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Climate change is one of the most serious global challenges facing humankind.

"Este libro, "La Tecnología y los Objetivos de Desarrollo sostenible" (ODS) pretende dar una visión sobre cómo la tecnología puede ayudar a acelerar el cumplimiento de los ODS, mostrándonos las oportunidades existentes en cada ODS, los retos a los que nos enfrentamos en cada uno de ellos, los propósitos a los que hacer frente, todo ello desde distintos puntos de vista.

In trying to establish a presence in China, foreign investors have found it imperative to understand the regulatory environment of this potentially huge market.

A practical and systematic treatment of the law of tender offers, consent solicitations, exchange offers and bond buybacks.

First Published in 2014.

The last twenty years have seen a rapid increase in scholarly activity and publications dedicated to environmental migration and displacement, and the field has now reached a point in terms of profile, complexity, and sheer volume of reporting that a general review and assessment of existing knowledge and future research priorities is warranted.

Few people want to think about what would happen to their families if they become disabled or die; however, planning for these occurrences in advance will reduce potential stress on your family later in life.

The book provides in-depth analysis of the new perspectives on codifications, and of the related reforms, that give recognition to new ideas, new needs, and new techniques.

This book is the first attempt to analyse the relevant international conventions governing the liability of airlines to passengers and third parties on the ground from a risk perspective.

Social problems are endemic to all societies.

This evaluation of doctrines of US security policy examines to what degree they are consistent with international law.

Criminology is a dynamic and evolving field of study.

While the right to have one's day in court is a cherished feature of the American democratic system, alarms that the United States is hopelessly litigious and awash in frivolous claims have become so commonplace that they are now a fixture in the popular imagination.

First published in 1998, this volume examines risk in probation practice through consideration of the context, the risk differences and how to reconcile them.

A book for undergraduate and postgraduate courses on evidence and proof, and on legal method.

Corporate social responsibility codes are guidelines that companies voluntarily develop and publish with the objective of showing the public their commitment to respect human rights, to improve fundamental workplace standards worldwide and to protect the natural environment.

This book examines key methodological and organizational questions with regard to assessing the quality of internal audits.

Compiled by leading international trade law practitioners and academics from across the globe, this volume provides legal and business communities with information, knowledge and an understanding of recent developments in international trade, business and international commercial arbitration.

This revolutionary new book on using AI to process human emotion data seeks to raise awareness for the topic, thoroughly discuss it from a multidisciplinary perspective and, by doing so, disseminate research findings that elaborate on the current and future regulatory needs for the responsible and ethical development and application of emotional AI.

Alle im Studiengang Soziale Arbeit relevanten Rechtsthemen in einem BuchMit der Fallsammlung und fundierten Lösungshinweisen trainieren Studierende der Sozialen Arbeit die Anwendung der »Kern-Rechtsgebiete«.

Examines constitutional change in Latin America from 1900 to 2008 and provides the first systematic explanation of the origins of constitutional designs.

The Property Rights of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons: Beyond Restitution pursues a rigorous examination of the various ways in which the protection of housing and property rights can contribute to durable solutions to displacement.

This title, first published in 1930, examines the events of eleven female criminals and the conditions that surrounded their crimes.

A pressing problem often facing commercial practitioners is how to determine the principle which would dictate when a proprietary claim is available and when it is not.

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A critical, intercultural and interdisciplinary review of our relationship with the environment, and its reflection in law and governance.

This research book is the first of its kind to conduct an interdisciplinary research on the recent and dramatic developments in China's music industries with a particular focus on business models, copyright protection, and artist compensation.

This book considers the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' contribution to international refugee law since the establishment of UNHCR by the United Nations General Assembly in 1951.

Is academic freedom threatened?

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this work considers the historical development of the Act on International Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, which came into effect in 1983.

Since 1993, Chinese foreign investment laws (CFILs) have been moving towards the common principles of foreign investment laws in market economies.

This book provides the first sustained and detailed account of the UPOV Convention and its key concepts and principles.

This book critically reviews transnational banking regulations that specifically impact consumer lending in Africa's largest economy.

First published in 2002.

This book is written through the lens of patients, caregivers, healthcare representatives and families, highlighting new models of interaction between providers and patients and what people would like in their healthcae experience.

Offers comprehensive guidance for practitioners, students, and researchers in psychology, psychiatry, and counseling to teach relaxation to clients.

This important edited collection is the culmination of research undertaken by the Children's Rights Judgments Project.

The UNESCO World Heritage Convention has become one of the most successful UN instruments for promoting cultural diplomacy and dialogue on conservation of cultural and natural heritage.

This comparative appraisal of competition law and policy draws on examples from both the developed and the developing worlds.

Spanning almost a century of penal policy and practice in England and Wales, this book is a study of the long arc of the rehabilitative ideal, beginning in 1895, the year of the Gladstone Committee on Prisons, and ending in 1970, when the policy of treating and training criminals was very much on the defensive.

Revitalizing Victimization Theory: Revisions, Applications, and New Directions revises some of the major perspectives in victimization theory, applies theoretical perspectives to the victimization of vulnerable populations, and carves out new theoretical territory that is clearly needed but has yet to be developed.

"e;Good government"e; is commonly seen either as a formidable challenge, a distant dream, or an oxymoron, and yet it is the reason why Wisconsin led America toward welfare reform.

This book demonstrates similarities in health inequities afflicting Black and disabled people in America to support collaborative, intersectional health justice advocacy.