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The Blackwell guide to Kant´s ethics

Edited by Thomas E. Hill, Jr. Through a collection of new, previously unpublished essays, The Blackwell Guide to Kant's Ethics addresses diverse topics crucial to our understanding of Kant's moral philosophy and its implications for the modern age. This book: provides a fresh ...

Recursos en el proceso penal

recursos en la fase de instrucción, recursos contra las sentencias, recursos en el procedimiento del jurado, recurso de casación y de revisión

Dir. José Manuel Maza Martín. Los recursos en la fase de Instrucción del procedimiento penal (Pilar Alambra Pérez). El recurso de apelación contra sentencias. Problemática actual (Pedro-Roque Villamar Montoro). Los motivos del recurso de casación en la doctrina de los tribunales supremo y constitucional (Juan ...

Development communication

reframing the role of the media

Edited by Thomas L. Mcphail. In Development Communication , top media scholars explore the details of communication in areas where modernization has failed to deliver change. The book: offers a complete introduction to the history of development communication - the process of systematically intervening with either media ...

When news was new

"When News was New" investigates how news has re-invented itself at different historical moments - from medieval storytellers to 19th century telegraph news agencies to 21st century bloggers. This book tracks the evolution of news through history. It explores the regular reconstruction of news, the saleability ...

Central issues of philosophy

Edited by John Shand. Comprising 20 free-standing chapters written by specialists in their respective fields, Central Issues of Philosophy provides novice readers with the ideal accessible introduction to all of philosophy's core issues. An accessible introduction to the central issues of philosophy Organized around ...

Jesus

a brief history

Drawing on examples from literature, art, and popular culture, as well as theology, this engaging book reveals the importance of the question, 'whose was he?' in fully understanding the life and legacy of Jesus. It is a concise, accessible and engaging exploration of Jesus' life ...

The book of Isaiah

personal impressions of Isaiah Berlin

Edited by Henry Hardy. This collection of pen-portraits of the renowned public intellectual Isaiah Berlin, published to mark the centenary of his birth, brings him vividly to life from many vantage-points: essential reading for all who seek to understand the full range of his impact.

Catholics and the 'protestant nation'

religious politics and identity in early modern England

Edited by Ethan H. Shagan. This book brings together leading historians of Catholicism and other notable historians of early modern English society in order to pull Catholicism back into the mainstream of English historiography, and to ask readers to suspend their assumptions and prejudices about ...

La libertad de conciencia del menor de edad desde una perspectiva constitucional

Las transformaciones que sufre la sociedad actual, no sólo atañen a la ciencia y a la tecnología, sino que cubren más áreas, como la familiar. El cambio en las relaciones parentales con la descendencia y el papel de ésta en la familia, y en la ...

Inmigración y educación

"Es indudable que la llegada de una población escolar de origen inmigrante tan numerosa como la que ha alcanzado España desde principios de esta década exige enormes esfuerzos de adaptación por parte del sistema educativo en su conjunto". H.C.B.

Sasanian jewry and its culture

a lexicon of Jewish and related seals

Introduction by Norman Golb. An impressive collection of Jewish signet rings and seals from the Sasanian Empire. Biography: Daniel M. Friedenberg is the president of John-Platt Enterprises. A recipient of the Heath Literary Award for Distinguished Numismatic Achievement, he is the former curator of coins ...

Empires of the silk road

a history of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the present

The first complete history of Central Eurasia from ancient times to the present day, Empires of the Silk Road represents a fundamental rethinking of the origins, history, and significance of this major world region. Christopher Beckwith describes the rise and fall of the great Central ...

Mediterranean anarchy, interstate war, and the rise of Rome

This ground-breaking study is the first to employ modern international relations theory to place Roman militarism and expansion of power within the broader Mediterranean context of interstate anarchy. Arthur M. Eckstein challenges claims that Rome was an exceptionally warlike and aggressive state--not merely in modern ...

Pericles

a sourcebook and reader

Pericles, Greece's greatest statesman and the leader of its Golden Age, created the Parthenon and championed democracy in Athens and beyond. Centuries of praise have endowed him with the powers of a demigod, but what did his friends, associates, and fellow citizens think of ...

Famine

a short history

Famine remains one of the worst calamities that can befall a society. Mass starvation - whether it is inflicted by drought or engineered by misguided or genocidal economic policies - devastates families, weakens the social fabric, and undermines political stability. Cormac O Grada, the acclaimed author who ...

The environment and world history

Since around 1500 C.E., humans have shaped the global environment in ways that were previously unimaginable. Bringing together leading environmental historians and world historians, this book offers an overview of global environmental history throughout this remarkable 500- year period. In eleven essays, the contributors ...

A tale of two monasteries

Westminster and Saint-Denis in the thirteenth century

A Tale of Two Monasteries takes an unprecedented look at one of the great rivalries of the Middle Ages and offers it as a revealing lens through which to view the intertwined histories of medieval England and France. This is the first book to systematically ...

Shakespeare and Elizabeth

the meeting o two myths

Did William Shakespeare ever meet Queen Elizabeth I? There is no evidence of such a meeting, yet for three centuries writers and artists have been provoked and inspired to imagine it. Shakespeare and Elizabeth is the first book to explore the rich history of invented ...

Our nation unhinged

the human consequences of the War on Terror

Foreword by Erwin Chemerinsky. Jose Padilla short-shackled and wearing blackened goggles and earmuffs to block out all light and sound on his way to the dentist. Fifteen- year-old Omar Khadr crying out to an American soldier, 'Kill me!' Hunger strikers at Guantanamo being restrained and ...

Los contratos de logística

La logística comprende un conjunto de actividades que se refieren al aprovisionamiento de una empresa y a la distribución de sus productos en el mercado. En principio, la ejecución de estas actividades corresponde a uno o varios departamentos de la empresa, pero en ocasiones se ...