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Labour Law in Russia

Both individual and collective labour relations are covered in ample detail, with attention to such underlying and pervasive factors employment contracts, suspension of the contracts, dismissal laws and covenant of non-competition, as well as international private law. The author describes all important details of the ...

Don Quijote en su periplo universal

aspectos de la recepción internacional de la novela cervantina

Don Quijote en su periplo universal es el tercer volumen de una serie de monografías en las que se reúnen estudios innovadores sobre ejemplos representativos y aspectos particulares de la recepción que la obra maestra de Cervantes ha tenido, a lo largo de los últimos ...

Game theory in the social sciences

a reader-friendly guide

Individuals, firms, governments and nations behave strategically, for good and bad. Over the last few decades, game theory has been constructed and progressively refined to become the major tool used by social scientists to understand, predict and regulate strategic interaction among agents who often have ...

El Japón

heroico y galante

Enrique Gómez Carrillo (1873-1927), creó su identidad instalado en un café parisino o escribiendo crónicas errando por el globo, desde Egipto a Japón, desde Madrid a Rusia. Maestro de la prosa modernista, es una figura inexcusable dentro del panorama del fin de siglo hispánico. El ...

Guaranteed to fail

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the debacle of mortgage finance

The financial collapse of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in 2008 led to one of the most sweeping government interventions in private financial markets in history. The bailout has already cost American taxpayers close to $150 billion, and substantially more will be needed. The U ...

Les relations esthétiques entre ironie et humour en Espagne

XIXe-XXe siècles

L'ironie et l'humour, ces frères ennemis si familiers mais si insaisissables, sont depuis trop longtemps associés à des clichés consacrés par la littérature et par la critique littéraire. Afin de dépasser la taxinomie et le confort intellectuel des étiquettes, il est nécessaire de ...

Bohemia y literatura

tres noches de Sevilla. Rafael lasso de la Vega, Rafael Cansinos Assens, Alejandro Sawa

¿Qué poeta español se comió a un perro?¿Fumaba Caruso?¿Eran sinceros los elogios de Borges a Cansinos Assens?¿Se murió realmente Jesús Pardo antes de escribir sus memorias?¿Era imposible conversar con Azorín?. La respuestas a estas pregutnas, y algunas más, se encuentran en ...

Jerarquías normativas y dinámica de los sistemas jurídicos

El libro aborda dos problemas centrales de la teoría del derecho: la jerarquía normativa y la dinámica de los sistemas jurídicos. Ambos han tenido hasta el momento menos atención de la que merecen, pero lo realmente novedoso de este volumen es su tratamiento conjunto, con ...

Greeks and Parthians in Mesopotamia and beyond 331 BC-224 AD

Greeks and Parthians is an innovative, archaeologically based investigation into urban life in Mesopotamia and the northern part of what is now the Persian Gulf, from the arrival of Alexander the Great to the end of the Parthian Empire. With detailed coverage of the cities ...

Historia y mito en el Mundo Antiguo

los orígenes de la cultura en Egipto, Israel y Grecia

Cuál es la función del recuerdo en la formación de las identidades culturales? ¿Qué formas de recuerdo cultural existen, cómo se organizan, a qué cambios están sometidas? Jan Assmann aborda estas cuestiones comparando tres culturas mediterráneas antiguas (Egipto, Israel y Grecia) y señala la importancia ...

New directions in financial services regulation

The financial crisis of 2008 raised crucial questions regarding the effectiveness of the way the United States regulates financial markets. What caused the crisis? What regulatory changes are most needed and desirable? What regulatory structure will best implement the desired changes? This volume addresses those ...

How many languages do we need?

the economics of linguistic diversity

In the global economy, linguistic diversity influences economic and political development as well as public policies in positive and negative ways. It leads to financial costs, communication barriers, divisions in national unity, and, in some extreme cases, conflicts and war - but it also produces benefits ...

The right not to be criminalized

demarcating criminal Law's authority

This book presents arguments and proposals for constraining criminalization, with a focus on the legal limits of the criminal law. This book approaches the issue by showing how the moral criteria for constraining unjust criminalization can and has been incorporated into constitutional human rights and ...

Quantitative methods

an introduction for business management

An accessible introduction to the essential quantitative methods for making valuable business decisions Quantitative methods-research techniques used to analyze quantitative data-enable professionals to organize and understand numbers and, in turn, to make good decisions. Quantitative Methods: An Introduction for Business Management presents the application of ...

When small countries crash

The public is fascinated with financial crashes. Historians portray the roar of an angry mob toppling presidents or prime ministers and destroying the property of those who are regarded as malefactors. And certainly, financial crisis is often a factor in political change. It is often ...

Principles of financial accounting

Reeve/Warren/Duchac activates learning, offering students clear guidance to complete homework with an efficient presentation for today's learner. Warren delivers expanded choice, increased engagement, improved outcomes and ease of use. CONTENTS: 1. Introduction to Accounting & Business. 2. Analyzing Transactions. 3. The Adjusting ...

US securities regulation

a guidebook for international companies

While credit markets remain tight, the capital markets appear to be opening up again. As a result, many international companies will consider accessing the US markets as part of their financing strategy. This option is particularly attractive to non-US companies, which may take advantage of ...

Nonprofit management 101

a complete and practical guide for leaders and professionals

A comprehensive handbook for leading a successful nonprofit This handbook can educate and empower a whole generation of nonprofit leaders and professionals by bringing together top experts in the field to share their knowledge and wisdom gained through experience. This book provides nonprofit professionals with ...

Mergers and acquisitions for dummies

The easy way to make smart business transactions Are you a business owner, investor, venture capitalist, or member of a private equity firm looking to grow your business by getting involved in a merger with, or acquisition of, another company? Are you looking for a ...

The Supreme Court and the american elite

1789-2008

"The Supreme Court follows the election returns," ("The Fictional"). Mr. Dooley observed a hundred years ago. And for all our ideals and dreams of a disinterested judiciary, above the political fray, it seems Mr. Dooley was right. In this engaging - and disturbing - book, a leading ...