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El derecho de separación por falta de distribución de dividendos en las Sociedades de Capital

Desde que su reconocimiento se incorporara definitivamente a nuestro ordenamiento jurídico, el derecho de separación del socio en caso de falta de reparto de los dividendos no ha pasado desapercibido, dada su significativa relevancia en el funcionamiento y gobierno de nuestras sociedades de capital. Se ...

Revista DOXA, Nº 42

Cuadernos de Filosofía del Derecho

Los guardianes de la tradición

... y otras imposturas acerca de la cultura popular

"No constituye especial motivo de alegría que este texto mío sobre Los guardianes de la tradición mantenga su vigencia hoy o incluso haya crecido con el tiempo. Ahora, puede comprobarse que si se desmontaban entonces las imposturas de un “populismo cultural latente” ello se debía ...

The birth of Albania

Ethnic Nationalism, the Great Powers of World War I and the Emergence of Albanian Independence

The 'Albanian question' remains one of the major unresolved questions in south-eastern Europe, with the potential to disrupt the region, with grave consequences for the international community. The exodus of refugees from Kosovo into Albania in the late 1990s - and Kosovo's subsequent declaration of ...

Antietam 1862

(Revista Desperta Ferro. Moderna, Nº 43, año 2019)

El 17 de septiembre de 1862 fue el día más sangriento de la historia de los Estados Unidos. En los ondulados prados y campos de cultivo y las estribaciones boscosas situados entre el río Potomac y uno de sus afluentes, el Antietam, al norte de ...

La Legión Romana (VI): El siglo IV

(Revista Desperta Ferro, Nº ESPECIAL XXI, año 2019)

Después de un largo período de inestabilidad política y militar que caracterizó buena parte del siglo III, la llegada de Diocleciano al poder en 284 y el establecimiento de un sistema de gobierno a cuatro, la Tetrarquía, otorgarían por fin el esperado aliento a un ...

Fuimos los primeros

Magallanes, Elcano y la Vuelta al Mundo

Este catálogo se estructura siguiendo dos hilos argumentales. Por un lado, la trascendencia de la expedición alrededor del mundo culminada por la Corona de Castilla, con sus consiguientes repercusiones internacionales, a corto y largo plazo, de tipo naval, científico, geográfico, astronómico, diplomático o económico. Y ...

¡Vamos a jugar al ajedrez!

El ajedrez es uno de los juegos de estrategia más antiguos que conocemos. Se originó en Europa en el siglo xv, pero tomó como inspiración otros juegos parecidos surgidos en Persia y la India alrededor del siglo VI. Considerado como deporte por el Comité Olímpico ...

¡Compórtate como un mono!

Cuando la vieja cuidadora del zoo coloca a los monos en una jaula junto a la zona de pícnic, no se imagina los problemas que va a causar…Resulta que a los pequeños monos, los niños les parecen fascinantes y pronto empiezan a comportarse como ...

Victory

the triumph and tragedy of just war

Committing one's country to war is a grave decision. Governments often have to make tough calls, but none are quite so painful as those that involve sending soldiers into harm's way, to kill and be killed. The idea of 'just war' informs how ...

Noctes Atticae

Tomus II: Libri XI-XX

This new critical edition of Aulus Gellius' Noctes Atticae by Leofranc Holford-Strevens is intended to replace the previous Oxford Classical Text by Peter K. Marshall, published in 1968 but soon superseded by Marshall's own later discoveries as well as by other scholarship. Based on ...

Noctes Atticae

Tomus I: Praefatio et Libri I-X

This new critical edition of Aulus Gellius' Noctes Atticae by Leofranc Holford-Strevens is intended to replace the previous Oxford Classical Text by Peter K. Marshall, published in 1968 but soon superseded by Marshall's own later discoveries as well as by other scholarship. Based on ...

The puritans

a transatlantic history

A panoramic new history of Puritanism in England, Scotland, and New England This book is a sweeping transatlantic history of Puritanism from its emergence out of the religious tumult of Elizabethan England to its founding role in the story of America. Shedding critical new light ...

The Atlantic in world history

1490-1830

The Atlantic in World History, 1490-1830 looks at the historical connections between four continents - Africa, Europe, North America and South America - through the lens of Atlantic history. It shows how the Atlantic has been more than just an ocean: it has been an important site ...

England and Spain in the Early Modern Era

royal love, diplomacy, trade and naval relations, 1604-25

The early 17th century was a time of great literature the era of Cervantes and Shakespeare but also of international tension and heightened diplomacy. This book looks at the relations between Spain under Philip III and Philip IV and England under James I in the ...

A short history of the anglo-saxons

'Here lies our leader all cut down, the valiant man in the dust.' The elegiac words of the Battle of Maldon, an epic poem written to celebrate the bravery of an English army defeated by Viking raiders in 991, emerge from a diverse literature - including ...

Russia's 20th Century

a journey in 100 histories

Michael Khodarkovsky's innovative exploration of Russia's 20th century, through 100 carefully selected vignettes that span the century, offers a fascinating prism through which to view Russian history. Each chosen microhistory focuses on one particular event or individual that allows you to understand Russia ...

Canada and the World since 1867

This book is a history of Canada's role in the world as well as the impact of world events on Canada. Starting from the country's quasi-independence from Britain in 1867, its analysis moves through events in Canadian and global history to the present ...

The State in Ancient Egypt

power, challenges and dynamics

This book presents a new analysis of the organization, structure and changes of the pharaonic state through three millennia of its history. Moreno García sheds new light on this topic by bringing to bear recent developments in state theory and archaeology, especially comparative study of ...

A modern history of Hong Kong

This major history of Hong Kong tells the remarkable story of how a cluster of remote fishing villages grew into an icon of capitalism. The story began in 1842 with the founding of the Crown Colony after the First Anglo-Chinese war - the original 'Opium War ...