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Tomo I: Artt. 117-123

Patto di famiglia

Artt. 768-bis-768-octies

Il presente volume del Commentario al codice civile costituisce la prima opera di commento sistematico all¿istituto del patto di famiglia (artt.768 bis ¿ octies), la cui nuova disciplina, nelle intenzioni del legislatore, è finalizzata a promuovere il trasferimento generazionale del complesso aziendale dal disponente ...

Comunicar 2.0

el arte de comunicar bien en el siglo XXI

Aprenda cómo mejorar sus competencias y habilidades de comunicación utilizando todos los medios que tiene a su disposición en la actualidad, superando las barreras culturales para alcanzar sus objetivos profesionales y sobretodo, a perder el miedo a hablar en público. ¿Sabía que su posición social ...

Fatti illeciti: le responsabilità presunte

Artt. 2044-2048

Danni non patrimoniali

Art. 2059

La genericità della disposizione dell'art. 2059 c.c., che non contiene indicazioni sulla nozione di danno non patrimoniale nè sui criteri di individuazione o sul possibile rapporto con la clausola generale dell'illecito civile, ha dato luogo ad un dibattito giurisprudenziale e scientifico volto ...

The habitats directive

a developer's obstacle course?

Biodiversity within the European Union is under threat. Almost a quarter of Europe's vascular plant species and 155 species of its native mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians are threatened with extinction. The Habitats Directive imposes a strict regime for environmental protection. But with the ...

The pricing of internationally trade gas

This is the first book on the pricing of gas in international trade. Gas accounts for around 25% of global energy demand and international gas trade is growing rapidly. The volume examines the theory of energy pricing and looks at the contribution that theory can ...

A world connecting

1870-1945

Between 1870 and 1945, advances in communication and transportation simultaneously expanded and shrank the world. New technologies erased distance and accelerated the global exchange of people, products, and ideas on an unprecedented scale. A World Connecting focuses on an era when growing global interconnectedness inspired ...

Mapping ideology

For a long time, the term "ideology" was in disrepute, having become associated with such unfashionable notions as fundamental truth and the eternal verities. The tide has turned, and recent years have seen a revival of interest in the questions that ideology poses to social ...

Mapping the Nation

In the two decades since Samuel P. Huntington proposed his influential and troubling "clash of civilizations" thesis, nationalism has only continued to puzzle and frustrate commentators, policy analysts and political theorists. No consensus exists concerning its identity, genesis or future. Are we reverting to the ...

Reforming the world monetary system

At a time when monetary systems are under increasing pressure from external shocks and the need to combat recessionary trends, it is vital that we understand previous attempts to deal with such problems. Focusing on the career of Fritz Machlup, Connell presents the story of ...

Leading change

The international bestseller--now with a new preface by author John Kotter. Millions worldwide have read and embraced John Kotter's ideas on change management and leadership.From the ill-fated dot-com bubble to unprecedented M&A activity to scandal, greed, and ultimately, recession--we've learned that ...

Public management

Taking a critical approach, it examines the key concepts and ideas of public management. Comparative case studies introduce students to public management ideas from the US, the UK, and Europe. The new edition is fully updated to reflect the financial crisis at its impact on ...

The treason trial of Aaron Burr

Law, politics, and the character wars of the New Nation

The Burr treason trial, one of the greatest criminal trials in American history, was significant for several reasons. The legal proceedings lasted seven months and featured some of the nation's best lawyers. It also pitted President Thomas Jefferson (who declared Burr guilty without the ...

Última Roma

Año 576. Roma ha caído, pero quedan hombres dispuestos a restaurar su poder. En Hispania combaten visigodos, suevos, la antigua nobleza romana, viejas tribus indígenas... En el norte de la península, un senado de terratenientes planea unirse al imperio de Oriente. Hacia allí viaja Basilisco ...

Fighting corruption in public procurement

a comparative analysis of disqualification or debarment measures

Anti-corruption measures have firmly taken centre stage in the development agenda of international organisations as well as in developed and developing countries. One area in which corruption manifests itself is in public procurement and, as a result, States have adopted various measures to prevent and ...

Manual de estabilidad presupuestaria, endeudamiento financiero y morosidad en las entidades locales

En los últimos tiempos España ha vivido una época convulsa marcada por la severa e histórica crisis económica. El incremento del dé?cit y de la deuda pública ha obligado a modi?car la normativa sobre estabilidad presupuestaria, morosidad y endeudamiento ?nanciero de las Entidades ...

Problems of democratic transition and consolidation

Southern Europe, South America, and Post-communist Europe

Since their classic volume The Breakdown of Democratic Regimes was published in 1978, Juan J. Linz and Alfred Stepan have increasingly focused on the questions of how, in the modern world, nondemocratic regimes can be eroded and democratic regimes crafted. In Problems of Democratic Transition ...

Macroeconomía

En primer lugar, el libro presenta un tratamiento muy completo de las cuestiones macroeconómicas de mayor relevancia actual: crisis financieras, ciclos económicos y deuda externa. Ofrece un modelo de alcance general (Nuevo Modelo Macroeconómico Keynesiano) que permite el análisis riguroso en un marco formal, tanto ...

La forma delle leggi

Il diritto è l'ordine delle forme, ma le leggi vigenti sono confuse, frammentarie, documentano un pluralismo disordinato, e non seguono più le regole di fondo della generalità/specialità e neppure della gerarchia, con pesanti conseguenze per la loro interpretazione e applicazione. La forma delle ...