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Checklists for Due Diligence

Checklists for Due Diligence

If you are buying a company how can you be sure you are buying the business you think you are? Are you sure it is as good as the seller says? How can you be certain unexpected costs and obligations will not suddenly appear once you are the owner and responsible for them? How best can you arm yourself for the negotiations? Designed to help you make your due diligence process as smooth and effective as possible this collection of checklists by acknowledged expert Peter Howson will ensure you manage the risk aspects of any acquisition. The author takes you through the due diligence process itself from legal financial and commercial to employment and IT and guides you through the collection. Each checklist includes a short introduction that enables you to make the best use of the material. Due Diligence is by its nature a process for which checklists are a wonderful source of ideas and reassurance. Peter Howson's checklists (all of which are repeated in PDF form on the downloadable resources) is a must-have reference for anyone contemplating a merger or acquisition a management buyout joint venture or other risky business transactions involving third parties. | Checklists for Due Diligence

GBP 175.00
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The Essentials of M&A Due Diligence

The Essentials of M&A Due Diligence

How can you be sure you are buying the company you think you are? Are you sure it is as good as the seller says? How can you be certain unexpected costs and obligations will not suddenly appear once you are the owner and responsible for them? How best can you arm yourself for the negotiations? Have you worked out precisely what you are going to do with it once it is yours? How do you set the priorities for change to recoup the premium you have paid for it? The answer to all these questions and many more lies within a series of three comprehensive yet concise volumes by Peter Howson. The Essentials of M&A Due Diligence the first in the series is a must for anyone who needs to master the essentials of due diligence with the minimum effort and in the minimum amount of time. Straightforward and unbiased it sets out the fundamentals of pre-acquisition investigations showing which are appropriate and why.

GBP 18.99
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Due Respect The Morality of the Welfare State

Due Respect The Morality of the Welfare State

Published in 1998 this critical analysis of welfare state morality argues that all its essential claims are untenable: that need-based distribution of goods is inconsistent with its rationale; that morality can be given a rational grounding from which follows an exceptionally strong right of personal sovereignty; that cognitive self-sufficiency in the ordinary adult shows capacity to deal adequately with the problems of life. The same arguments lay the basis for an alternative social morality giving the individual his due respect. Among the topics are subjective and objective approaches to moral justification; when moral intuitions must be rejected; how it can be rational to act against reason; personal autonomy and the irresistible impulse; and why and when expropriation is morally permissible. A summary chapter applies the main conclusions to the poverty problem comparing welfare state morality and the alternative in action. | Due Respect The Morality of the Welfare State

GBP 31.99
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Technical Due Diligence and Building Surveying for Commercial Property

Technical Due Diligence and Building Surveying for Commercial Property

Technical Due Diligence and Building Surveying for Commercial Property is the first book to introduce the process of technical due diligence (TDD) and examine the role of the building surveyor within the commercial property sector. The book outlines the processes that the surveyor must go through when performing a TDD inspection and report and most importantly covers in detail the typical pathology and defects encountered during TDD. Performing a TDD survey involves collecting analysing and reporting on a huge amount of information often under specific contractual conditions. The book covers everything the surveyor needs to know in order to do a proper job and includes analysis of materials life cycles and potential defects on an elemental basis with detail on individual components where necessary. Coverage includes: • an introduction to the TDD process and types of commercial buildings encountered • chapters outlining the life cycle and defects of: structures roofs facades finishes and services • hundreds of illustrations and photographs of defects real-world case studies and suggestions for further reading • a final chapter covering legal issues and technical details. This book fills a clear gap in the literature and is the first fully illustrated book on TDD dedicated to commercial building stock. It will help students and professionals to understand the process the science involved and the reasons why defects occur as well as their evolution and long-term impact.

