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IFRS 2014

The 2014 International Financial Reporting Standards IFRS® (Red Book) is the only official printed edition of the consolidated text of the IASB's authoritative pronouncements as issued at 1 January 2014. What's New? This edition includes the following changes made since 1 January 2013 ...

Democracia al borde del caos

ensayo contra la autoflagelación

La autoflagelación es la mala conciencia de la pasividad, y no es fácil superarla en un contexto en el que la pasividad es impuesta. Sin embargo, el reconocimiento pleno de la fuerza avasalladora de las circunstancias no puede paralizar la lucha por la búsqueda de ...

Las burocracias

La obra ofrece la interpretación weberiana y algunas concepciones alternativas de la organización burocrática del Estado, para nutrir los debates del derecho administrativo y la administración pública. Se vincula la dogmática administrativa con la concepción weberiana ortodoxa del Estado para sostener que los diálogos entre ...

Teoría de la responsabilidad civil extracontractual

Los textos de este volumen analizan los fundamentos filosóficos de la responsabilidad jurídica desde tres perspectivas. David G. Owen examina la base de la responsabilidad desde la perspectiva subjetiva, esto es, la posibilidad de reprochar la conducta del agente que es causa de perjuicios a ...

Las ficciones del Derecho latinoamericano

"Las ficciones que describe el profesor Esquirol son fundamentalmente dos: en primer lugar, que el derecho latinoamericano es concebido como una mera proyección del europeo y, en segundo lugar, que el derecho latinoamericano, no importa cúanto lo intente, continúa siendo un esfuerzo social fallido porque ...

El análisis cultural del Derecho

Esta obra es el primer examen completo sobre lo que significa hacer un estudio moderno cabal sobre la cultura del derecho. Paul W. Kahn presenta las herramientas necesarias para adelantar este tipo de investigación al analizar los conceptos de tiempo, espacio, ciudadano, juez, soberanía y ...

El contrato de fiducia y el patrimonio autónomo

Esta obra precisa la noción de patrimonio autónomo que constituye elemento esencial del contrato de fiducia. A tal efecto se delimita dicha noción frente a otros conceptos y en particular frente a la de persona jurídica. Por otra parte se destaca que, si bien en ...

Justicia constitucional y Derechos Fundamentales

Nº4: Pluralismo jurídico

INDICE: Pluralismo jurídico: Los pueblos indígenas originarios en el nuevo sistema constitucional boliviano . Aspectos fundamentales de la regulación constitucional de los pueblos indígenas en Colombia . La interpretación culturalmente sensible de los derechos humanos . El pluralismo jurídico en América Latina. Algunas reflexiones . Jurisprudencia relevante en materias ...

International sales Law

a global challenge

This title provides an introduction to international sales law.

Counting the many

the origins and limits of supermajority rule

Supermajority rules govern many features of our lives in common: from the selection of textbooks for our children's schools to residential covenants, from the policy choices of state and federal legislatures to constitutional amendments. It is usually assumed that these rules are not only ...

Equality for inegalitarians

This book offers a new and compelling account of distributive justice and its relation to choice. Unlike luck egalitarians, who treat unchosen differences in people's circumstances as sources of unjust inequality to be overcome, Sher views such differences as pervasive and unavoidable features of ...

Handbook of financial data and risk information II

software and data

Risk has always been central to finance, and managing risk depends critically on information. As evidenced by recent events, the need has never been greater for skills, systems and methodologies to manage risk information in financial markets. Authored by leading figures in risk management and ...

Handbook of financial data and risk information I

principles and context

Risk has always been central to finance, and managing risk depends critically on information. As evidenced by recent events, the need has never been greater for skills, systems and methodologies to manage risk information in financial markets. Authored by leading figures in risk management and ...

Liberalization of trade in banking services

an international and european perspective

The financial crisis struck with full force in the autumn of 2008. Very soon after the start of the crisis, culprits were sought. An important recurring argument was that liberalization of trade in banking services, as pursued at the European (within the EU) and international ...

Rethinking housing bubbles

the role of household and bank balance sheets in modeling economic cycles

In this highly original piece of work, Steven D. Gjerstad and Nobel Laureate Vernon L. Smith analyze the role of housing and its associated mortgage financing as a key element of economic cycles. The authors combine data from both laboratory and real markets to provide ...

The business environment of Europe

firms, governments and institutions

The Business Environment of Europe is the first textbook to provide a complete overview of Europe's business landscape, examining the region's diverse economies and government policies within historical, political, and cultural contexts. This well-researched text examines the European Union and select European nations ...

Opting out of the European Union

diplomacy, sovereignty and european integration

European integration continues to deepen despite major crises and attempts to take back sovereignty. A growing number of member states are reacting to a more constraining EU by negotiating opt-outs. This book provides the first in-depth account of how opt-outs work in practice. It examines ...

Portfolio theory and risk management

With its emphasis on examples, exercises and calculations, this book suits advanced undergraduates as well as postgraduates and practitioners. It provides a clear treatment of the scope and limitations of mean-variance portfolio theory and introduces popular modern risk measures. Proofs are given in detail, assuming ...

Arbitration and the constitution

Arbitration has become an increasingly important mechanism for dispute resolution, both in the domestic and international setting. Despite its importance as a form of state-sanctioned dispute resolution, it has largely remained outside the spotlight of constitutional law. This landmark work represents one of the first ...

Social choice and legitimacy

the possibilities of impossibility

Governing requires choices, and hence trade-offs between conflicting goals or criteria. This book asserts that legitimate governance requires explanations for such trade-offs and then demonstrates that such explanations can always be found, though not for every possible choice. In so doing, John W. Patty and ...