A corporate solution to global poverty

how multinationals can help the poor and invigorate their own legitimacy

World leaders have given the reduction of global poverty top priority. And yet, it persists. Indeed, in many countries whose governments lack either the desire or the ability to act, poverty has worsened. This book, a joint venture of a Harvard professor and an economist ...

Sufficient reason

volitional pragmatism and the meaning of economic institutions

In the standard analysis of economic institutions - which include social conventions, the working rules of an economy, and entitlement regimes (property relations) - economists invoke the same theories they use when analyzing individual behavior. In this profoundly innovative book, Daniel Bromley challenges these theories, arguing instead ...

The wizard and the warrior

leading with passion and power

Why a book about wizards and warriors as models for leadership? Because, as Peter Drucker once said, everything you learned is wrong - at best, it is misleading and insufficient. You typically learn in school, workshops, and seminars that if you can manage the work and ...

European Union Law

text and materials

How can the law of the European Union be most effectively taught in the face of the EU's current upheavals? With this new book a team of specialists provide a comprehensive survey of EU law, placing it in its social, political and economic contexts ...

Des nullités de l'instruction et de jugement

Une théorie générale des nullités ? Est-il exact d#énoncer qu#il n#existe pas de théorie générale des nullités en droit de la procédure pénale ? Dans l#affirmative, faut-il en adopter une qui se rapprocherait, par exemple, du système prévu par le Code judiciaire ? L ...

Nicaea and its legacy

an approach to fourth-century trinitarian theology

The first part of "Nicaea and its Legacy" offers a narrative of the fourth-century trinitarian controversy. It does not assume that the controversy begins with Arius, but with tensions among existing theological strategies. Lewis Ayres argues that, just as we cannot speak of one 'Arian ...

The faiths of the founding fathers

It is not uncommon to hear Christians argue that America was founded as a Christian nation. But how true is this claim? In this compact book, David L. Holmes offers a clear, concise and illuminating look at the spiritual beliefs of our founding fathers. He ...

Public protection and the criminal justice process

This book is a practical and theoretical analysis of public protection and criminal justice. This area has seen immense change in recent years and the book examines the recent legislative, policy and organisational changes and their impact on the various agencies involved, including the police ...

A life of H.L.A. Hart

the nightmare and the noble dream

Shortlisted for the 2005 British Academy Book prize, Nicola Lacey's entrancing biography recounts the life of H.L.A. Hart, the pre-eminent legal philosopher of the twentieth century. Following Hart's life from modest origins as the son of Jewish tailor parents in Yorkshire ...

The justice of Venice

authorities and liberties in the urban economy 1550-1700

The rulers of Venice prided themselves on their unique brand of justice, which was a source of both ridicule and admiration for foreign commentators. Dr Shaw uncovers what this special justice meant for ordinary subjects by studying the history of one of the oldest magistracies ...

Modernising british government

constitutional challenges and federal solutions

This book will be released on the first year anniversary of the defeat for regional assemblies in NE England. It is related to the political 'hot topics' of the reform of the House of Lords and the role of central government; likely to provoke political ...

Finanzas en mercados internacionales

La obra trata de ofrecer al mercado un Manual de Finanzas que aborde los principales temas de las Finanzas Corporativas bajo la perspectiva de una empresa que opera en un contexto multinacional, o que se ve afectada por el mismo. Se trata de un manual ...

The contemporary Constitution

modern interpretations

This book continues the author's discussion of the United States Constitution as an unfolding "work in progress." The Constitution was written and ratified more than 200 years ago, but it continues to guide the operations of our political system to this day. The Constitution ...

Why read mill today?

John Stuart Mill is one of the greatest thinkers of the nineteenth century. But does he have anything to teach us today? His deep concern for freedom of the individual is thought by some to be outdated and inadequate to the cultural and religious complexities ...

Routledge philosophy guidebook to Derrida on deconstruction

Jacques Derrida is one of the most influential and controversial philosophers of the last fifty years. "Derrida on Deconstruction" introduces and assesses: Derrida's life and the background to his philosophy; the key themes of the critique of metaphysics, language and ethics that characterize his ...

The Routledge Companion to Decolonization

This is an essential companion to the process of decolonization - perhaps one of the most important historical processes of the twentieth century. Examining decolonization in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and the Pacific, the "Companion" includes: thematic chapters; a detailed chronology and thorough glossary; biographies of ...

El arte del precio

descubra los beneficios ocultos que harán crecer su negocio

Si su estrategia de precios no es la correcta, usted está dejando escapar una cantidad considerable de dinero. El arte del precio es la primera guía asequible y práctica que le ayudará a identificar y solucionar una cuestión crucial: cómo transformar en ingresos netos los ...

Urban geography

More than simply examining the new geographical patterns forming within cities, this third edition of "Urban Geography" also investigates the way geographers have sought to make sense of this urban transformation. Author Hall critically synthesizes key literatures in the following areas: approaches to urban geography ...

Habermas

the key concepts

An independently minded champion of 'the project of modernity' in a supposedly post-modern age, Jurgen Habermas (1929- ) is one of the most widely influential thinkers of our times. An easy-to-use A-Z guide to a body of work that spans philosophy, sociology, politics, law and cultural ...

Regole sicure

analisi economico-giuridica comparata per il notariato

Quali sono i vantaggi comparativi di un sistema di notariato di tipo latino? Quali le condizioni perchè il notariato superi le sfide che gli provengono dalla globalizzazione dei mercati? Il volume affronta questi interrogativi ed ambisce a fornire al notariato moderni e necessari strumenti culturali ...