The first part of this paper will establish the near universality of a symbolic connection between birds and death. The following sections will provide sev- eral examples of each type of association, drawing on the folklore, supersti- tion, and tradition of cultures spanning the world throughout history.
Noun. 1. securities law-the body of laws governing the issuance and selling of securities. law, jurisprudence-the collection of rules imposed by authority; civilization presupposes respect for the law; the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order.
Securities law is part transactional (i.e., if a bunch of loans are grouped together and then sold as a security to a financial institution or investor group), part regulatory (i.e., the issuance of securities is heavily regulated by the SEC) and part litigation (i.e., when investors file a lawsuit against an issuer of a security alleging fraud in ...