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Relaciones internacionales

una teoría crítica desde la periferia sudamericana

Marcelo Gullo ha llegado ya a la madurez intelectual, aunque sea todavía bastante joven. Es un investigador y un teórico de primera línea, un intelectual original y valiente que no le teme a la polémica sino más bien que la provoca. Su construcción teórica propiamente ...

I limiti alla prova nella procedura penale europea

Negli ultimi anni, si è consolidato, sempre più, un corpus normativo di matrice sovranazionale, in grado di incidere le regole del processo penale, tanto quanto una fonte domestica; le sentenze della Corte europea dei diritti dell'uomo dettano la soglia minima di tutela dei diritti ...

Evidence standards in EU Competition enforcement

the EU approach

What rules or principles govern the assessment of evidence in EU competition enforcement? This book offers, for the first time, a comprehensive academic study on the topic. Its aim is twofold. Firstly, it produces a typology of evidence standards in competition proceedings at the EU ...

Superhuman innovation

transforming business with artificial intelligence

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the new electricity of our times. It is revolutionizing industries the world over, and changing how we fundamentally view and understand work. Superhuman Innovation argues that AI will supercharge the workforce and the world of work, can be harnessed to deliver ...

Pluralist Constitutions in Southeast Asia

This book examines the presence of ethnic, religious, political, and ideational pluralities in Southeast Asian societies and how their respective constitutions respond to these pluralities. Countries covered in this book are Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. The chapters ...

La impugnación de las resoluciones penales por falta de motivación

La protección social de las personas migrantes

Entre los principales motivos de incertidumbre a los que se enfrentan las personas migrantes se encuentras las particulares condiciones de acceso a las prestaciones de Seguridad Social del país de acogida, así como al hecho de poder conservar los derechos adquiridos o en curso de ...

La huelga en los servicios esenciales desde una perspectiva comparada

Italia y España

Esquemas de Derecho Internacional Público

Tomo XLVI

Beyond Brexit

towards a British Constitution

Brexit means exit, but what exactly will we be leaving behind? Entry into the European Community in 1973 was a momentous event - one which had seismic effects on the politics and constitution of Britain. Brexit, while equally as momentous, has almost wholly been confined to ...

Civil procedure and harmonisation of Law

This book explores how EU and international civil procedure rules (hard law, soft law, and judicial decision) shape national civil procedure law of the EU member states.

A conceptual analysis of European Private International Law

the general issues in the EU and its Member States

This book systematically and exhaustively analyses existing PIL rules and issues in EU and national legislation, covering all EU Member States in the process. It then demonstrates that the characteristics of PIL themselves imply a framework for ôgeneral issuesö û independently from language, codification or ...

Heineken in Africa

a multinational unleashed

For Heineken, 'rising Africa' is already a reality: the profits it extracts there are almost 50 per cent above the global average, and beer costs more in some African countries than it does in Europe. Heineken claims its presence boosts economic development on the continent ...

Extraordinary popular desilusions and the madness of crowds

"Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one..." Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds is the original guide to behavioural psychology ...

Initial public offerings

the mechanics and performance of IPOs

A fully revised and updated second edition of the essential guide that tells you everything you want to know about IPOs in the UK. An initial public offering (IPO) - the occasion when a firm's shares are issued to the public for the first time ...

The charter of fundamental rights of the European Union and the employment relation

The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union is the most developed and comprehensive legally binding human rights instrument in the social field of the European Union. It is becoming increasingly important and is the first instrument that includes both civil and political rights ...

What is the Family of Law?

the influence of the nuclear family

This book argues that the legal understanding of 'family' in the UK continues to be underpinned by the idealised image of the 'nuclear family', premised upon the traditional, gendered roles of 'father as breadwinner' and 'mother as homemaker'. This examination of the law's model ...

Gender and war

international and transitional justice perspectives

This book explores and challenges common assumptions about gender, conflict, and post-conflict situations. It critically examines the gendered aspects of international and transitional justice processes by subverting traditional understandings of how wars are waged, the power dynamics involved, and the experiences of victims.

Decriminalization of sex work

the New Zealand model: an analysis of the integrative sex industry policy in the New Zealand (Aotearoa)

Joep Rottier contextualizes the historical-cultural and sociopolitical backgrounds of this integrative sex industry policy. This explorative and descriptive research provides insights in the unique role of the New Zealand Prostitutes' Collective (NZPC) - as a social movement organization - in the policy making process.

New politics of decisionism

The volume New Politics of Decisionism aims to add a new dimension to the literature of populism. It deals with what Carl Schmitt famously coined as ‘decisionism’ – a form of politics based on the rule of a personal will, which is opposed to the rule ...