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Introducción a la Filosofía

Los estudios sobre Kierkegaard y los filósofos pluralistas de Inglaterra y Estados Unidos han consagrado a Jean Wahl como espíritu agilísimo y sapiente. Estas mismas virtudes operan en esta introducción a la filosofía que, además de repasar conceptos básicos de esta disciplina, lleva a cabo ...

After the third way

the future of social democracy in Europe

Olaf Cramme is Director of Policy Network and a Visiting Fellow at the European Institute of the London School of Economics. Previously, he worked as a Parliamentary Researcher at the Houses of Parliament. Patrick Diamond is Senior Research Fellow at Policy Network. He is also ...

Genetic data and the Law

a critical perspective on privacy protection

Research using genetic data raises various concerns relating to privacy protection. Many of these concerns can also apply to research that uses other personal data, but not with the same implications for failure. The norms of exclusivity associated with a private life go beyond the ...

Banking and finance in the Mediterranean

a historical perspective

This volume presents a panoramic picture of the many national and international trends and developments, factors, customs, and events that have characterised banking in the Mediterranean area over the past two centuries. During this period banking in the Mediterranean evolved distinct characteristics, several going well ...

IBA Rules of evidence

commentary on the IBA Rules on the taking of evidence in international arbitration

The IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Commercial Arbitration were adopted by the IBA Council on 1 June 1999. A revised version entered into effect on 29 May 2010. Both the original Rules and the revision were prepared by working groups representing ...

A manual of roman private Law

First published in 1939, this book is the second edition of a 1925 original. Aimed at beginners, it sets forth the main principles of Roman Law from both classical and later times, avoiding discussion of the problems involved in a more advanced study of the ...

Government and markets

toward a new theory of regulation

After two generations of emphasis on governmental inefficiency and the need for deregulation, we now see growing interest in the possibility of constructive governance, alongside public calls for new, smarter regulation. Yet there is a real danger that regulatory reforms will be rooted in outdated ...

La tutela del know-how

Diritto industriale, del lavoro, penale e responsabilità civile

Tomorrow's energy

hydrogen, fuel cells, and the prospects for a cleaner planet

Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe. An invisible, tasteless, colorless gas, it can be converted to nonpolluting, zero-emission, renewable energy. When burned in an internal combustion engine, hydrogen produces mostly harmless water vapor. It performs even better in fuel cells, which can ...

The people's courts

pursuing judicial independence in America

In the United States, almost 90 percent of state judges have to run in popular elections to remain on the bench. In the past decade, this peculiarly American institution has produced vicious multi-million-dollar political election campaigns and high-profile allegations of judicial bias and misconduct. The ...

Reforma del mercado laboral

(Estatuto de los Trabajadores, Ley de la Jurisdicción Social y RD-Ley 3/2012, de 10 de febrero)

Las naciones oscuras

una historia del Tercer Mundo

istoria y geopolítica de países emergentes que han aportado libertad al mundo de la pluma de uno de los historiadores más importantes de la actualidad. «El Tercer Mundo está ahora frente a Europa como una masa colosal cuyo proyecto debe ser tratar de resolver los ...

Good idea, now what?

how to move ideas to execution

Proven pathways for taking ideas to implementation We all have ideas--things we want to do or create--but only some of us will do what it takes to see those ideas come to pass. In Good Idea. Now What? readers will discover some of the essential ...

Economía

mentiras y trampas

«La Economía debe descender a la calle, hacerse popular. Sacarla de los olimpos académicos para acercarla a las inquietudes de la sociedad» (Juan Francisco Martín Seco). La economía, en tiempos de crisis, se ha convertido en una disciplina dominante. Su jerga, las ideas que encierran ...

Responsabilità da atto lecito dannoso

Gli studi sulla responsabilità da atto lecito ed il fondamentale problema della sua estensione operativa hanno costantemente oscillato tra una visione in termini di eccezionalità/deroga ed una ricostruzione che tende a modellarla in termini generali sul paradigma delle responsabilità civile di tipo extra contrattuale ...

Foundations of strategy

Foundations of Strategy is a new concise text aimed at both undergraduate students and Masters students. With the needs of these students in mind, Robert Grant and Judith Jordan write in an accessible style, with a clear, comprehensive approach and sound theoretical depth. Extensive teaching ...

The dynamics of the EU integration and the impact on the national constitutional Law

the European Union after the Lisbon Treaties

TABLE OF CONTENTS: CHAPTER I. THE DEBATE ON CONSTITUTIONALIZATION OF THE EUROPEAN UNION CHAPTER II. TRENDS TOWARDS FEDERALISM IN EU CHAPTER III. THE DIVISION OF COMPETENCES BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND ITS MEMBER STATES CHAPTER IV. MORE GOVERNANCE (AND LESS GOVERNMENT) IN EU CHAPTER V ...

Reivindicación del sindicalismo

El trabajo está dirigido y coordinado por Pere Beneyto, profesor de Sociología del Trabajo de la Universidad de Valencia y director del Observatorio Confederal de Afiliación y Representación Sindical. La publicación aporta estudios, experiencias y propuestas desde y sobre el sindicalismo, reivindicando sus valores, función ...

Metodología de la investigación cualitativa

El éxito editorial que ha acogido a la primera y segunda edición de este libro sobre la metodología cualitativa nos ha persuadido a reeditarlo de nuevo como un compañero más de este viaje fascinante de la metodología por el camino, ahora ya autopista, del planteamiento ...

Diritto penale intertemporale

logiche continentali ed ermeneutica europea