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Laws and ordinances relating to health and sanitation of the city of New Orleans: 1906-1907.
In Colombia, since the 1990s, thousands of Afro-descendants have benefited from collective land rights. However, many peasants have been violently displaced in order to introduce industrial crops, while several other groups of peasants resisted these agribusiness land grabs. This book examines the layered inequalities in this process and analyzes the various paradoxes of recent Colombian development policies: the agribusiness expansions through land grabs; the land and labor conflicts that have overlapped in regions with agribusiness; and both the Afro-descendants and mestizos demand for land rights. (Series: Politics, Society and Community in a Globalized World / Politik, Gemeinschaft und Gesellschaft in einer globalisierten Welt - Vol. 16) [Subject: Latin America Studies, Human Rights, Agricultural Studies, Business]
This book explores the foundations and evolution of the four Latin American and Caribbean regional economic courts. It argues that local socio-political factors are often the decisive factor in influencing the direction of these Courts, rather than the formally delegated functions they were assigned when established.
A compelling new look at the role of today's international courts In 1989, when the Cold War ended, there were six permanent international courts. Today there are more than two dozen that have collectively issued over thirty-seven thousand binding legal rulings. The New Terrain of International Law charts the developments and trends in the creation and role of international courts, and explains how the delegation of authority to international judicial institutions influences global and domestic politics. The New Terrain of International Law presents an in-depth look at the scope and powers of international courts operating around the world. Focusing on dispute resolution, enforcement, admini...
This book provides a new interpretation of Spanish American independence, emphasising political processes.
Las juntas directivas ocupan un lugar central en la estructura de gobierno corporativo de las grandes empresas en el mundo, y esto puede entenderse fácilmente al considerar las funciones que tiene a cargo. En representación de los accionistas, las juntas asesoran y supervisan a la alta gerencia; aprueban presupuestos anuales; formulan políticas de nombramiento, remuneración, evaluación y destitución de aquellos que conforman el equipo de alta gerencia; entre otras funciones. Este libro ofrece un análisis de las principales discusiones teóricas y empíricas en el ámbito nacional e internacional, y a la vez, un análisis del contexto legal y autorregulatorio de las juntas directivas en Colombia.