Libros de

La part du rêve

histoire du 1er Mai en France

En 1889, les organisations ouvrières de 22 pays, réunies à Paris à la faveur de l'Exposition universelle, adoptent le principe d'une grande manifestation internationale pour faire appel d'une même voix aux pouvoirs en place et réclamer la diminution du temps de travail ...

Correspondance générale

.T.II: la campagne d'Égypte et l'avènment 1798-1799

Cartas desde Rusia

Los campos de concentración nazis

palabras contra el olvido

Pasionaria

La mujer y el mito

The practice of liberal pluralism

The Practice of Liberal Pluralism defends a theory, liberal pluralism, which is based on three core concepts - value pluralism, political pluralism, and expressive liberty - and explores the implications of this theory for politics. Liberal pluralism helps clarify some of the complexities of real-world political action ...

Dispute settlement in the UN Convention on the Law of the sea

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea is one of the most important constitutive instruments in international law. Not only does this treaty regulate the uses of the world's largest resource, but it also contains a mandatory dispute settlement system - an ...

Leadership and management in the 21st century

business challenges of the future

This volume brings together the thoughts of leading figures from industry, academia, the public sector, professional bodies, and the media, to reflect on what the twenty-first century may mean for businesses and their leaders. The contributors examine what trends the mark the global economy in ...

Principles of institucional Law of international organizations

The second edition of C. F. Amerasinghe's successful book, which covers the institutional aspects of the law of international organizations, has been revised to include, among other things, a new chapter on judicial organs of international organizations, as well as a considerably developed chapter ...

The international protection of internally displaced persons

Despite the fact that there are up to 25 million internally displaced persons around the world, their plight is still little known. Like refugees, internally displaced persons have been forced to leave their homes because of war and human rights abuses, but they have not ...

Compensation for personal injury in english, german and italian Law

a comparative outline

Cross-border claims for personal injuries are becoming more common. Furthermore, European nationals increasingly join class actions in the USA. These tendencies have created a need to know more about the law of damages in Europe and America. Despite the growing importance of this subject, there ...

Imperialism, sovereignty and the making of international Law

This book examines the relationship between imperialism and international law. It argues that colonial confrontation was central to the formation of international law and, in particular, its founding concept, sovereignty. Traditional histories of the discipline present colonialism and non-European peoples as peripheral concerns. By contrast ...

Copyright exceptions

the digital impact

Copyright 'exceptions' or 'users' rights' have become a highly controversial aspect of copyright law. Most recently, Member States of the European Union have been forced to amend their systems of exceptions so as to comply with the Information Society Directive. Taking the newly amended UK ...

Code of international labour law

law, practice and jurisprudence

The Code of International Labour Law brings together for the first time in coherent sequence the entire range of materials relating to international labour law, as adopted by the International Labour Conference and the Governing Body of the International Labour Office, together with all relevant ...

Advocacy

'Painstaking preparation means that luck will run your way'. Advocacy explains how to win cases in court. Focusing on the techniques and methods of successful advocates, David Ross QC shows how to prepare a case for court. Written in simple, clear language he gives the ...

A handbook on the GATS agreement

This handbook aims to provide a better understanding of GATS and the challenges and opportunities of the ongoing negotiations. For users who are familiar with the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), similarities and differences are pointed out where relevant. Likewise, for users who ...

War and the law of nations

a general history

This ambitious volume is a history of war, from the standpoint of international law, from the beginning of history to the present day. Its primary focus is on legal conceptions of war as such, rather than on the substantive or technical aspects of the law ...

La Constitución y el ordenamiento jurídico = La Constitució i l'ordenament jurídic

25 años de incidencia de la Constitución Española de 1978 en las diferentes disciplinas judiciales = 25 anys d'incidència de la Constitució Espanyola de 1978 en les diferents disciplines jurídiques

Es indudable que la aprobación del Estatuto de la Corte Penal Internacional ha supuesto un importantísimo avance en el Derecho penal internacional. Sin embargo, se trata de un texto que plantea múltiples problemas interpretativos, pues es fruto de intensas negociaciones entre países de muy distintos ...

Economic policy in the Age og Globalisation

Trade blocs

economics and politics

Preferential trade blocs are in vogue. Despite the successes achieved in liberalizing trade by multilateral trade negotiations sponsored by the World Trade Organization (WTO), numerous countries have separately negotiated preferential trade treaties with one another. Representing a significant departure from the WTO's central principle ...