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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464817403321

Autore

Orsi Janelle <1979->

Titolo

Practicing law in the sharing economy : helping people build cooperatives, social enterprise, and local sustainable economies / / Janelle Orsi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, Illinois : , : American Bar Association, , 2012

©2012

ISBN

1-61438-547-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (989 p.)

Disciplina

346.730668

Soggetti

Cooperative societies - Law and legislation - United States

Social entrepreneurship

Sustainability

Technological innovations - Law and legislation - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter One: The Legal Landscape of the Sharing Economy; Chapter Two: Practicing Law in the Sharing Economy; Chapter Three: New Kinds of Agreements; Chapter Four: New Kinds of Organizations; Chapter Five: New Kinds of Exchange; Chapter Six: New Kinds of Capital; Chapter Seven: Employment Laws and New Ways of Working Together; Chapter Eight: New Forms of Production and Commerce; Chapter Nine: New Relationships with Land and Housing; Chapter Ten: New Approaches to Intellectual Property

Chapter Eleven: New Approaches to Risk and LiabilityIndex; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

<span><span><span>Sharing economy lawyers make the exploding numbers of social enterprises, cooperatives, urban farms, local currencies, and the vast array of unique organizations arising from the sharing economy possible and legal. This essential guide will guide the practicing lawyer through areas of law they need to be familiar with from drafting agreements to employment regulations and managing



intellectual property and risk. </span></span></span>