Celebrity sells

Celebrities have always captured the imagination of the public. In today's age of consumerism, their ability to influence our behaviour can be seen worldwide. Harnessing this power can reap huge rewards for business # the Jamie Oliver campaign helped turn around Sainsbury s fortunes, with ...

Europa, un proyecto irrenunciable

la Constitución para Europa desde la teoría constitucional

El trabajo del prof. López Pina es el producto de una reflexión de años sobre Europa desde los órdenes jurídico, histórico y filosófico. El análisis aúna la perspectiva de la teoría constitucional con la experiencia en las Cortes Constituyentes y el Consejo de Estado, en ...

Les crises financières

Les crises financières se sont multipliées depuis quelques années. Elles ont aussi changé de nature. La plupart de ces crises restent difficiles à prévoir, et même leur interprétation après coup est sujette à discussion. Les pays développés passent en général le cap des crises financières ...

La Guardia Civil en la Restauración (1875-1905)

militarismo contra subversión y terrorismo anarquista

Eastward bound

travel and travellers, 1050-1550

Cuestiones relevantes en la aplicación de la Ley Orgánica 5/2000,de responsabilidad penal del menor

(encuentro de profesionales, celebrado en la Universidad Pontificia Comillas de Madrid, el 28 de noviembre de 2003)

ÍNDICE: PRÓLOGO PRESENTACIÓN INTRODUCCIÓN I. Fase de instrucción A. Incoación B. Detención de los menores C. Desistimiento de la incoación y sobreseimiento del expediente D. Derecho del menor a la asistencia y defensa por Letrado E. Actuación Instructora del Ministerio Fiscal F. Participación del perjudicado ...

Ancient Puebloan Southwest

Ancient Puebloan Southwest traces the evolution of Puebloan society in the American Southwest from the emergence of the Chaco and Mimbres traditions in the AD 1000s through the early decades of contact with the Spanish in the sixteenth century. The 2004 book focuses on the ...

Ciberdemocracia

ensayo sobre filosofía política

Internet es un caso especial en el que no sólo prácticamente todo el mundo puede poner en línea lo que quiera decir, no sólo se crean foros de debate, sino que nacen verdaderas ciudades, verdaderas regiones, estableciendo lazos que escapan a las barreras políticas y ...

Nuevos retos que plantean los menores al Derecho

II Jornadas sobre Derechos de los Menores

Las II Jornadas sobre Derecho de los Menores que se recogen en este libro presentan, a primera vista, un contenido variado, cuya unidad viene dada por haberse centrado las Jornadas en los nuevos retos planteados por los menores al Derecho. Los desafíos sobre los que ...

Bioética y Antropología

Rome's religious history

Livy, Tacitus and Ammianus on their gods

Company acquisition of own shares

The law relating to the acquisition by a company of its own shares has always been a highly complex area. This book provides full details of the procedures to be followed, what the tax implications are, and how tax savings and other benefits can be ...

European legal aspects of E-commerce

The year 2000 is a memorable year in the history of e-commerce, the year of the so-called #dot.com shake-out#. 2000 was also the year the European Union issued its E-commerce Directive. This directive regulates and facilitates e-commerce in the internal market. On the one ...

The medieval crusade

The absent-minded imperialists

empire, society and culture in Britain

Kipling, Elgar, Mafeking Night . . . all these conjure up an image of a British society besotted with imperial pride in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In fact the true picture was more complex than this and people reacted to their empire in different ways. Many ...

Britain, France and the Empire

1350-1500

This clear and concise book focuses on the history of the major realms in Northern Europe during a period in which the relatively stable society of the High Middle Ages was shaken by wars, plague and depopulation. Taking into account, and challenging, the findings of ...

The literature of ancient Sumer

Sumerian is the oldest written language of ancient Iraq, first written down some 5000 years ago. Its literature, encompassing narrative myths, lyrical hymns, proverbs, and love poetry, provides a stimulating insight into the world's first urban civilization. Written in clear, accessible English, these translations ...

Media man

Ted Turner's improbable empire

The Blackwell companion to the sociology of culture

This collection of original, state-of-the-art essays by prominent international scholars covers the most important issues comprising the sociology of culture. Heightened recognition of the ways culture inflects politics and economics, social relations and personal identities has transformed scholarship in the social sciences and humanities. The ...

Strategy

how to shape the future of the business

Strategy is all about the big issues: where you want to be and how you will get there. In today's world, we have to find new ways to answer these crucial questions. Strategy takes a fresh look at this most complex subject, viewing it ...