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Prosecutors and politics

a comparative perspective

Prosecutors are powerful figures in any criminal justice system. They decide what crimes to prosecute, whom to pursue, what charges to file, whether to plea bargain, how aggressively to seek a conviction, and what sentence to demand. In the United States, citizens can challenge decisions ...

A short guide to contract risk

Savvy managers no longer look at contracting processes and documents reactively but use them proactively to reach their business goals and minimize their risks. To succeed, these managers need a framework and A Short Guide to Contract Risk provides this. The foundation of identifying and ...

In sensible judgement

Taking its bearings from classic texts including Plato, Kant, Hegel and Arendt this thoughtful and intriguing book provides philosophical reflection on what it is to judge and what judgement achieves alongside, and sometimes in competition with, thinking and willing. Opening with the landmark Mabo High ...

China's banking Law and the national treatment of foreign-funded banks

This book assesses new developments in and reform of China's banking law system following its accession of the WTO. It focuses on the relationship between GATS/WTO national treatment obligations and China's banking law. Tracing the history of national treatment in China, the ...

Historias de grandes éxitos

cómo renacer y volver a triunfar después de un grave fracaso

Este libro explica, no sólo el éxito de sus protagonistas, sino el éxito recogido en las victorias conseguidas después de una derrota. Los protagonistas son famosos pero humildes. Todos fueron humillados por sus experiencias y el libro explica el precio que tuvieron que pagar para ...

Promociones para vender más

todos los secretos del marketing promocional

Cientos de ejemplos y respuestas para sacar el máximo rendimiento a las promociones, sea cual sea el producto, empresa o negocio a promocionar. ¿Quieres vender más? A lo mejor ha llegado el momento de preparar la mejor promoción. ¿Cómo es tu producto? ¿Cuál será el ...

La comunicación en cambio constante

Branded content. Community management. Comunicación 2.0. Estrategia en medios sociales

Este es un libro que habla de Comunicación, con mayúsculas; también de nueva publicidad, de cómo ha cambiado el usuario, de los medios sociales y de los nuevos perfiles profesionales, entre otros apasionantes temas. Nace con la intención de tratar de forma rigurosa y amena ...

Tablas dinámicas con Excel aplicadas a la mejora de la gestión empresarial

para utilizar en Excel 2007, 2010 y 2013

Este libro le ayuda a entender, crear y practicar con las Tablas Dinámicas con Excel, y comprobar así lo fácil que es crear diferentes tipos de indicadores, gráficos e informes de análisis interactivos. Las Tablas Dinámicas proporcionan la información en diferentes formatos y tienen una ...

El antídoto

felicidad para gente que no soporta el pensamiento positivo

¿Y si tanta búsqueda de la felicidad nos estuviera haciendo desgraciados? Esta es la provocadora premisa del último libro de Oliver Burkeman, una joya que ha sido reseñada en las principales publicaciones estadounidenses y que ha despertado gran interés en los medios de nuestro país ...

Ancient Libraries

The circulation of books was the motor of classical civilization. But books were both expensive and rare, and so libraries - private and public, royal and civic - played key roles in articulating intellectual life. This collection, written by an international team of scholars, presents a fundamental ...

The Cambridge Ancient History

Plates to Volumes VII, Part 2 and VIII

The Cambridge Ancient History is the most authoritative history of the ancient world. This volume is the partner to the volume of plates illustrating the Hellenistic East and provides an authoritative selection of illustrations for the early history of Rome and the development of the ...

Politeia in greek and roman Philosophy

This is the first exploration of how ideas of politeia (constitution) structure both political and extra-political relations throughout the entirety of Greek and Roman philosophy, ranging from Presocratic to classical, Hellenistic, and Neoplatonic thought. A highly distinguished international team of scholars investigate topics such as ...

The meaning of meat and the structure of the Odyssey

This comprehensive study of the Odyssey sees in meat and meat consumption a centre of gravitation for the interpretation of the poem. It aims to place the cultural practices represented in the poem against the background of the (agricultural) lived reality of the poem's ...

African voices on slavery and the slave trade

Vol.1: The sources

Though the history of slavery is a central topic for African, Atlantic world and world history, most of the sources presenting research in this area are European in origin. To cast light on African perspectives, and on the point of view of enslaved men and ...

Europe and the Far East 1506-1912

First published in 1913, as the second edition of a 1904 original, this book forms part of the Cambridge Historical Series. It presents an attempt 'to give a connected history of the relations which have prevailed between the nations of the West and the Empires ...

The sensuous in the Counter-Reformation Church

This book examines the promotion of the sensuous as part of religious experience in the Roman Catholic Church of the early modern period. During the Counter-Reformation, every aspect of religious and devotional practice was reviewed, including the role of art and architecture, while the invocation ...

Guano and the opening of the Pacific World

a global ecological history

For centuries, bird guano has played a pivotal role in the agricultural and economic development of Latin America, East Asia and Oceania. As their populations ballooned during the Industrial Revolution, North American and European powers came to depend on this unique resource as well, helping ...

En busca de la pócima mágica

las políticas industriales y de innovación que funcionan...y las que no

«He aquí un volumen escrito con brío, pasión, brillantez, y también razón, sobre las políticas públicas de fomento de la competitividad empresarial. Maurici Lucena, su autor, combina la experiencia en la gestión de la política de innovación española con una firme convicción de que las ...

How to write a marketing plan

"How to Write a Marketing Plan, 4th edition", simplifies the task of developing a marketing plan for a product or business. Taking a step-by-step approach to the entire process, from carrying out a marketing audit, setting objectives and devising budgets, to writing and presenting the ...

El control de la acusación

una reflexión sobre los límites del poder de acusar en el Estado constitucional de Derecho

De los instrumentos de derecho internacional de derechos humanos y de derecho penal internacional, de las constituciones políticas y de sus interpretaciones autorizadas, se infiere un conjunto de principios normativos del proceso penal que determinan una estructura básica y que sientan las bases para la ...