Editorial

Citation

Gale, C. (2012), "Editorial", International Journal of Law and Management, Vol. 54 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijlma.2012.01054caa.001

Editorial

Article Type: Editorial From: International Journal of Law and Management, Volume 54, Issue 3

The offering in the third edition of 2012 is five articles from contributors old and new and, hopefully, furthers the tone already set for an interesting year of contributions. As has been mentioned proviously, contributions for the Journal are now made through ScholarOne (details on the publisher’s web site and the inside cover of hard copies) and this does indeed seem to be streamlining the refereeing and acceptance process to the benefit of all concerned.

Bijan Bibabad from Iran concludes his article on foreign policy principles from a Sufi perspective. This fascinating background should continue to inform and intrigue lawyers and managers alike.

Wajeeh and Muneeza from Malaysia talk about “Strategic corporate governance for sustainable mutual development” in which they aim to identify critical areas of inclusiveness for employees and the impact of such an integrated effort on mutually developing the work force and corporate entities. Corporate governance issues seem to transfer over all borders, whether international or disciplinary, so it is hoped that there will be a lot to digest for readers from, literally, all backgrounds.

Sam Middlemiss from Scotland continues the corporate theme in looking at “The legal impact on employers where there is a Sham element in contracts with their workers”. The recent development of legal rules that can invalidate sham clauses or bogus contracts in employment have proven beneficial to workers, in particular those workers that want to be treated as employees. This article considers relevant legal decisions from all areas of employment law that have a bearing on this topic and they will be fully analysed for what would appear to be the first time.

Petter Gottschalk from Norway considers the “Conceptual framework for police deviance applied to police crime court cases”. Clearly, it is useful to both academics and practitioners to have an organizing framework when considering police complaints and prosecuting police crime and this also offers an insight for managers into the world of the police which needs to be stable and just to allow business to flourish in an appropriate atmosphere in accordance with the Rule of Law.

Finally, Stanley Paulo from New Zealand and Chris Gale from the UK consider “The Miller-Modigliana 1961 Ponzi scheme, alias dividend irrelevance”. The purpose of this article is to shed light and expose the 1961 Ponzi scheme of the Nobel laureates Miller and Modigliani upon which their dividend irrelevance argument is based, and also to show that it constituted a Ponzi scheme according to statute both at the time of publication and ever since publication in 1961.

As ever, it is hoped all articles offer stimulating and thought provoking reading – enjoy!

Chris Gale