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The UK financial system

theory and practice

The UK financial system presents a comprehensive explanation of the workings of the institutions and markets which make up the UK financial system, and discusses the issues affecting them. It presents key theoretical developments such as asymmetric information, the efficient markets hypothesis, behavioral economics and ...

La motivación de los actos tributarios en la nueva Ley General Tributaria

La presente monografía aborda el estudio global de la motivación de los actos tributarios en el seno de la nueva Ley General Tributaria, elemento éste clave en la estructura de todo acto dictado por un órgano administrativo, en la medida en que el mismo se ...

Euroepan Union Law in a global context

text, cases and materials

Régimen jurídico de la videovigilancia

Constituye este libro un estudio de la captación de imágenes y sonidos en lugares públicos y privados que no se encuentran protegidos por el derecho fundamental a la intimidad domiciliaria. La realización de grabaciones en la vía pública para reprimir infracciones administrativas y penales se ...

Social citizenship and workfare in the United States and western Europe

the paradox of inclusion

Immigration and politics in the New Europe

reinventing borders

International Law

.Vol. 5: Disputes, war and neutrality: Parts IX-XIV

Wittgenstein and Law

The papers collected in this volume reflect a focus on the continuing relevance and importance of Wittgenstein's work for philosophy in general, and legal theory in particular.

The formation of Islamic Law

The 14 studies included in this volume have been chosen to serve several purposes simultaneously. At a basic level, they aim to provide a general - if not wholly systematic - coverage of the emergence and evolution of law during the first three and a half centuries ...

Trade, aid, and arbitrate

the globalization of Western Law

This text maintains that the philosophies of contemporary international institutional organizations, coupled with the basic tenets of international abitration, hasten legal globalization and abrogate national sovereignty over international trade issues.

Free movement of goods and services within the European Community

Lorna Woods examines the framework for commercial activity within the European Community provided by the central provisions on free movement of goods and services. After providing a general introduction to the internal market in the light of revisions to the overall EC Treaty framework, she ...

European Insolvency Law

Insolvency is a subject that has gained considerable standing as an object of academic study and professional attention since its incipient origins as an offshoot of company law, or - in the case of the bankruptcy of individuals - the law affecting the estates of individuals. Moreover ...

Nuclear waste

Law, policy and pragmatism

This book identifies the current treatment and proposed future of nuclear waste,looking at wider policies, stakeholder perceptions, international pressures and future energy scenarios. The key argument of the book is that, in the future, the regulation of nuclear waste must be treated as a ...

International environmental justice

a North-South dimension

This work satisfies the need for a thorough assessment of environmental justice concerns at the global level. Using three international environmental case studies, it extends the theory of environmental justice, commonly used in domestic settings, to the international arena of environmental law, policy and politics ...

European Union Environmental Law

an introduction to key selected issues

This comprehensive book provides analysis and discussion on key selected issues in EU environmental law. It attempts to provide the reader with a clear picture of some of the most important developments in this increasingly significant sphere of European business law. The issues covered include ...

Public governance in the Age of Globalization

Globalization and its relationship to public governance is one of the key issues of our time. In this book, experts from a number of disciplines attempt to define what these two terms mean and, perhaps even more importantly, what they do not. Taking as a ...

Dictionnaire historique de l'Islam

Internal conflict and the International Community

wars without end?

Roderic Alley debates whether conflict within states has emerged as the Achilles Heel of the international community. Across numerous dimensions - ethical, legal, humanitarian, analytical and prescriptive - wars within states have tested the international political community and found it wanting. This study investigates the roots of ...

Hard choices, soft Law

voluntary standards in global trade, environment and social governance

An important read for academics and policy-makers alike, Hard Choices, Soft Law asserts that voluntary standards, or 'soft' law, are an important supplement to international law in a number of areas. This key work firstly outlines the approach taken to combining soft and hard law ...

Understanding Human Rights violations

new systematic studies

This excellent volume presents a systematic analysis of various human rights violations around the globe, focusing on security and subsistence rights. The book collects important contributions to the theoretical development of the human rights phenomenon, covering a wide range of human rights issues and research ...