Is corporate tax competition a threat to democracy in the EU? The answer depends crucially on a positive analysis of the effects of tax competition on national policy autonomy. Most analyses focus on direct effects on corporate tax rates and revenues. We contend that this focus is too narrow. It...

From international law to national law : the opportunities and limits of contractual CSR supply chain governance / Kasey McCall-Smith and Andreas Rühmkorf -- Contractual enforcement of CSR clauses and the protection of weak parties in the supply chain / Vibe Ulfbeck, Ole Hansen, and Alexandra...

New frontiers and objectives of financial regulation -- Microcredit and microfinance : general characteristics -- Dimension I : microfinance as multi-facets creature : the legal enigma and different levels of regulation -- Dimension II : the social objective within the business structure and...

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; List of tables; List of figures; Notes on contributors; Introduction: the media as messenger; Part I The UK experience; 1 The UK news media and austerity: trends since the global financial crisis; 2 Media amnesia and the crisis; 3...