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The Human Right to Health

Few topics in human rights have inspired as much debate as the right to health. Proponents would enshrine it as a fundamental right on a par with freedom of speech and freedom from torture. Detractors suggest that the movement constitutes an impractical over-reach. Jonathan Wolff ...

Transnational commercial Law

international instruments and commentary

Transnational commercial law represents the outcome of work undertaken to harmonize national laws affecting domestic and cross-border transactions and is upheld by a diverse spectrum of instruments. Now in its second edition, this authoritative work brings together the major instruments in this field, dividing them ...

Health economics

This book introduces students to the growing research field of health economics. Rather than offer details about health systems around the world without providing a theoretical context, Health Economics combines economic concepts with empirical evidence to enhance readers' economic understanding of how health care institutions ...

Understanding the political philosophers

from Ancient to Modern Times

Understanding the Political Philosophers is an absorbing and accessible introduction to the major philosophers and core texts of western political philosophy. Organised historically - beginning with Socrates and Plato, and concluding with post-Rawlsian theory - Alan Haworth presents the key ideas and developments with clarity and depth ...

The European Union and emerging powers in the 21st Century

how Europe can shape a new global order

The emergence of new powers fundamentally questions the traditional views on international relations, multilateralism or security as a range of countries now competes for regional and global leadership - economically, politically, technologically and militarily. As the focus of international attention shifts from the Atlantic to the ...

A handbook on the WTO TRIPS agreement

This handbook describes the historical and legal background to the TRIPS Agreement, its role in the WTO and its institutional framework and reviews the following areas: general provisions and basic principles; copyright and related rights; trademarks; geographical indications; patents; industrial designs, layout-designs, undisclosed information and ...

Enduring injustice

Governments today often apologize for past injustices and scholars increasingly debate the issue, with many calling for apologies and reparations. Others suggest that what matters is victims of injustice today, not injustices in the past. Spinner-Halev argues that the problem facing some peoples is not ...

Coordinadores de seguridad y salud en el sector de la construcción

manual para la formación

La "Coordinación de actividades empresariales" en el sector de la construcción, tal y como se recoge en el Real Decreto 1627/1997, de 24 de octubre, ha de ser ejercida a través del técnico competente designado por el promotor, creándose al efecto la figura de ...

Manual práctico del perfil criminológico

criminal profiling

Este libro que alcanza su 2ª edición, junto a cuyo autor colaboran, diversos expertos nacionales e internacionales, es el primer manual sobre la técnica del Perfil Criminológico (Criminal Profiling) escrito en castellano. Pretende ofrecer una visión completa y actualizada de esta técnica desde los distintos ...

El recurso preventivo

El recurso preventivo es una de las figuras para la integración de la prevención en el proceso productivo, que por estar revestida de un caracter formal, se viene utilizando ampliamente como acción preventiva, si bien este empleo no ha estado exento de polémica en cuanto ...

Planes Generales de Contabilidad Pública y para la Administración General del Estado

textos independientes, completos y actualizados

European cross-border mergers and reorganizations

The most comprehensive guide to all techniques available to European companies, European Cross-Border Mergers and Reorganisations is the ideal reference tool for lawyers, auditors, notaries and scholars working in the field. Providing everything a practitioner needs to co-ordinate a successful cross-border merger, the book analyses ...

Global banking

Few sectors of the global economy have experienced the dynamic and structural change that has occurred over the past several decades in banking and financial services or as much turbulence and damage to the economy and to ordinary people. Regulatory and technological changes have been ...

Global sales and contract Law

Although the 1980 United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) is one of the most successful international conventions to date, it remains the case that those involved in the international sale of goods must refer to a multitude of laws ...

Trilogía de Deptford

El quinto en discordia; Mantícora; El mundo de los prodigios

Alrededor de la misteriosa muerte de un magnate se teje la trama de una de las trilogías novelescas más aclamadas del siglo XX. Tres personajes cuyo destino quedó unido por una pelea infantil con bolas de nieve darán su punto de vista sobre quién mató ...

La edad del Universo

La edad de universo cuenta esa historia, una historia que se inició hace muchos siglos y que ha contado entre sus protagonistas a científicos extraordinarios. Al mismo tiempo que el autor de este libro, el distinguido astrónomo David Weintraub, desentraña ese largo y complejo proceso ...

El mundo en el que vivo

Helen Keller nació en Tuscumbia, una pequeña ciudad rural de Alabama, en 1880. A los diecinueve meses, una fiebre desconocida la dejó sorda, muda y ciega. Desde entonces sus dedos se convirtieron en sus «nuevos ojos»; las vibraciones del suelo, en las distancias del espacio ...

El paisaje urbano de Madrid

Este libro es un primer tratado de carácter divulgativo sobre el paisaje urbano de Madrid. Palnteado mediante 35 rutas para darle una utilidad práctica e interactiva al lector, el resultado de la obra es una mirada integral y crítica del espacio urbano madrileño. Un recorrido ...

Early controversies and the growth of Christianity

Drawing from primary texts, "Early Controversies and the Growth of Christianity" reveals how the religion was formed through a series of conflicts that occurred primarily between Christian groups. Presenting a close examination of the first four centuries of Christian history through the lens of the ...

De la domesticidad a la emancipación

las mujeres en la sociedad navarra (1961-1991)

La obra habla de mujeres que han hecho historia en Navarra a través de los movimientos sociales y del activismo, de la participación y representación en los ámbitos laboral y político. Analiza si los objetivos de liberación y de igualdad pretendidos por las mujeres en ...