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With over 5,100 entries on all aspects of finance and banking, this fully updated reference is definitely a worthwhile investment. Over 200 new entries have been added to this edition and it has been fully updated to reflect recent developments such as structured finance and the subprime lending crisis. The dictionary defines terms from personal and international finance--including money markets, private investments and borrowing, foreign exchanges, and public and government finance--and now offers expanded coverage of central banking, monetary policy, and financial institutions. Feature entries have been included in this edition for the fuller explanation of topical and complex areas, e.g. Financial Times Share Indexes, and bankruptcy law. Recommended up-to-date web links for many entries, accessed via the Dictionary of Finance and Banking companion website, provide valuable extra information that will be regularly updated. With clear and accessible definitions, this jargon-free dictionary is a perfect companion volume to the other financial titles in this best-selling series--A Dictionary of Business and Management, A Dictionary of Accounting, and A Dictionary of Economics--and provides accurate and valuable information for students, practitioners, private investors, and readers of the financial pages alike. ... Read more

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easily understood
Although the books does not clover everything and lacks a several important entries in the investment field, but it is really very easy to understand. ... Read more

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This book provides an overview of the practice of Islamic finance and the historical roots that define its modes of operation. The focus of the book is analytical and forward-looking. It shows that Islamic finance exists mainly as a form of rent-seeking legal-arbitrage. In every aspect of finance -- from personal loans to investment banking, and from market structure to corporate governance -- Islamic finance aims to replicate in Islamic forms the substantive functions of contemporary financial instruments, markets, and institutions. By attempting to replicate the substance of contemporary financial practice using pre-modern contract forms, Islamic finance has arguably failed to serve the objectives of Islamic law. This book proposes refocusing Islamic finance on substance rather than form. This approach would entail abandoning the paradigm of "Islamization" of every financial practice. It would also entail reorienting the brand-name of Islamic finance to emphasize issues of community banking, micro-finance, and socially responsible investment. ... Read more

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Quite a scholarly work
Quite a scholarly work. I commend Dr. El-Gamal for his deep knowledge of the subject and his unmatched academic approach to a politically/religiously sensitive issue.

A must-read for everyone interested in understanding Islamic Finance. ... Read more

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This book explores the relationship between law and corporate finance. Corporate finance theory seeks to understand how incorporated firms address the financial constraints that affect their investment decisions by using varied financial instruments that give holders different claims on the firm's assets. Recent scholarship in this area explores precisely how legal mechanisms affect corporate finance and the development of financial markets. The legal environment is crucially important in explaining the choices that companies make about their capital structure.

The book examines the key elements of the legal environment relating to corporate finance in the UK. This evolving environment has just undergone a remarkable period of far-reaching change. This was driven in part by the desire of the UK government to modernize its domestic company law, and in part by policy choices at the EU level which rely heavily on the adoption of new regulation to promote closer integration of European financial markets.

In this book, Eilis Ferran provides a detailed analysis of the technical issues arising from the new UK and European law on corporate finance, and combines this with exploration of the broader policy framework and with cutting edge theoretical and empirical research. ... Read more

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Written by a noted corporate legal skills trainer, this invaluable, affordable tool offers the financial, business, accounting, drafting and legal information that must be understood for corporate finance documentation, especially debt documentation. Covering all the components of effective contract drafting, Drafting for Corporate Finance offers a practical grasp of basic structural issues, including the parties, instruments, markets, and terminology - conditions precedent, representations, warranties, defaults, and other provisions, and their interplay - full spectrum of subsidiaries, starting with wholly-owned vs. non-wholly owned - Contract structure, drafting, and negotiation, including potential problems - housekeeping, insurance, information, general business, and financial covenants - debt and negative pledges, including restrictions on sale-leasebacks, on debt, and on debt of subsidiaries - enforceability, security interest, true sale, and 10b-5 opinions - amendment, control, and refinancing provisions - risk-based review of contracts to eliminate compromising contract errors. Also included is a best practices chapter featuring a technical drafting checklist, guidance on drafting disclosure of contract terms and on leveraging technology, and cautionary lessons of Enron. ... Read more

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This text is designed as a brief paperback focusing on the core business law topics (including contracts and sales) and is positioned to answer objections based on cost. ... Read more

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Great.
This is great for its intended use. Has all the info one needs to complete the class associated with it.

Yawn
Amazingly boring subject for me. Only got it because I had to. It is written well.

R Cohen
I received my book from R Cohen in good conditions, with the best price and very soon (actually before than I expected). I strongly recommend him.

