Libros de

Oriente

Vicente Blasco Ibáñez fue un viajero empedernido. En él ejercía una singular fascinación la posibilidad de recorrer grandes distancias para satisfacer su espíritu curioso y para reivindicarse como ciudadano de un mundo sin fronteras. Pero en su trayecto hasta Constantinopla hubo otro aliciente que hacía ...

Derecho y fracking

En esta obra se analiza toda la normativa implicada en la investigación y explotación de hidrocarburos no convencionales por medio de la técnica del fracking, y se realiza un conjunto de propuestas para una regulación ambientalmente sostenible. El principal potencial y característica diferenciadora de la ...

Reconstructing judicial review

This book offers a new interpretation of judicial review in England and Wales as being concerned with the advancement of justice and good governance, as opposed to being concerned primarily with ultra vires or common law constitutionalism. It is developed both from examining the functions ...

The european social charter and the employment relation

This collection addresses the potential of the European Social Charter to promote and safeguard social rights in Europe. Drawing on the expertise of the ETUI Transnational Trade Union Rights expert network from across Europe, it provides a comprehensive commentary on these fundamental rights. Taking a ...

Single-member Limited Liability Company (SUP)

a necessary reform of EU Law on business organizations?

The book is a contribution to the European rights policy in the field of company law. It contains a critical opinion on the proposal from the European Commission for a European single-member company (Societas unius Personae, SUP) (COM [2014] 212). Meanwhile, both major weaknesses are ...

Ethical Judgments

re-writing Medical Law

This edited collection is designed to explore the ethical nature of judicial decision-making, particularly relating to cases in the health/medical sphere, where judges are often called upon to issue rulings on questions containing an explicit ethical component. However, judges do not receive any specific ...

Complicity in international criminal Law

This book tackles one of the most contentious aspects of international criminal law - the modes of liability. At the heart of the discussion is the quest for balance between the accused's individual contribution and the collective nature of mass offending. The principle of legality ...

Trenes rigurosamente vigilados

Una divertida y entrañable historia sobre la resistencia frente al invasor alemán durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial protagonizada por los empleados de la estación de tren de un pequeño pueblo checoslovaco cerca de la frontera con Alemania. El descubrimiento del amor y del deseo están ...

Rights and wrongs under the ECHR

the prohibition of abuse of rights in article 17 of the European Convention on Human Rights

The prohibition of abuse of rights in Article 17 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR or Convention) embodies one of the Convention's main principles: its commitment to democracy and democratic values. The provision aims to prevent groups and individuals from successfully invoking ...

Revista La Maleta de Portbou, Nº 21, año 2017

El escenario político europeo vive momentos de convulsión. Desde los años ochenta, la hegemonía conservadora ha ido modulando unas instituciones que en 2008 entraron en crisis sin que los partidos que han dominado el escenario durante estos años –liberales, conservadores y socialdemócratas– supieran anticipar los ...

América latina actual

del populismo al giro de izquierdas

La historia de las últimas siete décadas en América Latina resulta clave para pensar su situación actual y permite arrojar luz sobre las rupturas y continuidades históricas que ha atravesado el continente latinoamericano. Tomando como punto de partida el final de la Segunda Guerra Mundial ...

Teorías sociológicas de los movimientos sociales

Este libro se propone realizar un recorrido panorámico de las diversas formulaciones teóricas que se han realizado acerca de esta cuestión desde las diferentes épocas y escuelas sociológicas. De esta forma, aborda el asunto de los movimientos sociales partiendo de los enfoques más clásicos del ...

Entrepreneurial finance and accounting for high-tech companies

This book offers an accessible guide to the financial aspects of launching and operating a high-tech business in such areas as engineering, computing, and science. It explains a range of subjects -- from risk analysis to stock incentive programs for founders and key employees -- for students ...

The power of networks

six principles that connect our lives

What makes WiFi faster at home than at a coffee shop? How does Google order search results? Why do Amazon, Netflix, and YouTube use fundamentally different rating and recommendation methods--and why does it matter? Is it really true that everyone on Facebook is connected in ...

The EU accession to the ECHR

modern studies in european Law

Article 6 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) provides that the EU will accede to the system of human rights protection of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Protocol No 9 in the Treaty of Lisbon opens the way for accession. This represents ...

The interface between competition and the internal market

market separation under article 102 TFEU

Public debt, inequality, and power

the making of a modern debt state

Who are the dominant owners of U.S. public debt? Is it widely held, or concentrated in the hands of a few? Does ownership of public debt give these bondholders power over our government? What do we make of the fact that foreign-owned debt has ...

Exporting

the definitive guide to selling abroad profitably

"Laurel Delaney writes in a tremendous spirit of service to entrepreneurial and small business leaders navigating the opportunities of globalization. Whether leading a fresh startup, a small business, or an entrepreneurial growth company seeking greatness, the question of whether-and how-to go global must be addressed ...

The Waffen-SS

a european history

The first systematic pan-European study of the hundreds of thousands of non-Germans who fought — either voluntarily or under pressure — for the Waffen-SS. The transnational perspective allows readers to see what patterns emerged across different European regions. Shows how representatives of other nations participated in the ...

La junta de Cofiño, el órgano gestor de los ganaderos del Puerto del Sueve

lección de clausura del curso 2015-2016 del Real Instituto de Estudios Asturianos pronunciada el 23 de junio de 2016