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Los monstruos y grutescos en los manuscritos medievales

Las criaturas monstruosas que embellecen las páginas de los manuscritos medievales descienden de un extenso linaje. Desde sus orígenes en la Antigüedad clásica, la Biblia, los textos científicos y el folclore viajaron a través de siglos y civilizaciones para encontrar su más viva expresión en ...

Las fronteras de la justicia

consideraciones sobre la exclusión

#En este revolucionario libro Martha Nussbaum nos muestra que, pese a sus grandes contribuciones, la tradición del contrato social no puede resolver algunos de los problemas políticos más importantes de nuestros días y sienta las bases de una concepción de la justicia más acorde con ...

La Iglesia medieval en los manuscritos

La Iglesia fue la mayor y más poderosa institución de la Europa occidental durante la Edad Media. Su influencia sobre la existencia religiosa y espiritual de las personas era enorme, pero además afectaba a las circunstancias culturales y económicas hasta extremos sorprendentes, proporcionando el auténtico ...

La escultura

procesos y principios

Vinculado, como otros grandes historiadores del arte europeo, al fecundo Instituto de Londres Rudolf Wittkower (1901-1971) se distinguió por sus ejemplares estudios sobre la arquitectura y la escultura del Renacimiento y el Barroco: Architectural Principles in the Age of Humanism (1949), Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1955 ...

International Human Rights Law

International law is a social construct crafted by human endeavour to achieve or at least contribute to the achievement of goals perceived to be valuable or necessary to effective social relations. In effect, international law is no more than a facilitative process and so cannot ...

Droit général de l'Union Européene

Nées dans les années cinquante, les Communautés européennes constituent le fondement de l'Union européenne instaurée par le Traité de Maastricht en 1992, qui maintient intégralement l'"acquis" communautaire et diversifie encore le champ d'application du droit communautaire. Si le droit communautaire stricto sensu ...

The global public management revolution

Over the past quarter century, governments around the world have launched ambitious efforts to reform the way they manage. Citizens have demanded smaller, cheaper, more effective governments while asking for more programs and better services. To resolve this paradox, governments are experimenting with many ideas ...

Finite difference methods in financial engineering

a partial differential equation approach

Today's most complete and practical guide to finite difference methods and its applications to derivatives The application of finite difference methods (FDM), long popular in areas such as fluid mechanics and heat transfer, has become increasingly vital for pricing derivative products in today's ...

The nazi holocaust

its history and meaning

The Nazi Holocaust is one of the most momentous events in human history. Yet, it remains on many levels a baffling and unfathomable mystery. By shunning simplistic 'explanations' Ronnie Landau has set out, in a clear, thought-provoking and enlightened fashion, to mediate between this vast ...

Accounting, accountants and accountability

poststructuralist positions

In the business world, recent years have seen a growing acknowledgement of the value of intangible assets rather than physical assets. This has precipitated a crisis in the accounting industry: the accounting representations relied upon for years can no longer be taken for granted. Here ...

Dynamic modeling of monetary and fiscal cooperation among nations

"Dynamic Modeling of Monetary and Fiscal Cooperation Among Nations" analyzes coordination of monetary and fiscal stabilization policies between countries and currency areas using a dynamic game approach. The first four chapters introduce the reader to the dynamics of fiscal and monetary policy cooperation. Issues covered ...

Built to change

how to achieve sustained organizational effectiveness

Don't manage change, create a change. Ready company Renowned management expert Ed Lawler and coauthor Chris Worley: show how to create an organization that encourages experimentation, learning about new practices and technologies, monitoring the environment, assessing performance, and a commitment to continuously improving performance ...

An introduction to fund management

"An Introduction to Fund Management" introduces readers to the economic rationale for the existence of funds, the different types available, investment strategies and many other related issues from the perspective of the investment manager. It gives an overview of the whole business and explores the ...

The futures bond basis

Table of Contents: 1 Bond futures contracts 2 The government bond basis 3 Basis trading and the implied repo rate 4 The fundamentals of basis trading App. A Repo financing and the concept of the 'special' App. B Relative value analysis : bond spreads App. C ...

An introduction to corporate finance

transactions and techniques

"An Introduction to Corporate Finance" provides the reader with a complete primer on the role of the investment banker in the corporate finance arena. The author, who is a corporate trainer and was formerly an investment banker, clarifies the role of the investment banker in ...

Mathematics of banking and finance

Throughout banking, mathematical techniques are used. Some of these are within software products or models; mathematicians use others to analyse data. The current literature on the subject is either very basic or very advanced. "The Mathematics of Banking" offers an intermediate guide to the various ...

A history of the theory of investments

my annotated bibliography

This is an invaluable resource on the history of investment research theory and asset pricing In this guide, a leading financial economist discusses the most important research in investment theory. Not only is this research referenced in the most comprehensive annotated bibliography in the field ...

Warrior trading

inside the mind of an elite currency trader

One of today's leading currency forecasters shows readers how to develop the focus, attitude, and mental discipline of top traders. "Warrior Trading" provides traders with a path to trading success by developing a mentality and emotional framework common to successful traders. "Warrior Trading" includes ...

Les letters of Samuel Pepys

The correspondence included here represents the first selection of Pepys's letters, drawn from all possible sources to be published since 1933. Since the Diary does not cover this period, the letters enable the reader to follow Pepys' early career on the staff of the ...

International acquisition finance

law and practice

"International Acquisition Finance" is a new joint project with the International Bar Association providing a comprehensive analysis on the law and practice relating to acquisition finance at an international level. Filling a gap for a book on acquisition finance with a comparative nature, this work ...