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Un siglo de historia del sistema financiero español

Este libro describe la evolución del sistema financiero español desde principios del siglo XX hasta la primera década del siglo XXI, incluyendo también referencias al marco económico, social y político. Se examina el sistema financiero desde distintos aspectos tales como: sus principales reformas; la regulación ...

Exceptional people

how migration shaped our world and will define our future

Throughout history, migrants have fueled the engine of human progress. Their movement has sparked innovation, spread ideas, relieved poverty, and laid the foundations for a global economy. In a world more interconnected than ever before, the number of people with the means and motivation to ...

Global constitutionalism in international legal perspective

The question of whether a global constitution exists or is emerging, and if so, what form it takes, is one of the most intriguing and controversial topics of recent international theory. This book examines public international law contributions to the debate, specifically taking a step ...

La potestas sancionadora de las Administraciones Públicas.T.I

Member States versus the European Union

the regulation of Gambling

Since the 1990s the European Court of Justice has provided an institutional backdrop from which the requirements of EU law regarding gambling regulation are evolving. Given the total absence of harmonisation, Member States are competent to regulate gambling conditional upon such regulation being compatible with ...

La quimera del crecimiento

la sostenibilidad en la era postindustrial

Crecer, crecer, crecer... Parece que la economía solo dependa del crecimiento de la facturación. Somos giroscópicos como las bicicletas, que ganan equilibrio incrementando la velocidad. Hasta que el peligro no viene de la carencia de estabilidad, sino de la velocidad escesiva

The evolution of international of Human Rights

visions seen

This widely acclaimed and highly regarded book, used extensively by students, scholars, policymakers, and activists, now appears in a new third edition. Focusing on the theme of visions seen by those who dreamed of what might be, Lauren explores the dramatic transformation of a world ...

Consular affairs and diplomacy

This volume analyses the multifaceted nature of diplomacy's consular dimension in international relations. It contributes to our understanding of key themes in consular affairs today, the consular challenges that are facing the US, Russia, and China - as well as the historical origins of the ...

The fundamentals of international Human Rights Treaty Law

This book has a simple objective: to present the fundamentals of international human rights treaty law in a way that can be helpful to the national leader, official, or legal adviser whose duty it is to help put a human rights treaty regime into the ...

Los delitos semipúblicos y privados

aspectos sustantivos y procesales

La presente monografía se orienta fundamentalmente al análisis del tratamiento procesal de las infracciones penales perseguibles a instancia de parte (delitos privados y semipúblicos). Dicho régimen de perseguibilidad se contrapone al criterio general de que los delitos y faltas resultan perseguibles de oficio, lo que ...

El Estatuto de Autonomía

y su interpretación por el Tribunal Constitucional

Después de casi cuatro años de proceso, el Tribunal Constitucional ha adoptado las 7 sentencias en las que se resuelven los correspondientes recursos de inconstitucionalidad presentados respecto de La Ley Orgánica de Reforma del Estatuto de Autonomía de Cataluña (6/2006, de 19 de julio ...

The Great Recession

history, odeology, hubris and nemesis

Many books on the 2008 financial crisis and the current recession focus on the financial sector. Unlike them, this book takes the real economy as the starting point and it situates the downturn within the societal context over the last several decades. Important elements of ...

The european composite administration

This volume focuses on the concept of a necessary entity through an interlinking with two organizational principles - the principle of cooperation and the principle of hierarchy - which imply the notions of sovereignty, respect, and the ability to undertake joint administrative action in the European Union ...

The Supreme Court in american politics

This book gives students a firm historical and institutional base upon which to evaluate contemporary Supreme Court decisions and the impact of those decisions on the lives of ordinary citizens.Designed with students in mind, the book will illuminate current events by shedding light on ...

The judicialization of politics in Latin America

This collection of essays analyzes the diverse manifestations of the judicialization of politics in contemporary Latin America, assessing their positive and negative consequences for state-society relations, the rule of law, and democratic governance in the region.

Justices and journalists

the U.S. Supreme Court and the media

Justices and Journalists examines whether justices are becoming more publicity-conscious and why that might be happening. The book discusses the motives of justices 'going public' and details their recent increased number of television and print interviews and amount of press coverage of their speeches. The ...

Inside the radical right

the development of anti-immigrant parties in Western Europe

What explains the cross-national variation in the radical right's electoral success over the last several decades? Challenging existing structural and institutional accounts, this book analyzes the dynamics of party building and explores the attitudes, skills and experiences of radical right activists in eleven different ...

Human Rights in the Twentieth Century

Has there always been an inalienable 'right to have rights' as part of the human condition, as Hannah Arendt famously argued? The contributions to this volume examine how human rights came to define the bounds of universal morality in the course of the political crises ...

Crime within the area of freedom, security and justice

a european public order

The 'Europeanisation' of the fight against crime is a broad and much-contested notion. This in-depth analysis of the role of the EU in fighting crime within the area of freedom, security and justice explores the impact of EU policies in the Member States, the progressive ...

China, The United States, and global order

The United States and China are the two most important states in the international system and are crucial to the evolution of global order. Both recognize each other as vital players in a range of issues of global significance, including the use of force, macroeconomic ...