Libros de

La panadería

manual práctico de la fabricación de toda clase de pan

Ed. facs. Historia facsimilar de la panadería en el mundo, desde la edad de las cavernas hasta la actualidad.

En nombre de la clase obrera

Hungría 1956: la revolución narrada por uno de sus protagonistas

#En nombre de la clase obrera## fueron las palabras que encabezaban la sentencia dictada en junio de 1958 contra Imre Nagy, primer ministro de Hungría y veterano dirigente comunista, y sus colaboradores más próximos en el simulacro de juicio por su participación en la Revolución ...

La cuestión judía

Estudio introductorio de Reyes Mate. Sobre la Cuestión Judía es un conocido texto del pensamiento político cuyo autor es Karl Marx. Lo que se ignora es que el texto marxiano es respuesta a un escrito de Bruno Bauer que tiene por título La Cuestión Judía ...

La República en el exilio

1939-1957

Prol., JM Martínez Valdueza. Este libro trata sobre la historia de la clase política republicana en sus primeros dieciocho años de exilio. Dela estructura política creada y sostenida por los fondos del Estado español llevados al exterior para tal fin. Por ella pasan más de ...

Commercial Law

Commercial Law covers the fundamental principles of the subject and the relevant case and statute law. Presented in a clear and accessible format, the text adopts an engaging style and explains the law in a critical and evaluative approach. Use of topical and relevant practical ...

Understanding EU consumer Law

EU consumer law is the core of European private law. In recent years, it has been subject to spectacular decisions by the European Court of Justice, with important consequences for the private law of Member States. Currently, it is under scrutiny by the EC Commission ...

Party discipline and parliamentary politics

One of the chief tasks facing political leaders is how to build and maintain unity within their parties. Party Discipline and Parliamentary Politics examines the relationship between party leaders and Members of Parliament in Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, showing how the two sides ...

Crime, war, and global trafficking

designing international cooperation

Globalization creates lucrative opportunities for traffickers of drugs, dirty money, blood diamonds, weapons, and other contraband. Effective countermeasures require international collaboration, but what if some countries suffer while others profit from illicit trade? Only international institutions with strong compliance mechanisms can ensure that profiteers will ...

What is a nation?

Europe 1789-1914

Eds., Timothy Baycroft and Mark Hewitson. Nationalism has had repercussions throughout the modern era, lying at the root of wars, revolutions, and social and cultural movements. This volume analyses and compares different forms of nationalism as they originated and developed in Europe throughout the 'long ...

Creditor protection in private companies

anglo-german perspectives for a european legal discourse

Limited liability companies form the backbone of our modern economy. However, there is a persistent danger of moral hazard on the part of directors and shareholders, particularly in closely held or private companies. Like all developed legal systems, English and German law both provide mechanisms ...

Perceptions in litigation and mediation

lawyers, defendants, plaintiffs and gendered parties

Grounded in interpretive theory and offering interdisciplinary insights from sociological, psychological, and gender studies, this book addresses the question - How do professional, lay, and gendered actors understand and experience case processing in litigation and mediation? Drawing on data from 131 interviews, questionnaires, and observations of ...

Genocide in international Law

the crime of crimes

The 1948 Genocide Convention has become a vital legal tool in the international campaign against impunity. Its provisions, including its enigmatic definition of the crime and its pledge both to punish and prevent the 'crime of crimes', have now been interpreted in important judgments by ...

The role of international Law in rebuilding societies after conflict

great expectations

Eds. Brett Bowden, Hilary Charlesworth, Jeremy Farrall. International law can create great expectations in those seeking to rebuild societies that have been torn apart by conflict. For outsiders, international law can mandate or militate against intervention, bolstering or undermining the legitimacy of intervention. International legal ...

Youth and political participation in Europe

results of the comparative study EUYOUPART

Eds. Reingard Spannring, Günther Ogris, Wolfgang Gaiser. Preface by Lynne Chisholm. How do young people in Europe perceive politics? How do they engage in the political realm? Which groups of young people are actively involved? And which learning environments and opportunity structures can foster participation ...

Pequeña historia del mundo

En este libro"Pequeña Historia del mundo", Fernando García de Cortázar propone un luminoso acercamiento a la historia del mundo a través de los ojos de un niño que. guiado por grandes figuras históricas, como Heródoto, asiste fascinado al devenir de la civilización humana desde ...

Deportados en nombre de dios

la expulsión de los moriscos: cuarto centenario de una ignominia

Se cumplen cuatro siglos de la expulsión de los moriscos, los descendientes de los mudéjares o musulmanes españoles cristianizados por la fuerza a principios del siglo xvi. Los dictados reales que a partir de 1609 la hicieron posible arrojaron del país a 300.000 españoles ...

Environmental skepticism

ecology, power and public life

Concentrated power in world politics is made up of ideas and supporting material resources and institutions. The material resources all come from nature, yet ecology is usually underappreciated in international relations as a source of power. Powerful countries control resources, economic elites command value in ...

The nexus Law and biology

new ethical challenges

Ed. Barbara Ann Hocking. While the relations between law and science span many centuries, there are emerging complex interactions between the informational aspects of law and biology in a host of contemporary legal applications. As a result, biological expert evidence features in a wide range ...

Vindicación de la sociedad natural

Ed., Frank N. Pagano; Trads., Javier Alcoriza y Antonio Lastra. «Es mucho más sencillo mantener una causa equivocada, y respaldar opiniones paradójicas para satisfacer a un auditorio vulgar, que establecer una verdad dudosa con argumentos sólidos y concluyentes. Cuando los hombres descubren algo que puede ...

La aventura mexicana del General Prim

El 31 de octubre de 1861, Gran Bretaña, Francia y España firmaron en Londres un tratado para intervenir conjuntamente en México #país que acababa de suspender el pago de la deuda externa durante dos años y de expulsar al embajador español#, con la intención de ...