The nature of the Internet is dramatically revolutionizing the manner in which organizations and individuals alike acquire and distribute information. Unfortunately, the problem of web abuse has developed in kind. This interesting new book includes chapters that embrace a wide array of Internet abuse issues such as, the impact of web abuse on individuals, groups, organizations, and societies, and the problem of web abuse within other cultures and countries. Geared toward business professionals, academicians and students from a variety of disciplines among others, Managing Web Usage in the Workplace: A Social, Ethical and Legal Perspective focuses on the phenomenon of Internet abuse and its consequences.

This Fourth Edition of the popular practical guide to opening and running a bed and breakfast covers all the bases, including evaluating a home's assets and liabilities, determining charges for services, insurance, taxes, legal liabilities, advertising and promotion, working with reservation services, and much more.

This handbook provides a cross-disciplinary perspective on the role of justice research in studies of the legal system. Authorities from relevant fields analyze justice research, including the dimensions of justice, their interaction, and the relationship between law and culture.

Intellectual Property Rights in a Networked World is a collection of recent essays offering some fresh perspectives on the scope and future of intellectual property rights. The tripartite division of the book makes this interdisciplinary topic more accessible and intelligible to readers of diverse backgrounds. Part 1 consists of a single essay that provides a broad overview of the main themes in intellectual property scholarship, such as normative intellectual property theory and the legal infrastructure for property protection. The second section of this book presents several essays that are intended to deepen the reader's understanding of intellectual property theory and show how it can help us to grapple with the proper allocation of property rights in cyberspace. While intellectual property rights create dynamic incentive effects, they also entail social costs, and they are sometimes in tension with the development of a robust public domain.

An A-Z of Modern America is a comprehensive cultural dictionary which defines contemporary America through its history and civilization. It includes entries on key people, customs, education and legal, religious and governmental practices.

Like most inventors, you dream of striking it rich - finding a company you can trust, hashing out a fair licensing deal, watching your idea hit the marketplace and then raking in the profits. But where do you find the right company? And how do you draft an agreement that will protect your interests?License Your Invention provides both the practical marketing advice and the legal licensing language you need to turn your invention into a moneymaker.Step by step, this book explains the key elements in a licensing agreement, from advances and royalties to the length of an agreement. It also explains complex concepts such as warranties, indemnity and reservation of rights - all in plain English.

Despite the widespread use of English and the search for pan-European legal principles, national legal concepts and norms remain of vital, practical importance. This book endeavours to explain, in as simple terms as possible, the structure and terminology of some of the main areas of German law.

Here’s practical help for executives, senior managers, entrepreneurs, and advisers to rapidly-growing companies who need real solutions to financial, management, legal and strategic challenges raised by a constantly changing economy. In page after page of compelling advice and examples, Fast-Track Business Growth rolls out multiple blueprints for business growth without undue risk.

Children, Social Science, and the Law integrates social science research, social policy, and legal analysis related to children and the law. It provides the most cutting-edge information available on topics such as child abuse, children's eyewitness testimony, divorce and custody, juvenile crime, and children's rights.

Legal experts examine how twelve European legal systems deal with situations where a promise may not be enforceable. Despite differences in legal doctrine, similarities in the results are considered. This is the second completed project of The Common Core of European Private Law launched at the University of Trento.

Gratian's Decretum was a key text in the legal and intellectual developments of the twelfth century, and long remained a fundamental work. Professor Winroth has now discovered the shorter, original version of the Decretum, which invites a reconsideration of the resurgence of law in the twelfth century.