GBP 52.99
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Reason and History in Judicial Judgment Felix Frankfurter and Due Process

Reason and History in Judicial Judgment Felix Frankfurter and Due Process

Stevens sees three crises in American judicial statesmanship. The first was the crisis of the founding. The well being of the country was subjected to grave danger culminating in the crisis of the Civil War and a refoundation was required. During the mid twentieth century The United States faced the possibility of destruction World War II and the finding of malfeasance of the nation in the office of the president. The constant excitement of contest with antagonists makes it difficult to say whether the current crisis of the Supreme Court is merely a continuation or a whole new problem. The political leaders who resolved the first crisis and founded the Republic bequeathed as a part of that foundation the United States Supreme Court. During the subsequent history of the country and with respect to its crises the Court played a large part. Whether or not it does so well in the current period depends upon the quality of its judicial statesmanship. The judge is a person who acts. But it is considered action and considered action is based on prior understanding. The character of the Court's understanding or direction reveales itself in the course of its division over the application of the due process clause to state criminal proceedings. Frankfurter's view is problematic. If Western civilization is to be preserved it must be because it is worth preserving. If it is worth preserving it must be because it is good. If so can it be preserved by reliance upon and reference to itself or must reliance not be placed upon that by virtue of which the thing to be preserved is worthy of preservation? This problem is not new to Western civilization. Much has been written about Frankfurter and common descriptions of the terms restraint and pragmatism to characterize his doctrines. Previous treatments of these doctrines now available have not seemed adequate. The intention of Reason and History in Judicial Judgment is to treat them as ethical problems rather than as self-explaining conclusions. | Reason and History in Judicial Judgment Felix Frankfurter and Due Process

GBP 130.00
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The Democratic Courthouse A Modern History of Design Due Process and Dignity

The Democratic Courthouse A Modern History of Design Due Process and Dignity

The Democratic Courthouse examines how changing understandings of the relationship between government and the governed came to be reflected in the buildings designed to house the modern legal system from the 1970s to the present day in England and Wales. The book explores the extent to which egalitarian ideals and the pursuit of new social and economic rights altered existing hierarchies and expectations about how people should interact with each other in the courthouse. Drawing on extensive public archives and private archives kept by the Ministry of Justice but also using case studies from other jurisdictions the book details how civil servants judges lawyers architects engineers and security experts have talked about courthouses and the people that populate them. In doing so it uncovers a changing history of ideas about how the competing goals of transparency majesty participation security fairness and authority have been achieved and the extent to which aspirations towards equality and participation have been realised in physical form. As this book demonstrates the power of architecture to frame attitudes and expectations of the justice system is much more than an aesthetic or theoretical nicety. Legal subjects live in a world in which the configuration of space the cues provided about behaviour by the built form and the way in which justice is symbolised play a crucial but largely unacknowledged role in creating meaning and constituting legal identities and rights to participate in the civic sphere. Key to understanding the modern-day courthouse this book will be of interest to scholars and students in all fields of law architecture sociology political science psychology and criminology. | The Democratic Courthouse A Modern History of Design Due Process and Dignity

GBP 42.99
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Interreligious Dialogue Models From the Life of the Prophet Muhammad

Interreligious Dialogue Models From the Life of the Prophet Muhammad

How did the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) converse and engage with other religious believers? Did he start off with prejudice and mistrust? Or was he convivial and open-minded? This book analyses six models of the dealings in the lifetime of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) specifically but not restricted to the siblings of Abrahamic religious believers. The six models of dialogue analysed in the book are dialogue with Ashamah Najashi of Abyssinia delegation of Najran Christians different Jews of Yathrib and emperors of Byzantine and Sassanid. The analysis applies Ibn Khaldun’s (d. 1406) historical approach which the author termed as Khaldunian Hermeneutics due to the similarity between his ideas to that of Johann Gustav Droysen (d. 1884) a German philosopher in historical hermeneutics. As such the analysis goes beyond the dialogue content taking into consideration the immediate and larger contextual settings and changes of the contexts due to the passage of time. It critically considers the suitability of each model due to the difference in times and contexts. The book serves as a reference for Muslim dialogue advocates and practitioners to provide substantial evidence of the dialogue application by the role model of Muslims – the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) whom they hold very dear to their hearts. | Interreligious Dialogue Models From the Life of the Prophet Muhammad

GBP 130.00
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Muslim Attitudes Towards the European Union

Muslim Attitudes Towards the European Union

How do Muslim citizens across the globe perceive the European Union? And what factors influence their EU attitudes? This book offers the first systematic theoretical and empirical analysis of Muslim citizens’ EU attitudes in and outside the European Union. Using the best empirical data available the book demonstrates that Muslim citizens’ attitudes are not shaped by their denomination and religious beliefs but by material and political considerations. It finds that Muslims are most favourable toward the EU due to their positive experiences in European contexts whereas in contrast Muslim citizens outside the EU are more skeptical toward the European Union due to sovereignty concerns and the lack of support from the EU and its member states. Such findings not only contribute to the research on social legitimacy of international organizations and international public opinion more generally but also provide important suggestions for (European) policy makers regarding external and domestic policies. This book will be of key interest to scholars students and practitioners of European Union politics Middle East studies public opinion and International Relations. | Muslim Attitudes Towards the European Union

