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A course in behavioral economics

A Course in Behavioral Economics is a concise and reader-friendly introduction to one of the most influential areas of economics today. Covering all core areas of the subject, the book requires no advanced mathematics and is full of examples, exercises, and problems drawn from the ...

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(jurisprudencia y doctrina. 1975 - 31-12-2011)

Monetary economics

an integrated approach to credit, money, income, production and wealth

This book challenges the mainstream paradigm with the introduction of a new methodology. Economies are represented realistically in a fully articulated system of national income and flow of funds accounts. The authors study how flows of income, expenditure and production are intertwined with stocks of ...

Perfecting pregnancy

Law, disability, and the future of reproduction

Prenatal and preimplantation testing technologies have offered unprecedented access to information about the genetic and congenital makeup of our prospective progeny. Future developments such as preconception testing, noninvasive prenatal testing, and more extensive preimplantation testing promise to increase that access further still. The result may ...

Rethinking miscarriages of justice

beyond the tip of the iceberg

In this highly provocative and fascinating study, Michael Naughton radically re-assesses the notion of miscarriages of justice. Drawing on Foucauldian theory and 'social harm' paradigms, Naughton uncovers the limits of the criminal justice process and questions the dominant discourse that views miscarriages of justice as ...

Public sector reformation

values-driven solutions to fiscal constraint

An examination into the issues associated with the need for fundamental value shifts in public sector organizations if they are to sustain an adequate level of service provision whilst learning to operate with much smaller budgets. Huge reductions in public sector spending mean electorates will ...

Public management and administration

an introduction

he nature and management of the public sector has changed dramatically since the replacement of the rigid, bureaucratic form of public administration of the 20th century by a more flexible, market-based model. The fourth edition of this highly successful text provides a uniquely broad ranging ...

Textbook on Contract Law

Jill Poole's immensely popular Textbook on Contract Law has been guiding students through contract law for many years. The accessible writing style and focus on key principles and developments in contract law make this text a favourite with students and lecturers alike. The author ...

The origins of political order

from prehuman times to the French Revolution

Virtually all human societies were once organized tribally, yet over time most developed new political institutions which included a central state that could keep the peace and uniform laws that applied to all citizens. Some went on to create governments that were accountable to their ...

Liberty before liberalism

This extended essay by one of the world's leading historians seeks, in its first part, to excavate and to vindicate, the neo-Roman theory of free citizens and free states as it developed in early modern Britain. This analysis leads on to a powerful defence ...

La ciudadanía de la Unión Europea y la libertad de circulación de los familiares extranjeros

La efectividad de la vida en familia ha tenido una gran incidencia en el ámbito de la Unión Europea. Aunque en términos estrictos el Derecho de familia sea una competencia interna de cada Estado, la globalización de las relaciones familiares ha supuesto su entrecruzamiento con ...

The (honest) truth about dishonesty

how we lie to everyone - especially ourselves

The New York Times bestselling author of Predictably Irrational and The Upside of Irrationality returns with thought-provoking work to challenge our preconceptions about dishonesty and urge us to take an honest look at ourselves. Does the chance of getting caught affect how likely we are ...

The little book of the shrinking dollar

what you can do to protect your money now

With the weakening dollar a hot topic for retirees, savers, and investors, this Little Book delves into the economic turmoil in the U.S. and shows how to survive it The United States dollar is losing value at an alarming rate. According to the Organisation ...

Landmark Cases in Competition Law

Around the World in Fourteen Stories

It is the thesis of this fascinating and highly instructive book on competition law that an examination of one landmark case, scenario, or 'saga' each from a range of legal systems leads to a thorough understanding of the issues informing and arising from competition policy ...

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the Oxford University standard for citation of legal authorities

There are two golden rules for the citation of legal authorities. One is consistency. The other is consideration for the reader. Legal writing is more persuasive when the author refers to legal materials in a clear, consistent and familiar way. The Oxford University Standard for ...

The Oxford handbook of venture capital

Venture capital (VC) refers to investments provided to early-stage, innovative, and high growth start-up companies. A common characteristic of all venture capital investments is that investee companies do not have cash flows to pay interest on debt or dividends on equity. Rather, investments are made ...

La batalla de los sentidos

infidelidad, adulterio y concubinato a fines de la Colonia

El alcance e importancia del trabajo investigativo de Hermes Tovar Pinzón es inigualable en comparación con el de los historiadores latinoamericanos de su generación. La mayor parte de su conocimiento se basa en una meticulosa investigación realizada en los archivos de América Latina (Chile, México ...

La Constitución de 1812 en Hispanoamérica y España

Lo ocurrido en Cádiz el 19 de marzo de 1814 constituye un primer desenlace de una coyuntura de crisis desatada seis años antes con el descoyuntamiento de la cabeza de la metrópoli y la invasión de la Península por el ejército bonapartista. Desenlace que encierra ...

Metamorfosis del liderazgo en el México democrático

Generation. Nature of the Child. Diseases 4. Nature of Women and Barrenness (Volume X)

(Loeb Classical Library; 520)

This is the tenth volume in the Loeb Classical Library’s ongoing edition of Hippocrates’s invaluable texts, which provide essential information about the practice of medicine in antiquity and about Greek theories concerning the human body. Here, Paul Potter presents the Greek text with ...