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1922-2022
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 168

1922-2022

In 2022, the 100th anniversary of the so-called "Critical Theory," the antithesis of "Traditional Theory", was celebrated. 100 years ago, the first founding memorandum of the Institute for Social Research in Frankfurt was written. In 2022, the world and legal theory are surprised by numerous new challenges, such as a war as not been seen for a long time, which requires an uprising to resignify the Critical Theory and its relevance within theories of justice and freedom, as well as a celebration of truly critical dialogues. The present collection brings together experienced legal theory researchers, who revive the critical theory from the current demands of law. Critical thinkers have been developing reflections on capitalism in a way that considers not just economic perspectives, but also individual's social and cultural spheres of life.

Electronic commerce and digital services
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 246

Electronic commerce and digital services

  • Categories: Law

THE DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT HAS NO BOUNDARIES. A new business model, product or technological service emerges all the time. Along with the facilitation and solutions brought by technological development, new problems, conflicts and litigation in social and economic relations also arise. Laws of several countries are not often able to keep up with the digital dynamism. Furthermore, there is not a consensus in international trade organisations on the concept of digital services and electronic commerce. That is the scenario in which the European Union has constantly developed rules to regulate the digital environment, ensuring and combining legal security and standardisation of rules with the pract...

State Tax Competition (
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 83

State Tax Competition ("Guerra Fiscal")

Brazil has a very peculiar tax collection power distribution and revenue sharing system, that splits three way the consumption tax, giving taxation powers over goods circulation to the States, over services to the Municipalities and over production to the Union. The Brazilian State circulation of goods tax, whose regulations require unanimity to incentives and benefits concessions, even though the 27 Brazilian States development state are disparate, generates a "fiscal war" / State competition that costs 30 billion Brazilian Reais (6 billion Swiss Francs) yearly and the attempts at settling State Competition are clearly failing, while Switzerland, which has a similar political organization, seems to have a reasonable and functional system. This dissertation, requirement for the obtaining the title of Doctor in International Tax law, takes a case study approach to compare these two systems, specifically taxable events, financial transfer mechanisms and their rules to avoid State / Canton tax competition to assess if the Swiss system for tax collection power distribution and revenue sharing is a feasible solution to reduce the adverse effects of State tax competition in Brazil.

Sustainable synthesis of ciclopentene derivatives through multicomponent reactions in continuous flow regime
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 113

Sustainable synthesis of ciclopentene derivatives through multicomponent reactions in continuous flow regime

At present, a highly efficient tool for organic synthesis is the combination of organocatalytic and multicomponent processes. In the organocatalysis reaction it is possible to generate a reactive intermediate with high enantioselectivity and later, in the multicomponent stage, the complexity and structural diversity of the process increases. This strategy allows the synthesis of various analogues of optically active natural compounds and biologically relevant molecules of pharmacological interest, which are essential for human life. The current study, which is divided into three chapters, describes a methodology for the synthesis of tetrasubstituted cliclopentene derivatives from an organocatalytic reaction, followed by a multicomponent Ugi-type reaction under continuous flow regime. The use of green solvents in each reaction step, as well as the adoption of flow chemistry, led to obtaining products with high yield and enantiomerically-enriched in a fast and efficient manner, allowing the development of more sustainable strategies in synthetic chemistry.

Insomnia
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 83

Insomnia

This book brings together the most important non-pharmacological therapies aimed at treating insomnia following the most important and recent guidelines. It is aimed both at the health public and at patients who wish to learn about this drug-free approach and apply the techniques used. It also proposes important lifestyle changes that will help restore peaceful, restorative sleep.

10 valuable insights into the ancient Stoic thought for successful investing
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 68

10 valuable insights into the ancient Stoic thought for successful investing

Moving average, Day Trade, bull spread, derivatives, Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (Ebitda), dividends, technical analysis, fundamental analysis... There are many terms and areas of study within the investment market. However, one thing has always caught my attention since 2005, when I made my first investment in variable income. I observed that people were mesmerized with the market and with the possibilities of "easy" earnings and neglected a fundamental aspect in investments, the emotional and psychological side. In this sense, I was enchanted by the Stoic philosophy, which is pointed out by many as a practical philosophy, that is, it proposes instruments that will not only generate abstract reflection but that have the potential to effectively contribute to your daily lives through thinking techniques that can be adopted. Therefore, the purpose of this book is to raise just a few elements of this very important topic, full of nuances and particularities. If I manage to pique my dear reader's curiosity to study more the emotional aspects in decision making, as well as delve into Stoic philosophy, this work will have fulfilled its role.

The long and winding lawsuit
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 215

The long and winding lawsuit

  • Categories: Law

When transnational couples split, one of the parents wants to reestablish the status quo ante. But now there is a child. Rodrigo Meira brings to light this problem in Brazil and delivered the first research that has delved into the court files, with a view to understanding international abduction in Brazil. The author worked at the Brazilian Central Authority and is concluding his PhD in International Law, in which he examines Brazilian compliance, analyzing cases from 2002 to 2022 and interviewing other professionals who deal everyday with the problem. Meira shows what lies behind this procedural slowness, critically analyzing the culture of biased interpretation by procedural means. He als...

Narrative, Genre and Ideology in Video Games
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 61

Narrative, Genre and Ideology in Video Games

This book sheds light on gender politics and structures of power that can be found in new media, as a single structure that can be found in any game. This book brings to the public an academic dissertation, that was written to grant a Master's Degree to its author. It aims to produce knowledge regarding the modern video game medium by analyzing the narrative pertaining to one such game. To be written, a game was played and replayed to its whole extension, and analyzed throughout. The game is used as a contemporary example of the cultural form. The dissertation focuses on the narrative structure of the text using the theoretical work of Vladimir Propp and the ideas he develops in Morphology o...

Service Contracts in the Oil and Gas Industry
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 229

Service Contracts in the Oil and Gas Industry

  • Categories: Law

This book is written and edited by experts and academics already active in the oil and gas industry, and addresses students and practitioners alike. It aims to familiarize them with salient features of oil and gas service contracts. The book provides a concise description and, to a lesser extent, analysis of the main features of service contracts of the types commonly used in the oil and gas industry. Writers and editors come from different legal traditions and practice in different jurisdictions, including UK, Iran, Brazil and Mexico. Service contracts are as broad as their name suggests, comprising a wide array of contracts. However, a clear distinction exists between contracts where one party to the contract is a sovereign state or neither is. This has been the basis for organizing the present book in two parts.

When God Gives Life a Purpose
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 207

When God Gives Life a Purpose

When God gives life a purpose, everything is transformed, and the sun will always shine, even in the midst of winter! This is the author's personal account of her life journey, where she discovers her faith in God and the resilience to persevere. The book delves deeper than self-help, emphasizing living in Cod while facing life's adversities and triumphing over them. The studies were carried out with exceptional devotion to construct sound biblical solutions. The ideas display an innovative trait and uncover plentiful prospects. Their luminosity, perseverance, and capacity to convey meanings make them authentic spiritual gifts that are available to everyone and signify a condition to be unraveled. In general, the relationship between the Word and the idea promotes the relationship between new concepts, attitudes, and changes. The quality of the text is determined by the complex and enigmatic process of aligning the presented elements with the social-cognitive content. Reading is viewed as an intentional concept, where the participants are active agents who construct themselves and each other through dialogic exchanges.