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The last decade has brought huge changes in the legal regulation of public purchasing. These changes stem from two main sources: (1) the implementation of national reform programmes in public procurement, especially in developing countries and in countries transitioning from planned to market economies, encouraged by such institutions as the World Bank and UNCITRAL, and (2) efforts to open government procurement markets to international trade through regional agreements and the World Trade Organisation. Many states have had to modify their national procurement rules for the first time. The book covers both domestic and international perspectives on public procurement regulation and examines their interrelationship. Specific topics addressed include + the UNCITRAL Model Law and its influence on procurement reform, + problems of reform in developing and transition economies, + World Bank procurement procedures, + the implications of information technology for procurement regulation, + the challenge of widening participation in global and regional agreements and of making these agreements work, + regulating defence procurement, and + the use of procurement to promote social and environmental policies. Public Procurement: Global Revolution brings together the leading experts from academia, practice, and international institutions to describe the major global developments that have occurred in public procurement regulation and to examine some key current policy issues. The dynamic nature of the topic and the quality of coverage make this a useful, interesting resource for academics in the fields of international law and economics as well as practitioners and officials involved in international trade.

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Law school casebook supplement, contains recent developments in various areas, including the definition of a "security," the SEC's plain English requirements, selective disclosure, litigation reform, insider trading, tender offer regulation, broker-dealers' obligations with regards to securities recommendations, and day trading. Also contains problems for use with the casebook, and documents from a public offering.

Securities Regulation: Cases and Materials (2001 Supplement)

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The Gold Standard on the Subject

Securities Regulation: Cases and Materials (2001 Supplement)
Richard W. Jennings , Harold Marsh , John C., Jr. Coffee , and Joel Seligman
Manufacturer: Foundation Pr
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Law | Subjects | Books

Securities | Business | Law | Subjects | Books

ASIN: 1587780127

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This casebook provides detailed information on securities regulation. The casebook provides the tools for fast, easy, on-point research. Part of the University Casebook Series®, it includes selected cases designed to illustrate the development of a body of law on a particular subject. Text and explanatory materials designed for law study accompany the cases.

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the first choice.......2005-11-06

Authored by a real expert in the field, Securities Regulation is the best casebook on the market and would be the first choice for a law school securities class.

The Gold Standard on the Subject.......2004-03-15

This casebook by Professors Coffee and Seligman is the gold standard for the teaching of federal securities law. It is the successor to the casebook originally by Richard Jennings and Harold Marsh, both now deceased, which was used to teach the subject to the majority of securities lawyers now in practice. It includes a careful selection of materials revealing the progression of ideas in the field in most of the subjects of importance to students receiving an introduction to the law in this area. The cases are well selected, and serve as a compendium of the meat of the matter in all the important cases in the field that are cited in briefs filed in all types of litigation in this area and which guide the transactional lawyers through the thickets. I used this text in my original law school coursework, and found it in use later as I pursued an LL.M. degree in the area at NYU. As the field has undergone some major upheaval due to the scandals involving Enron, Global Crossing and the like, it is appropriate that Coffee and Seligman be listed as sole authors on the cover, although one can still see some of the flavor of the original work by Jennings and Marsh. It is a classic.

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Features case studies primarily focusing on Ethiopia and Kenya to offer research from a variety of regional communities to explore issues of household sales behavior, price determinants, livestock market information systems, cross border and export marketing, and crisis period marketing.

Firmly tied to recommendations for future research and policy, the editors contend that current thinking, which asserts that more effective marketing will automatically achieve multiple desirable outcomes, including environmental benefits, may be flawed.

The studies presented illustrate how it is possible to improve livestock marketing and achieve multiple desirable objectives through serious and coordinated effort.

Filling an important gap in the literature, this is important reading for all those interested in livestock development and pastoral economies in East Africa.

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Very Timely and Informative.......2007-06-11

Working on a USAID funded Pastoralist Livelihood project, this book was of great help. In an area of the world where it is difficult to get accurate, timely information this book fills a big gap.

