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Bailarina en Madrid

Janet Riesenfeld

Inteligente, curiosa y atenta a todo lo que sucedía a su alrededor, Janet Riesenfeld se convirtió en testigo excepcional de la vida en Madrid durante los tres primeros meses de la guerra civil española y en protagonista de una historia de amor desgarradora. De regreso ...

Law is a moral practice

A powerful argument for the essential role of morality in law, getting at the heart of key debates in public life. What is law? And how does it relate to morality? It's common to think that law and morality are different ways of regulating ...

Fintech explained

how technology is transforming financial services

Fintech Explained provides a rigorous, accessible introduction to the landscape of fintech. Michael R. King explains the customer focus, innovation strategy, business model, and valuation of leading fintechs in cryptocurrencies and decentralized finance (DeFi), crowdfunding and online lending, robo-advice and digital wealth management, payments and ...

Thoughtfulness and the rule of law

An essential study of the rule of law by one of the world's leading liberal political and legal philosophers. The meaning and value of the rule of law have been debated since antiquity. For many, the rule of law has become the essence of ...

The man who understood democracy

the life of Alexis de Tocqueville

A definitive biography of the French aristocrat who became one of democracy's greatest champions In 1831, at the age of twenty-five, Alexis de Tocqueville made his fateful journey to America, where he observed the thrilling reality of a functioning democracy. From that moment onward ...

Economics in America

an immigrant economist explores the land of inequality

From the Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times bestselling coauthor of Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism, candid reflections on the economist's craft When economist Angus Deaton immigrated to the United States from Britain in the early 1980s, he was awed ...

International relations theories

A comprehensive and accessible introduction to international relations theories with a unique emphasis on positioning IR theories within their social, political, and historical contexts to help students fully understand IR theories and their influence. A comprehensive first introduction to international relations theories which encourages students ...

The ethics of privacy and surveillance

Privacy matters because it shields us from possible abuses of power. Human beings need privacy just as much as they need community. Our need for socialization brings with it risks and burdens which in turn give rise to the need for spaces and time away ...

Ethical data science

prediction in the public interest

Can data science truly serve the public interest? Data-driven analysis shapes many interpersonal, consumer, and cultural experiences yet scientific solutions to social problems routinely stumble. All too often, predictions remain solely a technocratic instrument that sets financial interests against service to humanity. Amidst a growing ...

Dark politics

the personality of politicians and the future of democracy

Recent years have seen the rise of political figures with particularly abrasive, controversial, and aggressive personalities, who seem to take pleasure in introducing an uncivil tone into the political debate. From Trump in the USA to Bolsonaro in Brazil, the media increasingly spotlights political figures ...

Antimonopoly and American Democracy

Americans today worry about concentrated power in private industry to an extent not seen in generations. Not only do they find diminished diversity of service-providers and producers, but they are disquieted by the power of a few large companies to shape and constrain democratic processes ...

Capitalism and crises

how to fix them

The world is encountering multiple crises - climate, droughts, floods, energy, food, and pandemics, to name a few. We have a problem, this is the solution. Capitalism and Crises is about how capitalism can fix them - how it can solve not cause them. The reason why ...

The judicial system of Russia

The Judicial System of Russia paints a portrait of the courts of the Russian Federation under Putin, how they work in practice, and what shapes the behaviour of its judges. It stresses the dual nature of a judicial system, where ordinary cases are for the ...

Radical politics

on the causes of contemporary emancipation

The last twenty years have witnessed a proliferation of radical social and political movements around the world, in wave after wave of struggles against intersecting forms of exploitation, domination, and subalternization. From the International Women's Strike and Occupy, to #BlackLivesMatter and direct action against ...

Yo, la Unión Europea

Este libro pretende dar a conocer la Unión Europea a todas aquellas personas que no saben apenas nada sobre ella, pero quieren comprender qué es, cómo funciona y qué relevancia tiene en sus vidas. Desde un punto de vista divulgativo e interactivo, la autora utiliza ...

Violencia política y régimen penitenciario en España

La violencia política ha sido una constante en España durante los siglos XIX y XX. Este tipo de criminalidad adoptó diversas formas que provocaron la correspondiente respuesta política y legislativa. En el siglo XIX este tipo de violencia iba ligada a la confrontación entre los ...

Derecho Procesal Penal

La obra Derecho Procesal Penal tiene por objeto el análisis y explicación del Proceso Penal, atendiendo a sus instituciones fundamentales como son: los principios constitucionales, las medidas cautelares, la investigación y prueba de los hechos en el proceso penal y los procedimientos que se siguen ...

Derecho Procesal Civil

Este manual contiene una exposición del proceso civil español. Dedicamos la obra, en concreto, al estudio de los procesos declarativos ordinarios, el juicio ordinario y el juicio verbal, así como a los procesos especiales; siendo todos ellos de utilidad en los comienzos del estudio de ...

Creación de contenidos y gestión de aulas online

En estos últimos años, la tecnología ha propiciado la aceleración de un gran cambio social que afecta a todos los sectores de actividad. En el ámbito educativo, la tecnología como herramienta didáctica ha supuesto la transformación del rol del docente hacia el de un mediador ...

Derecho civil

Derecho de los contratos

El derecho de los contratos constituye una materia imprescindible del derecho civil y tiene una gran presencia en el tráfico jurídico. El presente manual contiene un estudio detallado de la teoría general del contrato, con sus principios básicos y fundamentales, entre los que se encuentra ...