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Voyage Charters (Lloyd's Shipping Law Library)

Widely regarded as the leading authority on voyage charters, this book is the most comprehensive and intellectually-rigorous analysis of the area, is regularly cited in court and by arbitrators, and is the go-to guide for drafting and disputing charterparty contracts. Voyage Charters provides the reader with a clause-by-clause analysis of the two major charterparty forms: the Gencon standard charterparty contract and the Asbatankvoy form. It also delivers thorough treatment of COGSA and the Hague and Hague-Visby Rules, a comparative analysis of English and United States law, and a detailed section on arbitration awards. This book is an indispensable, practical guide for both contentious and non-contentious shipping law practitioners, and postgraduate students studying this area of law.

Vox Populi: Populism as a Rhetorical and Democratic Challenge

This timely and engaging book examines the rise of populism across the globe. Combining insights from linguistics, argumentation theory, rhetoric, legal theory and political theory it offers a fully integrated characterization of the form and content of populist discourse. Throughout the book, eminent scholars address questions central to the topic, such as: how does populism manifest itself rhetorically; how does it relate to liberal democracy; and how can the populist challenge be confronted? Carefully selected case studies are used to examine how populist behaviour deviates from that which we would expect to be the norm in a liberal democracy, for example through the use of obnoxious language and refusal to substantiate vulgar claims. The book also provides key insights into more fundamental issues, such as the opposition between the ‘real’ people versus the elite and the longing for a ‘Heimat’. Offering an in-depth analysis and evaluation at the intersection of language, law and politics, Vox Populi will be of great benefit to students and scholars from a range of disciplines.

The Voucher Promise: "Section 8" and the Fate of an American Neighborhood

An in-depth look at America’s largest rental assistance program and how it shapes the lives of residents in one low-income Baltimore neighborhoodHousing vouchers are a cornerstone of US federal housing policy, offering aid to more than two million households. Vouchers are meant to provide the poor with increased choice in the private rental marketplace, enabling access to safe neighborhoods with good schools and higher-paying jobs. But do they?The Voucher Promise examines the Housing Choice Voucher Program, colloquially known as “Section 8,” and how it shapes the lives of families living in a Baltimore neighborhood called Park Heights. Eva Rosen tells stories about the daily lives of homeowners, voucher holders, renters who receive no housing assistance, and the landlords who provide housing. While vouchers are a powerful tool with great promise, she demonstrates how the housing policy can replicate the very inequalities it has the power to solve.Rosen spent more than a year living in Park Heights, sitting on front stoops, getting to know families, accompanying them on housing searches, speaking to landlords, and learning about the neighborhood’s history. Voucher holders disproportionately end up in this area despite rampant unemployment, drugs, crime, and abandoned housing. Exploring why they are unable to relocate to other neighborhoods, Rosen illustrates the challenges in obtaining vouchers and the difficulties faced by recipients in using them when and where they want to. Yet, despite the program’s real shortcomings, she argues that vouchers offer basic stability for families and should remain integral to solutions for the nation’s housing crisis.Delving into the connections between safe, affordable housing and social mobility, The Voucher Promise investigates the profound benefits and formidable obstacles involved in housing America’s poor.

The Voucher Promise: "Section 8" and the Fate of an American Neighborhood

An in-depth look at America’s largest rental assistance program and how it shapes the lives of residents in one low-income Baltimore neighborhoodHousing vouchers are a cornerstone of US federal housing policy, offering aid to more than two million households. Vouchers are meant to provide the poor with increased choice in the private rental marketplace, enabling access to safe neighborhoods with good schools and higher-paying jobs. But do they?The Voucher Promise examines the Housing Choice Voucher Program, colloquially known as “Section 8,” and how it shapes the lives of families living in a Baltimore neighborhood called Park Heights. Eva Rosen tells stories about the daily lives of homeowners, voucher holders, renters who receive no housing assistance, and the landlords who provide housing. While vouchers are a powerful tool with great promise, she demonstrates how the housing policy can replicate the very inequalities it has the power to solve.Rosen spent more than a year living in Park Heights, sitting on front stoops, getting to know families, accompanying them on housing searches, speaking to landlords, and learning about the neighborhood’s history. Voucher holders disproportionately end up in this area despite rampant unemployment, drugs, crime, and abandoned housing. Exploring why they are unable to relocate to other neighborhoods, Rosen illustrates the challenges in obtaining vouchers and the difficulties faced by recipients in using them when and where they want to. Yet, despite the program’s real shortcomings, she argues that vouchers offer basic stability for families and should remain integral to solutions for the nation’s housing crisis.Delving into the connections between safe, affordable housing and social mobility, The Voucher Promise investigates the profound benefits and formidable obstacles involved in housing America’s poor.

