Instead of written contracts enforceable in a recognized court of law, Sino-Forest operates on the basis of personal relationships, cultivated by its senior management.
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They have a contract signed by the local chief, but no bank will accept it as collateral, because it is not enforceable in a court of law.
If naming and shaming is not enough to push governments into reform, the commission has powers to recommend sanctions, enforceable unless a weighted majority of ministers blocks them.
The board also will oversee dispute resolution between retailers and union representatives, which will be subject to arbitration with decisions enforceable in a court of law in the country of the retailer.
That said, they haven't given up on looking for such a legally enforceable guarantee mechanism.
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First, they would require short-sellers to demonstrate a legally enforceable right to deliver the shares on the required date.
For instance, a written enforceable agreement, outlining the repayment terms of the loan.
Assuming ToS are enforceable, they are a risky issue for web scrapers.
It was often said that enlightened self-interest would push Russia's robber barons, like their American counterparts in the last century, into seeing the merits of a properly enforceable legal framework to regulate both business and politics.
Part of the problem, he argued, was that some economic transactions are so complicated, and involve so many things which could go wrong, that writing a legally enforceable contract that takes all possibilities into account is impossible.
How surprising then in this 21st Century, when sexual equality is a legally enforceable rule in most walks of our national life, to find that when it comes to the rules of succession to the British throne, women are the victims of the most blatant discrimination.
Nor do they adhere to a universal and enforceable code of conduct.
Yet the only way the TPP can be a successful multi-lateral trade agreement is if stringent and enforceable intellectual property safeguards are put in place to ensure a level playing field among all partners.
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This allegation, not included in the Starr referral, is even more curious than the previous one, because it's based on a novel legal theory, which is -- jeopardizes all lawyers in the building -- which is that a client has an enforceable obligation to correct his attorney's alleged misstatements, and if he doesn't make those corrections, he, the client, will be held liable to charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.
Even if such a policy were legal and enforceable, would it be desirable?
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Registration of a trademark does provide some legal presumptions, including the presumption that a mark is valid and enforceable in court.
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He rejected a proposal from the press itself to police papers who signed up to a new regulator through legally-enforceable membership contracts.
Previous governments have fitfully undertaken titling programmes, inspired by Hernando de Soto, a Peruvian economist who argues that enforceable property rights are the key to development.
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Despite all the talk about increased sophistication in the Chinese and Indian economies, the U.S. remains home to a highly educated workforce and an enforceable rule of law designed to protect intellectual property.
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It is clear that the SGP has not been enforceable for punishment did not prevent Greece living on a credit rush.
In other states, such as Florida, broad non-compete provisions may be enforceable provided the restrictions are reasonable and justified by a legitimate business interest.
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Post-placement contact agreements came into use in the 1990s, and even agencies in states where the contracts aren't enforceable use them to provide adoptive and birth families a framework for their relationship.
"We don't support the idea of legalised trade at this time because we just don't think it is enforceable, " says Dr Colman O'Criodain, a wildlife trade policy analyst with WWF.
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In a statement, Cairn said it noted that court enforceable undertakings were agreed by Greenpeace UK and Greenpeace Limited in 2011.
The court found that the individual insurance mandate at the heart of the law was not enforceable under Congress' power over interstate commerce but rather as a tax.
"The five mortgage servicers that signed the National Mortgage Settlement are legally required to take specific, rigorous, and enforceable steps to protect homeowners, " Mr Schneiderman said in a statement.
Many lawyers doubt, for example, whether it is possible to produce a prenuptial agreement that would be globally recognised, let alone enforceable.
When teachers are on their own in front of a class, they need to know that any sanction will be enforceable.
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Ensuring our innovators are protected with strong and enforceable IP provisions is essential if we are to reap the full benefits of a multi-nation agreement as significant as the TPP.
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