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The Constitution of the United Kingdom

a contextual analysis

This acclaimed book provides a topical and contextual outline of the principles,doctrines and institutions that underpin the United Kingdom constitution. The third edition of The Constitution of the United Kingdom has been comprehensively revised and updated to take account of recent constitutional developments and ...

Bourne on company Law

An ideal introductory textbook, Bourne on Company Law offers a succinct overview of the fundamental areas covered in LLB and GDL courses. The text is clear and easy to follow, being presented in short, sub-headed sections for ease of navigation, and is thoroughly cross-referenced to ...

The 100-year life

living and working in an age of longevity

What will your 100-year life look like? Does the thought of working for 60 or 70 years fill you with dread? Or can you see the potential for a more stimulating future as a result of having so much extra time? Many of us have ...

The neoliberal subject

resilience, adaptation and vulnerability

Political practices, agencies and institutions around the world promote the need for humans, individually and collectively, to develop capacities of resilience. We must accept and adapt to the 'realities' of an endemic condition of global insecurity and to the practice of so-called sustainable development. But ...

Too big to jail

how prosecutors compromise with corporations

American courts routinely hand down harsh sentences to individuals, but a very different standard of justice applies to corporations. "Too Big to Jail" takes readers into a complex, compromised world of backroom deals, for an unprecedented look at what happens when criminal charges are brought ...

Museo de Arte de Ponce: Colección Española

El Museo de Arte de Ponce es una institución puertorriqueña cuyo foco principal es el arte europeo. A lo largo de los años, ha reunido una colección española tan ecléctica como interesante, representativa de un impresionante abanico de periodos, géneros, técnicas, formatos y escuelas a ...

Antropología cultural

Este libro ayuda a los estudiantes a tomar contacto con culturas lejanas y, además, a comprender que su propia cultura, de hecho todas las culturas, tienen su versión de los tambores de la selva y las caras pintadas. "Hacer familiar lo extraño" es un aprendizaje ...

Manus X Machinas

fashion in an Age of Technology

The complex and often ambiguous relationship between the hand crafted and the machine made is examined in this intriguing look at the ever-changing world of fashion and taste. Manus x Machina traces styles of dress from one-of-a-kind works and haute couture created by highly skilled ...

War and genocide

a concise history of the Holocaust

In examining one of the defining events of the twentieth century, Doris L. Bergen situates the Holocaust in its historical, political, social, cultural, and military contexts. Unlike many other treatments of the Holocaust, this revised, third edition discusses not only the persecution of the Jews ...

Gods and myths Ancient Egypt

Robert Armour's classic text, long cherished by a generation of readers, is now complemented with more than 50 new photographs and line drawings that show the gods and goddesses in their characteristic forms. Armour maintains a strong narrative thread with illuminating commentary in his ...

Teoría de la intervención

La imputación penal une un acontecer delictivo con una persona, de acuerdo con reglas sociales y no con aquellas que pertenecen al mundo de la naturaleza. Por esta razón, la unión puede darse también con una persona que no haya ejecutado el delito de propia ...

A history of international relations theory

Torbjørn L. Knutsen introduces ideas on international relations expressed by thinkers from High Middle Ages to the present day and traces the development of four ever-present themes: war, peace, wealth and power. The book counters the view that international relations has no theoretical tradition and ...

Law's religion

religious difference and the claims of constitutionalism

Prevailing stories about law and religion place great faith in the capacity of legal multiculturalism, rights-based toleration, and conceptions of the secular to manage issues raised by religious difference. Yet the relationship between law and religion consistently proves more fraught than such accounts suggest. In ...

Common space

the city as commons

Space is both a product and a prerequisite of social relations, it has the potential to block and encourage certain forms of encounter. In Common Space, activist and architect Stavros Stavrides calls for us to conceive of space-as-commons - first, to think beyond the notions of ...

Liquidity risk management

a practitioner's perspective

The most up-to-date, comprehensive guide on liquidity risk management from the professionals Written by a team of industry leaders from the Price Waterhouse Coopers Financial Services Regulatory Practice, Liquidity Risk Management is the first book of its kind to pull back the curtain on a ...

Stragility

excelling at strategic changes

Success in business demands an organization that is agile, innovative, and alert, capable of reinventing itself to handle whatever comes its way. Yet most attempts at transformational change fail, hamstrung by poor strategy, office politics, stakeholder resistance, and the pressures of constant transformation. In Stragility ...

Procesos de "europeización" de los sistemas jurídicos de los países terceros mediterráneos

especial referencia a Marruecos

La obra aborda las relaciones euromediterráneas enfocándose en la "europeización" de sus sistemas jurídicos, para lo cual se ha examinado un caso de estudio, Marruecos. En cuanto a los sectores objeto de investigación se han seleccionado tres sectores: la migración; el Estado de Derecho: la ...

El campeón ha vuelto

En 1997, a J.R. Moehringer le encargaron un reportaje sobre Bob Satterfi eld, un peso pesado que peleó entre 1945 y 1957 y sobre el cual nada se sabía. Se había esfumado del mapa. Moehringer andaba en busca de una buena historia, fue tras ...

Breve historia de este puto mundo

la estremecedora biografía de la Tierra y sus habitantes contada con humor y perplejidad

Nadie se había atrevido a escribir la historia de este puto mundo con el célebre y corrosivo humor de Daniel Samper Pizano, que hace reír pero deja un eco de inquietud. Ahora está aquí: desde el Big Bang hasta un ominoso anticipo de lo que ...

Piensa como un artista

Es fácil idealizar a los artistas, pero poca gente sabe hasta qué punto pueden incluirse, en general, entre las personas más prácticas, despiertas, juerguistas y realizadas. Este libro, ingenioso e inspirador, identifica diez lecciones básicas que podemos extraer de las vidas de los más grandes ...