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  • En todos los rincones imperiales

    apropiaciones de tierras baldías y composiciones de propiedades agrarias en América y Filipinas (siglos XVI-XIX)

    "En 1591, el rey Felipe II requirió la contribución de sus súbditos en las Indias para la creación de una armada que se encargara de defender los navíos españoles de los ataques de corsarios y enemigos del Imperio español. También advirtió el desorden y el exceso habidos en la distribución de tierras en los virreinatos indianos. Para recaudar recursos y poder fundar la armada, el rey demandó de ... Read more

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  • Owner-Occupation in Britain

    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Housing Policy and Home Ownership
    Originally published in 1982, this is a companion volume to State Housing in Britain. Together the 2 volumes cover the tenure of some 85% of all British households in much of the 20th Century. The development of the tenure between 1918 and 1970 with special reference to its position in state housing policies is examined. Subsequent chapters analyse effective demand since 1970, both with respect to ... Read more

    PHP2,797.44

  • Vagrancy in Law and Practice under the Old Poor Law

    by Audrey Eccles ...
    In eighteenth-century England, the law surrounding vagrancy was complicated, and practice stood in complex relationship to law. Drawing on extensive archival research and in-depth study of both statute law and local administrative records, this book examines the complexities of vagrancy law and the realities of its practice during the long eighteenth century. It shows how settlement law and poor ... Read more

    PHP3,905.00

  • Concord and Reform

    Nicholas of Cusa and Legal and Political Thought in the Fifteenth Century

    Series series Variorum Collected Studies
    Nicholas of Cusa is known as one of the most original philosophers of the 15th century, but by training he was a canon lawyer who received his degree from the University of Padua in 1423. The essays in this book analyse his legal and political ideas against the background of medieval religious, legal and political thought and its development in the Renaissance. The first two pieces deal with the ... Read more

    PHP4,138.16

  • A Protestant Purgatory

    Theological Origins of the Penitentiary Act, 1779

    How did the penitentiary get its name? Why did the English impose long prison sentences? Did class and economic conflict really lie at the heart of their correctional system? In a groundbreaking study that challenges the assumptions of modern criminal justice scholarship, Laurie Throness answers many questions like these by exposing the deep theological roots of the judicial institutions of ... Read more

    PHP3,613.53

  • Property Before People

    The Management of Twentieth-Century Council Housing

    by Anne Power ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Housing Policy and Home Ownership
    Originally published in 1987 and now re-issued with a new preface, this book examines attempts by successive individuals and governments to overcome slum conditions and homelessness, to reform landlord-tenant relations and to provide sound modern dwellings with full amenities for those who need them. Its focus is on how those responsible for public housing concentrated their energies on buildings ... Read more

    PHP2,797.44

  • Negotiating Religion

    Cross-disciplinary perspectives

    Negotiating religious diversity, as well as negotiating different forms and degrees of commitment to religious belief and identity, constitutes a major challenge for all societies. Recent developments such as the ‘de-secularisation’ of the world, the transformation and globalisation of religion and the attacks of September 11 have made religious claims and religious actors much more visible in the ... Read more

    PHP3,496.95

  • A Study of Mixed Legal Systems: Endangered, Entrenched or Blended

    Series series Juris Diversitas
    A Study of Mixed Legal Systems: Endangered, Entrenched, or Blended takes the reader on a fascinating voyage of discovery. It includes case studies of a number of systems from across the globe: Cyprus, Guyana, Jersey, Mauritius, Philippines, Quebec, St Lucia, Scotland, and Seychelles. Each combines its legal legacies in novel ways. Large and small, in Europe and beyond, some are sovereign, some ... Read more

    PHP4,546.21

  • Religion, Education and the State

    An Unprincipled Doctrine in Search of Moorings

    by Mark Strasser ...
    In the context of education, Church and State issues are of growing importance and appear to be increasingly divisive. This volume critically examines the developing jurisprudence relating to religion in the schools beginning with Everson v. Board of Education, where the US Supreme Court discussed the wall of separation between Church and State. The study traces both how the Court's views have ... Read more

    PHP4,254.75

  • Church and State in Western Society

    Established Church, Cooperation and Separation

    The role of religion as a contentious and motivating force in society is examined here through the lens of the church-state dynamic in countries with three very different approaches to this crucial relationship. Focusing on the United Kingdom, where there is official recognition of one religion by the state, the United States, where law imposes a separatism between religion and the state and ... Read more

    PHP4,546.21

  • Migrants and the Courts

    A Century of Trial and Error?

    by Geoffrey Care ...
    Series series Law and Migration
    Written in a lively and engaging style from the perspective of a leading immigration judge, this book examines how states resolve disputes with migrants. The chapters reflect on changes in the laws and rules of migration on an international and regional basis and the impact on the parties, administration, public and judiciary. The book is a critical assessment of how the migration tribunal system ... Read more

    PHP3,496.95

  • Lotes sin dueño

    Derecho de propiedad y abandono como problema urbano

    Series series Aperturas
    Las ciudades argentinas y latinoamericanas presentan una importante conflictividad social por el acceso y la tenencia del suelo urbano. Una manifestación de esa problemática son las tomas de tierra y los procesos de autoproducción de barrios por parte no solo de sectores populares, sino también de capas medias de la población. Otro aspecto de este conflicto es la existencia de tierras que, ... Read more

    PHP317.47

  • Why States Matter in Economic Development

    The Socioeconomic Origins of Strong Institutions

    by Jawied Nawabi ...
    Series series Routledge Explorations in Development Studies
    This book examines the underlying conditions that give rise to states that are effective, efficient, and bureaucratically inclusive with their developmental policies.In spite of humanity’s significant advancements in science, technology and institutionalization of universal human rights conventions in the last seven decades, many countries are still failing to achieve successful development ... Read more