Voting Rights in America: Primary Documents in Context

Through primary sources, this volume examines the history, evolution, and major contemporary controversies associated with voting rights in the United States, devoting particular attention to demographic groups including women, young people, people of color, and poor people.Voting is often described as the central pillar of American democracy. Yet at various points in the history of the United States, the franchise was kept away from people without landholdings, women, black people, and young members of the armed forces who were nonetheless deemed old enough to risk their lives in the defense of their nation. Even today, many observers contend that the right to vote is being eroded by a pernicious combination of political and social factors. This work uses primary sources, in concert with broad, context-setting historical overviews and an illuminating introduction to each document, to examine the full scope and importance of the struggle for voting rights in America. Coverage ranges from major historical landmarks such as women's suffrage, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the heavily contested Bush–Gore presidential election of 2000 to documents that examine current controversies about alleged voter suppression, claims of voter fraud, Russian interference in American elections, and the impact of Supreme Court decisions past and present on the constitutional right to vote.

Voting Rights in America: Primary Documents in Context

Through primary sources, this volume examines the history, evolution, and major contemporary controversies associated with voting rights in the United States, devoting particular attention to demographic groups including women, young people, people of color, and poor people.Voting is often described as the central pillar of American democracy. Yet at various points in the history of the United States, the franchise was kept away from people without landholdings, women, black people, and young members of the armed forces who were nonetheless deemed old enough to risk their lives in the defense of their nation. Even today, many observers contend that the right to vote is being eroded by a pernicious combination of political and social factors. This work uses primary sources, in concert with broad, context-setting historical overviews and an illuminating introduction to each document, to examine the full scope and importance of the struggle for voting rights in America. Coverage ranges from major historical landmarks such as women's suffrage, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the heavily contested Bush–Gore presidential election of 2000 to documents that examine current controversies about alleged voter suppression, claims of voter fraud, Russian interference in American elections, and the impact of Supreme Court decisions past and present on the constitutional right to vote.

Voting in America: Examining the Facts (Contemporary Debates)

This title gives students and other users a clear understanding of the true state of voting and representative democracy in the United States by impartially examining claims surrounding voter fraud, voter suppression, gerrymandering, and other voting-related issues in the U.S.This work is part of a series that uses evidence-based documentation to examine the veracity of claims and beliefs about high-profile issues in American culture and politics. Each book in the Contemporary Debates series is intended to puncture rather than perpetuate myths that diminish our understanding of important policies and positions; to provide needed context for misleading statements and claims; and to confirm the factual accuracy of other assertions.This particular volume examines beliefs, claims, and myths about voting and elections in the United States. Issues covered include constitutional provisions concerning the franchise, constitutional amendments expanding the vote to previously disenfranchised groups, the specific provisions of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965, and modern-day controversies swirling around claims of voter suppression for partisan gain, voter fraud, and partisan gerrymandering. All of these issues are examined in individualized entries, with objective responses grounded in up-to-date evidence.

Voting in America: Examining the Facts (Contemporary Debates)

This title gives students and other users a clear understanding of the true state of voting and representative democracy in the United States by impartially examining claims surrounding voter fraud, voter suppression, gerrymandering, and other voting-related issues in the U.S.This work is part of a series that uses evidence-based documentation to examine the veracity of claims and beliefs about high-profile issues in American culture and politics. Each book in the Contemporary Debates series is intended to puncture rather than perpetuate myths that diminish our understanding of important policies and positions; to provide needed context for misleading statements and claims; and to confirm the factual accuracy of other assertions.This particular volume examines beliefs, claims, and myths about voting and elections in the United States. Issues covered include constitutional provisions concerning the franchise, constitutional amendments expanding the vote to previously disenfranchised groups, the specific provisions of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965, and modern-day controversies swirling around claims of voter suppression for partisan gain, voter fraud, and partisan gerrymandering. All of these issues are examined in individualized entries, with objective responses grounded in up-to-date evidence.

