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  • Colorado Water Law for Non-Lawyersby P. Andrew Jones; Tom Cech

    University Press of Colorado 2011; US$ 21.95

    Why do people fight about water rights? Who decides how much water can be used by a city or irrigator? Does the federal government get involved in state water issues? Why is water in Colorado so controversial? These questions, and others like them, are addressed in Colorado Water Law for Non-Lawyers. This concise and understandable treatment of the... more...

  • Governance im europäischen Forschungsförderverbundby Arne Pilniok

    Mohr Siebeck 2011; US$ 81.55

    Hauptbeschreibung Der europäische Verwaltungsverbund hat sich in der Rechtswissenschaft als Paradigma etabliert. Arne Pilniok zieht in dieser Perspektive erstmals die Forschungsförderung als Referenzgebiet heran. Er untersucht die Formen der horizontalen und vertikalen Interaktionen innerhalb der Union und zwischen den Mitgliedstaaten in der (öffentlichen)... more...

  • Der Schutz des pränatalen Lebensby Ralf Müller-Terpitz

    Mohr Siebeck 2007; US$ 136.66

    Hauptbeschreibung Schon seit der Antike wird in der Philosophie, Theologie, Medizin, aber auch in der Rechtswissenschaft über den Status des pränatalen menschlichen Lebens gestritten. Durch jüngere biomedizinische Entwicklungen erhielt diese Debatte abermals kräftigen Auftrieb. Ralf Müller-Terpitz nimmt dies zum Anlaß, erneut der Frage nach dem rechtswissenschaftlichen... more...

  • Demografischer Wandel und Familienförderungby Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf

    Mohr Siebeck 2011; US$ 147.69

    Hauptbeschreibung Der demografische Wandel in Deutschland hat erhebliche Auswirkungen auf Staat und Gesellschaft. Er stellt u.a. die Finanzierbarkeit der Sozialversicherungssysteme in Frage und schwächt die Volkswirtschaft. Vor diesem Hintergrund befasst sich Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf mit der Frage, ob der Staat durch Familienförderung gezielte Anreize... more...

  • Mental Health and Work Sick on the Job?by OECD Publishing

    OECD Publishing 2012; US$ 70.00

    The costs of mental ill-health for the individuals concerned, employers and society at large are enormous. Mental illness is responsible for a very significant loss of potential labour supply, high rates of unemployment, and a high incidence of sickness absence and reduced productivity at work. In particular, mental illness causes too many young people... more...

  • Taxing Wages 2011by OECD Publishing

    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2012; US$ 210.00

    Taxing Wages provides unique information on income tax paid by workers and on social security contributions levied upon employees and their employers in OECD countries. In addition, this annual publication specificies family benefits paid as cash transfers. Amounts of taxes and benefits are detailed programme by programme, for eight household types... more...

  • Thinking about the Presidencyby William G. Howell; David Milton Brent

    Princeton University Press 2013; US$ 22.95

    All American presidents, past and present, have cared deeply about power--acquiring, protecting, and expanding it. While individual presidents obviously have other concerns, such as shaping policy or building a legacy, the primacy of power considerations--exacerbated by expectations of the presidency and the inadequacy of explicit powers in the Constitution--sets... more...

  • Gender equality and decent workby International Labour Office

    ILO Publications 2012; US$ 32.00

    This compilation of international labour standards that are especially relevant to gender equality updates the 2006 edition, as some important developments have since taken place.These include the 2008 International Labour Conference adoption of the ILO Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization, which places gender equality at the core... more...

  • Convergence and Divergence in European Public Lawby Paul Beaumont; Carole Lyons; Neil Walker

    Hart Publishing Limited 2002; US$ 108.00

    This book grew out of a symposium held in the University of Aberdeen in May 2000. It examines the extent to which the European Union has brought about and should bring about convergence of law in Europe, in particular, but not exclusively, public law in Europe. more...

  • Our Republican Constitutionby Adam Tomkins

    Hart Publishing Limited 2005; US$ 24.30

    This new book by Adam Tomkins sets out a radical vision of the British constitution. It argues that despite its outwardly monarchic form the constitution is profoundly informed, and indeed shaped, by values and practices of republicanism. The republican reading of the constitution presented in this book places political accountability at the core of... more...