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In sexuellen Beziehungen macht die Einwilligung der Beteiligten den Unterschied zwischen Vergnügen und Verbrechen. Die Voraussetzungen rechtlich wirksamer Einwilligung sind jedoch schwer festzustellen, da sexuelle Beziehungen stark von ihrem persönlichen, sozialen und kulturellen Kontext geprägt sind. Dieser Band enthält Berichte und Essays von Expert:innen aus 11 Ländern sowie eine rechtsvergleichende Synopse zur Einwilligung in sexuelle Handlungen. Er bietet allen, die an grundsätzlichen Fragen und rechtspolitischen Entwicklungen des Sexualstrafrechts interessiert sind, zahlreiche aktuelle Informationen und neue Ideen. Elisa Hoven und Thomas Weigend beschäftigen sich seit langem intensiv mit Strafrechtspolitik und Rechtsvergleichung. Mit Beiträgen von Asst.-Prof. Dr. Baris Atladi; Dr. Gian Marco Caletti; Dr. Andrew Dyer, LL.B, LL.M; Prof. Aya Gruber, J.D.; Dr. Lyndon Harris, Barrister; Prof. Dr. Elisa Hoven; Prof. Dr. Wojciech Jasiński; Dr. Karolina Kremens; Prof. Dr. Kai Lindenberg; Dr. Sebastian Mayr; Dr. Hannah Quirk; Dr. Nora Scheidegger; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Kurt Schmoller; Dr. Linnea Wegerstad und Prof. Dr. Thomas Weigend.
This book entitled “Cocoa, Chocolate, and Human Health” presents the most recent findings about cocoa and health in 14 peer-reviewed chapters including nine original contributions and five reviews from cocoa experts around the world. Bioavailability and metabolism of the main cocoa polyphenols, i.e., the flavanols like epicatechin, are presented including metabolites like valerolactones that are formed by the gut microbiome. Many studies, including intervention studies or epidemiological observations, do not focus on single compounds, but on cocoa as a whole. This proves the effectiveness of cocoa as a functional food. A positive influence of cocoa on hearing problems, exercise performan...
This edited collection sheds light on the evolution of corporate financial crime, exploring a myriad of offenses ranging from money laundering and fraud to market manipulation and bribery. Considering and assessing the models used in national law to determine the culpability of corporations, this book compares the different schemes used to address financial and other organisational crimes committed by these entities. Through a combination of history, law, and global perspectives, its chapters dissect landmark cases and provide detailed analyses of money laundering, fraud, market manipulation, manslaughter, and legislative responses in various locations around the world. This comparative appr...
The Oxford Companion to Cheese answers a clear call for the kind of subject-defining reference work that The Oxford Companion to Wine achieved. It is the first truly comprehensive cheese book, containing 855 A-Z scholarly, yet accessible entries on the history, culture, and science of cheese making and cheese enjoyment, worldwide. An astonishing 325 authors contributed entries, residing in 35 countries. They included cheesemakers, cheesemongers, dairy scientists, anthropologists, food historians, journalists, archaeologists, and on, from backgrounds as diverse as the topics they write about. This landmark encyclopedia is the most wide-ranging, comprehensive, and reliable reference work on cheese available.
Terrorism and the Politics of Fear shows how the mass media and propaganda about fear of crime and terrorism contribute to social policies that promote social control and threaten civil liberties. This excellent treatment of a timely subject will be indispensable to teachers and students of sociology, media, politics, and criminology studies.
DAL LAGO: La (s)valutazione della ricerca. PINTO: Strumento di intelligence e tecnologia di governo. BANFI, DE NICOLAO: Valutare senza sapere. LA ROCCA: Commisurare la ricerca. COIN: Valutazione dell'utilità e utilità della valutazione. SYLOS LABINI: Valutazione e conformismo. CICCARELLI: La bolla formativa è esplosa. NICOLI: Come le falene. FOUCAULT: Che cos'è un regime di verità.