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This new Mergers and Acquisitions casebook book, written by Robert B. Thompson, a leading scholar and teacher in the field, equips students with the legal rules and economic and financial principles they will need to help clients make keen strategic choices during an acquisition. Mergers and Acquisitions: Law and Finance offers up-to-date and rich, yet succinct, coverage with the perfect mix of theory and practice.

Among the features of this casebook that you will find compelling:

• A finely honed focus on how lawyers create value in a transactional setting , which prepares students for practice by teaching them not only the legal rules but also the economic and financial principles that shape the strategy of lawyers and the clients they advise
• Rich but accessible coverage of valuation, demonstrating for students the core principles that underlie how courts and finance experts value companies
• Coverage of insider trading put within a broader discussion of the economic value of information
• Discussion of the poison pill in terms of how a poison pill can achieve the solution to a specific legal problem in a creative and unusual way
• The Deal, a note after each case that clearly outlines who the parties were and what they were trying to accomplish, deepening students’ understanding

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Klein, Coffee, and Partnoy's Business Organization and Finance, Legal and Economic Principles, 11th explains the basic economic elements and legal principles of business organization and finance. It is the best additional resource to assign to students for background. It distills in a straightforward and accessible way the essential elements of these often complex topics and explains the basic economic elements and legal principles of business organization and finance with concise, conceptual overviews. It contains a detailed introduction outlining the essential functions of corporate law. It contains an invaluable new section covering recent developments in financial markets, the financial crisis, the role of derivatives and financial complexity in the modern corporation to give students background on modern financial issues. An authoritative introduction to the law, the Foundation Press Concepts and Insights Series offers law students concise, conceptual overviews of important areas of law, as written by leading scholars. Students reap the benefit of the authors expert opinions, insight, and experience, with illustrative case studies, case notes, and examples. ... Read more

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Gilson and Black’s casebook provides detailed information on the law and finance of corporate acquisitions. The casebook provides the tools for fast, easy, on-point research. Part of the University Casebook Series®, it includes selected cases designed to illustrate the development of a body of law on a particular subject. Text and explanatory materials designed for law study accompany the cases. ... Read more

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Used book
I had no problems with the product(the book was in good conditions) and the shipping. Everything was ok.

Very specialized, but necessary background.Well written.
Since this is a legal casebook, this book is targeted for lawyers who want background on corporate acquisitions.It is terrific for this.Great and relevant cases with very good write-ups.Plus it has some very nice introductory material on the role of lawyers in adding value to the acquisition process and offers a decent summary of the principles of corporate finance.

But I think it has real value for the businessperson who is going to be hiring lawyers to help him or her in the process of acquiring or being acquired.Just as this book provides some background on finance for lawyers, it provides a great deal of good background that every businessperson needs to know and where things can go wrong.

At over 1,500 pages it is a huge book.It is unlikely that you will ready it from cover to cover, but it is engagingly written.So, if you enjoy this topic I think you will find yourself dipping into it on a regular basis.There is an index and a list of all the cases cited in the book, plus a very interesting list of the authorities cited including their writings.

This book was originally published in 1986 with this second edition coming out in 1995.There have been some separate updates published since then, which can also be found on Amazon.I have not looked at the updates and found this book to be satisfactory for my purposes.It is interesting to get so much background on some very famous cases and see how eight years has offered new perspective and how much is forgotten in the popular consciousness.If you are involved in acquisitions I think this book deserves to be on your shelf.I don't know how you could think you have been diligent without consulting this standard text.I bought it as a recommended supplementary text for a course I took on corporate control as part of the MBA program at the Michigan Business School.

Those who know choose this book
Gilson and Black have assembled the authoritative casebook for students interested in the field, professors teaching it, and practitioners who need some context.

One could read the "other" M&A book by Carney, but one could also drink weak tea.Neither would be satisfactory.

The book is not for the faint of heart.The authors do not even cite a case for a couple hundred pages.The book endeavors to really teach what one needs if an understanding of this complex field of law is what is truely sought after.Therefore, it starts with a primer in economic theory and practices.Get out a calculator because if you went to law school to escape them, you were wrong.This is an highly important, and now, rare book.Both because it has been increasingly hard to find, and because the current trend in legal casebooks has been to water everything down.This book rasies the bar to a level other casebooks,students, teachers, and practitioners of law should strive to achieve. ... Read more

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The First Edition of Principles of International Business Transactions is designed for users of the authors' popular problem-oriented coursebook, International Business Transactions, but can be used effectively with any international trade/economic law course materials. Coverage moves sequentially from international sales and letters of credit to regulation of internaional trade to transfers of technology to foreign investment to dispute settlement. Full citations and analyses are provided. ... Read more

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Exactly What I Ordered and Timely!!
I always appreciate sellers who don't wait until the last minute to send my items and this seller is now at the top of my GREAT list.

