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In doubt

the psychology of the criminal justice process

The criminal justice process is unavoidably human. Police detectives, witnesses, suspects, and victims shape the course of investigations, while prosecutors, defense attorneys, jurors, and judges affect the outcome of adjudication. In this sweeping review of psychological research, Dan Simon shows how flawed investigations can produce ...

El arbitraje comercial internacional en Iberoamérica

marco legal y jurisprudencial

La mayor relevancia del arbitraje comercial internacional en Iberoamérica es indudable. Se ha visto reflejada en la creación de marcos legales modernos y favorables al arbitraje en la gran mayoría de los países iberoamericanos, y en el amplio reconocimiento y aceptación del arbitraje tanto en ...

Verbos conjugados

todos los verbos conjugados del español actual de España y América

El verbo es una clase de palabras abierta que, como tal, admite la formación indefinida de nuevos términos derivados, lo que implica que cualquier lista que pueda ofrecerse sea necesariamente incompleta. Ello no impide que un manual como el que ahora presentamos constituya un completísimo ...

Maniobras estratégicas en el discurso argumentativo

En esta obra su autor crea una nueva perspectiva en el estudio de la argumentación, al vincular la dimensión dialéctica con la retórica. La maniobra estratégica pretende reconciliar el objetivo retórico de lograr efectividad con la meta dialéctica de mantener la razonabilidad. La maniobra estratégica ...

La democracia

La democracia parece haber triunfado sobre el resto de regímenes totalitarios, sin embargo son aún muchas las cuestiones que suscita y las diferencias existentes entre modelos distintos. Robert Dahl, uno de los más destacados teóricos políticos de nuestro tiempo, pone a disposición del lector una ...

Ecos de Munich

papeles políticos escritos en el exilio

Durante los primeros días de junio de 1962 un centenar de españoles demócratas y antifranquistas, del exilio y del interior, se reunieron en Munich para discutir sobre las condiciones que España debería cumplir para integrarse en la Europa unida en construcci´n. El documento que ...

Corporate director's guide book

The Sixth Edition is being published in the wake of the 2007-2010 financial crisis and the resulting legislation, the Dodd-Frank wall street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act). As a result, this edition emphasizes themes arising out of the crisis and important to all ...

European consumer protection

theory and practice

This volume analyses the theory and practice of European consumer protection in the context of consolidation initiatives seen, inter alia, in the revision of the Consumer Acquis, the Draft Common Frame of Reference and the proposal for an EU Consumer Rights Directive. The issues addressed ...

Selected writings of Ludwig von Mises

monetary and economic policy problems before, during, and after the Great War

This present volume is devoted to some of Mises' earliest writings. Key Features: editor's introduction, annotations and critical apparatus, notes on the translation, bibliography, biographical notes, appendix, and index.

Lawyering with planned early negotiation

how you can get good results for clients and make money

Whether you're a solo practitioner or in a mid-to large-sized firm, you negotiate often in your career. This guide discusses how you can be more successful using Planned Early Negotiations.

La gestión del patrimonio inmobiliario municipal

instrumentos de control

Grandes conocedores de la gestión en la Administración han opinado sobre esta obra que aúna la teoría con la práctica. «La práctica patrimonial sobre bienes y derechos difícilmente puede explicarse con simples conceptos teóricos. La autora nos brinda una magnífica obra que combina teoría y ...

Common as air

revolution, art and ownership

In 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous 'I Have a Dream' speech. Thirty years later his son registered the words 'I Have a Dream' as a trademark and successfully blocked attempts to reproduce these four words. Unlike the Gettysburg Address and other famous ...

The principles of banking

The ultimate guide for bank senior management: how to survive and thrive throughout the business cycle An essential guide for bankers around the world that reiterates that the primary requirement of banking--sound capital and liquidity risk management--has been forgotten, The Principles of Banking serves as ...

Commercial Law

principles and policy

This innovative textbook examines commercial law and the social and political context in which it develops. Topical examples, such as funding for terrorism, demonstrate this fast-moving field's relevance to today's concerns. This wide-ranging subject is set within a clear structure, with part and ...

13 ways to steal a bicycle

theft Law in the Information Age

Theft claims more victims and causes greater economic injury than any other criminal offense. Yet theft law is enigmatic, and fundamental questions about what should count as stealing remain unresolved - especially misappropriations of intellectual property, information, ideas, identities, and virtual property. In "Thirteen Ways to ...

Investment treaty arbitration

judging under uncertainty

Investment claims have exposed the vague nature of the standards by which arbitral tribunals are expected to adjudicate them and the policy reasons which explicitly or implicitly have an influence. The ad hoc nature of the tribunals and the decisions reached on various controversial issues ...

Clases medias y procesos electorales en América Latina

La formación de nuevas clases medias en las sociedades latinoamericanas de la última década puede modificar el mapa político del continente. Entre 2009 y 2010 hubo elecciones presidenciales o generales en El Salvador, Ecuador, Panamá, Uruguay, Honduras, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica y Brasil, mientras que ...

The evolution of economic thought

In this scholarly and timely presentation of the history of economic thought, you'll see how new ideas, evidence, problems, and values can be used to reconsider basic disputes and major contributions of the past. "The Evolution Of Economic Thought, 8/e, International Edition" covers ...

The constitutional dimension of european criminal Law

Criminal law is one of the most rapidly changing areas of contemporary EU law and integration. The Treaty of Lisbon has elevated it to a central place in the constitution of the EU, within the dynamic area of freedom, security and justice. The phenomenon of ...

The harm in hate speech

Every liberal democracy has laws or codes against hate speech - except the United States. For constitutionalists, regulation of hate speech violates the First Amendment and damages a free society. Against this absolutist view, Jeremy Waldron argues powerfully that hate speech should be regulated as part ...