generally accepted international legal standards
1generally accepted accounting principles — See UK GAAP and US GAAP. Related links + Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) USA Rules and procedures generally accepted wit …
2Generally Accepted Accounting Principles — (GAAP) USA Rules and procedures generally accepted within the accounting profession. The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) is the body primarily responsible for developing rules governing US generally accepted accounting principles and… …
3International Financial Reporting Standards — (IFRS) are standards and interpretations adopted by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB). Many of the standards forming part of IFRS are known by the older name of International Accounting Standards (IAS). IAS were issued between… …
4International Financial Reporting Standard — (IFRS) an internationally recognised public sector accounting standard. The UK government is currently considering when to give effect to the IFRS, with the scheduled date for adoption being 1 January 2010. Related links accounting period …
5International Financial Reporting Standards — International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) an internationally recognised public sector accounting standard. The UK government is currently considering when to give effect to the IFRS, with the scheduled date for adoption being 1 January… …
6international law — the body of rules that nations generally recognize as binding in their conduct toward one another. Also called law of nations. Cf. private international law, public international law. [1830 40] * * * Body of legal rules, norms, and standards that …
7international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
8International System of Units — SI redirects here. For other uses, see Si (disambiguation). Cover of brochure The International System of Units The International System of Units[1] (abbreviated SI from French: Système international d unités[2]) is the modern …
9legal ethics — Introduction principles of conduct that members of the legal profession are expected to observe in their practice. They are an outgrowth of the development of the legal profession itself. Background Practitioners of law emerged when… …
10international criminal law — Introduction body of laws, norms, and rules governing international crimes and their repression, as well as rules addressing conflict and cooperation between national criminal law systems. See also international law; conflict of laws.… …
