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DNA abd the criminal justice system

the technology of justice

Examines the impact of DNA technology on issues of ethics, civil liberties, privacy, and security.

Thoughtful interaction design

a design perspective on information technology

The authors of Thoughtful Interaction Design go beyond the usual technical concerns of usability and usefulness to consider interaction design from a design perspective. The shaping of digital artifacts is a design process that influences the form and functions of workplaces, schools, communication, and culture ...

Participatory it design

designing for business and workplace realities

The goal of participatory IT design is to set sensible, general, and workable guidelines for the introduction of new information technology systems into an organization. Reflecting the latest systems-development research, this book encourages a business- oriented and socially sensitive approach that takes into consideration the ...

Earth system analysis for sustainability

Earth System Analysis for Sustainability uses an integrated systems approach to provide a panoramic view of planetary dynamics since the inception of life some four billion years ago and to identify principles for responsible management of the global environment in the future. Perceiving our planet ...

Tax policy and the economy

Vol. 18

This NBER series presents current academic research in the areas of taxation and government spending. The papers included provide important background information for policy analysis without making specific policy recommendations. Volume 18 continues the series tradition of addressing issues that are relevant to current policy ...

Contending visions of the Middle East

the history and politics of orientalism

The price of smoking

What does a pack of cigarettes cost a smoker, the smoker's family, and society? This longitudinal study on the private and social costs of smoking calculates that the cost of smoking to a 24-year-old woman smoker is $86,000 over a lifetime; for a ...

Pragmatism, critique, judgment

essays for Richard J. Bernstein

The work of Richard J. Bernstein has achieved a groundbreaking synthesis of the analytical and continental modes of thought. Countering the highly technical metaphysical and epistemological puzzles of analytic philosophy in the early 1960s, Bernstein offered a model of philosophy in a democratic society as ...

Dalhuisen on international commercial, financial and trade Law

The second edition of this uniquely wide-ranging work once again grapples with the dynamic and complex fields of law that make up the modern law of international commerce, finance and trade. As a guide for students and practitioners it is unrivalled. The original structure has ...

Soft Law in european Community Law

This book offers the first systematic investigation of the phenomenon of soft law within the framework of the EC (the first pillar of the EU), and its use by the European Commission and Council of Ministers. It focusses upon how soft law fits into the ...

Las encomiendas gallegas de la Orden Militar de San Juan de Jerusalén: estudio y edición documental

Tomo I: Época medieval

Esta obra, primera entrega de una serie, constituye un estudio de una voluminosa colección de documentos gallegos de la Orden de San Juan o de Malta referidos al período medieval.

Las Cruzadas

Las cruzadas fueron y son en la actualidad un motivo de reflexión para historiadores y políticos del panorama mundial, y en este libro se analizan con detenimiento todas las cruzadas realizadas desde Europa incluidas las peninsulares y destacar que desde hace más de treinta años ...

Scarcity, conflicts, and cooperation

essays in the political and institutional economics of development

This wide-ranging review of some of the major issues in development economics focuses on the role of economic and political institutions. Drawing on the latest findings in institutional economics and political economy, Pranab Bardhan, a leader in the field of development economics, offers a relatively ...

La economía española en la Unión Europea

(1986-2002)

La economía española en la Unión Europea (1986-2002) ofrece una panorámica general de la integración económica y monetaria de España en la Unión Europea,desde 1986 hasta nuestros días. La adaptación al nuevo entorno competitivo ha exigido profundas reformas en la economía española.Cada uno ...

Cómo medir la eficiencia de las empresas públicas autonómicas

un estudio de casos con aplicación a Castilla y León

The privatization of the oceans

Rich with detail and provocatively argued, this study of the development of property rights in the world's fisheries tells the story of one industry's evolution and provides a useful illustration of the forces that shape economic institutions. The emergence of exclusive individual rights ...

Leer en la escuela durante el franquismo

Matemáticas para la economía y empresa

.Vol.2: Cálculo diferencial: ejercicios y problemas resueltos

Ordenación del territorio y desarrollo territorial

el gobierno del territorio en Europa: tradiciones, contextos, culturas y nuevas visiones

El nuevo contexto globalizado supone formidables desafíos para los territorios y sus gentes. Nada es igual que hace un cuarto de siglo. De las viejas «certezas» y «seguridades» hemos pasado a un brumoso inicio de milenio marcado por la incertidumbre y complejidad del presente. Los ...

Labor market institutions and public regulation

The six studies collected in this CESifo volume analyze the sometimes unpredictable effects of public regulation on the labor market. Examining a wide range of policy interventions -- from subsidized employment to an increased tax on capital -- and using a variety of methodologies to analyze them ...