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International franchising

a practitioner guide

Ed. Marco Hero. Franchising has become a global phenomenon. Many brands have grown beyond their national markets and proved that this business expansion model can work around the world. Meanwhile, in comparison to growth on a national scale, it is clear that cross-border franchising involves ...

Reading the New Testament

contemporary approaches

"Reading the New Testament" offers an exciting and contemporary approach to New Testament Studies, which have changed dramatically in the past thirty years. James Crossley combines an introduction to traditional methods of source, form and social-scientific criticism with postcolonial, gender and political frameworks. He discusses ...

Marx

a guide for the perplexed

This book provides a concise and coherent overview of Marx, ideal for undergraduates who require more than just a simple introduction to his work and thought. Covering the full range of Marx's works and ideas, introducing all the key concepts and themes in Marxism ...

A short guide to fraud risk

fraud resistance and detection

Ed. Helenne Doody. A "Short Guide to Fraud Risk" is for: anyone who needs to better understand fraud risks, either across their organisation, or in a specific business unit; directors and managers who would like to add value by building fraud resistance into their organisation ...

Decolonizing european sociology

transdiciplinary approaches

Eds. Encarnación Gutiérrez Rodríguez, Manuela Boatca, Sérgio Costa. "Decolonizing European Sociology" builds on the work challenging the androcentric, colonial and ethnocentric perspectives eminent in mainstream European sociology by identifying and describing the processes at work in its current critical transformation. Divided into sections organized around ...

Cities, texts and social networks 400-1500

experiences and perceptions of medieval urban space

Eds. Caroline Goodson, Anne E. Lester, Carol Symes. "Cities, Texts and Social Networks" examines the experiences of urban life from late antiquity through the close of the fifteenth century, in regions ranging from late Imperial Rome to Muslim Syria, Iraq and al-Andalus, England, the territories ...

Women's work and pensions

what is good, what is best?: designing gender-sensitive arrangements

Eds. Bernd Marin, Eszter Zólyomi. How different are fe/male life courses, and why? What is good, bad, or best for women under these or probable future circumstances? This ground-breaking book explores the difficulties women face in working life and retirement - and asks what can ...

Comparative regional integration

Europe and beyond

Ed. Finn Laursen. This book includes up-to-date studies of regional integration efforts in all major parts of the world, especially North America, South America and East Asia. In many cases, these efforts are compared with the EU, where integration has progressed much further. Some important ...

Digital research in the study of classical antiquity

Eds. Gabriel Boadard, Simon Mahony. This book explores the challenges and opportunities presented to Classical scholarship by digital practice and resources. Drawing on the expertise of a community of scholars who use innovative methods and technologies, it shows that traditionally rigorous scholarship is as central ...

Discrete choice modelling and air travel demand

theory and applications

In recent years, airline practitioners and academics have started to explore new ways to model airline passenger demand using discrete choice methods. This book provides an introduction to discrete choice models and uses extensive examples to illustrate how these models have been used in the ...

Estudios a propósito de sentencias judiciales dictadas en recursos contra la calificación del registrador

Seminario de Derecho Registral, Curso Académico 2008-2009, Real Academia de Jurisprudencia y Legislación

Dir. Antonio Pau Pedrón; Coord. Carmen Jerez Delgado. SUMARIO: 27 de noviembre. Las sentencias judiciales dictadas en el recurso contra la calificación/Juan Carlos CASAS ROJO.- 18 de diciembre. La inscripción del acuerdo transnacional (comentario a la Sentencia del Juzgado de Primera Instancia nº2 de ...

Islam and global dialogue

religious pluralism and the pursuit of peace

Ed. Roger Boase. At a time when the world is becoming increasingly interdependent, multi-cultural and multi-religious, the concept of religious pluralism is under assault as a result of hatred, prejudice and misunderstanding from both religious exclusivists and dogmatic secularists. In this important and timely book ...

Protección de datos y proceso penal

La vida social conlleva para el individuo la indiscriminada cesión de informaciones personales a favor de entidades tanto públicas como privadas, que a su vez se incorporan a ficheros administrados por esas mismas entidades. Tales datos son susceptibles de utilidades diversas, ya sean sectoriales o ...

La configuración del contrato de adhesión con consumidores

Esta obra se estructura, fundamentalmente, en dos grandes bloques. En el primero de ellos se realiza un estudio muy completo del mecanismo de primera línea de defensa del adherente, el «control de inclusión» recogido por la Ley 7/1998, de 13 de abril, de condiciones ...

El Torrens title y el Registro de la Propiedad español

El anhelo por dotar al tráfico inmobiliario de una mayor seguridad jurídica motivó la aprobación de la Lay Hipotecaria en 1861. Sin embargo, esta necesidad tiene alcance universal. En 1858, Sir Robert Richard Torrens llevó a cabo una profunda reforma inmobiliaria que concluyó con la ...

Envisioning future academic library services

initiatives, ideas and challenges

There are huge challenges facing the library and information science profession owing to the rapidly changing environment in which it exists. Librarians need to be 'blended professionals' who can take all their professional skills and experience, and adapt them to different business models, strategic challenges ...

Hernando de Soto and property in a market economy

Ed. D. Benjamin Barros. Hernando de Soto is one of the world's leading public intellectuals. His books "The Mystery of Capital" and "The Other Path" have had a tremendous impact on debates about international development. But his work also has been controversial, and some ...

Airport competition

the european experience

Ed. Peter Forsyth...[et al]. The break-up of BAA and the blocked takeover of Bratislava airport by the competing Vienna airport have brought the issue of airport competition to the top of the agenda for air transport policy in Europe. "Airport Competition" reviews the current ...

Docencia y responsabilidad jurídica

civil, penal y administrativa

Detención policial y habeas corpus

Dir. Gregorio Álvarez Álvarez. (Manuales de Formación Continuada ; 48-2008). ÍNDICE: Introducción.- La detención preprocesal preventiva: previsiones constitucionales y legales/Joan J. Queralt Jiménez.- Detención y 'habeas corpus': supuestos no penales/Antonio Narváez Rodríguez.- Identificaciones y cacheos, no preprocesales, como privaciones de libertad. 'habeas corpus'/Gregorio ...