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The law of global digitality
The Internet is not an unchartered territory. On the Internet, norms matter. They interact, regulate, are contested and legitimated by multiple actors. But are they diverse and unstructured, or are they part of a recognizable order? And if the latter, what does this order look like? This collected volume explores these key questions while providing new perspectives on the role of law in time…
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- Ed. 1
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- 9781003283881
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- 272 p.
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- 343.0999 LAW l
Agency Theory: Methodology, Analysis: A Structured Approach to Writing Contracts
Designing a contract is often more of an economic than a legal problem. A good contract protects parties against opportunistic behavior while providing motivation to cooperate. This is where economics and, especially contract theory, may prove helpful by enhancing our understanding of incentive issues. The purpose of this book is to provide specific tools which will help to write better contrac…
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- 9783631754009
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- xvii, 241p : ill.
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- 346.0201 STR a
A Doctor Across Borders : Raphael Cilento and Public Health from Empire to th…
In his day, Raphael Cilento was one of the most prominent and controversial figures in Australian medicine. As a senior medical officer in the Commonwealth and Queensland governments, he was an active participant in public health reform during the inter-war years and is best known for his vocal engagement with public discourse on the relationship between hygiene, race and Australian nationhood.…
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- 9781760462659
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- xi, 326p ; ill.
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- -
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- 610.92 CAM d
Reshaping food systems to improve nutrition and health in the eastern mediter…
This detailed and comprehensive study examines nutrition and health in the World Health Organization (WHO) Eastern Mediterranean Region, presenting the six game-changing food systems actions proposed by the WHO and the progress of their implementation in the region. The WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region is a particularly complex place to study: an area of economic contrasts with changing diet…
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- 9781800648654
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- xxii, 294p.: ill.
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- 612.3 RES r
Nanoscale photonic imaging
This open access book, edited and authored by a team of world-leading researchers, provides a broad overview of advanced photonic methods for nanoscale visualization, as well as describing a range of fascinating in-depth studies. Introductory chapters cover the most relevant physics and basic methods that young researchers need to master in order to work effectively in the field of nanoscale ph…
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- 9783030344122
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- xxii, 634p : ill.
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- 621.365 NAN n
Periodization in the art historiographies of central and eastern europe
This volume critically investigates how art historians writing about Central and Eastern Europe in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries engaged with periodization. At the heart of much of their writing lay the ideological project of nation-building. Hence discourses around periodization – such as the mythicizing of certain periods, the invention of historical continuity and the a…
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- 9781000602005
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- xvii; 290 pg; ill.
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- 700 PER p
Performing modernism a jewish avant-garde in bucharest
The book examines the reach of modernism in design and performance in Romania between the two world wars, focusing on remarkable Jewish avant-garde artists located in Bucharest. Based on extensive new research, it shows how Romania's capital was connected to Berlin, Riga and Chicago through modern design and experimental Yiddish theatre, highlighting the contribution of Jewish cultural producti…
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- Edition 1
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- 9783110765687
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- ill; 232 p.
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- -
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- 792.094982 CHI p
The Florida room
Alexandra T. Vazquez listens to the music and history of Miami to explore the city’s sonic cultures and its material and social realities.
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- 3
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- 9781478092704
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- xiii, 259p.; ill.
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- -
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- 780.9759381 FLO v
Energy-Efficient and Semi-automated Truck Platooning
This open access book presents research and evaluation results of the Austrian flagship project “Connecting Austria,” illustrating the wide range of research needs and questions that arise when semi-automated truck platooning is deployed in Austria. The work presented is introduced in the context of work in similar research areas around the world. This interdisciplinary research effort cons…
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- 3
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- 9783030886820
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- xx; 237p; ill.
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- -
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- 629.04 ENE A
The things that really matter: : philosophical conversations on the cornersto…
While being rooted in the academic discourse, The Things That Really Matter comprehensively explores the most fundamental aspects of human life in an accessible, non-technical language, adding fresh perspectives and new arguments and considerations that are designed to stimulate further debate and, in some cases, a deliberate redirection of research interests in the respective areas. It feature…
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- -
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- 9781800082175
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- ix, 290 p.
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- -
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- 128 THI M
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