Livestock Development and Policy in East Africa (Centre for Development Research Publications)

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Livestock Development and Policy in East Africa (Centre for Development Research Publications)
Philip Raikes
Manufacturer: The Nordic Africa Institute
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Production & Operations | Management & Leadership | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

General | Veterinary Medicine | Medicine | Subjects | Books

Poor Are Not Us: Poverty & Pastoralism In Eastern Africa (Eastern African Studies)

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Poor Are Not Us: Poverty & Pastoralism In Eastern Africa (Eastern African Studies)
David M. Anderson
Manufacturer: Ohio University Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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This digital document is an article from Phytomedicine: International Journal of Phytotherapy & Phytopharmacology, published by Urban & Fischer Verlag on January 1, 2004. The length of the article is 784 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Pharmacognosy: Phytochemistry, medicinal plants.(Book Review)(Book Review)
Author: Wolfgang Schuhly
Publication: Phytomedicine: International Journal of Phytotherapy & Phytopharmacology (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 2004
Publisher: Urban & Fischer Verlag
Volume: 11 Issue: 1 Page: 90(1)

Article Type: Book Review

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Botanical medicine pharmacognosy: ethnobotany, phytochemistry, folklore plant use, and modern science

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Botanical medicine pharmacognosy: ethnobotany, phytochemistry, folklore plant use, and modern science
Ara DerMarderosian
Manufacturer: Western States Chiropractic College
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

General | Medicine | Subjects | Books

Supplements | Alternative Medicine | Health, Mind & Body | Subjects | Books
ASIN: B0006SANV2

Kundur (Boswellia serrata) & guggul (Commiphora mukul) (Pharmacognosy, phytochemistry, pharmacology & clinical studies of Unani medicinal plants)

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Kundur (Boswellia serrata) & guggul (Commiphora mukul) (Pharmacognosy, phytochemistry, pharmacology & clinical studies of Unani medicinal plants)
S. H Afaq
Manufacturer: State Takmil-ut-tib College
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0007BIQA8

Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants

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Libro de alto nivel

Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants
Jean Bruneton
Manufacturer: Lavoisier
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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This new edition of Jean Bruneton's book has been revised and expanded with over 200 additional pages reflecting the most recent advances in natural and semisynthetic substances. It also features the most recent additions to the therapeutic arsenal such as antimalarial, antitumor, and antiretroviral agents. Drawing on biosynthetic relationships, the book describes both the primary and secondary classes of metabolites and the drugs from which they originate. Phytochemical generalities, distribution, biosynthesis, extraction and quantitation methods, and biological aspects are developed for each class. All raw materials are meticulously detailed giving origin, identity, production, composition, uses, processing and optimization. The result is a considerable amount of botanical, chemical, analytical, pharmacological, and therapeutic data gathered into this truly comprehensive compilation. Therapeutic indications and recommended usage are specified for each product. An extensive index with almost 3000 entries and some 500 references are a valuable starting point for a search of the literature. This "encyclopedia" of pharmacognosy and phytochemistry is written for students, teachers, and professionals who use plant resources in pharmacy, cosmeticology, perfumery, botany, food technology and related fields.

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Libro de alto nivel.......2000-02-28

Este libro es una magnífica oportunidad para conocer un gran expectro de temas relacionados al gran aporte que la naturaleza ofrece para la solución a nuestros problemas. Los capítulos del libro son completos y tocan vários aspectos que son una excelente ayuda para la preparación de cursos para pregrado. Tengo le edición de 1995 y me gustaría tener acceso a esta nueva edición pero el costo es muy elevado para las condiciones actuales de nuestro país.

Pharmacognosy, phytochemistry, pharmacology & clinical studies of Unani medicinal plants

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Pharmacognosy, phytochemistry, pharmacology & clinical studies of Unani medicinal plants
S. H Afaq
Manufacturer: A.K. Tibbiya College, Aligarh Muslim University
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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The annual Montreal-Rochester-Syracuse-Toronto (MRST) conference is aimed primarily at theorists in high energy physics. It covers a broad range of topics, such as high energy colliders, branes, space-time, QCD, positronium physics, QED bound states, and bosons.

