Doing Business 2020

Doing Business 2020
Author: World Bank
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2019-11-21
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1464814414

Seventeen in a series of annual reports comparing business regulation in 190 economies, Doing Business 2020 measures aspects of regulation affecting 10 areas of everyday business activity.

Private International Law Aspects of Corporate Social Responsibility

Private International Law Aspects of Corporate Social Responsibility
Author: Catherine Kessedjian
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 697
Release: 2020-03-06
Genre: Law
ISBN: 3030351874

This book addresses one of the core challenges in the corporate social responsibility (or business and human rights) debate: how to ensure adequate access to remedy for victims of corporate abuses that infringe upon their human rights. However, ensuring access to remedy depends on a series of normative and judicial elements that become highly complex when disputes are transnational. In such cases, courts need to consider and apply different laws that relate to company governance, to determine the competent forum, to define which bodies of law to apply, and to ensure the adequate execution of judgments. The book also discusses how alternative methods of dispute settlement can relate to this topic, and the important role that private international law plays in access to remedy for corporate-related human rights abuses. This collection comprises 20 national reports from jurisdictions in Europe, North America, Latin America and Asia, addressing the private international law aspects of corporate social responsibility. They provide an overview of the legal differences between geographical areas, and offer numerous examples of how states and their courts have resolved disputes involving private international law elements. The book draws two preliminary conclusions: that there is a need for a better understanding of the role that private international law plays in cases involving transnational elements, in order to better design transnational solutions to the issues posed by economic globalisation; and that the treaty negotiations on business and human rights in the United Nations could offer a forum to clarify and unify several of the elements that underpin transnational disputes involving corporate human rights abuses, which could also help to identify and bridge the existing gaps that limit effective access to remedy. Adopting a comparative approach, this book appeals to academics, lawyers, judges and legislators concerned with the issue of access to remedy and reparation for corporate abuses under the prism of private international law.

Keeping Pace with Change: Fintech and the Evolution of Commercial Law

Keeping Pace with Change: Fintech and the Evolution of Commercial Law
Author: International Monetary Fund
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 31
Release: 2022-01-27
Genre:
ISBN: 1616358750

This note explores the interactions between new technologies with key areas of commercial law and potential legal changes to respond to new developments in technology and businesses. Inspired by the Bali Fintech Agenda, this note argues that country authorities need to closely examine the adequacy of their legal frameworks to accommodate the use of new technologies and implement necessary legal reform so as to reap the benefits of fintech while mitigating risks. Given the cross-border nature of new technologies, international cooperation among all relevant stakeholders is critical. The note is structured as follows: Section II describes the relations between technology, business, and law, Section III discusses the nature and functions of commercial law; Section IV provides a brief overview of developments in fintech; Section V examines the interaction between technology and commercial law; and Section VI concludes with a preliminary agenda for legal reform to accommodate the use of new technologies.

Perspectives of Law in Business and Finance

Perspectives of Law in Business and Finance
Author: Nicole Grmelová
Publisher: ADJURIS – International Academic Publisher
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2023-01-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 6069535154

These conference proceedings constitute a selection of the best papers submitted to the 14th International Scientific Conference "Law in Business of Selected Member States of the European Union" which was organized by the Department of Business and European Law, Faculty of International Relations, Prague University of Economics and Business, Czech Republic. The conference was held in the University ́s premises on 3 and 4 November 2022 and welcomed speakers and participants from both Europe (Ireland, Germany, Croatia, Poland, Romania, Greece, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic) and overseas (South African Republic, India). The conference was held in a hybrid format, being streamed online for those who could not join the conference venue in person and to reach a wider audience. The participant’s papers were presented in specialized sections which correspond to the subheadings of the present volume: 1. Section: Business and Commercial Law; 2. Section: Insolvency Law; 3. Section: Competition Law; 4. Section: Consumer Protection; 5. Section: European and International Legal Aspects of Doing Business; 6. Section: Banking, Finance, and Insurance Law. The conference has been supported by the Internal Grant Agency Project No. F2/44/2022 “Law in Business of Selected Member States of the European Union (14th annual conference)” of the Prague University of Economics and Business.

