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A Common Law of international adjudication

Recent years have seen a proliferation of international courts and tribunals, which has given rise to several new issues affecting the administration of international justice. This book makes a signification contribution to understanding the impact of this proliferation by addressing one important question: namely, whether ...

Between authority and interpretation

on the theory of law and practical reason

In this book Joseph Raz develops his views on some of the central questions in practical philosophy: legal, political and moral. The book provides an overview of Raz's work on jurisprudence and the nature of law in the context of broader questions in the ...

EC competition law

Goyder's EC Competition Law is firmly established as a classic text on this area of law. The emergence of competition law has been one of the most important features of the EC and has had a significant impact on many aspects of UK business ...

House of cards

a tale of hubris and wretched excess on Wall Street

Contents: Pt. I How It Happened: Ten Days in March Ch. 1 The Ultimate Roach Motel Ch. 2 The Confidence Game Ch. 3 "Bear Stearns Is Not in Trouble!" Ch. 4 The Run on the Bank Ch. 5 The Armies of the Night Ch. 6 ...

El otro mundo. Vol.1

Atentos a sus pantallas

Comic. Formato apaisado con ilustraciones Miguel Brieva, sevillano del 74 y uno de los valores consolidados del cómic español, ha comenzado a reunir su obra gráfica reciente en la serie #El otro mundo# (Mondadori). La primera entrega, titulada #Atentos a sus pantallas#, recoge colaboraciones del ...

Cautiva en Arabia

Contiene ilustraciones. Marga d#Andurain, nacida en Bayona en el seno de una familia de la burguesía vasca, tuvo una vida absolutamente novelesca. Vivió en Argentina, y tras la Primera Guerra Mundial se trasladó con su marido a El Cairo. Desde entonces espió para los ...

The Wall Street Journal guide to the end of Wall Street as we know it

This title features detailed table of contents: What happened and how did we get here? This section will: cover a brief history of market panics to place the current turmoil in context; trace the origins of the current financial crisis and the rise of sub ...

America's great depression

Rothbard opens with a theoretical treatment of business cycle theory, showing how an expansive monetary policy generates imbalances between investment and consumption. He proceeds to examine the Fed's policies of the 1920s, demonstrating that it was quite inflationary even if the effects did not ...

Catastrophe

the story of Bernard L. Madoff, the man who swindled the world

Family business

"Family Business, 3/e, International Edition" provides the next generation of family business owners with the knowledge and skills needed for the successful management and leadership of the family enterprise. The author, Ernesto Poza, uses both text and cases to explore a diverse set of ...

The future of liberalism

A compelling and deeply felt exploration and defense of liberalism: what it actually is, why it is relevant today, and how it can help our society chart a forward course. The Future of Liberalism represents the culmination of four decades of thinking and writing about ...

So damn much money

the triumph of lobbying and the corrosion of american government

In this sometimes shocking and always riveting book, a political correspondent for "The Washington Post" offers the startling story of the monumental growth of lobbying in Washington, D.C., and how it undermines effective government.

Economía española

Coord. Elvira Martínez Chacón. Economía española es un libro dirigido especialmente a los estudiantes que cursan la licenciatura de Administración de Empresas y de Ciencias Económicas, pero también a quienes estudian Comunicación o Derecho y a todos aquellos que tienen interés por conocer con rigor ...

The grove book of operas

Edited by Stanley Sadie; Revised edition edited by Laura Macy. First published in 1996 to great critical and popular acclaim, the Grove Book of Operas, is a collection of synopses and descriptions of over 250 operas. Each succinct yet insightful entry is written by a ...

Oxford companion to world mythology

Written by David Leeming, one of the worlds most trusted voices on mythology, The Oxford Companion to World Mythology, is a lively, non- pedantic, yet intellectually sound book that will engage the reader and reveal the extraordinary depth and beauty of the world of myth ...

War in the boardroom

why left-brain management and right-brain marketing don't see eye-to-eye -and what to do about it

This time, the Rieses shift their focus to the complicated relationship between marketing and management. Pulling away the 'velvet curtain' that divides the two, they reveal not only the struggle that is endemic in corporations across the world, but how it harms companies' bottom lines ...

Management cases

Longtime Drucker colleague, collaborator, and eminent management professor Joseph A. Maciariello has organised the material to be used in conjunction with "Management, Revised Edition", making the book particularly useful in undergraduate, MBA, and executive education classrooms.

Making it all work

winning at the game of work and the business of life

David Allen's Getting Things Done hit a nerve and ignited a movement with businesses, students, soccer moms, and techies all the way from Silicon Valley to Europe and Asia. Now, David Allen leads the world on a new path to achieve focus, control, and ...

Correspondencia con el exilio

Prol., Eduardo Chamorro; Nota sobre la edición de Jordi Amat. Un testimonio indispensable sobre la actividad intelectual de Cela y sobre sus vínculos con la "otra mitad" de la cultura española. Este libro recoge la correspondencia completa (casi mil cartas), y hasta ahora inédita, entre ...

Emociones colectivas

la inteligencia emocional de los equipos

Las emociones de los grupos y organizaciones, sean éstas de resignación, resentimiento, serenidad, ambición o confianza, afectan directamente a los resultados que son capaces de generar. Si esto es así, resulta evidente que merece la pena diagnosticar cuáles son los estados de ánimo de nuestros ...