    PHP3,613.53

  • The Honourable Roger North, 1651–1734

    On Life, Morality, Law and Tradition

    Roger North is known today as a biographer and writer on music, architecture and estate management. Yet his writings, including thousands of pages still in manuscript, also contain critical reflections about intellectual and social changes taking place in England. This feature is little recognised, because North's reputation as an author was formed between 1740 and 1890, when seven of his ... Read more

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  • Disruptive Technology, Legal Innovation, and the Future of Real Estate

    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book addresses challenges that new technologies and the big data revolution pose to existing regulatory and legal frameworks. The volume discusses issues such as blockchain and its implications for property transactions and taxes, three (or four) dimensional title registration, land use and urban planning in the age of big data, and the future of property rights in light of these changes. The ... Read more

    PHP6,233.09

  • Guía práctica sobre ascensores en comunidades de vecinos

    Obra práctica y de referencia para administradores de fincas, abogados, comunidades de propietarios y empresas de instalación y mantenimiento de ascensores. Recoge la casuística más frecuente en la materia en 184 preguntas y respuestas, acompañado con la referencia a la doctrina jurisprudencial del Tribunal Supremo que nos ofrece una solución inmediata a estas dudas. Incluye formularios. ... Read more

    PHP2,375.01

  • Schnittfelder von Bauleitplanung und raumbezogenen Fachplanungen

    Fach- und Rechtsfragen in der Planungspraxis

    Edited by Stephan Mitschang ...
    Series Book 31 - Berliner Schriften zur Stadt- und Regionalplanung
    Dieser Sammelband enthält die schriftlich ausgearbeiteten Vorträge der am 19. und 20. September 2016 an der Technischen Universität Berlin unter der Themenstellung «Schnittfelder von Bauleitplanung und raumbezogenen Fachplanungen – Fach- und Rechtsfragen in der Planungspraxis» stattgefundenen wissenschaftlichen Fachtagung. Im Mittelpunkt der Ausführungen stehen aktuelle Fragestellungen zu ... Read more

    PHP3,079.59

  • Law, Social Movements and the Politics of the Commons

    Cases from the Italian South

    This book reinterprets the notion of the commons by tracing how it has been mobilised in the aftermath of economic crisis.In a period of widespread activism against the privatisation of resources and services implemented through austerity policies, the reconceptualisation of property as a non-absolute and non-individualistic institution has attracted a great deal of attention. Drawing on the case ... Read more

    PHP3,613.53

  • Re-conceiving Property Rights in the New Millennium

    Towards a New Sustainable Land Relations Policy

    Edited by Ben Chigara ...
    This book constitutes volume two of a two volume examination of development community land issues in Southern Africa. Following from volume one Southern African Development Community Land Issues, this book considers the possibility of a new, sustainable land relations policy for Southern African Development Community States (SADC) that are currently mired up in land disputes that have become ... Read more

    PHP3,846.70

  • La biblia de la inversión inmobiliaria

    Construye ladrillo a ladrillo tu estabilidad financiera

    Series series Deusto
    Aprende a invertir con éxito en el mercado inmobiliarioLos bienes inmuebles son una de las principales fórmulas para diversificar una cartera de inversión, que puede complementarse con otros activos como los instrumentos financieros, las criptomonedas, el arte o los coches.Frente a lo que suele pensarse, la inversión inmobiliaria no es pasiva, sino que cada inversión debe estudiarse a fondo, ... Read more

    PHP899.00

  • Guide de l'acheteur immobilier

    Gérer son projet immobilier en Belgique

    by Pierre Jammar ...
    Comment bien acheter son bien immobilier en Belgique ?Acheter un immeuble, une maison ou un logement, tout le monde connaît la procédure. Il suffit d’un coup de coeur, d’avoir de l’argent et de faire le pas. C’est tellement courant qu’un guide paraît superflu ! Et pourtant, ce n’est pas aussi simple qu’il n’y paraît.D’abord, que faut-il acheter et est-ce bien le moment ? La complexité des lois et ... Read more

    PHP1,908.79

  • L'évaluation des biens immobiliers

    Comment estimer la valeur d'un bien immobilier en Belgique

    by Pierre Jammar ...
    Un guide qui présente des méthodes fiables pour déterminer avec justesse la valeur d'un bien immobilier.La recherche de la valeur d'un immeuble est aussi ancienne que la propriété privée.Ce n'est pas pour autant que les méthodes d'estimation utilisées par les professionnels sont immuables.L'évolution de la construction, ainsi que notre mode de vie, font qu'un expert doit être avant tout un bon ... Read more

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  • Pionniers du droit occidental au Moyen Age

    by André Gouron ...
    Series series Variorum Collected Studies
    'Pioneers' seems fitting to Professor Gouron to describe the jurists (civilists) of the 12th-century Latin West, that were the bearers of a new science, born in Bologna about 1100. Away from Bologna these pioneers were isolated, scattered from Scotland to Styria or Catalonia, and no more than one hundred can now be identified. These people, and their manuscripts and the relationships between them, ... Read more

    PHP4,138.16

  • Governing through Crime in South Africa

    The Politics of Race and Class in Neoliberalizing Regimes

    by Gail Super ...
    Series series New Advances in Crime and Social Harm
    This book deals with the historic transition to democracy in South Africa and its impact upon crime and punishment. It examines how the problem of crime has emerged as a major issue to be governed in post-apartheid South Africa. Having undergone a dramatic transition from authoritarianism to democracy, from a white minority to black majority government, South Africa provides rich material on the ... Read more

    PHP4,254.75