Votes, Parties, and Seats: A Quantitative Analysis of Indian Parliamentary Elections, 1962–2014

'This starkly lucid and timely book absorbs the nuances of the largest festival – the elections – of the world's largest democracy. Hailing from a political family, the author conveys his passion and knowledge on the intricacies, as well as the heat and dust of his national fête. All data and events have been methodically examined in this absorbing analytical work which is an indispensable and scholarly book on the Indian elections.'– Thankom Arun, Professor at the University of Essex, UK This book provides a quantitative analysis of eight elections and an insight into voting patterns, detailing the election result for each candidate, for all the constituencies, in every Lok Sabha (the lower house of India's Bicameral-Parliament) general election from 1962 to 2014. The central purpose of this interrogation of data is to give shape to the notion of 'electoral efficiency', or the capacity of a party to convert votes into parliamentary seats. Parliamentary elections in India – and also elections to its state assemblies – are conducted under the First Past the Post (FPTP) system whereby a single representative for each of the 543 constituencies is elected as a Member of the Lok Sabha, on the basis of obtaining the largest number of all the candidates contesting that constituency. In brief, Votes, Parties, and Seats provides an in-depth study of the results of parliamentary general elections in India, and sheds light on why some parties are more efficient than others.

Vorzugsaktien in Deutschland: Historische und rechtliche Grundlagen, ökonomische Analyse, empirische Befunde (Empirische Finanzmarktforschung/Empirical Finance)

Mit Vorzugsaktien ist die Eigenkapitalfinanzierung von Wachstumsinvestitionen, Unternehmensübernahmen und Sanierungen möglich, ohne die Mehrheitsverhältnisse in den Gesellschaften nachhaltig zu beeinträchtigen. Stefan Daske zeigt in seiner Studie auf, dass der Kurs der Stammaktien im langjährigen Mittel um etwa 16 % über dem Kurs der Vorzugsaktien liegt, während Vorzugsaktien nicht nur eine höhere Dividendenrendite, sondern auch eine höhere Gesamtrendite erzielen. In der Analyse werden neben makroökonomischen auch unternehmensindividuelle Erklärungsansätze untersucht, z. B. der Einfluss der Stimmrechtsverteilung.

Vorvertragliche Anzeigepflicht: Nach österreichischem und deutschem Recht. Zugleich ein Beitrag zur Vertreterrolle des Versicherungsagenten (Linzer Universitätsschriften #10)

Anliegen des Versicherungsvertragsgesetzes war weine ange­ messene Ausgleichung zwischen den Interessen der Versicherer u und der Versicherungsnehmer (Begriindung zu den Entwiirfen des VersVG [1906] 4). Von diesem Streben nach ausgewogener Beriick­ sichtigung der berechtigten Interessen beider Gruppen lafit sich auch diese Monographie leiten. Sie untersucht einzelne, praktisch besonders wichtige Problemkreise der vorvertraglichen Anzeige­ pflicht, die von den moglichen Konsequenzen der Obliegenheits­ verletzung - der Arglistanfechtung durch den Versicherer, vor allem aber von seinem Riicktritt -her aufgerollt werden. Wie stets im Versicherungsrecht spielen Probleme des biirgerli­ chen Rechts eine besondere Rolle; dazu tritt seit 19'19 das Konsu­ mentenschutzgesetz. Von den daraus resultierenden, nicht allzu gewichtigen Unterschieden zum deutschen Recht abgesehen, ist die Untersuchung auch fUr dieses verwendbar, zumal das Versiche­ rungsvertragsgesetz, aber auch das Handelsgesetzbuch der deut­ schen und der osterreichischen Rechtsordnung in nahezu identi­ scher Fassung angehoren. Dazu kommt, daB versicherungsrechtli­ ches Arbeiten in Osterreich angesichts des iiberaus sparlichen eigenen Schrifttums weitestgehend auf die Auseinandersetzung mit deutscher Literatur und deutscher Rechtsprechung angewie­ sen ist.

