This chapter: (i) explains why private-sector Credit Rating Agencies (CRAs) and their ratings opinions are unconstitutional (with emphasis on CRAs that rate corporate, municipal and government financial-instruments); (ii) explains why government bailouts/bail-ins are motivated by Constitutional Politica...
Ascertaining which enforcement mechanisms work to protect investors has been both a focus of recent work in academic finance and an issue for policy-making at international development agencies. According to recent academic work, private enforcement of investor protection via both disclosure and private ...
Governors David Paterson of New York, Arnold Schwarzenegger of California, and Ed Rendell of Pennsylvania wrote: "If we are to finance and build a world-class infrastructure for America, we must seek new solutions. And a promising solution is at hand: public- private partnerships."7 Indeed, ...
Whether it’s FedEx policemen in Tennessee who can request search warrants and make arrests; a privately funded surveillance helicopter in Jackson, Miss., that can bypass constitutional restrictions on aerial spying; or employees of Capitol Special Police in North Carolina who are lobbying to expand...
1 (2). WIPO and the Public–Private Web of Global Intellectual Property Governance 415 development, human rights, biodiversity and the environment.3 While IP law and its realities had long been regarded a highly technical legal field, it is in particular the adoption of the Agreement on Trade...
AbstractAims In this analysis, we (1) described the rate of mental health service utilization for children from domestic foster care adoption, domestic private adoption, and international adoption and (2) analyzed the effect of common risk factors on mental health service utilization. Data As part...
USA have adopted a strategy based on a combination of “family charging” and “public charging” by providing a charging infrastructure with charging piles, although the current charging infrastructure in the USA cannot meet the daily charging requirements for electric vehicles, except in Pennsylvania...