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OLAF at the crossroads

action against EU fraud

The authors offer many insights into the regulatory, operational and institutional opportunities and challenges for OLAF, the European Commission's Anti-Fraud Office. Since OLAF was set up in 1999, significant changes in its functional environment have taken place including in EU criminal law and especially ...

Ganar jugando a no perder

estrategias imperecederas para inversiones exitosas

Escrita con una sinceridad estimulante, un estilo directo próximo al lector y grandes dosis de buen humor, la nueva edición actualizada y ampliada de Ganar jugando a no perder ayuda a los inversores a tener éxito con sus inversiones y a controlar sus futuros financieros ...

Albion's fatal tree

crime and society in Eighteenth-Century England

In the popular imagination, informed as it is by Hogarth, Swift, Defoe and Fielding, the eighteenth-century underworld is a place of bawdy knockabout, rife with colourful eccentrics. But the artistic portrayals we have only hint at the dark reality. In this new edition of a ...

Promises and contract Law

comparative perspectives

Promises and Contract Law is the first modern work to explore the significance of promise to contract law from a comparative legal perspective. Part I explores the component elements of promise, its role in Greek thought and Roman law, the importance of the moral duty ...

Friedrich Engels and marxian political economy

This book rejects the commonly encountered perception of Friedrich Engels as perpetuator of a 'tragic deception' of Marx, and the equally persistent body of opinion treating him as 'his master's voice'. Engels' claim to recognition is reinforced by an exceptional contribution in the 1840s ...

The economic theory of eminent domain

private property, public use

Surveys the contributions that economic theory has made to the often contentious debate over the government's use of its power of eminent domain, as prescribed by the Fifth Amendment. It addresses such questions as: when should the government be allowed to take private property ...

Historia económica mundial

de los orígenes a la actualidad

Esta Historia económica mundial utiliza una perspectiva de muy largo plazo (milenios) para entender las grandes transformaciones en la organización económica de las sociedades humanas y estudia la evolución de la humanidad desde las crisis alimentarias de la prehistoria hasta las nuevas crisis de recursos ...

El materialismo de Marx

discurso crítico y revolución

Para Bolívar Echeverría, en las Tesis sobre Feuerbach se define el carácter y el tipo esenciales del discurso teórico comunista y, por tanto, la especificidad de la teoría marxista. A través de esa intervención de Marx, el discurso teórico comunista adviene a su autorreconocimiento y ...

Slavoj Zizek

filosofía y crítica de la ideología

En medio de la crisis del capitalismo, en algunos flancos de Occidente se redescubre al comunismo. La estrella de este redescubrimiento es el filósofo esloveno Slavoj Žižek, quien mezcla marxismo con cultura popular y psicoanálisis. Su papel es, hasta cierto punto, el de un sátiro ...

Ruido de fondo

El profesor universitario Jack Gladney, vive en una pequeña ciudad americana con su esposa y sus hijos. Marcados por el consumismo y el miedo a la muerte, los Gladney tratan de llevar una vida familiar tranquila hasta que un accidente industrial pone en peligro la ...

The politics of happiness

what government can learn from the new research on well-being

During the past forty years, thousands of studies have been carried out on the subject of happiness. Some have explored the levels of happiness or dissatisfaction associated with typical daily activities, such as working, seeing friends, or doing household chores. Others have tried to determine ...

The talent masters

why smart leaders put people before numbers

"The Talent Masters" itself stems from a unique marriage of talents. Bill Conaty, in the course of a 40-year career at General Electric, worked closely with CEOs Jack Welch and Jeff Immelt to build the company's internationally renowned talent machine. Ram Charan is the ...

Los códigos españoles concordados y anotados

T.I: Contiene los códigos siguientes: introducción. Las Leyes del estilo. Liber Judicum. El Fuero Real. El Fuero Juzgo. El Ordenamiento de Alcalá. El Fuero Viejo de Castilla

Reproducción facsímil de la edición en Madrid de 1847.

Dealmaking

new dealmaking strategies for a competitive marketplace

Informed by meticulous research, field experience, and classroom-tested strategies, Dealmaking offers essential insights for anyone involved in buying or selling everything from cars to corporations. Leading business scholar Guhan Subramanian provides a lively tour of both negotiation and auction theory, then takes an in-depth look ...

Applied statistics for economists

This book is an undergraduate text that introduces students to commonly used statistical methods in economics. Using examples based on contemporary economic issues and readily available data, it not only explains the mechanics of the various methods, but also guides students to connect statistical results ...

Los códigos españoles concordados y anotados

T.II: Código de las Siete Partidas. Tomo I, que contiene la primera y segunda partida

Reproducción facsímil de la edición en Madrid de 1848.

Los códigos españoles concordados y anotados

T.III: Código de las Siete Partidas. Tomo II, que contiene la tercera, cuarta y quinta partida

Reproducción facsímil de la edición en Madrid de 1848.

I'll have what she's having

mapping social behavior

Humans are, first and foremost, social creatures. And this, according to the authors of I'll Have What She's Having, shapes--and explains--most of our choices. We're not just blindly driven by hard-wired instincts to hunt or gather or reproduce; our decisions are based ...

The economics of beer

Beer has been consumed across the globe for centuries and was the drink of choice in many ancient societies. Today it is the most important alcoholic drink worldwide, in terms of volume and value. The largest brewing companies have developed into global multinationals, and the ...

Grand pursuit

the story of economic genius

In a sweeping narrative, the author of the megabestseller A Beautiful Mind takes us on a journey through modern history with the men and women who changed the lives of every single person on the planet. It’s the epic story of the making of modern ...