This volume is dedicated to the life work of Ray Chambers, who was continually seeking ways to stimulate and advance the development of a demonstrably rigorous and serviceable system of accounting. This search for an ideal led Chambers into myriad environments, an aspect of his life exhaustively illustrated in his "e;Aide Memoire,"e; which forms part of this memorial volume.

Part 1: Selected Papers Wanted: Foundations of Accounting Measurement; Accounting Education for the 21st Century; Accounting as Financial Instrumentation; Metrical and Empirical Laws in Accounting; Time in Accounting; A New Era in Corporate Reporting?; A True and Fair View of Financial Position; A True and Fair View of Position and Results: The Historical Background; Novocastrian graduation; Positive Accounting Theory and the P A Cult; Accounting and Corporate Morality - The Ethical Cringe; Carpe diem!; Let us now praise famous men.; An Educational Scandal; An Academic Apprenticeship; The Poverty of Accounting Discourse; Floccinaucinihilipilification in Accounting; Historical Cost - Tale of a False Creed; Knowledge and Accountability; Research! But What of Practice; Ends, Ways, Means and Conceptual Frameworks; Price, Variation and Inflation Accounting Research; The Case for Simplicity in Accounting; In Quest of a Framework; Irving Fischer; Sterling as Scholar; Part 2:Aide-memoir1. Career and visiting positions and appointments; Educational responsibilities and innovations; Awards and notices; Biographical and bibliographical references; Memberships; Committee, board and like appointments; Consultancies; publications - books, monographs, pamphlets; Articles; Book reviews, review articles, book notes; Essays, editorials, addresses, minor articles, notes; Letters to general and professional press; Submissions to public and professional bodies (unpublished); Invited lectures, conference addresses, seminar and other presentations; List of abbreviations used.

Chambers, R.J.; Dean, Graeme W.