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Legal Systems, Courts, and Dispute Resolution
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Legal Systems, Courts, and Dispute Resolution

A comprehensive overview of global legal systems, including the institutions, laws, and norms that make up these systems, and the complexities at the heart of various legal frameworks.

$85 - $129
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Format

Online

NASBA Field of Study

Accounting

Level

Basic

CPE Credits

4

Author(s)

Nathan Fan, Adam Rabinowitz

Availability

1 year

Product Number

CFF224SSO

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Global legal systems overview

Global legal systems are incredibly complex. As a forensic practitioner, understanding legal systems and their complexities is essential to your practice. You’ll examine the types of global legal systems and their origins, functions, and applications around the world. Topics covered include:

  • Primary functions of legal systems
  • Types of legal systems
  • Mixed legal systems and their historical and cultural contexts

Breaking down the intricacies of law and legal systems

After exploring broader legal systems and their contexts, you’ll learn how civil, common, religious, and customary law differ in their purposes, origins, and application. Additionally, you’ll compare public and private law, and review other topics that include:

  • Rules of evidence
  • Rules of procedure
  • Judicial court structures
  • Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)

Who Will Benefit

  • Primary Audience: Members of the AICPA who are interested in earning the Certified in Financial Forensics CFF® credential.
  • Secondary Audience: Professionals in the broader accounting, managerial, legal, and international business industries with interest in forensic and fraud risk management services.

Key Topics

  • National legal systems
  • International law and transnational frameworks
  • Civil law
  • Common law
  • Rules of evidence
  • Rules of procedure
  • Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)

Learning Outcomes

  • Identify the global legal systems and their applicability.
  • Distinguish between civil and common law, and between public and private law.
  • Identify key concepts related to adjudication and dispute resolution.
Credit Info
CPE Credits
Online
4
NASBA Field of Study
Accounting
Level
Basic
Prerequisites
Foundational knowledge of forensic accounting
Access
Online
This is a digital product. With full paid access the content will be available to you for 1 year after purchase date.
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Pricing
Do you have an AICPA or CIMA membership? Log in to apply your member discount.
Nonmembers
Online
$129.00
AICPA Members
Online
$105.00
CIMA Members
Online
$105.00
FVS Section Members
Online
$85.00

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Author(s)
Nathan Fan
Nathan Fan is a principal in Hemming Morse’s Los Angeles office and has more than 17 years of experience in providing litigation consulting and financial advisory services to clients and attorneys. His responsibilities include managing all aspects of engagements and investigations, including planning, conducting field work, interviews of personnel, industry and professional standards research, preparation of complex financial models, technical accounting determinations, report writing and presentation, and contract administration. As a Certified Public Accountant, Certified in Financial Forensics, Chartered Global Management Accountant, and a Certified Fraud Examiner, Nathan’s litigation experience includes matters involving fraud and asset misappropriation examinations, shadow audits, accounting principles, securities litigation, accountants’ professional liability, auditor malpractice, royalty audits, and business interruption claims. He has performed complex studies involving lost profit and reasonable royalty calculations, business loss profits, internal company fraud investigations and evaluation of internal controls processes and documentation. Nathan has served clients in a variety of industries, including high-tech semiconductors, aerospace and aviation, computer software, medical products and pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, retail products, banking, securities, and financial markets.
Adam Rabinowitz
CPA/CFF, CVA, CFE
Adam Rabinowitz co-leads Kaufman Rossin’s Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services practice. He is a Certified Public Accountant, specialized in financial forensics, with more than 17 years of experience providing expert witness and litigation consulting services relating to economic damages, business valuation, and fraud investigations. He is skilled in understanding, interpreting, and communicating all aspects of economic damages within commercial litigation. His primary expertise includes assisting counsel and triers of fact with complex economic damage and valuation issues. He has served as an expert witness in federal, state court, and arbitration matters and is an American Arbitration Association panel member.
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