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Useful, but very dated guidebook for International Business Law
I bought this book as study-guide/hornbook for International Business Transactions, International Trade, and Customs law courses.Overall, the book provides an excellent synopsis of the listed subjects.However, it is very dated.The book was purportedly updated in 2005.It was, but only partially.There are still references to Franks, Deutschmarks, the Soviet Union, etc.Additionally, the cases and examples cited are almost all at least 10 years old. Little since the 1990's apears to have been changed in the book. It looks like someone did a spotty, rushed job of trying to update the book. I frankly know of nothing better, so until there is one I can only recommend this book for international trade and business law topics. ... Read more

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An authoritative introduction to the law, the Foundation Press Concepts and Insights Series offers law students concise, conceptual overviews of important areas of law, as written by leading scholars. Students reap the benefit of the authors expert opinions, insight, and experience, with illustrative case studies, case notes, and examples. The paperback texts also contain thought-provoking questions designed to generate classroom discussion and hone students' legal reasoning. Klein and Coffee's Business Organization and Finance, Legal and Economic Principles, 10th explains the basic economic elements and legal principles of business organization and finance. The Ninth Edition of this popular book includes edits and updates to chapter topics and a new introduction outlining the essential functions of corporate law. Among other updates, it also contains a new description of anti-dilution (full ratchet) provisions and participating preferred status in venture capital deals. ... Read more

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Great primer on corporate finance
Written primarily as a hornbook for law students, Business Organization and Finance is nevertheless accessible to an intelligent layperson. Especially important to me is that it gives a pretty good account of the types of securities and financial instruments used by corporations from the perspective of a corporate lawyer. The math isn't difficult, and although the subject matter can be difficult, a careful reading is well worth the labor.

Excellent introductory or supplementary text
Excellent text. Perfect supplement to casebook or other coursebook on the subject. Sometimes is a little dense, but overall quite worthwhile.

The ultimate corporate finance jargon, math and show-off buster
If you are a lawyer without (good) formal education in finance yet you need finance in your practice or research, there are several courses you can take. You can suffer through the endless toing and froing and joking of Brealey and Myers (Principles of Corporate Finance). Or you can spend some quality time reading well structured, well written Tirole (The Theory of Corporate Finance), but you will have to either skip or crack the math there. Or you can learn it by doing, which will involve some serious hazards for your clients and fee write-offs for your partner if you are in practice, or some silly blunders if you teach and write. Or - you can read Klein and Coffee. The authors' mission statement is to write a simple but not simplistic introduction to the subject and, for the most part, their book does just that. It does not hide behind jargon or math. It does not skip basic (yet difficult) undelying concepts and assumptions, pretending that they are too easy to be even mentioned. It does not look down on the innumerate lawyer. It just gives you an honest low-down on what capital structure of a business is all about and how all that matters for the rules of corporate law. Talking about law, the book (quite predictably) shows a slight American bias but the bias is really only slight - because most of the examples do not rely on positive legal rules but rather on standard commercial situations that arise in corporate financing, you will be able to make good use of the book whether or not you are familiar with American corporate law and whether or not you care about it (or any other particular national law indeed).

An excellent starting point (no matter how long ago you have actually started).

Excellent overview, but only useful in conjunction with casebook, not instead of it
This book is a well-written, interesting, sometimes chatty look at the wonderful world of Business Associations. It conformed well to the topics in my BA class; I think the professor was inspired by it in some of his powerpoints. It conformed poorly, however, to our casebook, Klein's own. This was surprising to me. Therefore, this book is most useful as a big picture giver, not a resource to prepare for exams or to get cliffs notes on cases. Nonetheless, I recommend it. You'll feel like you understand BA after you read it. Watch out though, because, for the reasons stated above, this feeling will probably not correlate to exam success unless you are diligent with the casebook.

Could be a lot better
This book is geared towards people in the legal profession. Most of the info contained in the first 3 chapters a business person would not need to know; or if they did they, would probably have a corporate attorney that could tell them. The book does a very poor job at explaining some of the financial examples. I have an MBA, and I still got lost at times! This book should be considered 2 books in one volume (first 3 chapters for the legal profession, last 2 chapters for the business world). ... Read more

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Written in a concise, compelling style, Understanding Business and Personal Law emphasizes the legal issues that have an impact on everyday living and links the study of law to other curriculum areas. ... Read more

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Great service and in exactly the condition described
I would highly recommend this seller. The book came earlier than expected (I chose expedit service) and in great condition as described.

