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Verlagsinfo: Das Bilanzrecht steht im ersten Jahrzehnt des neuen Jahrtausends vor einer grundsätzlichen Neuordnung. Die zunehmende Globalisierung zwingt die ehemals auf das deutsche HGB konzentrierte Bilanzierungspraxis in noch vor wenigen Jahren kaum vorstellbarer Weise, sich intensiv mit Fragen der internationalen Rechnungslegung auseinanderzusetzen. Es wird nicht mehr diskutiert, ob eine Angleichung an internationale Standards erforderlich ist, sondern nur noch die Frage, ob die IAS (International Accounting Standards) oder die US-GAAP(US-Generaly Accepted Accounting Principles) den Rahmen vorgeben. Vor diesem Hintergrund greift das Buch wesentliche Entwicklungen auf dem Gebiet der Rechnungslegung und Prüfung auf: Etwa den Shareholder-Value-Ansatz, die Berichterstattung nach US-GAAP aus Investorsicht, den Aufbau und die Aufgaben des DRSC (Deutsches Rechnungslegungs Standards Committee), wesentliche Bewertungsunterschiede zwischen IAS und HGB sowie strukturelle Unterschiede zwischen deutschem und US-amerikanischem Bilanzrecht.

"What kind of privacy future are we facing? In Visions of Privacy: Policy Choices for the Digital Age, some of the most prominent international theorists and practitioners in the field explore the impact of evolving technology on private citizens. The authors critically probe legal, social, political, and economic issues, as each answers the question: How can we develop privacy solutions equal to the surveillance challenges of the future?"--Jacket

"The present book brings together a number of case studies on the ethnic and regional dimensions of Chinese politics and society. Most of the contributors to this study use largely Chinese-language sources. Five are social anthropologists, and three (in addition to the editor) are political scientists. They provide in-depth analyses of Han relations with Mongolians and Muslims; the relations between the national government and selected provinces, especially after the 'Cultural Revolution'; the majority-minority interactions within provinces and the tensions within minority communities; the conflict between nationalism and Marxism and its impact on policies of culture and language; and attempts to balance the pressures for the legitimation of cultural diversity and for affirmative action with the imperatives of political unity."--Jacket

1. Counterfactual Thought Experiments in World Politics: Logical, Methodological, and Psychological Perspectives / Philip E. Tetlock and Aaron Belkin -- 2. Causes and Counterfactuals in Social Science: Exploring an Analogy between Cellular Automata and Historical Processes / James D. Fearon -- 3. Counterfactual Reasoning in Western Studies of Soviet Politics and Foreign Relations / George W. Breslauer -- 4. Confronting Hitler and Its Consequences / Yuen Foong Khong -- 5. Back to the Past: Counterfactuals and the Cuban Missile Crisis / Richard Ned Lebow and Janice Gross Stein -- 6. Counterfactual Reasoning in Motivational Analysis: U.S. Policy toward Iran / Richard K. Herrmann and Michael P. Fischerkeller -- 7. Counterfactuals about War and Its Absence / Bruce Russett -- 8. Using Counterfactuals in Historical Analysis: Theories of Revolution / Edgar Kiser and Margaret Levi -- 9. Counterfactuals and International Affairs: Some Insights from Game Theory / Bruce Bueno de Mesquita.

Is the federal budget deficit a result of congressional deadlocks, gross miscalculation of economic trends, or a Republican strategy to tie the budgetary hands of future Democratic leadership? To what extend does the partisan split between Congress and the executive branch constrain the president's agenda? In this volume, political scientists and economists tackle these and many other contentious issues, offering a variety of analytical perspectives. Certain to provoke controversy, this interdisciplinary volume brings together policy experts to provide a coherent analysis of the most important.

""Preface""; ""Introduction to Autopoietic Law""; ""The Unity of the Legal System""; ""The Law of Law""; ""On the Supposed Closure of Normative Systems""; ""Between Order and Disorder: The Game of Law""; ""Biological Metaphors in Legal Thought""; ""The Communicative Autonomy of the Legal System""; ""The Autonomy of Law: Two Visions Compared""; ""Changing Paradigms in the Sociology of Law""; ""Evolution of Autopoietic Law""; ""Perspectives on a Post-Modern Theory of Law: A Critique of Niklas Luhmann, �The Unity of the Legal System�""; ""Accounting for Law""; ""The Fact of Law""

This book outlines a new approach to the analysis of decision making based on "cognitive maps." A cognitive map is a graphic representation intended to capture the structure of a decision maker's stated beliefs about a particular problem. Following introductory chapters that develop the theory and techniques of cognitive mapping, a set of five empirical studies applies these new techniques to five policy areas. Originally published in 1976. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905