Libros de

Auténtico Franco

trayectoria militar, 1907-1939

Mucho se ha escrito del personaje, pero uno de sus aspectos determinantes, el militar, apenas ha sido investigado, y cuando tal cosa ha sucedido ha sido para denostarlo de manera virulenta o para ensalzarlo a los altares de Marte. Huyendo de ambos extremos, el autor ...

Political ideology in the arab world

accommodation and transformation

Arab nationalism and Islamism have been the two most potent ideological forces in the Arab region across the twentieth century. Over the last two decades, however, an accommodation of sorts has been developing between liberals, socialists and Islamists, to protest unpopular foreign and domestic policies ...

The separation of powers and legislative interference in judicial process

constitutional principles and limitations

This book examines the constitutional principles governing the relationship between legislatures and courts at that critical crossroads of their power where legislatures may seek to intervene in the judicial process, or to interfere with judicial functions, to secure outcomes consistent with their policy objectives or ...

Le régime matrimonial

Le régime matrimonial et les conventions qui l'organisent constituent des instruments d'organisation patrimoniale de la famille, de la profession et des biens acquis pendant le mariage. Le choix d'un régime matrimonial ou la modification de celui-ci en cours de mariage ont des ...

The strategic president

persuasion and opportunity in presidential leadership

How do presidents lead? If presidential power is the power to persuade, why is there a lack of evidence of presidential persuasion? George Edwards, one of the leading scholars of the American presidency, skillfully uses this contradiction as a springboard to examine - and ultimately challenge ...

Land Law

This is an established text providing a clear, concise and straightforward introduction to land law, now thoroughly updated and accompanied by a comprehensive and innovative web site. The text is clear and accessible throughout, ensuring that this complex subject can readily be grasped by those ...

Dilemmas of european integration

the ambiguities and pitfalls of integration by stealth

If one lesson emerges clearly from fifty years of European integration it is that political aims should be pursued by overtly political means, and not by roundabout economic or legal strategies. The functionalist strategy of promoting spillovers from one economic sector to another has failed ...

Democracy and expertise

reorienting policy enquiry

This book explores the role of policy expertise in a democratic society. From the perspectives of political science and policy theory, the chapters examine the implications of deliberative democratic governance for professional expertise and extends them to specific policy practices. Following the earlier lead of ...

Studying public policy

policy cycles and policy subsystems

Studying Publisc Policy develops an analytical framework of the subject for students in public policy course. Instead of focussing on the substantive policy of a particular policy area, the book examines the theoretical and conceptual foundations of, and approaches used in, the policy sciences.

Contracts for the sale of goods

a comparison of U.S. and international Law

Contracts for the Sale of Goods delivers a detailed analysis and in- depth comparison of the substantive law for the sale of goods in domestic and international transactions. Practitioners, academics, and anyone involved in the sale or purchase of goods in the international market will ...

Environmental protection

european Law and governance

Ed. Joanne Scott. The EU has emerged as a major source of innovation in environmental governance. This is manifested through the frameworks it is putting in place for environmental governance, and through its position on the world stage for international environmental law. An institutional richness ...

Protecting civilians

the obligations of peacekeepers

This book examines the obligations of troops to prevent serious abuses of human rights towards civilians under international humanitarian law and international human rights law. It analyses the duty to intervene to stop the commission of serious abuses of human rights by analysing the meaning ...

Music and copyright

Music and Copyright provides the first comprehensive analysis of music infringement issues within the context of copyright litigation. Set forth in understandable language, it examines this important area of copyright law, which continues to be widely misunderstood by lawyers, business people and--perhaps most seriously of ...

Winning the patent damages case

a litigator's guide to economic models and other damage strategies

Winning the Patent Damages Case is a guide for patent litigators and in-house counsel who are either considering an action for patent infringement or who are facing the spectre of a lengthy, expensive litigation. Winning the Patent Damages Case provide readers with an analytical framework ...

Property rights and natural resources

The use of private property rights to regulate common pool natural resources is a controversial topic, which must address two critical issues: the allocation of wealth in society and proper conservation and management of limited resources. Given the privatisation of many natural resources within the ...

El secreto del Padre Pío

Trad., Carlos Gumpert. Una investigación que desvela el misterio de la muerte del Padre Pío y de su extraordinaria presencia hoy entre sus hijos espirituales.

La vida del Lazarillo de Tormes y sus fortunas y adversidades

Ed. facs. La vida de Lazarillo de Tormes y de sus fortunas y adversidades (más conocida como Lazarillo de Tormes) es una novela española anónima, escrita en primera persona y en estilo epistolar (como una sola y larga carta), cuya edición conocida más antigua data ...

Segóbriga 2008

resumen de las intervenciones arqueológicas

Auts., Juan Manuel Abascal...[et al.]. Índice: Introducción 1. Estado actual de nuestros conocimientos sobre Segobriga 2. El circo 3. La necrópolis de incineración 4. La necrópolis islámica 5. La denominada 'Tumba Monumental'

Obra poética (1981-2001)

De todos los géneros literarios practicados por Francisco Umbral, el de la lírica es el menos conocido por el lector. Miguel García-Posada reúne aquí la poesía del reputado escritor, integrada por Crímenes y baladas, poemario que publicó en vida, junto con 126 poemas que aparecieron ...

International patent litigation

developing an effective strategy

Ed. David Wilson. As the importance of technology-based products and processes continues to increase, so too does the significance of patents. Patents are extremely powerful - they provide invaluable market exclusivity to their owners and present a potential barrier to third parties' freedom to operate. Unsurprisingly ...