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I drink therefore I am

a philosopher's guide to wine

Here Scruton explains the connection between good wine and serious thought with a heady mix of humour and philosophy. The ancients had a solution to the alcohol problem, which was to wrap the drink in religious rituals, to treat it as the incarnation of a ...

Permanent Alliance?

NATO and the Transatlantic Bargain from Truman to Obama

This book is an interpretive analysis of transatlantic security relations from the preparation of the North Atlantic Treaty to the Obama administration. In "Permanent Alliance?" Stanley R. Sloan discusses the global trends that are changing the environment for transatlantic relations, such as European integration, global ...

The story of Wamba

Julian of Toledo's historia Wambae regis

Traslated and introduction with notes by Joaquín Martínez Pizarro. In 673, the recently elected King Wamba of Spain was confronted with a separatist rebellion in Visigothic Gaul and other territories in the northeast of his realm. After recapturing Barcelona and Gerona, the ruler crossed the ...

Heroides

Tienes entre tus manos, lector benévolo, un conjunto de veintiuna cartas míticas de amor, divididas en dos colecciones de quince cartas simples y de seis cartas dobles. Su autor fue Publio Ovidio Nasón, que vivió sesenta años (43 a.C.-17 d.C.), casi todos ...

Princess, priestess, poet

the sumerian temple hymns of Enheduanna

Living in 2300 BCE, Sumerian high priestess Enheduanna became the first author of historical record by signing her name to a collection of hymns written for forty-two temples throughout the southern half of ancient Mesopotamia, the civilization now known as Sumer. Each of her hymns ...

Human Rights at work

perspectives on Law and regulation

Concerns associated with globalisation of markets, exacerbated by the 'credit crunch', have placed pressure on many nation states to make their labour markets more 'flexible'. In so doing, many states have sought to reduce labour standards and to diminish the influence of trade unions as ...

Democracy against the State

Marx and the machiavellian moment

In the "Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right," the young Marx elliptically alludes to a "true democracy" whose advent would go hand in hand with the disappearance of the state. Miguel Abensour's rigorous interpretation of this seminal text reveals an #unknown Marx" who ...

Interesse legittimo e pregiudizialità amministrativa

SOMMARIO: CAPITOLO PRIMO: FUNZIONE AMMINISTRATIVA E PARTECIPAZIONE.- CAPITOLO SECONDO: L'INTERESSE LEGITTIMO E LE SUE VICENDE: RINUNCIA ALL'IMPUGNAZIONE, ACQUIESCENZA AL PROVVEDIMENTO E (SUPERAMENTO DELLA) PREGIUDIZIALE DI ANNULLAMENTO.- CAPITOLO TERZO: ASSENZA DI PREGIUDIZIABILITÀ E CENTRALITÀ DELL'INTERESSE MATERIALE: IMPLICAZIONI PROCESSUALI E RIFLESSI PROCEDIMENTALI.

Il filosofo del diritto davanti alla crisi della complessità

A cura di Luisa Avitabile. SOMMARIO: RELAZIONI: Gino Capozzi 'La filosofia del diritto come critica della regione giuridica'. Francesco Mercadante 'Mariano Cristaldi'. Bruno Romano 'Diritto e filosofia nella crisi della complessità'. Abelardo Rivera Llano 'Le riposte del filosofo del diritto alla crisi della complassità, nell ...

Oltre il dialogo tra le Corti

giudici, diritto straniero, comparazione

Costituzioni e trattati hanno agevolato la creazione di uno spazio culturale comune in cui le esigenze condivise dalle popolazioni, specialmente nel settore della tutela dei diritti umani, tendono ad ottenere risposte simili da parte dei legislatori e dei giudici. In particolare si è diffusa la ...

Histoire de la procedure criminelle en France

et spécialement de la procédure inquisitoire, depuis le XIIIe siècle jusqu'à nos jours

Avant-propos d'Yves Mayaud. La réédition d'un ouvrage est toujours un événement en soi, qui reprend au temps les marques d'une érosion fatale. Le livre d'Adhémar Esmein méritait une telle renaissance, et les pénalistes ne manqueront pas de l'apprécier. L'histoire ...

La pensée juridique

Préface de Pierre-Marie Dupuy et Charles Leben. Charles Eisenmann, dans un compte-rendu critique de la Pensée juridique, publié dans la Revue de droit public en 1961, écrivait : "On voudrait proclamer d'abord sans réserves, les rares qualités de l'ouvrage, qui en rendent la lecture ...

Il dolo

INDICE: PARTE PRIMA: LA RAPPRESENTAZIONE E LA VOLONTÀ DELL'EVENTO NEL DOLO. Cap.I: La rappresentazione e la volontà dell'evento quali elementi descrittivi. Cap.II: La definizione normativa.- PARTE SECONDA: PROFILI STORICI E TIPOLOGIA DELLE FATTISPECIE. Cap.I: Metamorfosi del dolo, da Aristotele a ...

Economic growth in Europe

a comparative industry perspective

Aut. Marcel P. Timmer...[et al]. Why has European growth slowed down since the 1990s while American productivity growth has speeded up? This book provides a thorough and detailed analysis of the sources of growth from a comparative industry perspective. It argues that Europe's ...

The political economy of agricultural price distortions

Ed. Kym Anderson. Despite numerous policy reforms since the 1980s, farm product prices remain heavily distorted in both high-income and developing countries. This book seeks to improve our understanding of why societies adopted these policies, and why some but not other countries have undertaken reforms ...

Custom as a source of Law

A central puzzle in jurisprudence has been the role of custom in law. Custom is simply the practices and usages of distinctive communities. But are such customs legally binding? Can custom be law, even before it is recognized by authoritative legislation or precedent? And, assuming ...

Proceso Laboral. Tomo II

Modalidades procesales. Ejecución de sentencias. Arbitraje laboral

Coord. Francisco José Sospredra Navas. Acompaña CD-ROM. La obra «El proceso laboral» aborda en dos volúmenes todos y cada uno de los aspectos de la práctica procesal en el ámbito laboral. En la obra se analizan los diferentes aspectos procesales de forma práctica, pero a ...

El rastro del asesino

el perfil psicológico de los criminales en la investigación policial

Este libro recoge la moderna técnica de la personalidad criminal y cómo la emplea la policía actual para capturar a los asesinos en serie. Lo más novedoso es que se aplica a los casos más relevantes del crimen reciente en España. Asistimos, así, a los ...

The public international Law theory of Hans Kelsen

believing in universal Law

This analysis of Hans Kelsen's international law theory takes into account the context of the German international legal discourse in the first half of the twentieth century, including the reactions of Carl Schmitt and other Weimar opponents of Kelsen. The relationship between his Pure ...

Governance

Governance is an easy-to read introduction to an increasingly important concept in political science. It provides a clear overview of how the concept has been used in the sub-fields of public administration and public policy, international relations, European studies and comparative politics. There is no ...