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A obra coletiva “transporte público coletivo urbano de passageiros sobre trilhos” é a quinta editada pelo Grupo de Pesquisa, Ensino e Extensão em Direito Administrativo Contemporâneo (GDAC). Os outros quatro títulos desenvolvidos pelo GDAC são: “discricionariedade na área educacional”, “aspectos jurídicos das novas tecnologias (inovações) disruptivas”, “aspectos jurídicos do saneamento básico” e “aspectos jurídicos do transporte aquaviário de passageiros”. Os membros do GDAC estudaram, debateram e escreveram sobre distintos aspectos jurídico-administrativos relacionados ao transporte público coletivo urbano de passageiros sobre trilhos. Ressalta-se que o f...
A geração de energia proveniente da fonte solar mostrou alto crescimento no Brasil nos últimos anos, sobretudo pela notória queda dos preços da tecnologia solar fotovoltaica. Em menos de uma década, tornou-se uma das fontes renováveis mais competitivas do país, inclusive nos leilões de energia. Além disso, há grande incidência de irradiação solar por todo o território brasileiro, fazendo com que o país tenha alta aptidão para esta fonte. Neste sentido, a energia solar fotovoltaica é um importante vetor para o desenvolvimento sustentável, resultando em geração de empregos e renda, na atração de investimentos e na diversidade e segurança da matriz elétrica nacional. A ...
A obra coletiva 'Discricionariedade na área educacional' é a terceira de uma coletânea que possui outros dois títulos: 'Discricionariedade na Área Policial' e 'Discricionariedade na área da saúde'. Nesta oportunidade, os artigos foram formulados pelos membros do Grupo de Pesquisa, Ensino e Extensão em Direito Administrativo Contemporâneo (GDAC). As obras anteriores decorreram de trabalhos apresentados pelos alunos da disciplina 'Limitações constitucionais às escolhas públicas', por mim ministrada, no Mestrado Acadêmico do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Direito Constitucional (PPGDC) e da disciplina 'Judiciário, justiça e jurisdição administrativa I' no Doutorado Acadêmico...
A informática está tornando-se um instrumento essencial dentro da Administração Pública. Até o ponto de que se pode falar de um novo agente público. A automação administrativa como fenômeno induzido pelo uso da informática e as tecnologias de tratamento da informação no exercício da função administrativa por parte da Administração são, hoje, aspectos presentes e irreversíveis. Ela dispensa o agente público da tarefa, comumente, daquelas que são massificadas e repetitivas. Inclusive, ninguém questiona as vantagens que o uso da tecnologia representa à Administração, inclusive, é atualmente indispensável. Entre as vantagens, chamam a atenção a racionalidade e a mod...
A groundbreaking biography of Milton’s formative years that provides a new account of the poet’s political radicalization John Milton (1608–1674) has a unique claim on literary and intellectual history as the author of both Paradise Lost, the greatest narrative poem in English, and prose defences of the execution of Charles I that influenced the French and American revolutions. Tracing Milton’s literary, intellectual, and political development with unprecedented depth and understanding, Poet of Revolution is an unmatched biographical account of the formation of the mind that would go on to create Paradise Lost—but would first justify the killing of a king. Biographers of Milton hav...
Until recently, surprisingly little has been known about the biology and behavior of tropical forest raptors, including such basic aspects as diets, breeding biology, habitat requirements, and population ecology, information critical to the development of conservation efforts. The Peregrine Fund conducted a significant eight-year-long research program on the raptor species, including owls, in Tikal National Park in Guatemala to learn more about Neotropical birds of prey. Impressive and unprecedented in scale, this pioneering research also involved the development of new methods for detecting, enumerating, and studying these magnificent but often elusive birds in their forest home. Beautifull...
Trees have been around for more than 370 million years, and today there are about 80 thousand species of them, occupying 3.5 billion hectares worldwide, including 250 million ha of commercial plantations. While forests can provide tremendous environmental, social, and economic benefits to nations, they also affect the hydrologic cycle in different ways. As the demand for water grows and local precipitation patterns change due to global warming, plantation forestry has encountered an increasing number of water-related conflicts worldwide. This document provides a country-by-country summary of the current state of knowledge on the relationship between forest management and water resources. Based on available research publications, the Editor-in-Chief of this document contacted local scientists from countries where the impact of forest management on water resources is an issue, inviting them to submit a chapter.
A fresh look at electricity and its powerful role in life on Earth When we think of electricity, we likely imagine the energy humming inside our home appliances or lighting up our electronic devices—or perhaps we envision the lightning-streaked clouds of a stormy sky. But electricity is more than an external source of power, heat, or illumination. Life at its essence is nothing if not electrical. The story of how we came to understand electricity’s essential role in all life is rooted in our observations of its influences on the body—influences governed by the body’s central nervous system. Spark explains the science of electricity from this fresh, biological perspective. Through viv...
Transnational Law and Practice emphasizes the knowledge and skills that students need to solve the real-world transnational legal problems they are likely to encounter as lawyers in today’s globalized world—regardless of their field of practice and regardless of whether they are interested in international law as such. The casebook covers public international law and international courts; but unlike traditional international law casebooks, it urges students not to be “international law-centric” or “international court-centric” and gives them the resources to learn how to use national law and national courts, and private norms and alternative dispute resolution methods, to solve t...
'A scintillating story superbly told... [Ostler] packs every paragraph with eye-opening detail' The Times 'A rollicking read... [Ostler] tells Elizabeth's story with admirable style and gusto' Sunday Times 'Terrifically entertaining: if you liked Bridgerton, you’ll love this...and her research is impeccable' Evening Standard 'Fascinating. Magnificent. Sensitively told' Hallie Rubenhold, author of The Five 'Catherine Ostler’s superb, gripping, decadent biography brings an extraordinary woman and a whole world blazingly to life' Simon Sebag Montefiore When the glamorous Elizabeth Chudleigh, Duchess of Kingston, Countess of Bristol, went on trial at Westminster Hall for bigamy in April 1...