Libros de

Pintura románica en el Poitou, Aragón y Cataluña

la itinerancia de un estilo

Grundkurs Strafrecht

die einzelnen Delikte

Dieser Grundkurs bietet eine systematische Einführung in das Strafrecht. es geht um die Probleme der einzelnen Teils des Strafgesetzbuchs. Dabei bildet der Schutzumfang der einzelnen Rechtsgüter und der verschiedenen Angriffsformen den Schwerpunkt. Die einzelnen Deliktsgruppen werden je nach ihrer Relevanz für Ausbildung und Praxis vertieft.

25 Años de Constitución

retos de las democracias contemporáneas: Palacio del Senado, 21 de noviembre de 2003

SUMARIO: I. Inauguración II. Conferencia de Sir John Elliott; Universidad de Oxford: <> III. Conferencia del honorable Stéphane Dion, Presidente del Consejo privado y Ministro de Asuntos Intergubernamentales de Canadá, <>. IV. Conferencia del Sr. Michel Rosenfeld, Justice Sydney L. Robins Professor of Human Rights, Codirector Floersheimer ...

Europäische Grundrechte und Grundfreiheiten

This textbooks treats the essential problems of European fundamental rights and fundamental freedeoms according to a uniform didactic concept. The revised editon takes into consideration all changes, and generally includes the new additinal protocols of the European Convention for the protection of Human Rights and ...

La teoría social de A. Giddens

una lectura crítica desde la teoría jurídica

¿Por qué el derecho no desempeña un papel relevante en la obra de Giddens y, en los escasos pasajes dedicados al tema, se considera una institución marginal en la articulación de la vida social? La cuestión es llamativa, si se piensa que la teoría de ...

Los señores de la paz

una crítica del globalismo jurídico

En la línea que va de Kant a Kelsen, Habermas y Bobbio, el "globalismo jurídico" afirma su ideología de pacificación del mundo y de tutela internacional de los Derechos Humanos con un ímpetu y un éxito creciente. Tras la constitución de los Tribunales penales internacionales ...

Viking pirates and Christian princes

dynasty, religion, and empire in the North Atlantic

This book studies two Viking families who appear in the records of the Atlantic littoral as pagan raiders and reinvent themselves as established Christian rulers. Their rise and transformation from the 10th to the 12th centuries highlights a period and people important for understanding the ...

Medieval marriage

symbolism and society

This study shows how marriage symbolism emerged from the world of texts to become a social force affecting ordinary people. It covers the whole medieval period but identifies the decades around 1200 as decisive. New arguments for regarding preaching as a mass medium from the ...

Morocco

the islamist awakening and other challenges

In Morocco, Marvine Howe, a former correspondent for The New York Times presents an incisive and comprehensive review of the Moroccan kingdom and its people, past and present. It addresses emerging issues and problems - equal rights for women, elimination of corruption and correction of glaring ...

Franco's justice

repression in Madrid after the spanish Civil War

Madrid became one of the key symbols of Republican resistance to General Franco during the Spanish Civil War following the Nationalists' failure to take the city in the winter of 1936-7. Yet despite the defiant cries of 'No pasarán', they did eventually pass on 28 ...

Civil society in British history

ideas, identities, institutions

This book explores the many different strands in the language of civil society from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries. Through a series of case-studies it investigates the applicability of the term to a wide range of historical settings. The contributors show how past understandings ...

Buddhist ethics

a very short introduction

The latter half of the twentieth century witnessed a growing interest in Buddhism, and it continues to capture the imagination of many in the West who see it as either an alternative or a supplement to their own religious beliefs. Numerous introductory books have appeared ...

Belief in God

an introduction to the philosophy of religion

Belief in God answers two questions: what, if anything, is it that Jews, Christians, and Muslims are agreeing about when they join in claiming that there is a God; and what, if any, prospects are there for rationally defending or attacking this claim? In the ...

Aulus Gellius

an Antonine scholar and his achievement

Aulus Gellius originated the modern use of 'classical' and 'humanities'. His Attic Nights, so named because they began as the intellectual pastime of winter evenings spent in a villa outside Athens, are a mine of information on many aspects of antiquity and a repository of ...

Athenian democratic origins

and other essays

In these interconnected essays the late Geoffrey de Ste. Croix defends the institutions of the Athenian democracy, showing that they were much more practical, rational, and impartial than has usually been acknowledged. A major essay provides a new view of Aristotle's use of sources ...

Universidad y democracia

Clio in the clinic

history in medical practice

This set of essays on the benefits of history for medical practice is the first of its kind. 23 physicians, who are also accomplished historians, write autobiographically about how they use history in practicing medicine. Sometimes it suggests a brilliant diagnosis of effective treatment. At ...

The United States and western Europe since 1945

from "empire" by invitation to transatlantic drift

The relationship between the United States and Western Europe has always been crucial and recent events dictate that it is becoming ever more so. In this important new work, Geir Lundestad analyses the balance between the cooperation and conflict which has characterized this relationship in ...

Small arms survey 2005

weapons at war

The Small Arms Survey is now recognized as the principal international source of impartial and reliable information on all aspects of small arms. Its blend of information and analysis makes it an indispensable resource for policy-makers, officials, and non-governmental organizations. TheSmall Arms Survey 2005 provides ...

The Black sea

a history

The lands surrounding the Black Sea share a colourful past. Though in recent decades they have experienced ethnic conflict, economic collapse, and interstate rivalry, their common heritage and common interests go deep. Now, as a region at the meeting point of the Balkans, Central Asia ...