The Strategy of Politics

Results of a Comparative Study

Politicians often talk about "strategy". What do they mean by this term? Where does the development of political strategies take place? Who is involved in strategic processes? Which methods are used? The attempt to answer these questions, leads to an interesting look behind the scenes ...

La protección del paisaje

un estudio de Derecho español y comparado

La Protección del Paisaje. Un estudio de Derecho español y comparado, constituye un análisis sistemático de la protección jurídica del paisaje en nuestro país, en el contexto de los instrumentos internacionales existentes, así como de modelos paisajísticos más tempranos de Derecho comparado. La realidad de ...

Japanese business Law

Since the #lost decade# of the nineties, the progress of Japanese administrative and economic reform has been intense. Although some early critics characterized the reforms as #window dressing,# it is becoming clearer that systemic reform has taken hold and the new Japanese economy is picking ...

Religión y Derecho comparado

Son cada vez más frecuentes y graves los problemas que se plantean en la jurisprudencia y en la legislación a la hora de establecer qué es una religión para el Derecho. De forma persistente nos llegan noticias de los diversos litigios planteados en torno a ...

Droit penal des affaires

étude comparative franco-espagnole de l'infraction

Au-delà de la spécificité de la délinquance à laquelle il s'adresse, le droit pénal des affaires se distingue par la particularité des instruments juridiques qu'il met en place. A cet égard, en France comme en Espagne, il s'écarte des règles pénales communes ...

Democracy, intermediation, and voting on four continents

This book presents the results of systematic comparative analyses of electoral behavior and support for democracy in 13 countries on four continents. It is based on national election surveys held in "old" and "new" democracies in Europe (Germany, Britain, Spain, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Bulgaria), North ...

The Oxford handbook of international environmental Law

The Oxford Handbook of International Environmental Law takes stock of the major developments in international environmental law, while exploring the field's core assumptions and concepts, basic analytical tools, and key challenges. It is intended to serve as an authoritative and indispensable overview of the ...

Patriots and cosmopolitans

hidden histories of american Law

Ranging widely from the founding era to Reconstruction, from the making of the modern state to post - New Deal limits, John Fabian Witt illuminates the legal and constitutional foundations of American nationhood through the little-known stories of five patriots and critics. He shows how law ...

La protection des droits des détenus en France et en Allemagne

L'intégration du détenu dans la catégorie « être humain, détenteur de droits » a modifié le rapport de la prison à la société civile. En France, les droits des détenus restent toutefois régis par la voie réglementaire, voire par circulaires, alors que l'Allemagne, sous l ...

Arbitration of commercial disputes

international and english Law and practice

This significant work is now reissued in paperback, without appendices. The text provides a detailed yet clear and accessible guide to English and international arbitration law. The book initially deals with the principles of arbitration as examined from an international perspective. The authors identify fundamental ...

End-of-life decision making

a cross-national study

This examination of end-of-life decision making offers a broader perspective than that found in the extensive existing literature on this topic by offering a cross-national comparison. Experts from twelve countries analyze death-related issues and policies in their respective nations, discussing such topics as health care ...

The principle of indemnity in marine insurance contracts

a comparative approach

With the global expansion of the maritime sector, marine insurance is on the forefront nowadays, more than ever before. Notwithstanding this growth, a vast number of legal disputes continues to emerge, with indemnity being, inter alia, amidst their focal points. Accordingly, the author discusses legal ...

La legislación antiterrorista en Estados Unidos

¿inter arma silent leges?

INDICE: Presentación. Introducción. El 11 de septiembre de 2001 y la aprobación de la Patriot Act estadounidense. Análisis de la Patriot Act. Aplicaciones de la Patriot Act. Derecho excepcional presidencial. Control judicial de la Patriot Act y de la legislación especial del gobierno. Conclusión.

Secured lending in eastern Europe

comparative Law of secured transactions and the EBRD model Law

This new work is the first comparative study of central and eastern European secured transactions laws to be written in English. It gives a valuable insight into the legal reforms taking place in the transition economies of central and eastern Europe (and elsewhere), explaining the ...

The global workplace

international and comparative employment Law-cases and materials

With the forces of globalization as a backdrop, this casebook develops labor and employment law in the context of the national laws of nine countries important to the global economy - the US, Canada, Mexico, UK, Germany, France, China, Japan and India. These national jurisdictions are ...

Global competition Law and economics

Modern antitrust law is global antitrust law. Markets are becoming increasingly global, or at least multinational. Mergers between large corporations must typically get approval in both the United States and in the EU, for their activities often affect both markets. Cartels in one nation affect ...

Derecho internacional y transiciones a la democracia y a la paz

hacia un modelo para el castigo de los crímenes pasados a través de la experiencia iberoamericana

El ámbito de la conocida como Justicia Transicional ha merecido una atención creciente tanto en la doctrina como en diversos sectores del activismo en derechos humanos. Sin embargo, no han abundado los estudios que han afrontado esta cuestión desde lo dispuesto en el ordenamiento jurídico ...

Estudios de Derecho penal y procesal penal

aspectos del Derecho alemán y comparado

INDICE: DERECHO PENAL. Imputación (objetiva) y derecho penal internacional; El principio nullum crimen sine lege. Art. 7° de la Convención Europea de Derechos Humanos. Common law y los disparos del muro alemán; Dominio por organización. Estado de la discusión; La complicidad a través de acciones ...

American federalism

a concise introduction

Understanding federalism - the form of political organization that unites separate polities within an overarching political system so that all maintain their political integrity - is central to the study of democratic government in the United States. Yet textbooks tend to cover the topic as a set ...

La cita legal en el ordenamiento jurídico español

Derecho comparado yperspectivas de futuro

INDICE: Marco legal del tratamiento de la jurisprudencia. El tratamiento de la jurisprudencia en el Derecho comparado: la cita legal en el sistema jurídico del Common Law. La cita legal en los principales sistemas de Derecho continental: Francia, Alemania y l ajurisprudencia COmunitaria. La cita ...