International Journal of Law and Management: Volume 59 Issue 1

The LMRDA. Another labor law that benefits firms?

Steven E. Abraham

This paper aims to examine the impact of the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA). It is expected that returns would have increased in response to the law’s…

Property rights and investment: the mediating effect of contract enforcement

Ziade Hailu, Isaac N. Nkote, John C. Munene

The purpose of this paper is to empirically test whether enforceability mediates the relationship between property rights and investment in housing, using data from land…

Transatlantic trade and investment partnership (TTIP) and the spill overs effects on the Gulf – cooperation council

Nadia Naim

The purpose of this paper is to examine the transatlantic trade and investment partnership (TTIP). The EU and the USA are negotiating the TTIP, a trade agreement that aims to…

Enforcement of the purports of binding banking documents in Rastin Banking – part I

Bijan Bidabad, Saeid Abdollahi, Mahshid Sherafati

This paper aims to facilitate and accelerate the enforcement of binding banking documents and to decrease the enforcement burden of the registration offices, courts and judicial…

The effect of audit fees pressure on audit quality during the sanctions in Iran

Mahdi Salehi, Azadeh Jafarzadeh, Zeinab Nourbakhshhosseiny

The current study aims to investigate the amount of downward pressure on audit fees and its effect on audit quality.

Examining perspectives and dimensions of clean development mechanism: A critical assessment vis-à-vis developing and least developed countries

Pravesh Aggarwal, Rupesh Aggarwal

This paper aims to critically evaluate the working of the clean development mechanism (CDM) particularly in developing and least developed countries in the light of recent…

Microfinance regulation and effective corporate governance in Nigeria and Zambia

Ngozi Okoye, Juliana Siwale

There have been various forms of regulatory intervention by the central banks of countries to streamline microfinance activities and ensure effective corporate governance of…

Corporations and development: The barriers to effective corporate social responsibility (CSR) in a neoliberal age

Uchechukwu Nwoke

This paper aims to examine the nature and role of contemporary CSR in the current neoliberal age. It offers an insight into the tension that exists between the ideologies of…

Accounting legislation, corporate governance codes and disclosure in Jordan: a review

Ayman E. Haddad, Wafaa M. Sbeiti, Amer Qasim

The main aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the most influential economic changes and accounting legislation affecting financial reporting and disclosure practices in…