Vorträge über Recht und Staat (Wissenschaftliche Abhandlungen der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Forschung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen #10)

The Vortex of Power: Intellectuals and Politics in Indonesia's Post-Authoritarian Era

This book explores the role of intellectuals and governance processes in post-authoritarian Indonesia. Focusing on East Java, the author argues that intellectuals have played an increasingly direct and practical role in the exercise of governance at the local level of Indonesian politics.The book provides insights into how the collaboration between intellectuals and local politico-business elites has shaped good governance and democratic institution-building, validating power structures that continue to obstruct political participation in the country. In addition, the book also delves into the contribution of local intellectuals in resolving the contradictions between technocratic ideas and governance practices, in the interest of local elites.Empirical studies included in the book add to the broader literature on the social role of intellectuals, highlighting their role as not just defined by their capacity to produce and circulate knowledge, but also by their particular position in concrete social and political struggle. The author also explores the manner in which relationships between intellectuals, business and political elites and NGOs in local political and economic practices, intersect with national-level contests over power and resources.

The Vortex of Power: Intellectuals and Politics in Indonesia's Post-Authoritarian Era

This book explores the role of intellectuals and governance processes in post-authoritarian Indonesia. Focusing on East Java, the author argues that intellectuals have played an increasingly direct and practical role in the exercise of governance at the local level of Indonesian politics.The book provides insights into how the collaboration between intellectuals and local politico-business elites has shaped good governance and democratic institution-building, validating power structures that continue to obstruct political participation in the country. In addition, the book also delves into the contribution of local intellectuals in resolving the contradictions between technocratic ideas and governance practices, in the interest of local elites.Empirical studies included in the book add to the broader literature on the social role of intellectuals, highlighting their role as not just defined by their capacity to produce and circulate knowledge, but also by their particular position in concrete social and political struggle. The author also explores the manner in which relationships between intellectuals, business and political elites and NGOs in local political and economic practices, intersect with national-level contests over power and resources.

Vorstandsvergütung und Internationalisierung von Unternehmen: Einfluss monetärer Anreizsysteme auf Top-Management-Entscheidungen (mir-Edition)

Lukas Elosge analysiert mögliche Einflüsse der Vorstandsvergütung auf die Internationalisierung deutscher Unternehmen. Er gewinnt dabei wertvolle Erkenntnisse auch in Bezug auf die Erzielung eines vertieften Verständnisses von Form bzw. Mechanismen der Beeinflussung von Top-Managern durch Vergütungssysteme im Allgemeinen. Der Autor liefert mit den Ergebnissen einer quantitativ und qualitativ angelegten empirischen Studie großer deutscher Aktiengesellschaften Gestaltungsempfehlungen für eine zielorientierte Ausgestaltung von Vergütungssystemen sowie für die Erfassung von Anreizsystemen in erhöht valider und reliabler Form.

Vorstandsvergütung als Mechanismus der Corporate Governance: Grundsätze für die Konzeption und Publizität der Vorstandsvergütung in Deutschland (Rechnungswesen und Unternehmensüberwachung)

Die Vorstandsvergütung stellt einen wesentlichen Mechanismus der Corporate Governance dar. Durch das Gesetz zur Umsetzung der zweiten Aktionärsrechterichtlinie (ARUG II) werden neue Anforderungen an die Konzeption und Publizität der Vorstandsvergütung gestellt. Die Verfasserin unterzieht die Änderungen der vergütungsbezogenen Corporate-Governance-Mechanismen einer umfassenden normativen und empirisch-deskriptiven Analyse. Es wird untersucht, ob durch das ARUG II eine Verbesserung der Corporate Governance in Deutschland erfolgt. Durch die Entwicklung von Grundsätzen für die Vorstandsvergütung normiert Laura Bundle weiterführende Anforderungen an die Konzeption und Publizität der Vorstandsvergütung.Die AutorinDr. Laura Bundle promovierte als wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin bei Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Böcking an der Professur für Betriebswirtschaftslehre, insbesondere Wirtschaftsprüfung und Corporate Governance an der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main.