Managers in European Law

Managers in European Law
Author: Natalie Videbæk Munkholm
Publisher: Kluwer Law International B.V.
Total Pages: 439
Release: 2024-02-08
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9403533161

Business organisations depend on having one or more persons who can legitimately make strategic business decisions. But what are the legal entitlements of such key professionals? This is the first book – with contributions from experts across Europe – to take a broad comparative look at how the delimitation of rights and duties of executive and non-executive managers is done under different areas of EU law and across different jurisdictions (namely, EU and national law). Aspects of the executive role covered include the following: extensive treatment of definitions and methodologies to ascertain the status of managers as ‘workers’ in Europe; comprehensive interdisciplinary and comparative analysis of cross-cutting issues affecting managers in Europe, including complexities arising from national variations in governance structures and roles and functions of managers; comprehensive analysis of cases before the European courts with full awareness of applicable rules; distinction between registered front directors and those who act as de facto managers; how employees (and to some degree other stakeholders) may be involved in management; trends in current EU law that increase the need to protect managers; trends that increase the need to hold managers liable; right to inter alia information and consultation, occupational health and safety, non-discrimination and free movement; and recognition that managers may not necessarily be powerful professionals with strength vis-à-vis the company as employer. According to EU statistics, in 2019, nearly 9.4 million persons held a managerial position across the EU’s Member States, meaning that many managers currently can no longer inherently be considered unworthy of employment protection. The legal status of these individuals thus cannot be sidestepped. This very important volume accordingly will be of value to practitioners, policymakers, and academics in employment and labour law.

Labour Law in the Czech Republic

Labour Law in the Czech Republic
Author: Jan Pichrt
Publisher: Kluwer Law International B.V.
Total Pages: 433
Release: 2022-11-20
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9403505168

Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this monograph on the Czech Republic not only describes and analyses the legal aspects of labour relations, but also examines labour relations practices and developing trends. It provides a survey of the subject that is both usefully brief and sufficiently detailed to answer most questions likely to arise in any pertinent legal setting. Both individual and collective labour relations are covered in ample detail, with attention to such underlying and pervasive factors as employment contracts, suspension of the contracts, dismissal laws and covenant of non-competition, as well as international private law. The author describes all important details of the law governing hours and wages, benefits, intellectual property implications, trade union activity, employers’ associations, workers’ participation, collective bargaining, industrial disputes, and much more. Building on a clear overview of labour law and labour relations, the book offers practical guidance on which sound preliminary decisions may be based. It will find a ready readership among lawyers representing parties with interests in the Czech Republic, and academics and researchers will appreciate its value in the study of comparative trends in laws affecting labour and labour relations.

Corporate Business Forms in Europe

Corporate Business Forms in Europe
Author: Frank Dornseifer
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages: 928
Release: 2009-04-27
Genre: Law
ISBN: 3866537239

“Daily Mail”, “Centros”, “Überseering” and “Inspire Art”: The ECJ has triggered by applying the principle of freedom of establishment step by step the competition between EU corporate legal systems. Entrepreneurs and investors within the EU now can choose between the various corporate legal forms of the various member states when deciding where and how to carry out their business. “Corporate Business Forms in Europe” is the first compendium including a review and description of the most important types of corporate business forms (i.e. public/private limited liability companies and variations thereof) in the newly enlarged Europe. In particular with respect to the proposed directive concerning the transfer of the registered office of a company from one member state to another under perpetuation of its legal capacity this compendium becomes an indispensable reference book for investors/businessmen, lawyers and students providing practical information starting with the formation and ending with the winding up of the various types of corporate entities presented. The team of authors comprises lawyers and professionals from the various countries concerned with a profound background in corporate law.

Doing Business with the Czech Republic

Doing Business with the Czech Republic
Author: Jonathan Reuvid
Publisher: GMB Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 450
Release: 2005
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1905050550

Originally published in the pre-EU-accession period, this E-Book edition of Doing Business with the Czech Republic has been updated to take account of the post-accession changes to the legal and fiscal environment. It remains a definitive appraisal of the economic and investment climate, including an examination of the legal structure and business regulation, information on the financial sector and unique best practice on all aspects of trading with and investing in the Czech Republic. The guide also provides an overview of key sectors of trade and investment. CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE: ABN AMRO, AON, Coface, CMS Cameron McKenna, Czechinvest, DTZ, Egon Zehnder, Seddons.