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Criminal justice

a very short introduction

Explores all aspects of the criminal justice system, from the crime itself to the courthouse, to prison and the victims of crime Uses a number of cases to illustrate the important elements of criminal justice Draws upon the latest research from around the world including ...

Memory

a very short introduction

How can we remember certain events from our childhood as if they happened yesterday and then forget we did last week? Why does our memory seem to work well at some times but not at others? What happens when it goes wrong? Can memory be ...

Thomas More

a very short introduction

Thomas More is an enduringly fascinating and profoundly controversial figure. A brilliant scholar, his Utopia of 1516 dared to imagine how society might be completely reordered. At the same time, his hatred of the Reformation caused him to advocate, and seek to implement, the death ...

MEMENTO PRÁCTICO-Plan General Contable 2026

El Memento Práctico Plan General Contable 2026 es una obra de consulta imprescindible para contables, asesorías, gestorías, directores financieros y departamentos de administración que necesitan aplicar correctamente la normativa contable vigente. La obra se estructura siguiendo las Normas de Registro y Valoración del Plan General ...

Judaism

a very short introduction

How has Judaism changed since the days of the Bible? What sects and divisions does it have, and how does it respond to the challenges of modernity? How does the secular state of Israel resolve the conflicts of ‘Church’ and state? In this Very Short ...

Global economic history

a very short introduction

Why are some countries rich, and some poor? Does this status persist throughout time, and if so, why? How can a country escape poverty? In this Very Short Introduction, Robert C. Allen explores the interplay of geography, globalization, technological change, economic policy, and institutions, to ...

The Kissinger tapes

inside his secretly recorded phone conversations

A richly detailed collection of transcripts of Henry Kissinger's secretly recorded phone conversations from his time in the Nixon administration that touch on every important issue of Kissinger's day and provide a sweeping view of his era. Henry Kissinger is unquestionably one of ...

Trabajadores inmigrantes en España

guía práctica para empresas y personas trabajadoras

Si es usted un trabajador inmigrante ¿sabe si puede desobedecer las órdenes del empresario que sean contrarias a sus creencias y preceptos religiosos? ¿Sabe qué puede hacer durante el trabajo en Ramadán, si puede ausentarse para ir a sus rezos, si puede vestir como preceptúa ...

Reflexiones sobre el poder

La reflexión sobre el poder constituye un espacio compartido entre la filosofía del Derecho y la filosofía política. “Poder” es un término polisémico que designa, en sentido amplio, una relación asimétrica relativa a la posibilidad de influir en la acción ajena, hasta someter la voluntad ...

La correspondencia entre Norberto Bobbio y Elías Díaz 1965-1998

La lectura de la correspondencia que Elías Díaz y Norberto Bobbio mantuvieron durante más de 30 años permite reconstruir la relación académica y personal forjada durante ese tiempo por dos filósofos del Derecho que ocupan un lugar importante en la historia contemporánea de la disciplina ...

Compendio de Derecho penal

Parte general

Adaptado al programa de la oposición a ingreso en las carreras judicial y fiscal (BOE de 15 de junio de 2026)

Qu’est-ce que l’humanisme juridique? - Che cos’è l’umanesimo giuridico? - ¿Qué es el humanismo jurídico?

El presente libro tiene como objetivo responder a una pregunta fundamental: ¿Qué es el humanismo jurídico? Tras la introducción de Xavier Prévost y Luigi Alberto Sanchi, se recogen las reflexiones de Patrick Arabeyre, Mario Ascheri, Diego Quaglioni, Italo Birocchi, Wouter Druwé y Rafael Ramis Barceló ...

¿Cómo interpretar la constitución?

Una obra que examina las principales teorías de interpretación constitucional y los debates que hoy definen el rol de los jueces, la legitimidad democrática y el sentido mismo del constitucionalismo. Textualismo, originalismo, common law constitutionalism, interpretación moral y constitucionalismo del bien común, abordados con la ...

Constitucionalismo digital

pensar la democracia en tiempos de la inteligencia artificial

¿Y si quienes más influyen en la democracia ya no son los Estados, sino los algoritmos? ¿Está preparado el Derecho para enfrentar ese nuevo escenario? En Constitucionalismo digital, Oreste Pollicino analiza cómo el constitucionalismo debe adaptarse a una realidad en la que las grandes plataformas ...

Schism

the story of sectarianism in the modern Middle East

A sophisticated new account of sectarianism in the Middle East Sectarianism saturates our conversations about the Middle East, its politics and society, and the divide between Sunni and Shi'a captures headlines the world over. But in reality, sectarian difference is far from a uniquely ...

Leaning seaward

Japan as a maritime great power

An examination of Japan's maritime resurgence in an age of strategic competition This book is the first to examine Japan as a comprehensive maritime power in the twenty-first century and to consider what that status means in an age of great power competition. Geoffrey ...

Behind Caesar's back

rumor, gossip, and the making of the Roman emperors

A thrilling exploration of what Romans thought about their emperors, and how rumors and gossip-ranging from new taxes to rulers' sex lives-shaped leadership Traversing more than seven hundred years of Roman history, this book explores how everyday Romans swapped gossip, spread rumors, told jokes, and ...

The Pyrenees

a human history

A fascinating account of the Pyrenees and their people—from prehistoric settlement to the present dayThe Pyrenees dominate the landscape between France and Spain, stretching from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean. Long thought of as an impassable, unspoiled wilderness, the mountains are often seen as ...

The Steppe and its empires

the Russian Empire and its Eurasian counterparts

A broad comparative study that highlights the importance of the Eurasian steppe and its impact on the arc of Russian history Throughout its existence, Russia has been a hybrid empire shaped by both Europe and Asia. Focusing on the formation of the Russian state between ...

The world's reformation

how Protestantism became a global religion

Protestantism revolutionised early modern Europe. Radical theologians transformed the lives of thousands across the continent, irrevocably changing politics and society. But what about beyond Europe's borders? Was global Christianity just a Catholic endeavour? Alec Ryrie explores the untold history of how Protestants tried to ...