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El Derecho en la existencia humana

Principios de ontofenomenología jurídica

Decir Filosofía del Derecho es, en una primera y generalísima aproximación, tanto como decir la búsqueda más profunda de lo que el Derecho es en la existencia humana. Mi referencia a la existencia no supone, sin embargo, estar a favor de cierta tendencia filosófica, la ...

Moral y tiranías

¿De qué tiranía se trata? Naturalmente de la tiranía a la que nos someten nuestros instintos o una ideología totalitaria; pero también de la creciente presión social que ejerce sobre el hombre de nuestros días la sociedad tecnificada. Si nuestra libertad no resiste mejor, se ...

Economía constitucional

La política acarrea la realización de múltiples juegos simultáneos con y entre coaliciones de intereses variables. Sin embargo, generalmente vale la pena imaginarla como si fuera una lucha entre buscadores de rentas, que tratan de obtener rentas o beneficios privados merced a los poderes públicos ...

La aplicación de la actuación de sentencia impugnada en el proceso civil

Una de las principales debilidades de nuestro sistema de justicia es la desconfianza generada en la población peruana producto de la extensa duración del trámite del proceso y la poca efectividad de las sentencias judiciales. Ello lo vemos reflejado en diversas encuestas y es muy ...

El hecho generador de la obligación tributaria

Hecho generador es el hecho o conjunto de hechos o el estado de hecho, al cual el legislador vincula el nacimiento de la obligación jurídica de pagar determinado tributo. En esta definición se incluyen como elementos destacados para caracterizar el hecho generador, los siguientes: a ...

Epistemología de la valoración de la prueba novel en la perspectiva de las neurociencias y el Derecho penal

Esta obra ofrece una rigurosa y novedosa aproximación a la valoración de la prueba científica en el proceso penal desde la perspectiva de las neurociencias. A través de un análisis sólido y crítico, el autor examina los fundamentos epistemológicos que permiten comprender cómo los avances ...

Introducción al sistema legal de los Estados Unidos

El libro no pretende explicar el sistema político o económico del cual nuestro derecho se ha conformado, ni intenta comparar nuestro derecho con el de otros países. Su objetivo es presentar los aspectos fundamentales de nuestro sistema jurídico que sean más útiles como base para ...

Zhou Enlai

a life

The definitive biography of Zhou Enlai, the first premier and preeminent diplomat of the People's Republic of China, who protected his country against the excesses of his boss-Chairman Mao. Zhou Enlai spent twenty-seven years as premier of the People's Republic of China and ...

King dollar

the past and future of the world's dominant currency

Prophecies that the dollar will lose its status as the world's dominant currency have echoed for decades-and are increasing in volume. Cryptocurrency enthusiasts claim that Bitcoin or other blockchain-based monetary units will replace the dollar. Foreign policy hawks warn that China's renminbi poses ...

Our dollar, your problem

an insider's view of seven turbulent decades of global finance, and the road ahead

A leading economist explores the global rise of the U.S. dollar and shows why its future stability is far from assured Our Dollar, Your Problem argues that America's currency might not have reached today's lofty pinnacle without a certain amount of good ...

Radicals

the working classes and the making of modern Britain

An authoritative and original history of the working classes and the British Left The political Left in Britain rose out of the Industrial Revolution, as the working classes emerged as the leading force in the call for social change. Their contributions extended widely to political ...

The diversity principle

the story of a transformative idea

The surprising two-hundred-year history of diversity in education, commerce, and science from the scholar the New Yorker dubbed America's "diversity detective" As a war on diversity upends government, corporate, and education policies, the history of the idea of diversity has never been more important ...

Strike

labor, unions, and resistance in the Roman Empire

From plebeians refusing to join the Roman army to bakers withholding bread, this is the first book to explore how Roman workers used strikes, boycotts, riots, and rebellion to get their voices-and their labor-acknowledged. Sarah E. Bond explores Ancient Rome from a new angle to ...

The random factor

how chance and luck profoundly shape our lives and the world around us

A poverty expert reveals how truly random the world is-including how economic inequality is experienced-and how we can learn to acknowledge chance and appreciate it. It's comforting to think that we can be successful because we work hard, climb ladders, and get what we ...

Predicted

how AI is restructuring social life

How AI is rewiring our social fabric-and how we can better shape our future. The age of AI is not what you think. Rather than ushering in a fourth Industrial Revolution, AI has become a crucial social infrastructure of everyday life. It's embedded in ...

Deals

the economic structure of business transactions

Drawing on real-life cases from a wide range of industries, two acclaimed experts offer a sophisticated but accessible guide to business deals, designed to maximize value for your side. Business transactions take widely varying forms, from corporate mergers to patent licenses to the signing of ...

The presidential pardon

the short clause with a long, troubled history

Astonishing, unconstrained, and often unsettling-the presidential pardon is one of the most powerful tools in American government, and this indispensable book is your guide to how it defines the presidency, justice, and politics. The Constitution's Pardon Clause grants the president a power unmatched in ...

The golden passport

global mobility for millionaires

The first comprehensive on-the-ground investigation of the global market for citizenship, examining the wealthy elites who buy passports, the states and brokers who sell them, and the normalization of a once shadowy practice. Our lives are in countless ways defined by our citizenship. It is ...

Thoughtfulness and the rule of law

An essential study of the rule of law by one of the world's leading liberal political and legal philosophers. For many, the rule of law is the essence of good government. Jeremy Waldron takes a different view, arguing that a relatively thin version of ...

The forest fights back

a global movement for the rights of nature

As the world grapples with the escalating climate crisis, ecosystems are collapsing, and the planet's future hangs in the balance. For centuries, our legal systems have treated nature as something to be owned and exploited, but a bold new movement is challenging this paradigm ...