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El Derecho global

justicia y democracia más allá del Estado

INDICE: En el laberinto de las globalizaciones. El ordenamiento jurídico global. Globalización y Estado de Derecho. Las características del Derecho global. El papel de los jueces. ¿Hacia una justicia y una democracia globales?.

After the great complacence

financial crisis and the politics of reform

What is the relationship between the financial system and politics? In a democratic system, what kind of control should elected governments have over the financial markets? What policies should be implemented to regulate them? What is the role played by different elites--financial, technocratic, and political--in ...

El desafío Starbucks

cómo Starbucks luchó por su vida sin perder su alma

En 2008 Howard Schultz, fundador de la cadena Starbucks, reasumió el cargo de director ejecutivo de la compañía con el objetivo de restaurar la salud financiera de su empresa sin perder sus valores fundacionales.El desafío Starbucks es una lección de adaptación en tiempos convulsos ...

La loza dorada de la colección Mascort

La ceràmica daurada de la Collecció Mascort és una síntesi actualitzada dels aspectes més controvertits referents a la ceràmica daurada hispànica, amb una molt important aportació documental relacionada amb el comerç de ceràmica daurada valenciana de finals del segle XV. També es publiquen els resultats de ...

Information choice

Most theories in economics and finance predict what people will do, given what they know about the world around them. But what do people know about their environments? The study of information choice seeks to answer this question, explaining why economic players know what they ...

Pillars of prosperity

the political economics of development clusters

"Little else is required to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism, but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice; all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things." So wrote Adam Smith a ...

Handelsrecht

Sachenrecht

Dieses Lehrbuch befähigt den Leser zur dogmatischen Erarbeitung des Sachenrechts. Durch die problemorientierte Gliederung und die zahlreichen Grafiken wird das Sachenrecht in seiner Stofffülle für den Lernenden leichter zugänglich und überschaubar. Das Werk differenziert das Spektrum sachenrechtlicher Fragen in Grund-, Vertiefungs-, Examens- und Zusatzinhalte und ...

The spirit of cities

why the identity of a city matters in a global age

Cities shape the lives and outlooks of billions of people, yet they have been overshadowed in contemporary political thought by nation-states, identity groups, and concepts like justice and freedom. "The Spirit of Cities" revives the classical idea that a city expresses its own distinctive ethos ...

Herzkammern der Republik

die deutschen und das bundesverfassungsgericht

Das Bundesverfassungsgericht in Karlsruhe wird im September 2011 sechzig Jahre alt. Es hat Tausende von Streitigkeiten entschieden. Darunter waren Fälle von hoher Bedeutung für Gesellschaft und Politik. Es hat Beifall und Kritik gegeben, aber insgesamt ist das Ansehen des Gerichts kontinuierlich gestiegen. Im Ausland wird ...

Strafgesetzbuch StGB

Handelsrecht

Die Grundzüge des Handelsrechts sind Pflichtstoffgebiet der ersten juristischen Staatsprüfung. Auf deren Vermittlung konzentriert sich dieser Grundriss.Erläutert werden im Bereich des Handelsrechts insbesondere das Recht des Kaufmanns, des Handelsregisters, der Firma, der Handelsbücher, des handelsrechtlichen Vertretungsrechts sowie der Handelsgeschäfte.Der Autor legt besonderen Wert ...

The concise Princeton encyclopedia of american political history

With 150 accessible articles written by more than 130 leading experts, this essential reference provides authoritative introductions to some of the most important and talked-about topics in American history and politics, from the founding to today. Abridged from the acclaimed "Princeton Encyclopedia of American Political ...

Zivilprocessordnung

Justice and the politics of difference

In this classic work of feminist political thought, Iris Marion Young challenges the prevailing reduction of social justice to distributive justice. It critically analyzes basic concepts underlying most theories of justice, including impartiality, formal equality, and the unitary moral subjectivity. The starting point for her ...

The sense of dissonance

accounts of worth in economic life

What counts? In work, as in other areas of life, it is not always clear what standards we are being judged by or how our worth is being determined. This can be disorienting and disconcerting. Because of this, many organizations devote considerable resources to limiting ...

Beauty pays

why atracctive people are more successful

Most of us know there is a payoff to looking good, and in the quest for beauty we spend countless hours and billions of dollars on personal grooming, cosmetics, and plastic surgery. But how much better off are the better looking? Based on the evidence ...

Attention deficit democracy

the paradox of civic engagement

Handwringing about political apathy is as old as democracy itself. As early as 425 BC, the playwright Aristophanes ridiculed his fellow Athenians for gossiping in the market instead of voting. In more recent decades, calls for greater civic engagement as a democratic cure-all have met ...

A Constitution of many minds

why the Founding Document doesn't mean what it meant before

The future of the U.S. Supreme Court hangs in the balance like never before. Will conservatives or liberals succeed in remaking the court in their own image? In "A Constitution of Many Minds", acclaimed law scholar Cass Sunstein proposes a bold new way of ...

Constitutional faith

This book examines the "constitutional faith" that has, since 1788, been a central component of American "civil religion". By taking seriously the parallel between wholehearted acceptance of the Constitution and religious faith, Sanford Levinson opens up a host of intriguing questions about what it means ...