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The United Nations and Human Rights

a guide for a new era

Julie Mertus' highly acclaimed text continues to be the only completely up-to-date comprehensive yet succinct guide to the United Nations human rights system. Today, virtually all UN bodies and specialized agencies are undertaking efforts to incorporate the promotion or protection of human rights into their ...

Transnational organized crime

With organized crime estimated to generate billions of dollars every year through illegal activities such as money laundering, smuggling of people and goods, extortion, robbery, fraud and insider trading, authorities are increasingly working together to combat this increasing threat to international security and stability. In ...

International and comparative Labour Law

current challenges

This is an impressive and topical work which will interest students, practitioners and academics of comparative labour law, providing a deep and penetrating global analysis of the law. This work: contains rigorous referencing to real-world empirical data and research, making this an invaluable and reliable ...

Exploring contract Law

Eds. Jason W. Neyers, Richard Bronaugh, Stephen G.A. Pitel. This book brings together a distinctive line-up of contributors who analyse the most important issues facing contract law today. This is an invaluable source of reference for lawyers, judges and academics across the common law ...

Enforcing pollution control regulation

strengthening sanctions and improving deterrence

This is a comparative study which analyses how pollution control is regulated in the UK, Australia and Canada. The UK law on pollution control has been subject to a lot of change and this book gives an up- to-date examination of the enforcement regulations and ...

Family Law advocacy

how Barristers help the victims of family failure

The role of the law in settling family disputes has been a matter of particular debate over the past twenty-five years. In keeping with the general public perception, the media has been largely critical about the role of lawyers in family law matters, sustaining a ...

Reform of International Institution

towards a Commonwealth Agenda

Elaborated by Commonwealth Secretariat. In today's world, responses to global challenges can only be achieved by collective debate and action. A coordinated response is required to achieve satisfactory and sustainable outcomes, however, international institutions are no longer placed to support an adequate response to ...

La ciudad del pez elefante

la vida de los griegos en el Antiguo Egipto

Trad., Zoraida de Torres Burgos. Contiene ilustraciones. Situado a 160 kilómetros al suroeste de El Cairo, Oxyrhyncus es uno de los hallazgos arqueológicos más importantes jamás encontrados. A través de una serie de pergaminos y papiros encontrados entre las ruinas, el reconocido egiptólogo de Oxford ...

El hombre mojado no teme la lluvia

voces de Oriente Medio

Contiene ilustraciones. Las imágenes de Oriente Medio que llenan a diario nuestros televisores muestran una tierra cruel y sangrienta, repleta de hombres y mujeres dispuestos a morir y matar, movidos por oscuras razones que nos resultan en el fondo incomprensibles. Sin embargo, a lo largo ...

Sobre el estilo tardío

música y literatura a contracorriente

Trad., Roberto Falcó Miramontes. Maestro del análisis cultural, hombre de amplios saberes, esta es la obra en la que Edward W. Said estaba trabajando cuando murió. Se trata de un libro que recoge diferentes asuntos de literatura y música. Destacan las reflexiones sobre las óperas ...

Derechos colectivos de los trabajadores extranjeros en España

especial referencia al Derecho de sindicación

El presente trabajo de investigación tiene por objeto el análisis de los Derechos fundamentales de carácter social que el ordenamiento jurídico espaol reconoce a los trabajadores inmigrantes, con especial referencia a los Derechos de reunín, asociación, sindicación y huelga.

Comparing political regimes

a thematic introduction to comparative politics

There are now 193 sovereign states in the world. Contrary to many assumptions (or hopes), hardly any of these have developed into a liberal democratic model; instead, there is still great variation in national political regimes. In this new edition, Alan Siaroff provides a comprehensive ...

Winning your election the Wellstone Way

a comprehensive guide for candidates and campaign workers

Winning Your Elections the Wellstone Way is based on the work of Wellstone Action, a leading-edge progressive training center that has instructed thousands of political activists, campaign managers, and volunteers - and more than two hundred of these participants have gone on to run for office ...

In praise of the common

a conversation on philisophy and politics

Negri, a leading Marxist philosopher, has inspired anti-empire movements around the world through his writings and personal example. This work, which began as a conversation between Negri and literary critic Casarino, is the most complete review of the philosopher's work.

Digitize this book!

the politics of new media, or why we need open access now

CONTENTS: Introduction Another University Is Possible Metadata I Notes on Creating Critical Computer Media I Internethics 1 Why All Academic Research and Scholarship Should Be Made Available in Online Open-Access Archives - Now! 2 Judgment and Responsibility in the Wikipedia Era Metadata II Print This! 3 ...

El Derecho a la protección de datos personales de los trabajadores

nuevas perspectivas

La progresiva y vertiginosa irrupción de las nuevas tecnologías informáticas y de la información en la empresa, de todo tamaño y condición, conlleva ingentes volúmenes de tratamientos d datos personales, con los consiguientes riesgos para los trabajadores a tales operaciones aparejados. Ante tal amenaza, la ...

Un mundo en cambio

perspectivas de la política exterior de la Unión Europea

¿Qué factores condicionan y configuran la política exterior de la Unión Europea? ¿Cuáles son los grandes desafíos que debe afrontar en este mundo cambiante? ¿Cómo puede la UE fortalecer su papel internacional? No pretende ser éste un libro para expertos, ni tratar todos los cam ...

The Yale biographical dictionary of American Law

This book is the first to gather in a single volume concise biographies of the most eminent men and women in the history of American law. Encompassing a wide range of individuals who have devised, replenished, expounded, and explained law, The Yale Biographical Dictionary of ...

Territorial rights

Liberal defences of nationalism, prevalent since the mid-1980's, have largely neglected the fact that nationalism is primarily about land. "Territorial Rights" examines the generic types of territorial claims customarily put forward by national groups as justification for their territorial demands, within the framework of ...

Efficiency instead of justice?

searching for the philosophical foundations of the economic analysis of Law

Economic analysis of law is an interesting and challenging attempt to employ the concepts and reasoning methods of modern economic theory so as to gain a deeper understanding of legal problems. According to Richard A. Posner it is the role of the law to encourage ...