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Problemas económico y financieros del estado intervencionista

La presente obra está en relación con la problemática que suscita la transformación material, ideológica e institucional de nuestro orden económico de «liberal» en «intervencionista». De un modo explícito o implícito, está problemática constituye el trasfondo de los problemas que habrán de surgir en estos ...

110 casos ganados en el delito de usurpación de inmuebles

Para la colección “Casos ganados”, en esta ocasión presentamos 110 sentencias en que se condena a los “okupas”. La ocupación ilegal de viviendas es un tema que genera mucha preocupación en la actualidad por el incremento que ha sufrido en un momento de crisis económica ...

Expropiación forzosa: conceptos, procedimientos y criterios de valoración del justiprecio

Una completa recopilación de doctrina jurisprudencial del Tribunal Supremo en materia de expropiación forzosa que pretende resolver todas las dudas que puedan plantearse a los operadores jurídicos relativas a esta institución, como son los funcionarios de Administraciones Públicas Territoriales (Estatal, Autonómica y Local) relacionados con ...

Ideología y legitimación del linaje en la Edad Media

sucesión, familia y memoria

Herencia, solidaridad, memoria, prestigio y sentido de pertenencia constituyen algunos de los fundamentos esenciales para elaborar una definición del linaje en la Edad Media. A lo largo de esta obra, que ahonda en dicho concepto desde la Antigüedad Tardía hasta la Baja Edad Media, se ...

Nasty politics

the logic of insults, threats, and incitement

A novel explanation for why politicians insult, accuse, and threaten their opponents, even though voters say they don't like it. Why do politicians engage in nasty politics? Why do they use insult, accusations, intimidation, and in rare cases violence against their domestic political opponents ...

Disorder

hard times in the 21st Century

Getting to grips with the overlapping geopolitical, economic, and political crises faced by Western democratic societies in the 2020s. The 21st century has brought a powerful tide of geopolitical, economic, and democratic shocks. Their fallout has led central banks to create over $25 trillion of ...

Treaties

Treaties comprise the whole range of international agreements that are governed by international law. In this volume in the Elements of International Law series, Richard Gardiner describes the essential role of treaties in international law. Beginning with an explanation of what treaties are, the book ...

Backdoor lawmaking

evading obstacles in the US Congress

Civics textbooks focus on how Congress makes policy through the legislative process, but the reality is that members of Congress have limited opportunities to advance their policy priorities. In fact, less than five percent of the bills that are introduced in Congress become law. Even ...

Arrendamientos Urbanos

Comentarios, legislación y jurisprudencia. Adaptadaa la Ley 12/2023, de 24 de mayo, por el Derecho a la Vivienda

2ª Edición de una obra imprescindible en materia de Arrendamientos Urbanos adaptada a la reciente Ley 12/2023, de 24 de mayo por el derecho a la Vivienda y ampliada con la última jurisprudencia dictada sobre la materia. El autor, Alberto Torres López, Abogado, Director ...

Law 101

In this sixth edition of his bestselling classic, Jay Feinman provides an authoritative and up-to-date overview of the American legal system. In the years since the publication of the fifth edition, there have been many important developments on the legal front. The Supreme Court has ...

Cambio de régimen

hacia un futuro posliberal

El liberalismo clásico prometió derrocar a la vieja aristocracia, creando un orden en el que las personas pudieran decidir sus propio futuro. Hasta cierto punto lo hizo, pero también terminó con las tradiciones e instituciones comunes y creó una nueva clase dirigente explotadora. El libertarismo ...

Why Congress

A bold defense of our nation's legislature and its ability to work through the country's deepest divisions, and a stark warning of what our political future holds if we allow Congress to decay. Like it or not, our country's future depends on ...

Limitaciones del derecho a la deducción

el caso particular de los vehículos automóviles de turismo utilizados por empresarios o profesionales

Sea para el desempeño de una actividad económica o para cubrir las necesidades de desplazamiento por parte de un empresario o profesional, es habitual adquirir un vehículo turismo e, igual de habitual, que por la AEAT se cuestione el tratamiento tributario de los impuestos que ...

National party organizations and party brands in American politics

the Democratic and Republican National Committees, 1912-2016

A new assessment on the role, influence, and limitations of the Democratic and Republican National Committees in American political development. Scholars have long debated the role and importance of the Democratic and Republican National Committees in American politics. In National Party Organizations and Party Brands ...

The two faces of democracy

decentering agonism and deliberation

The democratic imagination is facing significant challenges. These challenges involve not only philosophical questions about the core values of democratic life, but also pressing practical issues related to how we should understand and confront current threats to democracy. Those who want to defend democracy against ...

Negotiating peace

a guide to the practice, politics, and law of international mediation

This book is the first and only practical guide to negotiating peace. In this ground-breaking book Sven Koopmans, who is both a peace negotiator and a scholar, discusses the practice, politics, and law of international mediation. With both depth and a light touch he explores ...

Digital empires

the global battle to regulate technology

The global battle among the three dominant digital powers—the United States, China, and the European Union—is intensifying. All three regimes are racing to regulate tech companies, with each advancing a competing vision for the digital economy while attempting to expand its sphere of ...

SIPRI Yearbook 2023

armaments, disarmament and international security

The SIPRI Yearbook is an authoritative and independent source of data and analysis on armaments, disarmament and international security. It provides an overview of developments in international security, weapons and technology, military expenditure, arms production and the arms trade, and armed conflicts and conflict management ...

Civil jurisdiction and judgments in Europe

the Brussels I regulation, the Lugano convention, and the Hague choice of court convention

Examining jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in Europe, Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments in Europe: The Brussels I Regulation, the Lugano Convention, and the Hague Choice of Court Convention provides a practical explanation of how these three legal instruments interact to form a ...

The English legal system

Lively and engaging coverage that gives students the confidence to analyse, evaluate, and critique the law. An engaging guide to the English legal system which helps students new to law develop a critical legal mind. Presenting and critiquing the law in a lively style, this ...