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Privatization In Eastern Germany: A Comprehensive Study, Rainer Frank
Privatization In Eastern Germany: A Comprehensive Study, Rainer Frank
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
One of the greater problems arising from the reunification of Germany has been the privatization of land in eastern Germany. Initially, the principle that shaped the privatization policies was restitution, the idea that land unlawfully taken by the former East German government should be returned to its rightful owner. A second goal of the privatization program was to stimulate investment in the economy of eastern Germany. These two goals, however, have conflicted. The result has been a policy that has created confusion with regard to the ownership of property and clear title. This Article examines two series of amendments, in …
American Business And Risk Capital, Emil Schram
American Business And Risk Capital, Emil Schram
Vanderbilt Law Review
In the midst of a nation-wide business surge--in building, in steel, in automobiles and petroleum production and farming--our capital markets stand alone as the one "depressed area" in the national economy.
It is due to the failure of many of those who call the tune on our country's fiscal and credit policies to realize that they are sluicing off the top soil from a resource as definite and tangible as our farms; they are eroding something as measurable as our grazing lands; they are pumping off onto barren ground something as exhaustible as our oil wells.
I am speaking of …
The Sec And The Broker-Dealer, Louis Loss
The Sec And The Broker-Dealer, Louis Loss
Vanderbilt Law Review
A couple of weeks ago the Commission handed down an opinion in a broker-dealer revocation proceeding which is the latest in a series of cases over the past few years that have gradually blocked out the duties of a broker-dealer to his customer. That case gives me my theme today.
It happens that most of what I am about to say relates primarily to the over-the-counter market. I was a little disturbed about the propriety of talking about over-the-counter problems under the auspices of this organization. However, we are all interested, I take it, in the problems of the securities …