in
their progress. The first two difficulty levels are also suitable
for N3 and N4, so you have a single, cost-effective resource for
all stages. > Prepare for assessment success. Each section ends
with a 'revision corner', which comprises exam-style questions,
model answers and advice on the N5 exam, written assignment and
performance. Please note: The audio files to accompany the
listening tasks are not included with this book. > Individual
customers (students, parents/carers and tutors) can access the
audio by subscribing to the Boost eBook, available to purchase at
hoddergibson.co.uk/n5-languages. A Boost eBook subscription permits
access to the audio for one user only and cannot be shared with
others. > Schools/colleges can access the audio by subscribing
to the Boost teaching and learning resources at
hoddergibson.co.uk/n5-languages
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Landscapes (Paperback)
Christine Lai
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R674
R560
Discovery Miles 5 600
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This is an indispensable and practical overview of the functions
and liabilities of the insolvency practitioner (IP), bringing
together the expertise of insolvency practitioners and specialist
lawyers. It considers the circumstances in which IPs are appointed,
their duties and their powers, before offering a detailed
investigation into their potential professional liabilities, as
well as in-depth guidance to practitioners and advisers as to how
claims might be framed and defended. Utilising knowledge drawn from
decades of practice, Insolvency Practitioners examines both
reported case law and unreported cases from the authors' own
experiences to provide unparalleled insight and information. It
also discusses unresolved and tendentious matters such as aspects
of remuneration, the end of personal IP licensing, and recent
changes introduced by the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act
2020, and provides clarity on the latitude given to IPs in
exercising their commercial judgement. This book provides unique
and comprehensive coverage of the significant body of case law in
this area, and will prove essential reading for all IPs, insolvency
and restructuring lawyers, as well as those dealing with matters
relating to professional negligence. Its exploration of contentious
issues in the field will also be of interest to academics and
postgraduate researchers with a focus on insolvency law.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
A discourse on time, gravity, and the universe that takes the
reader through the subtleties of time, the origin of the universe,
and physical evolution in Einstein's theory and its extensions. Can
time and causality remain fundamental when the classical ideal of
spacetime becomes a concept of limited applicability in quantum
gravity? A thorough exposition on the canonical framework of
Einstein's theory and its extensions reveals the synergy between
gravitation and the cosmic clock of our expanding universe that
renders time concrete, physical, and comprehensible. In conjunction
with a paradigm shift from four-covariance to just spatial
diffeomorphism invariance, causal time-ordering of the quantum
state of the universe and its evolution in cosmic time become
meaningful. The quantum state of the universe is the embodiment of
our shared past, present, and future. The advocated framework
prompts natural extensions and improvements to Einstein's theory. A
salient feature is the addition of a Cotton-York term to the
physical Hamiltonian. Besides bringing improved ultraviolet
convergence, this radically changes the solution to the initial
data problem and the quantum origin of the universe. It lends
support to the quantum beginning of the universe as an exact
Chern-Simons Hartle-Hawking state that features
Euclidean-Lorentzian instanton tunneling. A signature of this state
is that it manifests, at the lowest order approximation,
scale-invariant two-point correlation function for
transverse-traceless quantum metric fluctuations. This initial
quantum state also implies, at the level of expectation values, a
low-entropy hot smooth Robertson-Walker beginning that is in accord
with Penrose's Weyl Curvature Hypothesis. Consequently, the
gravitational arrow of time of increasing spatial volume and the
thermodynamic second law arrow of time of increasing entropy concur
as our universe expands and ages.
Intellectual property goods are frequently referred to as
intangible or abstract. Yet, traditionally, they have almost always
needed to be embodied or materialized in order to be protected (and
- to a certain extent - to be used and enjoyed), regardless of
whether they are copyrighted works, patented inventions or
trademarks. With a focus on the issue of access and the challenges
of new technologies such as biotechnology and digital technologies,
this unique collection analyzes the relationship between
intellectual property and its physical embodiments. It contains a
mixture of theoretical and practical perspectives and encompasses
an interdisciplinary approach, including chapters on the connection
between intellectual property and cultural heritage law, cultural
property law and international trade law. The book furthermore
comprises historical reflections that illuminate how intellectual
property has never been purely about the intangible. Intellectual
Property and Access to Im/material Goods will be of interest to
scholars, practitioners and law and policymakers. Users of
intellectual property goods such as museums, libraries, archives
and/or other cultural institutions, as well as users of
biomaterials, copyrighted works, patented inventions and/or
trademarked goods will find value in this book. Contributors
include: C.E. Bell, M. Blakeney, D.L. Burk, S. Corbett, S. Frankel,
M.J. Madison, A. McMahon, A. Pottage, L.K. Skorodenski, G.
