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Comunión

la búsqueda femenina del amor

Íntima, reveladora y provocadora, Comunión es una obra que desafía a todas las mujeres a que asumamos el valor de reclamar la búsqueda del amor como el viaje heroico que todas debemos escoger para liberarnos de verdad. Con su característico lenguaje dominante y lúcido, hooks ...

Principi di biodiritto penale

I dilemmi posti dalle condotte eutanasiche e dal suicidio medicalmente assistito continuano a coinvolgere l’opinione pubblica. Aggiornato agli ultimi sviluppi del biodiritto penale, questo libro si fonda su un patrimonio quanto più possibile condiviso, funzionale a un dibattito ampio ed aperto, e sulla distinzione ...

Diritto civile: norme, questioni, concetti

I. Parte generale - Le obbligazioni - Il contratto - I fatti illeciti e le altre fonti delle obbligazioni

Il manuale tratta gli istituti fondamentali del diritto civile, secondo una duplice articolazione: l’esposizione ragionata e sistematica delle disposizioni di legge e l’approfondimento dei contenuti normativi con l’analisi delle principali questioni, nonché delle categorie concettuali e dei principi elaborati dalla dottrina e ...

Europe day

How European integration got started

One might be forgiven for thinking that the founding of The European Union is not exactly the stu that myths are made of? Not at all, for here it comes - though it is not a myth, but a real story that only sounds like a ...

Configuración Jurídica de las Public Private Partnerships (PPP) en el ámbito del suministro de energía

¿Qué puede aprender Colombia del Derecho Alemán?

La obra examina modelos de Public Private Partnerships (PPP) en procedimientos de planeación administrativa en las actividades de transmisión, generación y distribución de energía (suministro de energía) en perspectiva comparada entre Alemania y Colombia. En el campo de la transmisión de energía eléctrica, se analiza ...

La UE y Cuba en el siglo XXI

cambios, logros y retos

El libro proporciona un análisis bien informado y equilibrado con las razones que respaldan la transformación radical que ha experimentado la relación UE-Cuba en el siglo XXI, incluyendo los cambios realizados en Cuba desde el año 2008. La obra realiza un examen cuidadoso del proceso ...

Manias, panics, and crashes

a history of financial crises

In the Eighth Edition of this classic text on the financial history of bubbles and crashes, Robert McCauley joins with Robert Aliber in building on Charles Kindleberger's renowned work. McCauley draws on his central banking experience to introduce new chapters on cryptocurrency and the ...

The reasoning state

Administrative bodies, not legislatures, are the primary lawmakers in our society. This book develops a theory to explain this fact based on the concept of trust. Drawing upon Law, History and Social Science, Edward H. Stiglitz argues that a fundamental problem of trust pervades representative ...

Fundamental rights

the European and international dimension

In Europe, fundamental rights have come to be regulated by an increasing number of legal instruments, such as the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, and international treaties. It is not always easy to understand what requirements are set ...

An Introduction to the EU Legal Order

Carefully structured and supported with a wealth of examples, Elise Muir provides a clear, concise introduction to the EU legal order. Drawing upon her years of teaching experience, Muir outlines the history of the EU, its key actors, modes of action and its daily relevance ...

Colonialism and codification

a legal history of the Caribbean and the Americas

When Christopher Columbus (circa 1451-1506) arrived at the Bahamas in 1492, it could hardly be predicted that this would result in the most dramatic upheaval in the history of the American continent and the nearby islands. The encounter with the new world inaugurated an era ...

The Democratisation of the European Union

Towards a New EU Convention

The democratisation of the EU is a fascinating process with an unforeseen outcome: the European Union is emerging as a new kind of international organisation with an equally innovative model of governance. Seventy years after the start of European integration, this book reveals that the ...

The Rule of Law Under Fire?

Does the rise of populism, authoritarianism, and nationalism threaten the welfare of the rule of law? Is this fundamental democratic ideal under siege? In this timely and important book, Raymond Wacks examines the philosophical roots of the rule of law and its modern, often contentious ...

Evidence, Respect and Truth

Knowledge and Justice in Legal Trials

Can we rely solely on statistics when we judge what is true and just? This book takes a holistic approach to addressing this question. It considers the legal trial as its paradigmatic case study before analysing a wide range of different cases, including profiling, the ...

Sex Trafficking and Human Rights

The Status of Women and State Responses

Sex Trafficking and Human Rights demonstrates how state responsiveness to human trafficking is shaped by the political, social, and economic rights afforded women. This book is a call to understanding and to action: If the international community is to effectively combat human trafficking, they must ...

Next generation retail

how to use new technology to innovate for the future

Forge deeper and more meaningful connections with consumers and embrace the latest opportunities occurring across the physical and digital retail landscape to become more adaptable, resilient and successful. While change is a constant in retail, flux has accelerated in innovation, digital disruption and changing consumer ...

A Short & Happy Guide to Copyright

The Short and Happy Guide to Copyright is a succinct, enjoyable, and time-friendly text that is designed for you: To get up to speed on the biggest issues of copyright law, and the black letter law addressing those issues; To educate yourself as to your ...

Trade winds

a voyage to a sustainable future for shipping

In 2020, Christiaan De Beukelaer spent 150 days covering 14,000 nautical miles aboard the schooner Avontuur, a hundred-year-old sailing vessel that transports cargo across the Atlantic Ocean. Embarking in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, he wanted to understand the realities of a little-known alternative to ...

The basics of international law

the UK context

From the UK government's Brexit Bill, to China's territorial claims in the South China Sea, to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, violations of international law have made headlines across the world in recent years. This book offers a comprehensive and accessible guide to ...

The hidden injuries of class

In this reissue of the 1972 classic of social anatomy, Richard Sennets adds a new introduction to shows how the injuries of class persist into the 21st century. In this intrepid, groundbreaking book, Richard Sennett and Jonathan Cobb uncover and define a new form of ...