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The regulation of sovereign financing is a highly topical and significant issue, in the light of continuing global financial turmoil. This book assesses the role of international law in sovereign financing, addressing this issue from both legal and economic standpoints. It takes as a starting point the recent report 'Principles on Responsible Sovereign Lending and Borrowing' by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). This report was endorsed by the United Nations General Assembly in its December 2011 Resolution on Debt, which emphasized the need for creditors and...

This book examines the role of courts in times of transition. The book focuses on judicial experiences from the Iberoamerican region, in particular Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Spain and Guatemala, exploring the extent to which national courts have been able to shoulder the task of investigating and prosecuting grave crimes such as genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, committed in the context of a previous repressive rule or current conflict. The volume contains contributions from judges, prosecutors, and scholarly experts in the region. It offers first-hand experiences and expert...

El libro Paraulatas de Venezuela recopila minuciosamente la informacion existente sobre las aves venezolanas de la familia Turdidae, basada en una extensa revision bibliografica, trabajo de campo y museologico, plasmada de manera que pueda ser utilizada por personas del ambito cientifico o el ciudadano comun. Explora todos los aspectos conocidos de cada paraulata, desde la raiz de su nombre latino, nombres vernaculares locales y foraneos, taxonomia, descripcion de sus distintos plumajes, los diferentes ambientes que ocupa y con cuales organismos se relaciona, su dieta, canto, nido, epoca...

In the years since 1994, when the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) entered into force, the ocean law regime has been profoundly affected by an interplay of new forces in global ocean affairs. Numbered among them are innovations in technology and science, the emergence of intensified piracy and other challenges to maritime security, national, and regional programs. In Ocean Law and Policy: Twenty Years of Development under the UNCLOS Regime, experts from fourteen countries present nineteen papers that provide insightful analyses of these wide-ranging issues that form the...