GBP 18.99
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Older Adults and COVID-19 Implications for Aging Policy and Practice

Older Adults and COVID-19 Implications for Aging Policy and Practice

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the lives of people throughout the world either directly due to exposure to the virus or indirectly due to measures taken to mitigate the virus’ effects. Older adults have been particularly hard hit dying in disproportionately higher numbers especially in long-term care facilities. Local regional and national government actions taken to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 have thus served in part to shield older adults from the virus though not without adverse side effects including increased social isolation enhanced economic risk revealed ageism delayed medical treatment and challenges getting basic needs met. This book explores the myriad ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic has affected older adults and their families caregivers and communities. It proposes policies and strategies for protecting and improving the lives of older people during the pandemic. It draws lessons for aging policy and practice more generally given underlying challenges brought to the fore by government provider community and individual responses to the pandemic. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Aging & Social Policy. | Older Adults and COVID-19 Implications for Aging Policy and Practice

GBP 38.99
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Social Crisis and Mental Health Signs of Sanity

Social Crisis and Mental Health Signs of Sanity

This book focuses on the paradoxical effect of social crises on mental health. When crises occur there's an upsurge of mental suffering due to an intensification of such social insanities as violence inequality and insecurity. Paradoxically there are positive consequences due to acts of kindness cooperation and the ability to cope and hope. Two interconnected categories of social crises are covered in the book. These are as follows: contagions (for example the COVID-19 pandemic numerous outbreaks of plague and smallpox since medieval times and the 1918 influenza pandemic); conflicts (including the Russian invasion of Ukraine and aspects of world war such as the Holocaust the use of nuclear bombs in the Second World War and the climate emergency). What is also explored in the book is whether there is an amplification of everyday difficulties whereby having a ‘mental health problem’ has become normalised. The idea of ‘mental-healthism’ is introduced to explain the cultural shift towards this apparent normalisation of ordinary psychological suffering. The book will be of interest to students practitioners and researchers from sociology psychology nursing social work and psychiatry among others. | Social Crisis and Mental Health Signs of Sanity

GBP 130.00
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The Transvaal Rebellion The First Boer War 1880-1881

The Transvaal Rebellion The First Boer War 1880-1881

This book takes a unique look at the first Boer war by concentrating on the events and battles of the First Boer War. Due attention is also given to the 2nd Boer War - it's origins key players and significance for the future of South Africa. The personal stories of heroism and sacrifice sieges rebellions and battles make for an enthralling and dramatic tale - a classic of military history that will find a ready audience amongst military enthusiasts. | The Transvaal Rebellion The First Boer War 1880-1881

GBP 130.00
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Human Resources in the Urban Economy

Human Resources in the Urban Economy

Due to the urbanisation of American society and the economic problems that accompanied it; a series of conferences was held to explore the economics of human resources. Originally published in 1963 this study draws together papers from the first conference dealing mainly with the under-utilisation and misallocation of human resources as well as wage rates migration patterns and education in urban societies and the impact they have on the American labour force. This title will be of interest to students of Environmental Studies and Economics. | Human Resources in the Urban Economy

GBP 31.99
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Freudian repression the Unconscious and the Dynamics of Inhibition

Freudian repression the Unconscious and the Dynamics of Inhibition

Possibly no other psychoanalytic concept has caused as much ongoing controversy and attracted so much criticism as that of 'repression'. Repression involves denying knowledge to oneself about the content of one's own mind and is most commonly implicated in disputes concerning the possibility of repressed memories of trauma (and their subsequent recovery). While fundamental in Freudian psychoanalysis recent developments in psychoanalytic thinking (e. g. 'mentalization') have downplayed the importance of repression in part due to less emphasis being placed on the importance of memory within therapy. | Freudian repression the Unconscious and the Dynamics of Inhibition

GBP 130.00
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Thanatourism and Cinematic Representations of Risk Screening the End of Tourism

