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Algo en la sangre

la biografía secreta de Bram Stoker el hombre que escribió Drácula

Publicada en 1897, Drácula ha tenido una larga y polifacética vida. Sin embargo, Stoker nunca ha dejado de ser una presencia en cierto modo espectral en su mitología, una figura rodeada de misterios y casi más enigmática que su personaje de ficción. En Algo en ...

Money awards in contract Law

The quantification of contractual money awards is a topic of both significant theoretical interest and immense practical importance. Recent debates have ranged from the availability of gain-based relief to the basis for principles of remoteness and mitigation. While these and other important issues, such as ...

The extinction market

wildlife trafficking and how to counter it

The planet is currently experiencing alarming levels of species loss caused in large part by intensified poaching and wildlife trafficking driven by expanding demand, for medicines, for food, and for trophies. Affecting many more species than just the iconic elephants, rhinos, and tigers, the rate ...

El Moisés de Miguel Ángel y otros escritos sobre el arte y los artistas

Brillante estudioso, lector incansable, ferviente espectador, Freud ha dedicado exhaustivos trabajos a la obra de arte y la creación artística. Esta antología presenta sus escritos fundamentales sobre literatura (con excepción del consagrado a la Gradiva, publicado separadamente en esta colección) y un minucioso y profundo ...

La responsabilidad derivada del error arbitral

una categoría en construcción

El presente trabajo de tesis estudia las vicisitudes propias del arbitraje como mecanismo alternativo de solución de controversias y aborda una problemática particular: el error arbitral y la responsabilidad que se deriva de este. Para ello se analiza a profundidad el arbitraje en el ordenamiento ...

La libertad de creencias

un estudio comparado entre los ordenamientos jurídicos español y peruano

Tanto la sociedad española actual como la peruana acogen un gran abanico de valores, creencias, ideologías, etc., en definitiva, distintos modos o concepciones de vida. En ambos ordenamientos se reconoce la libertad de creencias y de convicciones y el valor del pluralismo ideológico y cultural ...

Instituciones y poderes en la Europa Medieval

imperios, reinos y principados

Esta obra, dirigida a profesores y alumnos de Historia Medieval, así como a lectores interesados en la historia, es una síntesis sobre el Imperio, los reinos y los más importantes principados del Occidente cristiano en la Edad Media. Se delinean los rasgos de un proceso ...

La China Imperial

(1506-1795)

El objetivo de esta obra es ofrecer una visión general, clara y sintética de la historia de China durante las dinastías Ming y Qing. La época histórica que se analiza en este libro, que en Occidente se corresponde con la Edad Moderna, comprende la segunda ...

The EU and nanotechnologies

a critical analysis

This book investigates the role of law in confronting major societal transformations embodied by the emergence of nanotechnologies. Taking the case of the European Union, it explores who the key decision-makers in the regulation of nanotechnologies are and how they take decisions. The questions are ...

The future of contract Law in Latin America

the principles of Latin American contract Law

This book presents, analyses and evaluates the Principles of Latin American Contract Law (PLACL), a recent set of provisions aiming at the harmonisation of contract law at a regional level. As such, the PLACL are the most recent exponent of the many proposals for transnational ...

The federal idea

public Law between governance and political life

A significant part of the world's population lives under some sort of federal arrangement. And yet, the concepts of federalism and federation remain under-theorised. Federalist theorists have, for the most part, defined their object by opposition to the unitary state. As a result, they ...

International and comparative secured transactions Law

essays in honour of Roderick A Macdonald

The law of secured transactions has seen dramatic changes in the last decade. International organisations, particularly the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), have been working towards the creation of international legal standards aimed at the modernisation and harmonisation of secured financing laws ...

Comparative federalism

constitutional arrangements and case Law

This is the first comprehensive book that explores the subject of federalism from the perspective of comparative constitutional law, whilst simultaneously placing a strong emphasis on how federal systems work in practice. This focus is reflected in the book's two most innovative elements. First ...

Understanding the rule of Law

The 'rule of law' is increasingly regarded as integral to liberal democracy, and its significance is frequently discussed by lawyers, academics, politicians and the media. But the meaning of the phrase is not always clear. What does 'the rule of law' mean exactly? And why ...

Making sense of the alt-right

During the 2016 election, a new term entered the mainstream American political lexicon: “alt-right,” short for “alternative right.” Despite the innocuous name, the alt-right is a white-nationalist movement. Yet it differs from earlier racist groups: it is youthful and tech savvy, obsessed with provocation and ...

Success and luck

good fortune and the myth of meritocracy

From New York Times bestselling author and economics columnist Robert Frank, a compelling book that explains why the rich underestimate the importance of luck in their success, why that hurts everyone, and what we can do about it How important is luck in economic success ...

Against democracy

Most people believe democracy is a uniquely just form of government. They believe people have the right to an equal share of political power. And they believe that political participation is good for us-it empowers us, helps us get what we want, and tends to ...

Struggle for Catalonia

rebel politics in Spain

Every year on 11 September, Catalonia celebrates its Diada, its National Day. But the Diada of 2012 was like none other, as an enormous crowd calling for Catalan independence took over the heart of Barcelona. Despite the carnival-like atmosphere that day, the people were very ...

Europe didn't work

why we left and how to get the best from Brexit

A timely and provocative account of why the euro has failed and why, as a result, the Union will unravel Examining key economic indicators and assessing the situation across Europe, two British journalists assess why the euro has failed-and what will happen when the European ...

Reimagining restorative justice

agency and accountability in the criminal process

Offering a comprehensive analysis of how mediation and restorative practice have developed in theory, this text explains how the theory can be related to the most recent international experiences of what works and how it works.