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Michael Pollan investiga tres drogas de origen vegetal, el opio, la cafeína y la mescalina, para mostrar la arbitrariedad de nuestro juicio respecto a estas sustancias, profundamente condicionado por el estigma social.

"Going crazy" bezeichnet in der englischen Sprache das Gefühl, verrückt zu werden. Während seiner Vorbereitung auf die Steuerberaterprüfung empfand Stefan Steinhoff seine Stimmungslage durch diese Worte aber oft genug nicht ausreichend gewürdigt. Dank des deutschen Steuerrechts wähnte er sich immer noch ein Stückchen näher am Wahnsinn als andere. Er empfand es nicht als "going crazy", sondern als "going tax!". Auf unterhaltsame Weise erzählt der Autor in Form eines Tagebuchs von seinen Erfahrungen auf dem Weg zum Steuerberater, von Motivation, Zweifeln, Erfolgserlebnissen.

Justitia ist blind, damit sie UNS nicht sehen muss. Niemand hat je gesagt, dass wir SIE nicht ansehen dürfen. Wer die personifizierte Gerechtigkeit unvoreingenommen betrachtet, wird feststellen, dass es sich bei ihr um eine attraktive, humorvolle und hochintelligente Frau handelt. Eigenschaften, die für eine Karriere im Parteienstaat nicht unbedingt erforderlich sind, die unseren Rechtsstaat allerdings ausmachen: Er ist schön, witzig und schlau. Manchmal weniger sichtbar im Großen, aber überall im Kleinen.

In this gripping series, Helena Kennedy, celebrated human rights lawyer, broadcaster and civil liberties expert and playwright Rib Davis bring to life eight groundbreaking twentieth century trials. With the help of a full cast, they reveal how the British legal system has been influenced by powerful human stories that redefined the law to better reflect our modern society.

Our legal system often feels like it only works for the rich and powerful - for those who have the means to use the courts to enforce their will and defend their interests. But we can fight back. Jolyon Maugham KC founded Good Law Project in 2017 with the belief that the law can also put power in the hands of ordinary people. . It has brought a series of landmark cases against a dishonest and increasingly autocratic government and won widespread acclaim in successfully reversing Boris Johnson's unlawful suspension of Parliament.

RELENTLESS PURSUIT follows the personal mission of a Washington, D.C., federal homicide prosecutor who dedicated himself to bringing justice and closure to the family of a brutally murdered mother and daughter, a case during which the author's own father passed away.

With SCALIA: Rise to Greatness, 1936-1986, the opening installment in a two-volume biography, acclaimed reporter and bestselling historian James Rosen provides the first comprehensive account of the life of Justice Antonin Scalia, whose singular career in government—including three decades on the Supreme Court—shaped American law and society in the twenty-first century.

A veinte años de su publicación original, la pertinencia de este libro no puede ser mayor: el negocio de las drogas ilegalizadas se encuentra en todos lados. Una nueva edición de una investigación clásica acerca los fármacos prohibidos y la historia de sus usos, las percepciones y las relaciones con los diferentes agentes sociales, desde la época porfiriana hasta nuestros días.

"Trans*innen? Nein, danke! Warum wir Frauen einzigartig sind und bleiben". Dieses Hörbuch nimmt sich eines zur Zeit ebenso konträr wie emotional diskutierten Themas an, sammelt nüchtern sauber recherchierte Fakten und bringt die Diskussion auf eine sachlich fundierte Ebene: Soll es in Zukunft möglich sein, per Häkchen auf einem Formular seinen Personenstand zu bestimmen? Selbst zu definieren: Ich bin jetzt kein Mann mehr, sondern eine Frau? Frausein ist kein Kostüm.

Seja um acordo milionário entre duas empresas ou um pedido de aumento de salário, negociações podem ser estressantes. Você faz uma exigência aqui, a outra parte cede ali... E assim vai até que vocês chegam a um meio-termo–e ambos saem com a sensação de que poderiam ter conseguido algo melhor. Mas essas interações podem ser bem diferentes. Negociações eficazes apresenta uma abordagem clara e organizada para você encontrar a solução que satisfaça todos os envolvidos.

An acclaimed legal scholar exposes the Supreme Court’s increasing use of unsigned, unexplained orders to change the law—all behind closed doors The Supreme Court has always had the authority to issue emergency rulings in exceptional circumstances. But since 2017, the Court has dramatically...

The left has corrupted the U.S. legal system. Wielding the law as a weapon, arrogant judges and lawless prosecutors are intimidating, silencing, and even imprisoning Americans who stand in the way of their radical agenda. Their "enemies list" even includes parents who dare to speak up for their children at school board meetings. In this shocking new book, Senator Ted Cruz takes listeners inside the justice system, showing how the wrong hands on the levers of power can strangle liberty, crush opposition, and wreck lives.

For nearly three decades, Dr Colin Manock was in charge of South Australia's forensic pathology services. In cases of unexpected or unexplained death, it was his job to determine when a person took their final breath, and whether they had died naturally - or not. But Manock did not have the necessary training for such a specialist role, and made serious errors in several major cases. The full extent of his wrongdoing, and the exact number of cases impacted by it, remain a mystery more than twenty-five years after he retired.

A short, concise and user-friendly guide to the essential procedures of conducting a meeting, written by the authors of Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised, the only authorized edition of the classic work on parliamentary procedure Originally published in 1876, General Henry M. Robert's guide...

New York Times Editor's Choice ""Biskupic, an accomplished and well-sourced journalist, knows the court as well as anyone now covering it... In her new book Biskupic has done something different and a good deal harder. She has written a group narrative that combines close accounts of the court's...

FROM THE PULIZTER-PRIZE WINNING STAFF OF THE NEW YORK TIMES, this edition of THE JANUARY 6 REPORT offers the definitive record of the attack on the U.S. Capitol, with exclusive reporting, eyewitness accounts and analysis. Listen to the report from the select committee’s investigation into the...

En los últimos 15 años, México ha librado algunas de sus batallas más importantes... en la Suprema Cortede Justicia de la Nación. Ahí se han debatido—y definido—los límites a la libertad de expresión, los derechos de los indígenas a juicios justos, las fronteras de la privacidad, la inclusión, el valor de los tratados internacionales e incluso el "derecho a la irreverencia". Y gracias a jueces como José Ramón Cossío, las perspectivas más progresistas han ido ganando terreno. En esta obra, el exministro explica algunos de los votos más importantes de su carrera.

Warum jeder das Recht auf einen Anwalt hat. Nachdem der Neonazi Stephan Ernst den Kasseler Regierungspräsidenten Walter Lübcke erschossen hatte, beauftragte er, der Ausländer und Zuwanderer abgrundtief verachtete, ausgerechnet den türkischstämmigen Anwalt Mustafa Kaplan mit seiner Verteidigung.

In this riveting, behind-the-scenes courtroom drama, a brilliant legal team battles corporate greed and government overreach for our fundamental right to control our genes. When attorney Chris Hansen learned that the U.S. government was issuing patents for human genes to biotech companies, his...

Popular master mediator Hesha Abrams has tens of thousands of hours in the trenches mediating human conflict, and she shares her pragmatic wisdom in digestible bites that detail how to improve situations and solve difficult problems between human beings, from family and workplace disputes to complex commercial and global conflicts.