Vorstandsvergütung 2020: Ein Beitrag zur Entwicklung der Vergütung nach Umsetzung der ARUG II-Richtlinie und der DCGK Reform 2020 (Juridicum - Schriften zum Unternehmens- und Wirtschaftsrecht)

Ausufernde Vergütungen für Vorstände von börsennotierten Aktiengesellschaften entsprechen einem öffentlichen Vorurteil. Das gilt gerade dann, wenn die Gesellschaften selbst zuvor keine ebenso hohen Gewinne erwirtschafteten oder die Börsenkurse ins Wanken gerieten. Auch sonst sorgten millionenhohe Vergütungen oft für öffentliches Unverständnis. Aus diesem Grund hat der europäische Gesetzgeber mit Erlass der zweiten Aktionärsrechterichtlinie (2. ARRL) einen weiteren Regulierungsversuch unternommen, um diesem Phänomen einen Riegel vorzuschieben. In Deutschland wurde die Richtlinie durch das zweite Aktionärsrechterichtlinien-Umsetzungsgesetz (ARUG II) in nationales Recht überführt. In unmittelbarem Zusammenhang damit wurde auch der Deutsche Corporate Governance Kodex in seiner ab 2020 geltenden Fassung (DCGK 2020) deutlich überarbeitet. Auf der Basis dieser Neuerungen wertet dieses Werk aus, ob bekannte Probleme der Vergütung gelöst wurden. Zudem wird die neue Gesetzeslage kritisch gewürdigt. Abschließend wird auf die impliziten Auswirkungen eingegangen.

Vorsorgender Küstenschutz und Integriertes Küstenzonenmanagement: Strategien, Vorgaben und Defizite aus Sicht des Raumordnungsrechts, des Naturschutz- und europäischen Habitatschutzrechts sowie des Rechts der Wasserwirtschaft (Schriftenreihe Natur und Recht #6)

Der Autor bewertet kritisch herkömmliche Küstenschutzmaßnahmen und entwirft über den Vorsorgeansatz und das IKZM Lösungsstrategien. Die rechtliche Durchsetzbarkeit dieser Strategien steht im Mittelpunkt der juristischen Darstellung. Damit ist es erstmals gelungen, die für den Küstenschutz und das IKZM relevanten Rechtsmaterien zusammenzustellen., zu untersuchen und aus ökologischer und vorsorgeorientierter Sicht zu bewerten. Für seine Arbeit wurde der Autor 2004 mit einem Umweltpreis sowie dem Joachim-Jungius-Preis ausgezeichnet.

Vorschriftsgemäßes Entwerfen nach Bauordnungen, Normen, Richtlinien und Regeln: Anforderungskatalog mit Textauszügen und Hinweisen

Die Fülle von Vorschriften mit empfehlendem oder bindendem Charakter, die der Planer beim Entwerfen von Gebäuden berücksichtigen muß, sind kaum überschaubar. Dieses Buch bietet eine systematische und schnell nutzbare Zusammenstellung der aktuellen Regeln, Richtlinien, Normen und Gesetze, die bei der Planung zu beachten sind.

Vorschriften über den Verkehr mit Arzneimitteln und Geheimmitteln

Vorschriften über den Handel mit Giften im Deutschen Reiche: Beschlüsse des Bundesrats und Einführungsverordnungen der Einzelstaaten

Vorschriften über den Handel mit Giften

Vorschriften für die Lichtmessung an Glühlampen

Vorschriften für das Verfahren der Gerichtsärzte bei den gerichtlichen Untersuchungen menschlicher Leichen

Vorschlagswesen zur Innovation in der Öffentlichen Verwaltung: Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter treiben die Veränderung (essentials)

Die öffentliche Verwaltung unterliegt einem großen Veränderungsdruck durch die Digitalisierung (Onlinezugangsgesetz!) und die Demografie (Fachkräftemangel und Generation Y in den Verwaltungen, "Digital Natives" und anspruchsvolle ältere Seniorinnen und Senioren als Bürger). Dadurch ist der Kostendruck schon fast zur Gewohnheit geworden. Öffentliche Verwaltungen bestehen aus Menschen. Wenn die Mitarbeitenden in den Verwaltungen nicht mitgenommen werden, dann wird ein Wandel nicht gelingen. Mit dem Vorschlagswesen wird ein bewährtes Konzept vorgestellt. Hier können die Mitarbeitenden selbst aktiv werden und ihre Sicht einbringen. Dies führt zu einer neuen Kultur in der Verwaltung.