Preferential trading arrangements (PTAs) play an increasingly prominent role in the global political economy, two notable examples being the European Union and the North American Free Trade Agreement.
A compelling history of atheism in American public lifeA much-maligned minority throughout American history, atheists have been cast as a threat to the nation's moral fabric, barred from holding public office, and branded as irreligious misfits in a nation chosen by God.
According to conventional wisdom in American legal culture, the 1870s to 1920s was the age of legal formalism, when judges believed that the law was autonomous and logically ordered, and that they mechanically deduced right answers in cases.
This edited collection focuses on the sociology of 'social censure' - the sociological term advocated by Colin Sumner in his seminal writing of the 1980s and 1990s.
Victimology, Tenth Edition, covers the scope of crime victims' suffering in the US, offering a history of victims and the measurement of victimization, an explanation of the victim's role in the criminal justice process, and a recounting of the issues crime victims face as a result of crime and involvement in the criminal justice process.
El Instituto de Estudios en Regulación, Minera, Petrolera y Energética como grupo de investigación del Departamento de Derecho Minero Energético reúne en esta obra colectiva los resultados de las investigaciones de profesores de destacadas universidades de Iberoamérica, estudiantes del semillero de investigación y de los programas de posgrados sobre los desafíos ambientales, sociales y tecnológicos para avanzar en transición energética.
The Judge as Political Theorist examines opinions by constitutional courts in liberal democracies to better understand the logic and nature of constitutional review.
An increasing number of constitutional theorists, within both the legal academy and university departments of government, are focusing on the conceptual and political problems attached to the notion of constitutional amendment.
This book explores the manifold actual, possible and probable interconnections between gambling and crime in the context of the increased availability of wagering activities across many regions of the world.
Marginalized Communities and Access to Justice is a comparative study, by leading researchers in the field of law and justice, of the imperatives and constraints of access to justice among a number of marginalized communities.
In his memoir, Alvin Ziontz reflects on his more than thirty years representing Indian tribes, from a time when Indian law was little known through landmark battles that upheld tribal sovereignty.
Cuando Chris Broad, un joven inglés, aterrizó en un pueblo rural del norte de Japón para dar clases de idioma, fue tal el caos y el choque cultural, que creyó que había tomado la peor decisión de su vida.
Este libro responde a la necesidad de entender el crecimiento vertical de la ciudad a partir del surgimiento de torres y rascacielos, cuya altura determina exigencias economicas, tecnologicas y funcionales, con grandes efectos tanto en la armadura general, en la que sobresalen grandes brotes de densificacion constructiva, como en la pregnancia y significacion social de este gigantismo en el paisaje.
Estudios sobre el proceso y la justicia es una obra de tres volúmenes que reúne los trabajos más esenciales del profesor Joan Pico i Junoy, destacado e influyente estudioso del derecho procesal contemporáneo.
In diesen 1997–2012 gehaltenen Vorträgen spannt der Autor einen weiten Bogen über sein zentrales Thema: die Begegnung mit dem Ätherischen bereits wirksam erscheinenden Christus.
This book offers a unique insight into the moral politics behind human trafficking policy in Australia and the USA, including rare interviews with key political actors, and a critical account of Congressional and Parliamentary hearings.
El Centro de Investigación en Filosofía y Derecho, junto al Departamento de Derecho Penal y Criminología, se complacen de anunciar la publicación del "Libro homenaje a Alfonso Reyes Echandía en el nonagésimo aniversario de su nacimiento".
This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the theoretical tools, real-world applications, policy implications and corner solutions of microeconomics.
By focusing on the experiences of users, gamers, and audiences inside one of the world's largest gaming communities (Xbox Live), this book provides an overview of the landscape, architecture, and socio-technical structure of console gaming.
"EU ZAHLT €185 MILLIARDEN ZU VIEL FÜR GASInternationale Wahrnehmung und KritikDie politischen Führungen der USA, der EU und des Vereinigten Königreichs sehen sich zunehmender Kritik ausgesetzt.
