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Foundations of Public Law

Foundations of Public Law offers an account of the formation of the discipline of public law with a view to identifying its essential character, explaining its particular modes of operation, and specifying its unique task. Building on the framework first outlined in The Idea of ...

The logic of legal requirements

essays on defeasibility

When a legal rule requires us to drive on the right, notarize our wills, or refrain from selling bootleg liquor, how are we to describe and understand that requirement? In particular, how does the logical form of such a requirement relate to the logical form ...

Principles and values in Criminal Law and criminal justice

essays in honour of Andrew Ashworth

Celebrating the scholarship of Andrew Ashworth, Vinerian Professor of English Law at the University of Oxford, this collection brings together leading international scholars to explore questions of principle and value in criminal law and criminal justice. Internationally renowned for elaborating a body of principles and ...

Piensa como un genio

del ingenio a la genialidad

En tiempos de crisis la imaginación es más importante que la inteligencia ¿Qué diferencia a un genio de una persona corriente? La persona corriente puede poseer cierto grado de Ingenio: La capacidad de generar ideas e invenciones con prontitud y ¿Qué diferencia a un genio ...

The right to confrontation in Europe

absent, anonymous and vulnerable witnesses

This book - now in its second edition - investigates the theory and practice of the Right to Confrontation: the right of accused persons to examine witnesses against them. Although exceptions to confrontation have always been recognized by domestic criminal courts, no European consensus exists on the ...

Punishment, participatory democracy, and the jury

Focusing contemporary democratic theory on the neglected topic of punishment, Punishment, Participatory Democracy, and the Jury argues for increased civic engagement in criminal justice as an antidote to the American penal state. Albert W. Dzur considers how the jury, rather than merely expressing unreflective public ...

Perversiones democráticas

El autor, a través de este libro, profundiza en un tema de rabiosa actualidad como es el de los problemas de un sistema democrático trufado de perversiones que han conducido a España a una crisis de imprevisibles consecuencias. En él relata las circunstancias que han ...

Playing for real

a text on Game Theory

Playing for Real is a problem-based textbook on game theory that has been widely used at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. The Coursepack Edition will be particularly useful for teachers new to the subject. It contains only the material necessary for a course of ...

The verdict of battle

the Law of victory and the making of modern war

Today, war is considered a last resort for resolving disagreements. But a day of staged slaughter on the battlefield was once seen as a legitimate means of settling political disputes. James Whitman argues that pitched battle was essentially a trial with a lawful verdict. And ...

Hoy tuve una gran idea

atreverme a emprender

“Hoy tuve una gran idea: presentarme ante ti” es el mensaje con el que Carolina Isaacs lanzó su proyecto empresarial después de haberse quedado en el paro. A través de este libro, la autora facilita alguna claves, basadas en su experiencia personal, que permitirán al ...

Droit international public

Ce manuel traite de l’ensemble des questions essentielles du droit international : éléments de formation et techniques de réalisation, États, organisations internationales, sujets de droit interne, droit des espaces, responsabilité et droit du contentieux, droit de la paix et de la sécurité… Il présente le ...

Las sociedades mercantiles estadounidenses

La presente obra ofrece una breve reseña de la normativa y jurisprudencia por la que se rigen las sociedades mercantiles estadounidenses. Los capítulos abarcan una amplia gama de materias, guiando al lector a través de una exposición detallada de una variedad de organizaciones, desde los ...

Time value of money and fair value accounting

concepts and tools

According to the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB's) recent guidance on fair value measurements ASC820-10-5 (FAS-157, Fair Value Measurements), Level 3 hierarchy accepts fair values estimates based on present value of expected future cash flows. Furthermore, accountants must have a working knowledge of future ...

Why some firms thrive while others fail

governance and management lessons from the crisis

Why did some firms weather the financial crisis and others not? This book builds on the author's interviews and access to internal documents from over a dozen major financial companies, investigates their workings, reveals what went wrong and discovers a remedy. A critical difference ...

Marketing y plan de negocio de la microempresa

planificación e iniciativa emprendedora en pequeños negocios o microempresas

La actual coyuntura del mercado laboral exige dotarse de una completa y adecuada formación que facilite el acceso al empleo y garantice la estabilidad en el mismo. Los certificados de profesionalidad establecen una serie de competencias profesionales que se adaptan a este nuevo entorno y ...

Freaks of fortune

the emerging world of capitalism and risk in America

Until the early nineteenth century, "risk" was a specialized term: it was the commodity exchanged in a marine insurance contract. Freaks of Fortune tells the story of how the modern concept of risk emerged in the United States. Born on the high seas, risk migrated ...

Games and mathematics

subtle connections

The appeal of games and puzzles is timeless and universal. In this unique book, David Wells explores the fascinating connections between games and mathematics, proving that mathematics is not just about tedious calculation but imagination, insight and intuition. The first part of the book introduces ...

National Courts and the international rule of Law

This book explores the way domestic courts contribute to the maintenance of theinternational of law by providing judicial control over the exercises of public powers that may conflict with international law. The main focus of the book will be on judicial control of exercise of ...

Strength in numbers

the political power of weak interests

Many consumers feel powerless in the face of big industry's interests. And the dominant view of economic regulators (influenced by Mancur Olson's book The Logic of Collective Action, published in 1965) agrees with them. According to this view, diffuse interests like those of ...

El poliedro del liderazgo

una aproximación a la problemática de los valores en el liderazgo

Este es un libro escrito con vocación reflexiva y formativa por dos grandes expertos en cuestiones de liderazgo, partiendo de la tesis de que el liderazgo tiene una caracterización poliédrica que permite analizarlo desde múltiples prismas. En este sentido, el texto repasa todos los elementos ...