Transactions and Creations


Book Description

In the early 21st century, intellectual and cultural resources emerge on all sides as candidates for ownership claims. Members of an anthropological research team investigating emergent economic relations in a part of the world renowned for its innovative approach to resources and transactions, wish to open up the vocabulary. In this unique volume, they bring an unexpected comparative perspective to global debates on intellectual and cultural property rights (IPR and CPR). The contributors bring from Melanesia their collective experience of people initiating, limiting and rationalizing claims through transactions in ways that challenge many of the assumptions behind the international language. In a bold theoretical move, "property" is put alongside two other terms: "transactions" and "creations." The former have a place in the anthropological tradition that now needs to be brought into the foreground. In turn, increasing interest in protecting intellectual and cultural resources means that questions about creativity have suddenly become pertinent to what is or is not being transacted. Yet is creativity a special preoccupation of modernity? How are we to talk about people's creative practices, when innovation becomes the basis for ownership claims? This book is full of surprises!




Payment Systems and Other Financial Transactions


Book Description

For a thorough explanation of the legal systems that govern the full range of payment transactions, instructors can depend on Payment Systems and other financial transactions: Cases, Materials and Problems, Second Edition . When you review the Second Edition be sure to notice its: extraordinary authorship; Ronald J. Mann is one of the country's leading commercial law scholars and currently serves as Reporter for revisions tot he UCC articles related to checks unmatched breadth of coverage, including checks, credit cards, debit cards, ACH transactions, wire transfers, letters of credit, notes, guaranties, and securities effective application of the systems approach, grounded in detailed, practical explanations of how payment systems actually work text and problems that focus on how the rules apply in practice organization into 25 assignments, each including realistic problems that cover the major points students need to master extensive Teacher's Manual, with answers to all the problems in the book, plus specific guidance for structuring the assingments around a 50-minute, 75-minute, or two-hour class the Second Edition presents: an assignment on ACH Transactions cases interpreting the 1990 versions of Article 3 and 4: Gina Chin & Associates v. First Union Bank, Heritage Bank v. Lovett, and Grain Traders, Inc. v. Citibank coverage of proposed revisions of Articles 3 and 4 Transition Guide in the Teacher's Manual to show your students how theory translates into practice, use Payment Systems and Other Financial Transactions: Cases, Materials, and Problems, Second Edition, In your next course.




Transactions, Transgressions, Transformations


Book Description

American culture has been one of the most controversial exports of the United States: greeted with enthusiasm by some, with hostility by others. Yet, few societies escape its influence. However, not all changes should be interpreted simply as "Americanization." The shaping of the postwar world has been much more complex than this term implies as is shown in this volume that explores the links between Americanization and modernity in Western Europe and Japan. In considering the impact of products and images ranging from movies and music to fashion and architecture, a multi-disciplinary group of contributors asks how American culture has been employed internationally in the articulation of postwar identities - be they national or subnational, socially sanctioned or socially transgressive. Their essays on France, Italy, Germany and Japan move beyond the simple paradigms of colonization and democratic modernization, yet retain a sensitivity to the asymmetries in the postwar power relationships between these countries and the United States. An extensive introduction historically locates changing interpretations of American influences abroad and suggests the problems and promises of "Americanization" as an analytical tool. Its comparative focus and interdisciplinary scope will appeal to a wide range of students and scholars of cold war and post-cold war history.




Principles of Accounting Volume 1 - Financial Accounting


Book Description

The text and images in this book are in grayscale. A hardback color version is available. Search for ISBN 9781680922929. Principles of Accounting is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of a two-semester accounting course that covers the fundamentals of financial and managerial accounting. This book is specifically designed to appeal to both accounting and non-accounting majors, exposing students to the core concepts of accounting in familiar ways to build a strong foundation that can be applied across business fields. Each chapter opens with a relatable real-life scenario for today's college student. Thoughtfully designed examples are presented throughout each chapter, allowing students to build on emerging accounting knowledge. Concepts are further reinforced through applicable connections to more detailed business processes. Students are immersed in the "why" as well as the "how" aspects of accounting in order to reinforce concepts and promote comprehension over rote memorization.




Atomic Transactions: In Concurrent and Distributed Systems


Book Description

This book develops a theory for transactions that provides practical solutions for system developers, focusing on the interface between the user and the database that executes transactions. Atomic transactions are a useful abstraction for programming concurrent and distributed data processing systems. Presents many important algorithms which provide maximum concurrency for transaction processing without sacrificing data integrity. The authors include a well-developed data processing case study to help readers understand transaction processing algorithms more clearly. The book offers conceptual tools for the design of new algorithms, and for devising variations on the familiar algorithms presented in the discussions. Whether your background is in the development of practical systems or formal methods, this book will offer you a new way to view distributed systems.







Business Separation Transactions


Book Description

This book provides discussion of management's goals, the significance of stock market conditions, and the legal, tax and accounting issues involved--plus sample agreements, and registration statements.




Fundamentals of International Business Transactions.


Book Description

This Documents volume is a companion to Fundamentals of International Business Transactions (Kluwer Law International, ISBN 90-411-9632-3) and provides all the supporting sources for students and practitioners seeking information on international commercial law.




Proceedings for ...


Book Description

Volume for 1897 contains the Constitution and by-laws, with a list of members.