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Children and the Law in the Netherlands

a comparative introduction

This book gives a very brief introduction to the extensive field of Dutch juvenile law. It offers a concise account of some of the most relevant and common points in various legal fields, including aspects of child protection and juvenile justice, as well as features ...

Analysing corruption

Repeated corruption scandals and the efforts of the international political community to find ways to counteract them have compelled economists, anthropologists and political scientists to confront corruption as a subject for serious academic research. This textbook introduces students to the field of corruption analysis and ...

Punish, seduce or persuade

an empirical assessment of anti-piracy interventions

Many kinds of interventions have been designed and implemented to combat digital copyright infringement, a type of cyber-deviance that is also known as 'digital piracy'. However, it is not clear whether such measures are indeed effective in reducing this type of deviance. This research sets ...

The history of Economics

a course for students and teachers

As a broad introduction to the history of economic thought - based on courses the authors have taught for many years - this book provides a magisterial overview for students and teachers who have not had the opportunity to cover the development of the field of economics ...

The Electronic CISG

7th MAA Schlechtriem CISG Conference

In this book the authors engage with the interface between the rise of electronic communications and the Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG). The contributors consider the opportunities, challenges and problems in adapting the CISG to deal with issues arising from ...

New bank insolvency Law for China and Europe

Volume 2: European Union

Volume II of the three volumes series provides a comprehensive analysis of the current EU bank insolvency framework, discusses future developments in the field of EU bank insolvency law, and investigates relevant Dutch, German, and English rules and practice. This research has been made possible ...

Law for a circular economy

Currently humanity uses, on average, the equivalent of 1.6 earths to provide the resources we use and to absorb our waste. A pathway to sustainable resource use is also known as the 'circular economy.' This concept aims at optimising the value of the resources ...

Currency kings

how billionaire traders made their fortune trading forex and how you can too

Build your own Forex fiefdom using the methods of the original currency kings-Soros, Henry, Simons, and others Currency Kings provides a proven four-part formula to help you navigate and profit in today's Forex market. Ben Robson provides the knowledge and techniques you need to ...

Conscious business

how to build value throgh values

Consciousness is the main source of organizational greatness. Conscious business, explains Fred Kofman, means finding your passion and expressing your essential values through your work. A conscious business seeks to promote the intelligent pursuit of happiness in all its stakeholders. It produces sustainable, exceptional performance ...

Arithmetic

Paul Lockhart reveals arithmetic not as the rote manipulation of numbers but as a set of ideas that exhibit the surprising behaviors usually reserved for higher branches of mathematics. In this entertaining survey, he explores the nature of counting and different number systems-Western and non-Western-and ...

Equilibrium models in economics

purposes and critical limitations

The concept of equilibrium is fundamental to economic theory, according to which, it exists when supply and demand are balanced. Equilibrium Models in Economics critically examines the major problematic assumptions employed to build equilibrium models. It gives particular attention to the assumptions used to characterize ...

Obra poética

2 vols

La presente edición de la obra del zaragozano Juan Pedro de Moncayo y Gurrea, marqués de San Felices (1614-1657), reúnes los dos libros poéticos editados durante su vida, Rimas (1652) y El poema trágico de Atalanta e Hipomenes (1656), junto a otros poemas y cartas ...

El orden cuestionado

lecturas de antropología jurídica

La importancia de la experiencia y la observación en el terreno son los elementos clave que atraviesan los capítulos de esta obra; obra que pone en diálogo dos disciplinas, en principio, disímiles: la antropología y el derecho. Si bien ya en tiempos victorianos los antropólogos ...

La hija del general Beigbeder

vida cotidiana durante la Guerra Civil y el régimen nacional católico

Juan Luis Beigbeder Atienza fue un militar español que, con su graduación de coronel y durante un corto periodo de tiempo, desempeñó el cargo de ministro de Asuntos Exteriores del segundo Gobierno de Franco. Estuvo casado con María Fedriani de la que tuvo a su ...

Private Law and the international market

direct horizontal effect of the treaty provisions on free movement

Private law and private law relationships in Member States of the EU are influenced by EU law. This volume seeks to establish the links between the relevant judgments and, by analysing them in the context of the various mechanisms used by EU law to influence ...

An introduction to the Crusades

An Introduction to the Crusades is the perfect guide to a very complex historical period. It begins with a brief overview of the Crusades before immersing the reader in the logistics of crusading and the day-to-day life of a crusader, explaining arms and armour, strategy ...

The inevitable

understanding the 12 technological forces that will shape our future

From one of our leading technology thinkers and writers, a guide through the twelve technological imperatives that will shape the next thirty years and transform our lives Much of what will happen in the next thirty years is inevitable, driven by technological trends that are ...

Sociedad, Derecho y factor religioso

estudios en honor del Profesor Isidoro Martín Sánchez

Sociedad, Derecho y Factor Religioso es un volumen recopilatorio de las aportaciones doctrinales elaboradas por insignes autores, procedentes en su mayoría del mundo universitario, en honor del profesor Isidoro Martín Sánchez, catedrático emérito de Derecho Eclesiástico del Estado de la UAM. El punto de conexión ...

Built on bones

15.000 years of urban life and death

Imagine you are a hunter-gatherer some 15,000 years ago. You've got a choice - carry on foraging, or plant a few seeds and move to one of those new-fangled settlements down the valley. What you won't know is that urban life is short ...

Partición de la herencia y arbitraje

Pocas materias presentan el nivel de conflictividad de los litigios sucesorios. El momento de la partición se ha revelado desde siempre como uno de los aspectos más delicados y los procedimientos diseñados por la Ley de Enjuiciamiento Civil (arts. 782 y ss. LEC) para dar ...