Medieval Andalucia is famous as a land of regrets, the place of the Moorish King's last sigh, where travelers sense the desecration of the great mosque of Cordoba and feel the haunted emptiness of the Alhambra's gilded, plastered domes. This collection of poetry fills those deserted halls with a pow[...]
Originally written for a conference of the Federal Reserve, Gary Gorton's "The Panic of 2007" garnered enormous attention and is considered by many to be the most convincing take on the recent economic meltdown. Now, in Slapped by the Invisible Hand, Gorton builds upon this seminal work, explaining [...]
Prior to the financial crisis of 2007-2008, economists thought that no such crisis could or would ever happen again in the United States, that financial events of such magnitude were a thing of the distant past. In fact, observers of that distant past-the period from the half century prior to the C[...]
Emotion Online: Theorizing Affect on the Internet takes stock of where we are emotionally with regards to the Internet in social and cultural terms. Online users are switching between personal, national, international and global modes of being and feeling that shape private and public experiences. D[...]
An engaging and original study of current research on television audiences and the concept of emotion, this book offers a unique approach to key issues within television studies. Topics discussed include: television branding; emotional qualities in television texts; audience reception models; fan cu[...]
Shipbroking and Chartering Practice provides a sound knowledge of the law and economics of international shipbroking and chartering in a practical way that enables the principles described to be applied in everyday situations. The seventh edition has been thoroughly revised to take account of chart[...]
Principles of Water and Wastewater Treatment Processes is the second book in the Water and Wastewater Process Technologies Series . The book outlines the principle unit operations that are involved in the separation, degradation and utilisation of organic and inorganic matter during water and wastew[...]
This book is a practical, easy to use guide for readers with limited experience of molecular modelling. It will provide students at the undergraduate and early postgraduate chemistry level with a similar entry to modelling. The needs of independent readers are catered for by the inclusion of instruc[...]
This book is a concise account of the essential elements of knowledge and key skills needed to be a software architect. The explanations encompass the full range of architecture thinking, practices, and supporting technologies, including emerging techologies.[...]
De nationella rättsordningarna löser ofta rättsliga problem på olika sätt. Den splittring som uppkommit försöker man på det internationella planet motverka med skiftande metoder, t.ex. genom särskilda internationella konventioner. Internationella Handelskammaren (ICC) har spelat stor roll f[...]
Avtalsrätt II är andra delen av en samlad framställning över den svenska allmänna avtalsrätten, men boken kan även läsas separat. Den utkom i en första upplaga 1967 och har sedan dess använts som lärobok i civilrätt och handelsrätt. Andra upplagan (1978) var väsentligt omarbetad. I den[...]
Avtalsrätt I innehåller tillsammans med Avtalsrätt II (sjätte upplagan 2010) en framställning över svensk avtalsrätt med nordiska och andra internationella utblickar. I denna del I utgör reglerna i avtalslagen utgångspunkten, dvs. regler som behandlar avtals ingående, fullmakt och avtals o[...]
Money laundering has developed into a serious problem in international political and business relations. Several steps have been taken to reduce the effects thereof. Stockholm Centre for Commercial Law arranged an international conference concerning money laundering on Dec. 3 and 4, 2010. Partici[...]
On June 14-15 2012 the Stockholm Centre of Commercial Law arranged a conference on credit rating agencies. Credit rating agencies (CRAs) have during the last several decades had an increasingly more important role in the financial markets. Although credit rating agencies are private entities, their [...]
Boken innehåller ett tiotal uppsatser av Lars Gorton, i vissa fall tillsammans med andra (i ett fall Erik Sjöman, i ett annat fall tillsammans med Per Samuelsson). Uppsatserna rör sig över olika delar av handelsrätten, främst inom ämnesområden som avtalsrätt, bankrätt och transporträtt.[...]