Great examples and a wealth of information
I purchased this book for my daughter who is homeschooled and wants to be an attorney.This book is meant for high school students.It is a wonderful text with great, true-to-life examples and even real case studies.The book is divided in sections that are easy to manage and understand.We both enjoyed it and learned a lot.I would recommend it.

p.s. I wish people wouldn't post reviews of Amazon's service in the area provided for product review!!

Lousy vendor
The Amazon seller never shipped this book that I ordered over a month ago and I am waiting for my refund. ... Read more

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August, 5e emphasizes the diversity and similarity of how firms are currently regulated and governed around the world.

Structure of the legal environment for global business, international relations, multinational enterprises, dispute settlement across national borders, rules for global trade in goods and services, and legal issues involving foreign investment, intellectual property, money and banking, slaes, transportation, financing, and taxation.

For professionals who would like to understand about recent trends in the legal environment for global business.

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High School Text Book-Style Garbage
I'm a law student at a top 14 school.This is one of the worst books I've encountered in my law school career,riddled with error and ambiguity.At its best it merely summarizes statutory law.At its worst it's wordy, unclear, and treats thorny issues with a swipe of the hand.

Luckily, though, the book does provide pictures and shaded maps, for those law students who don't know where Europe is located.(See pg. 400).That's about the level at which this book is pitched.

In sum, this book is excruciating to have to work with.

General Manager
This book provides a wealth of information to help anyone improve their understanding of International Business Law.

Ignorant Authors
These guys got their Ph.D.'s but lack basic knowledge in world history! They listed Armenia among the Islamic nations of the world, which is extremely IGNORANT to say the least...
FYI, Armenia has been Christian since 301 A.D.!

Could we expect a correction, let alone apologies?....

Avoid this book like the plague!
I am currently taking a class that uses this textbook and I am ready to throw this thing into a woodchipper.

It might be okay if each chapter wasn't constantly being interrupted by the case files, but, no, the readability of this book is completely shot because multi-page case files cut right into a chapter section, making it nearly impossible to keep track of what section I'm reading. I hate, hate, HATE this book because of those case files. The case files should have been put at the end of the chapter material!!!

Oh, and a little color would be nice. A book couldn't be more boring than this one.

Its one redeeming value is that it will save you a fortune in prescription sleep aids. Start reading it and you'll be asleep before your head hits the desk.

Globalization and need to know International Law
This book is essentially important for every business person dealing in international arena and every student seeking careers in multinational businesses. The author covers almost all aspects of governing laws related to international trade. My personal statement would be that this book is not to just read but to use it in everyday's practices as a desk reference. ... Read more

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This text explains (a) the basic economic elements and legal principles of business organization and finance and (b) the practical importance of a basic understanding of those elements and principles. ... Read more

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'In this impressive and ambitious book, the authors explore the role of the law in advancing the economic wellbeing of a society. Three tiers of legal regulation of business enterprises and of equity markets are examined: basic foundational law of contracts, property and tort; corporate law; and securities law. The classical economic case for government intervention on the grounds that it can enhance trust, reduce transaction costs and contribute to valuable network externalities is clearly and cogently outlined. There is also a thoughtful account of behavioural analysis of law and corporate finance. New empirical evidence is presented alongside a useful review of studies conducted by other scholars. Complementing the economic, behavioural and empirical analyses, the book also provides a concise history of the development of the law governing corporate finance. Having examined corporate finance law from these different standpoints, in the final chapter the authors draw upon their deep understanding of the subject to provide a new perspective on current controversies. A great virtue of this book is that it covers a great deal of material in a concise, lucid and stimulating manner. The fresh and rigorous analysis also stands out. There is much here that will be of value to students and scholars.'
- Eilis Ferran, University of Cambridge, UK

In this thorough and enlightening book, the authors examine the role of law in developing the large financial markets necessary for national economic success. They discuss the basic foundational law of contracts, property and tort, corporate law, and securities law, providing both a broad theoretical and empirical case for its value in financial markets.

The book begins with an historical analysis of the law's development, reviewing the legal governance of corporate finance with an emphasis on the development of US securities law in the twentieth century. Also provided is an extensive empirical analysis of the law's effect. A unique benefit of the book is its integration of all the relevant aspects, rather than examining them in isolation. Chapters cover the role of law in corporate finance, behavioral and empirical analyses, as well as current controversies in law and corporate finance. Ultimately, the book is a defense of the economic value of the law in the United States and throughout the world.

Students and scholars of business and law will find much of interest in the authors' comprehensive study of the rule of law in today's financial markets. ... Read more