Libros de

Bioética

el pluralismo de la fundamentación

"El presente libro es singular por varios motivos, a cuál más interesante. Uno primero es porque demuestra dónde se encuentra hoy ese movimiento que surgió hace ahora unos cuarenta y cinco años y todo el mundo conoce con el nombre de bioética. Durante la primera ...

Check-list para el diagnóstico empresarial

una herramienta clave para el control de gestión

Una empresa que se conoce a sí misma en todo momento es una empresa fuerte. Este libro es la herramienta para conseguirlo Cada día se crean empresas y muchas consiguen crecer rápidamente. Estar al frente de una empresa no es tarea fácil teniendo en cuenta ...

Diseñar cuadros de mando con excel

utilizando tablas dinámicas

Cómo diseñar y poner en marcha cuadros de mando como principal sistema de indicadores en cualquier organización El cuadro de mando es una herramienta esencial para mejorar la gestión empresarial mediante el seguimiento de objetivos estratégicos, el control de indicadores, y la asignación de responsabilidades ...

Un mundo mejor para nuestros hijos

discursos 2009-2016

El 20 de enero de 2009, después de que se celebrara una de las elecciones más participativas en la historia de Estados Unidos, Barack Obama se convirtió en el 44.º presidente del país y en el primer afroamericano en llegar a la Casa Blanca ...

La desfachatez intelectual

escritores e intelectuales ante la política

Muchos de los intelectuales españoles de mayor prestigio y visibilidad, casi siempre escritores y hombres de letras, se caracterizan por participar en el debate político con ideas superficiales y frívolas, expuestas en un tono tajante y prepotente. La desfachatez intelectual se sostiene sobre una impunidad ...

Preferentes y subordinadas

una tragedia española

Las preferentes y subordinadas tienen muy mala prensa en los medios financieros y tendrán que pasar años para que dejen de tenerla. La causa última es el mal uso que hicieron de ellas muchas entidades financieras, singularmente las cajas de ahorros, para fortalecer sus recursos ...

Contabilidad internacional, El IASB y la Unión Europea

Estudia el proceso de armonización de la contabilidad y el papel de la UE en la estandarización de la información contable. Analiza cómo se elaboran, se aprueban y se convalidan las NIIF, así como el régimen de las PYMES. Se adentra en los principales problemas ...

City power

urban governance in a global age

In 2013, Detroit filed the largest municipal bankruptcy in US history. That dubious honor marked the end of a long decline, during which city leaders slashed municipal costs and sought desperately to attract private investment. That same year, an economically resurgent New York City elected ...

The United States Supreme Court's assault on the Constitution, democracy, and the rule of Law

This book argues that the judiciary, particularly the Supreme Court, should embrace an interpretive framework that promotes equal participation in the democratic process, fosters accountability, and facilitates robust public discourse among citizens of all backgrounds. The authors propose a solution that strives to restore integrity ...

Genocide

a comprehensive introduction

Genocide: A Comprehensive Introduction is the most wide-ranging textbook on genocide yet published. The book is designed as a text for upper-undergraduate and graduate students, as well as a primer for non-specialists and general readers interested in learning about one of humanity’s enduring blights ...

Human Rights in a positive State

rethinking the relationship between positive and negative obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights

The European Court of Human Rights has long abandoned the view that human rights merely impose obligations of restraint on State authorities (so-called negative obligations). In addition, States are under positive obligations to take steps to actively protect and ensure the rights and freedoms guaranteed ...

Convergence in european consumer sales law

a comparative and numerical approach

A book series devoted to the common foundations of the European legal systems, the Ius Commune Europaeum series includes comparative legal studies as well as studies on the effect of treaties within national legal systems. All areas of the law are covered. The books are ...

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 legitimacy of family rights in Strasbourg case Law

living instrument' or extinguished sovereignty?

Modern family life exhibits a huge variety of new forms. Legal responses to these new forms illustrate the continuing differences between European nations. Nonetheless, the Strasbourg Court has been increasingly active in this area, which provides fertile ground for testing the legitimacy of the Court ...

The reception of asylum seekers under international Law

between sovereignty and equality

Increasingly, European states are using policy on the reception of asylum seekers as an instrument of immigration control, eg by deterring the lodging of asylum applications, preventing integration into their societies and exercising a large degree of control over asylum seekers in order to facilitate ...

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 ...