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Finding Dad: A Mysterious Term Paper is the Fourth Balona Book by Jonathan Pearce

Community college criminal justice freshman Joseph Oliver Kuhl organizes fellow students and relatives to bring to justice Balona's "Starfighter," the mysterious individual who has been systematically burning down the town's central business district. The book is presented as Joe's Criminal Justice term paper, but without footnotes as Joe has come to realize that typing footnotes is a drag. (The action takes place prior to Joe's learning MS Word, a computer program that college students have found compiles footnotes with ease out of material you needn't even have read.)

Joe's detecting efforts are triumphant, but because of the surprising involvement of a family member, Joe is unable to reveal the culprit and accept appropriate credit for solving the crimes.

Joe finally acquires his own car and names it "The Yellow Peril" at the suggestion of fellow student Amelia Earhart Wong. Joe has been ordered by his mother to marry heiress Claire Preene, but Joe's passionate admirer Patella Sackworth may yet have something to say about that.

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Pretty good book about a pretty dumb kid.......2001-05-03

In comparison with Finding Dad, John-Browne's Body, One Brick Shy, Spring Break, A Little Honesty, and Thing with Feathers, I rated Focusing the Private Eye four stars instead of the five some others have granted it. My mother, on the other hand, thought this one was worth five stars chiefly because of the poetry.

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The T-54 and T-55 tanks are the most widely manufactured tanks of all time. They have become ubiquitous to wars around the globe since the 1950s, starting with Hungary in 1956, and including the the Arab-Israeli wars of 1967, 1973 and 1982, the Vietnam war of 1967-75, the Iran-Iraq War of 1980-88, the Afghanistan conflict, Operation Desert Storm, the Yugoslav Civil Wars, and the recent conflict in Iraq. This book will examine the roots of this prolific tank family, starting with the Soviet Army’s first attempts to replace the legendary T-34 during World War II, and covering the T-43 and the T-44, the more successful T-54, and its ultimate evolution into the T-55.

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Excellent and informative book on an important Soviet AFV.......2004-12-03

Steven Zaloga is one of my favorite authors on tanks and AFVs. This volume does not disappoint. The T54/55 tank is one of the most numerous and successful Soviet tanks ever developed. Over 40,000 of these tanks are used all over the world. Zaloga does a great job of describing the development of the T54 and T55 tanks and the variant models. He also includes various sections which explain the upgrade versions of the T55, the Chinese copies of the T54 (called the T-59 and T-69), and the combat performance of the T54/55. What I always appreciate about Zaloga is that he inserts helpful information such as the armor penetration of the 100mm D-10T guns (e.g. compare the HVAP round which penetrates 200mm with the latest UBM6 APSDS round which can penetrate up to 290 mm at 2km against a vertical target)and the armor upgrades of the T55. As always in this series, the colored plates and illustrations are excellent. Zaloga packs in so much information in 47 pages! Highly recommended!!

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Twentieth-Century Dictatorships: The Ideological One-Party States
Paul Brooker
Manufacturer: NYU Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Politics | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0814712517
Release Date: 1995-02-01

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Mussolini in Italy. Hitler in Germany. Franco in Spain. These men, and their style of government, both individually and collectively, have had a profound and lasting effect on global politics in this century.

Equipped with an official ideology and a charismatic leader, dictatorship contested democracy throughout the twentieth century, first in the form of fascist, and later communist and military, regimes. Examining their origins, evolution, and political and social roles, Paul Brooker here provides a sweeping canvas of dictatorships in Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. By distinguishing between the different manifestations of dictatorship—from the mass-murdering reign of Hitler to the benevolent dictatorships of such figures as Crdenas in Mexico and Atatrk in Turkey, this work presents a clear and comprehensive overview of this often violent, sometimes paternalistic, always fascinating form of government.

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