Libros de

The duty to cooperate in international sales

the scope and role of Article 80 CISG

This book is the first comprehensive analysis of the scope and role of the exemption clause in Article 80 of the International Sales Convention (CISG). The book accounts for the historical background of Article 80, the relation to other provisions (Article 77 and Article 79 ...

50 cosas que hay que saber sobre el mundo digital

Hemos entrado de lleno en la revolución digital y aún así, la mayoría seguimos perdidos entre neologismos inteligibles, aplicaciones incomprensibles y tecnología efímera. Entender qué está sucediendo y hacia dónde evoluciona la cultura y la comunicación es de imperiosa necesidad. Este libro te introduce en ...

EU Private International Law

an ECJ casebook

This book provides an easy access to and an overview of the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) pertaining to private international law. The book contains edited extracts from all ECJ decisions of immediate private international law relevance, made ...

First principles

five keys to restoring America's prosperity

America s economic future is uncertain. Mired in a long crippling economic slump and hamstrung by bitter partisan debate over the growing debt and the role of government, the nation faces substantial challenges, exacerbated by a dearth of vision and common sense among its leaders ...

Why nations fail

the origins of power, prosperity, and poverty

Brilliant and engagingly written, Why Nations Fail answers the question that has stumped the experts for centuries: Why are some nations rich and others poor, divided by wealth and poverty, health and sickness, food and famine? Is it culture, the weather, geography? Perhaps ignorance of ...

Esquemas de Derecho Constitucional: organización estatal, justicia constitucional y estructura territorial

ÍNDICE: Introducción. Capítulo 1: La Corona. Capítulo 2: Composición y elección de las Cortes Generales. Capítulo 3: Organización, funcionamiento y funciones de las Cortes Generales. Capítulo 4: El Gobierno. Las relaciones Gobierno-Cortes. Capítulo 5: El Poder Judicial. Otros órganos. Capítulo 6: Composición y estructura del ...

Democracy in America

In 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville and Gustave de Beaumont spent nine months in the U.S. studying American prisons on behalf of the French government. They investigated not just the prison system but indeed every aspect of American public and private life - the political, economic ...

The $12 million stuffed shark

the curious economics of contemporary art

Why would a smart New York investment banker pay twelve million dollars for the decaying, stuffed carcass of a shark? By what alchemy does Jackson Pollock's drip painting No.5 1948 sell for $140 million? 'The $12 Million Dollar Stuffed Shar'k is the ...

Global finance

Written under the shadow of the global financial crisis, this book charts the current shape of global finance and tries to explain why the crisis arose -- and what can be done about it. Economics alone cannot fully explain how global finance operates, and why it ...

The perils of global legalism

The first two years of the Obama administration have led to expectations, both in the United States and abroad, that in the coming years America will increasingly promote the international rule of law - a position that many believe is both ethically necessary and in the ...

Il Diritto di informazione del socio nella S.R.L.

I. I principi ispiratori della riforma della s.r.l. e il diritto di informazione del socio. – II. Significato e limitazioni del diritto di informazione. – III. Contenuto e vicende del diritto di informazione e di controllo. – IV. Le tutele del diritto di informazione.

Racconti della civiltà capitalista

dalla Venezia del 1200 al mondo del 1939

Carandini in modo apparentemente neutrale (perché si serve, appunto, della storia scritta da altri) dimostra che il capitalismo non è la democrazia, non è il mercato, non è conflitto tra individui, non è una religione, ma è un'intera civilizzazione. Paolo Leon Questo non è ...

EU Competition Law and economics

This is the first EU competition law treatise that fully integrates economic reasoning in its treatment of the decisional practice of the European Commission and the case-law of the European Court of Justice. Since the European Commission's move to a "more economic approach" to ...

Constitución de los atenienses

Hasta finales del siglo XIX, después de que el British Museum comprara el papiro que contenía la Constitución de los atenienses, no se conocía la Athenaíon Politeía más que a través de las referencias y citas que habían incluido los antiguos en sus obras. La ...

LinkedIn

consigue una red de contactos para tu éxito

El objetivo de este libro es ofrecer una guía para estudiantes del último curso de Grado y Postgrados (másters, doctorados, etc.) además de los profesionales para que optimicen su perfil para encontrar trabajo más rápidamente. Este libro es una guía imprescindible para los 10 millones ...

Rebel cities

from the right to the city to the urban revolution

Cities have long been the pivotal sites of political revolutions, where deeper currents of social and political change are fleshed out. Consequently, they have been the subject of much utopian thinking about alternatives. But at the same time, they are also the centers of capital ...

The EU's Lisbon Treaty

institutional choices and implementation

The Lisbon Treaty, which came into force in December 2009, aims to make the European Union both more efficient and legitimate. Two new important posts were created; an elected President of the European Council and a High Representative (HR) of the Union for Foreign and ...

Health and Human Rights in Europe

he area of ‘health and human rights’ is a new and emerging field under international and European human rights law and health law. Taking a ‘health and human rights approach’ means using international, European and national human rights law in relation to a wide range ...

Legal english

English is the dominant language of international business relations, and a good working knowledge of the language is essential for today's legal or business professional. Written with the needs of both practitioners and students in mind, Legal English provides a comprehensive and highly practical ...

Embassies in armed conflict

This is an examination of how embassies work and cope during wartime, with a focus on the experiences of the British, American, and Indian embassies. During wartime, embassies assume different roles and face various situations. An embassy might represent a belligerent state while being situated ...