Spedicato, P.K. Yu
This book represents a major innovation in the institutional
analysis of cities and their planning, management and governance.
Using concepts of transaction costs and property rights, the work
shows systematically how urban order evolves as individuals
co-operate in cities for mutual gain. Five kinds of urban order are
examined, arising as co-operating individuals seek to reduce the
costs of transacting with each other. These are organisational
order (combinations of property rights), institutional order (rules
and sanctions), proprietary order (fragmentation of property
rights), spatial order and public domain order. Property Rights,
Planning and Markets also offers an institutional interpretation of
urban planning and management that challenges both the view that
planning inevitably conflicts with freedom of contract and the view
that its function is a means of correcting market failures. Real
life examples from countries and regions around the world are used
to illustrate the universal relevance of theoretical
generalisations, which will be welcomed by a new generation of
policymakers and students who take on a world view that goes beyond
national boundaries.
In Firms, Strategies and Economic Change, Fu-Lai Tony Yu
acknowledges the shortcomings of contemporary research on
industrial organisation and strategy, while proposing a novel
subjectivist approach to economic and management problems. Based
largely on the works of Max Weber, Alfred Schutz, Ludwig von Mises
and Frank H. Knight, this book develops the subjective
interpretation framework to promote better understanding of
entrepreneurship, industrial organisation and strategy, vertical
integration, innovation, consumer behaviour, business cycles and
institutional change more fully. The author also presents a new
interpretation on the economics of Frank H. Knight and sheds light
on the history of subjectivist economics. Adding new insights not
only to economics but also to business, entrepreneurship and
industrial organisation issues, this book will have a wide appeal
to scholars of these areas as well as Austrian economists.
This book represents a major innovation in the institutional
analysis of cities and their planning, management and governance.
Using concepts of transaction costs and property rights, the work
shows systematically how urban order evolves as individuals
co-operate in cities for mutual gain. Five kinds of urban order are
examined, arising as co-operating individuals seek to reduce the
costs of transacting with each other. These are organisational
order (combinations of property rights), institutional order (rules
and sanctions), proprietary order (fragmentation of property
rights), spatial order and public domain order. Property Rights,
Planning and Markets also offers an institutional interpretation of
urban planning and management that challenges both the view that
planning inevitably conflicts with freedom of contract and the view
that its function is a means of correcting market failures. Real
life examples from countries and regions around the world are used
to illustrate the universal relevance of theoretical
generalisations, which will be welcomed by a new generation of
policymakers and students who take on a world view that goes beyond
national boundaries.
This topical book interprets firms, governments and economic change
from an entrepreneurial perspective. Essentially, it applies the
Austrian theory of human agency and evolutionary theories of the
firm to explain economic organisation, the state and institutional
change. Tony Yu begins by discussing the nature of entrepreneurship
and the firm followed by an analysis of the role of
entrepreneurship in economic change. He thoroughly analyses the
process of economic development in late industrialisers, within an
entrepreneurial framework outlined within the book. The author
argues that ordinary and extraordinary discovery are associated
with routine or imitative entrepreneurship and Schumpetarian
entrepreneurship respectively. Using this classification, the
author shows how it is the interaction of various types of
entrepreneurial activities that transformed East Asian latecomers
such as Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong from
traditional agrarian and fishing economies into international
centres of trading, service industries and finance. Firms,
Governments and Economic Change will be of special interest to
scholars of industrial economics, entrepreneurship and Asian
studies. It will also be of use to governmental organisations
responsible for economic development, as the analysis is thoroughly
up to date easy to understand.
For courses in undergraduate Analysis and Transition to Advanced
Mathematics. Analysis with an Introduction to Proof, Fifth Edition
helps fill in the groundwork students need to succeed in real
analysis-often considered the most difficult course in the
undergraduate curriculum. By introducing logic and emphasizing the
structure and nature of the arguments used, this text helps
students move carefully from computationally oriented courses to
abstract mathematics with its emphasis on proofs. Clear expositions
and examples, helpful practice problems, numerous drawings, and
selected hints/answers make this text readable, student-oriented,
and teacher- friendly.
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