Francia

L'influenza intellettuale che la Francia e il suo sistema politico e istituzionale hanno esercitato sul diritto costituzionale europeo è straordinariamente forte e persistente. Il volume analizza i diversi aspetti del sistema francese, ricostruendone l'evoluzione e inquadrandolo nel complessivo sviluppo del costituzionalismo europeo. Dopo ...

Multiculturalismo

ideologie e sfide

Multiculturalismo è il nome con cui in ambito europeo si designa oggi un complesso di problematiche riconducibili alla presenza, all'interno delle omogeneità nazionali e sociali, di differenze culturali di cui sono portatori gli immigrati di diverse etnie e religioni. Ed è un complesso di ...

Bestiary

Bestiaries are a particularly characteristic product of medieval England, and give a unique insight into the medieval mind. Richly illuminated and lavishly produced, they were luxury objects for noble families. Their three-fold purpose was to provide a natural history of birds, beasts and fishes, to ...

The handbook of reparations

This handbook is provides a broad range of essential information about past experiences, with massive reparations programs as well as normative guidance for future practice. It examines in detail reparations programs in different parts of the world; includes thematic papers on topics that frequently come ...

The Oxford handbook of contextual political analysis

The Oxford Handbooks of Political Science" is a ten-volume set of reference books offering authoritative and engaging critical overviews of the state of political science. Each volume focuses on a particular part of the discipline, with volumes on Public Policy, Political Theory, Political Economy, Contextual ...

Technology transfer and the new EU competition rules

intellectual property licensing after Modernisation

The new Technology Transfer Block Exemption Regulation (in force from May 1, 2004) signals a profound change in the nature of the regulatory framework for technology licensing under EU competition law. This book examines the new Regulation in detail, placing it in the wider context ...

Financial services Law

"Financial Services Law" provides a long awaited detailed analysis of the regime under FSMA and subordinate legislation and the FSA handbook and rules. This book reflects the regime as it has matured and developed over the years since 2001. Many developments have occurred since the ...

Land Law texbook

"Land Law Textbook" is a comprehensive and clear explanation of the principles of land law. It is written in a practical and accessible style designed to excite the reader's interest. It has been fully revised and updated since the first edition to include all ...

Partnership Law

The new edition of this popular text is an updated, modern account of the law of partnerships in a readily accessible and readable form. A concise study of the law of partnership, this text is suitable for those studying the subject and provides practitioners with ...

Ocio y turismo en la sociedad actual

los viajes, el tiempo libre y el entretenimiento en el mundo globalizado

Los viajes, el tiempo libre y el entretenimiento forman parte de las distintas expresiones que tienen los seres humanos en todas las sociedades, y se organizan según las tradiciones y costumbres que cada pueblo construye para su vida en sociedad. De hecho, todo este conglomerado ...

La guerra en Europa oriental

Siguiendo el estilo más clásico de los libros de viaje, John Reed nos narra en su segundo gran libro, tras el inolvidable México insurgente, su estancia en el frente oriental desde abril a octubre de 1914, durante el transcurso de la Primera Guerra mundial. Sin ...

Preemption

a knife that cuts boht ways

Every so often, a startling book emerges that gives voice to a new or previously unexamined societal trend. Alan M. Dershowitz's provocative new work, "Preemption", is just such a book, chronicling a paradigm shift in America's approach to controlling destructive conduct. As he ...

Poder y socialismo en el siglo XXI

Trabajo monográfico que estudia la articulación entre los movimientos sociales y la acción política en el continente. Rauber es Dra. en Filosofía, e investigadora, tiene publicados numerosos libros centrados sobre los movimientos sociales en América Latina. Su línea de investigación versa sobre los movimientos sociales ...

Hugo Chávez sin uniforme

una historia personal

Primera semblanza biográfica de uno de los más polémicos estadistas de América Latina, esta obra ofrece materiales de gran valor para poder aproximarse objetivamente a la personalidad y las ideas de un político amado y odiado con pasión: exhaustivas entrevistas, fragmentos del diario íntimo de ...

Secession

international Law perspectives

The end of the Cold War brought about new secessionist aspirations and the strengthening and re-awakening of existing or dormant separatist claims everywhere. The creation of a new independent entity through the separation of part of the territory and population of an existing State raises ...

Autómata

A finales del siglo XX, Oliver Griffin, español de origen irlandés, realiza un ciaje oir nar hasta Ounta Arenas, en el estrecho de magallanes, con el objetivo de restaurar un hecho histórico que, misteriosa y extrañanmente, ha unido su vida a la de los magos ...

Atrapa la vida

Paul Bannerman, un ecologista blenco surafricano de treinta y cinco años, ha superado un cáncer de tiroides tras un duro tratamiento radiactivo. Sus padres, Adrian y Lyndsay, aceptan con toda naturalidad en especial la última, que pernazca durante su convalecencia en la casa familiar, asumiendo ...

A dictionary of ecology

This is the third edition of the most comprehensive and authoritative dictionary of ecology available. Written in a clear, accessible style, it contains over 5,200 entries on all aspects of ecology and related environmental scientific disciplines, such as biogeography, genetics, soil science, geomorphology, atmospheric ...

Guerra e pace nell'Italia del Novecento

politica estera, cultura politica e correnti dell'opinione pubblica

Nell'età contemporanea, era delle "guerre totali", il problema guerra-pace presenta caratteri profondamente diversi rispetto al passato. Nel XX secolo la guerra e la pace non sono più solo componenti fondamentali della politica estera di stati e nazioni, né tanto meno elementi "naturali" della vita ...

L'autonomia privata e le autorità indipendenti

la metamorfosi del contratto

La fenomenologia delle fonti del diritto privato e, in particolare, delle fonti di disciplina del contratto registra da tempo forti spinte centrifughe rispetto al tradizionale apparato di matrice legale e statuale, al punto di apparire come il "posto del disordine". Il motore di tale cambiamento ...