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La captivité et la mort de Marie-Antoinette

Mort d'une reine, naissance d'un mythe. « La mort de la Reine fut un crime pire que le régicide », déclara Napoléon. Détestée, « l'Autrichienne » avait fini par focaliser sur sa personne la « haine des Jacobins », lui reprochant pêle-mêle d'avoir ruiné et trahi la ...

We kill because we can

from soldiering to assassination in the drone age

Welcome to the Drone Age. Where self-defense has become naked aggression. Where courage has become cowardice. Where black ops have become standard operating procedure. In this remarkable and often shocking book, Laurie Calhoun dissects the moral, psychological, and cultural impact of remote-control killing in the ...

The econocracy

the perils of leaving economics to the experts

One hundred years ago the idea of 'the economy' didn't exist. Now, improving the economy has come to be seen as perhaps the most important task facing modern societies. Politics and policymaking are conducted in the language of economics and economic logic shapes how ...

The Routledge handbook of global public policy and administration

The Routledge Handbook of Global Public Policy and Administration is a comprehensive leading-edge guide for students, scholars and practitioners of public policy and administration. Public policy and administration are key aspects of modern societies that affect the daily lives of all citizens. This handbook examines ...

The Copyright book

a practical guide

Through five editions since 1981, this book has offered the most comprehensive accessible guide available to all aspects of copyright law. Now, with the sixth edition, The Copyright Book has been thoroughly updated to cover copyright for the Internet age, discussing a range of developments ...

Environmentalism of the rich

Over the last fifty years, environmentalism has emerged as a clear counterforce to the environmental destruction caused by industrialization, colonialism, and globalization. Activists and policymakers have fought hard to make the earth a better place to live. But has the environmental movement actually brought about ...

Unequaled

tips for building a successful career through emotional intelligence

The real secret to career success and what it takes to get ahead is EQ UNEQUALED is the client service professional's guide to getting ahead and achieving professional goals. You're smart and hard working, but guess what so is everyone else. So how ...

What is populism?

Donald Trump, Silvio Berlusconi, Marine Le Pen, Hugo Chavez-populists are on the rise across the globe. But what exactly is populism? Should everyone who criticizes Wall Street or Washington be called a populist? What precisely is the difference between right-wing and left-wing populism? Does populism ...

Prosperity for all

how to prevent financial crises

In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, economists around the world have advanced theories to explain the persistence of high unemployment and low growth rates. According to Roger E. A. Farmer, these theories can be divided into two leading schools of thought: the ideas ...

The foundations of behavioral economic analysis

This is the first definitive introduction to behavioral economics aimed at advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students. Authoritative, cutting edge, yet accessible, it guides the reader through theory and evidence, providing engaging and relevant applications throughout. It is divided into nine parts and 24 chapters: Part ...

Too many lawyers?

the future of the legal profession

The topic of "too many lawyers" is both timely and timeless. The future make up and performance of the legal profession is in contest, challenged by new entrants, technology and the demand for transparency; at the same time, lawyers long have participated in contests over ...

Principles of constitutional Law

The authors, recognized authorities for over a third of a century, provide succinct and authoritative coverage of the major principles in modern American constitutional law. This book is a shortened version based on the authors' hornbook (popular with students) and their six-volume treatise (popular with ...

Un nuevo estatuto para el empresario individual

El presente estudio cierra una trilogía dedicada al régimen jurídico de la pequeña y mediana empresa. El primero (Simplificar el Derecho de sociedades, Marcial Pons, 2010) estaba dedicado a la simplificación de su fundación y ordenación para abaratar los costes de transacción de la pequeña ...

BP blowout

inside the gulf oil disaster

The inside story of the worst environmental disaster in American history Blowout is the first comprehensive account of the legal, economic, and environmental consequences of the April 2010 blowout at a BP well in the Gulf of Mexico. The accident destroyed the Deepwater Horizon oil ...

El debate ciudadano sobre la justicia penal y el castigo: razón y emoción en el camino hacia un Derecho penal democrático

La deriva punitiva que viene caracterizando la evolución de nuestra legislación penal en las últimas décadas, y de la que es significativo exponente la reciente introducción de la «prisión permanente revisable», es a menudo justificada por el poder político de turno apelando a la «demanda ...

Politactics

political conversations from everyday analysis

Technology, politics and entertainment have merged to the point of confusion. Politactics, the third book from the Everyday Analysis collective, is a set of conversations about how to sift through this organized but disordered mess and create a framework which could enact change against political ...

Defiance

Greece and Europe

This socialist history of modern Greece tells the story of its rebirth in struggle, the heroic resistance to Nazi occupation, the civil war and its aftermath, the colonels' dictatorship and its overthrow, the rise and fall of PASOK, the debt crisis, the popular uprising of ...

Sociedades profesionales interpuestas. Problemática fiscal y penal

En los últimos tiempos, la Administración Tributaria ha emprendido una campaña de regularizaciones centrada en las sociedades profesionales que considera interpuestas. El planteamiento que, en muchos casos, sigue la Hacienda Pública es considerar el recurso a dichas sociedades como una maniobra fraudulenta que cae de ...

Why young people don't vote

Why don't young people vote? It's a question that has been asked by pollsters for years. The 18- to 24-year-old demographic records the lowest voter turnout at elections and it doesn't look to be showing signs of stopping. Being one of this ...

An introduction to IMS

your complete guide to IBM information management system

IBM's Definitive One-Stop Guide to IMS Versions 12, 11, and 10: for Every IMS DBA, Developer, and System Programmer Over 90% of the top Fortune(R) 1000 companies rely on IBM's Information Management System (IMS) for their most critical IBM System z(R ...