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Internet Governance

infrastructure and institutions

Eds. Lee A. Bygrave, Jon Bing. The question of governance of the Internet is increasing in significance. The United Nations' World Summit on the Information Society, held in two phases in 2003 and 2005, provoked heated debate, and the resultant meetings of the Internet Governance ...

Comparative entrepreneurship

the UK, Japan, and the shadow of Silicon Valley

Are entrepreneurs essentially the same everywhere? Are the processes of entrepreneurship similar? Or are they shaped by their environments? If so, how? We know a lot about national differences in management practices, corporate governance, and even innovation systems, but we know surprisingly little about national ...

The perils of federalism

race, poverty, and the politics of crime control

In the past dozen years, a number of American cities plagued by gun violence have tried to enact local laws to stem gun-related crime. Yet policymakers at the state and federal levels have very frequently stymied their efforts. This is not an atypical phenomenon. In ...

El exilio interior

cárcel y represión en la España franquista: (1939-1950)

El mayor éxodo de población en la historia de la España contemporánea fue seguido de una intensa y larga represión en la que la cárcel jugó un papel fundamental. Este libro analiza el impacto en la sociedad de posguerra del sistema penitenciario franquista. La prisión ...

Manual de Derecho y fiscalidad inmobiliaria

Este manual básico de derecho y fiscalidad inmobiliaria nace con la finalidad de recoger los aspectos fundamentales que habitualmente se plantean en las transacciones inmobiliarias. Para ello se realiza un estudio sintético de las principales figuras jurídicas con incidencia en la materia, así como de ...

The economics of lawmaking

The Economics of Lawmaking explores the relative advantages and limits of alternative sources of law. Professors Francesco Parisi and Vincy Fon view the sources of law through a law and economics lens, and consider the important issue of institutional design in lawmaking. They consider the ...

Innovation for the 21st Century

harnessing the power of intellectual property and antitrust Law

On their broadest level, the IP and antitrust laws aim to increase societal welfare. But they do so in different ways. The foundation of the IP system is the right to exclude. This right allows inventors to recover their investment costs and to obtain profits ...

The province of jurisprudence democratized

The Province of Jurisprudence Democratized explores the implications of taking a vigorously democratic approach to issues of traditional legal theory. Allan C. Hutchinson introduces the democratic vision and examines the complementary philosophy of a Dewey-inspired pragmatism. This is followed by an examination from a pragmatic ...

Fair governance

paternalism and perfectionism

Fair Governance: The Enforcement of Morals is a study of legal interference with individual preferences and will canvass the interdisciplinary literature in economics, psychology, philosophy, and law. It discusses the particular conditions necessary for the state to legally interfere with our freedom of choice, whether ...

The role of science in Law

The allure of science has always captivated members of the legal profession. Its siren's song offers a tune of perfection and the promise of endowing law with the respect and deference from society that lawyers crave. Both the bench and the bar continually look ...

Corrective and distributive justice

from Aristotle to Modern times

Corrective and Distributive Justice: From Aristotle to Modern Times retraces the intricate history of the distinction between corrective and distributive justice. This distinction is elaborated in the 5th book of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, which was rediscovered in Western Europe in the 12th and 13th ...

The EC regulation on insolvency proceedings

a commentary and annotated guide

Eds. Gabriel Moss, Ian F. Fletcher, Stuart Isaacs. This practical book provides a complete analysis of the EC Council Regulation on Insolvency Proceedings. This is an essential work for anyone who requires knowledge of insolvency law in the UK or any of the other 26 ...

Crime scene management and evidence recovery

This practical book deals with the subject of crime scene management and evidence recovery, offering step-by-step guidance on the techniques involved alongside clear scientific explanations for the non-specialist. This invaluable practical guide is a must-have for the first responder; whilst crime scene investigators are trained ...

Cases and commentary on Tort

Cases and Commentary on Tort features a range of extracts from significant cases which form a useful portfolio of primary sources for undergraduate students. The authors' succinct and engaging commentary offers insight into the basic principles of tort law and highlights the role the key ...

Reason and rationality

One of the world's most important political philosophers, Jon Elster is a leading thinker on reason and rationality and their roles in politics and public life. In this short book, he crystallizes and advances his work, bridging the gap between philosophers who use the ...

The Godfather doctrine

a foreign policy parable

"The Godfather Doctrine" draws clear and essential lessons from perhaps the greatest Hollywood movie ever made to illustrate America's changing geopolitical place in the world and how our country can best meet the momentous strategic challenges it faces. In the movie "The Godfather", Don ...

Hubbert's peak

the impending world oil shortage

In 2001, Kenneth Deffeyes made a grim prediction: world oil production would reach a peak within the next decade - and there was nothing anyone could do to stop it. Deffeyes' claim echoed the work of geophysicist M. King Hubbert, who in 1956 predicted that U ...

What democracy is for

on freedom and moral government

In this provocative book, Stein Ringen argues that the world's democracies are failing to live up to their ideals - the United States and Great Britain most especially. The core value of democracy, he contends, is freedom, the freedom to live a good life according ...

Constitution making under occupation

the politics of imposed revolution in Iraq

The attempt in 2004 to draft an interim constitution in Iraq and the effort to enact a permanent one in 2005 were unintended outcomes of the American occupation, which first sought to impose a constitution by its agents. This two-stage constitution-making paradigm, implemented in a ...

The bridge at the edge of the world

capitalism, the environment, and crossing from crisis to sustainability

How serious are the threats to our environment? Here is one measure of the problem: if we continue to do exactly what we are doing, with no growth in the human population or the world economy, the world in the latter part of this century ...