Thanatourism and Cinematic Representations of Risk Screening the End of Tourism

In today’s world the need to eliminate natural and human-made disasters has been at the forefront of national and international socio-political agendas. The management of risks such as terrorism labour strikes protests and environmental degradation has become pivotal for countries that depend on their economy’s tourist sector. Indeed there is fear that that ‘the end of tourism’ might be nigh due to inadequate institutional foresight. Yet in designing relevant policies to tackle this arts such as that of filmmaking have yet to receive due consideration. This book adopts an unorthodox approach to debates about ‘the end of tourism’. Through twenty-first century cinematic narratives of symbolically interconnected ‘risks’ it considers how art envisages the future of humanity’s well-being. These ‘risks’ include: migration as an infectious disease; alien incursions as racialized labour mobilities; cyborg rebellion as the fear of post-colonial otherness; and zombie anthropophagy as the replacement of rooted identities by nomadic lifestyles. Such filmic scenarios articulate the futuristic survival of community as the triumph of the technological human over otherness and provide a means to debate societal risks that weave identity politics into unequal mobilities. This book will appeal to researchers and students interested in mobilities theory tourism and travel theory film studies and aesthetics globalisation studies race labour and migration. | Thanatourism and Cinematic Representations of Risk Screening the End of Tourism

GBP 38.99
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A History of the American People Volume 1: To the Civil War

A History of the American People Volume 1: To the Civil War

Originally published in 1933 and written by America’s historian James Truslow Adams this volume tells the story of the rise of the American nation encompassing economics religion social change and politics from settlement to the Civil War. Due emphasis is given to the inter-connectedness of America with Europe – both in terms of cultural heritage and political and military entanglements. Extensive in size and scope and richly illustrated with half-tones and maps these volumes balance a historical narrative with philosophical interpretation whilst touching on as many aspects of American life and history as possible. | A History of the American People Volume 1: To the Civil War

GBP 44.99
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A History of the American People

A History of the American People

Originally published in 1933 and written by America’s historian James Truslow Adams this 2 volume set tells the story of the rise of the American nation encompassing from economics religion social change and politics from settlement to the Great Depression. Due emphasis is given to the inter-connectedness of America with Europe – both in terms of cultural heritage and political and military entanglements. Extensive in size and scope and richly illustrated with half-tones and maps these volumes balance a historical narrative with philosophical interpretation whilst touching on as many aspects of American life and history as possible. | A History of the American People

GBP 250.00
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Living Architecture Living Cities Soul-Nourishing Sustainability

Living Architecture Living Cities Soul-Nourishing Sustainability

It’s widely accepted that our environment is in crisis. Less widely recognized is that three quarters of environmental damage is due to cities – the places where most of us live. As this powerful new book elucidates global sustainability is therefore directly dependent on urban design. In Living Architecture Living Cities Christopher Day and Julie Gwilliam move beyond the current emphasis on technological change. They argue that eco-technology allows us to continue broadly as before and only defers the impending disaster. In reality most negative environmental impacts are due to how we live and the things we buy. Such personal choices often result from dissatisfaction with our surroundings. As perceived environment has a direct effect on attitudes and motivations improving this can achieve more sustainable lifestyles more effectively than drastic building change – with its notorious performance-gap limitations. As it’s in places that our inner feelings and material reality interact perceived environment is place-based. Ultimately however as the root cause of unsustainability is attitude real change requires moving from the current focus on buildings and technology to an emphasis on the non-material. Featuring over 400 high quality illustrations this is essential reading for anyone who believes in the value and power of good design. Christopher Day’s philosophy will continue to inspire students with an interest in sustainable architecture urban planning and related fields. | Living Architecture Living Cities Soul-Nourishing Sustainability

GBP 36.99
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Magna Carta

Magna Carta

This new history is the first to tell the story of Magna Carta ‘through the ages’. No other general work traces its continuing importance in England’s political consciousness. Many books have examined the circumstances surrounding King John’s grant of Magna Carta in 1215. Very few trace the Charter’s legacy to subsequent centuries and even fewer look at the fate of the physical document. Turner also underlines its great influence outside the United Kingdom especially in North America. Today the Charter enjoys greater prestige in the United States the land of lawyers than in Britain. U. S. citizens claim Magna Carta as a source of their liberties guaranteeing ‘due process of law’ and condemning ‘executive privilege’.

GBP 130.00
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