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In the three centuries after the explorer Vasco de Gama first landed in India in 1492, meetings, trade and exchanges of all kinds flourished between the peoples of Europe and Asia. These encounters and the hybrid cultures that developed have left an extraordinary legacy of exquisite works of art and compelling human stories. Produced alongside the V&A's landmark 2004 exhibition, Encounters explores both the western fascination for the exotic materials...
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El Cacao exposes the dark side of chocolate production in Latin America by examining the economics of Fair Trade from the point of view of the indigenous farmers as they attempt to sustain their community through the growth, harvest, and trade of cacao beans in the global market. This 20-minute documentary film highlights the life of an indigenous Ngabe farmer in Panama and his unconditional devotion to this so-called "superfood." The film threads...
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"Ava Wong has always played it safe. As a strait-laced, rule-abiding Chinese American lawyer with a successful surgeon as a husband, a young son, and a beautiful home, she's built the perfect life. But beneath this facade, Ava's world is crumbling: her marriage is falling apart, her expensive law degree hasn't been used in years, and her toddler's tantrums are pushing her to the breaking point. Enter Winnie Fang, Ava's enigmatic college roommate from...
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Economic globalization has led to a massive expansion in the scale and power of big business and banking. It has also worsened nearly every problem we face: fundamentalism and ethnic conflict; climate chaos and species extinction; financial instability and unemployment. There are personal costs too. For the majority of people on the planet, life is becoming increasingly stressful. We have less time for friends and family and we face mounting pressures...
7) Fair trade
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Explains what trade is, what is traded, how it affects people, and much more.
8) Derecho marítimo y comercio internacional: Capítulos sobre puertos, transporte y comercio marítimo
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Derecho marítimo y comercio internacional. Capítulos sobre puertos, transporte y comercio marítimo reúne noventa y ocho breves escritos basados principalmente en unas notas que, en forma de entrevistas, fueron publicadas en el portal Mundo Marítimo entre mediados del 2017 y comienzos del 2022.
Son reflexiones y análisis acerca de temas actuales vinculados con el transporte marítimo, el arbitraje, las actividades portuarias, los seguros marítimos,...
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Esta obra contiene información relevante acerca los antecedentes de los contratos de franquicia internacional, la naturaleza jurídica de este tipo de acuerdos, sus aspectos económicos y comerciales y los principales conflictos contractuales que pueden derivarse de la implementación del Tratado de Libre Comercio entre Colombia y Estados Unidos. Además, se presentan propuestas de resolución de controversias en este campo del comercio internacional...
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La presente investigación tiene la finalidad de desarrollar una idea que permita identificar el funcionamiento de un derecho transnacional, caracterizar las peculiaridades de su aplicación, así como revisar las reacciones que suscita su existencia, como un posible factor que influye en la transformación del derecho. La intervención de la lex mercatoria permite predicar una transnacionalización del derecho privado interno. Como se expondrá,...
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La Correduría Pública es una especialidad de gran interés social y con un futuro prometedor en México. Las necesidades del comercio actual impulsan su constante modernización, así como la evolución de las facultades y aptitudes de los corredores públicos. Éste es un libro que define la Correduría Pública, desde la teoría hasta la praxis, y establece el índice de sus áreas de conocimiento y aplicación.
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Percy Urday presenta en este volumen los institutos principales del Derecho Marítimo y entre ellos de los derechos de garantía que puedan afectar al buque y que se encuentran regulados por la Decisión 487 de la Comunidad Andina. Se ocupa, en sus lineamientos generales, de los diversos tipos de contratos de fletamento, que son contratos paritarios, y con mayor detenimiento del contrato de transporte marítimo de mercancías amparado en conocimientos...
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The Trademark Law Dictionary will be helpful for anyone who researches trademark law. With it, one can easily locate terms and quickly understand conceptsall in one volume. I am impressed with the enormous scope of this reference. The inclusion of international treaty terms is in itself a substantial contribution to the field. Christine Haight Farley Professor of Law American University Washington College of Law THE TRADEMARK LAW DICTIONARY Part of...
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This astonishing documentary investigates how an advertising slogan invented by Madison Avenue executives in 1948 has come to define our most intimate and romantic rituals and ideals. The Diamond Empire, which sent shockwaves through the transnational diamond industry when it first appeared, systematically takes apart the myth that "diamonds are forever." It exposes how one white South African family, through a process of monopoly and fantasy, managed...
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Esta obra aborda en forma integral la compleja problemática de la regulación de los contratos internacionales en el derecho argentino. Evitando los desarrollos teóricos clásicos, las referencias históricas y los fundamentos filosóficos, la autora proporciona herramientas prácticas para que el operador jurídico pueda determinar con facilidad en qué casos los jueces argentinos podrían ser competentes y cuál derecho aplicarían ante una controversia...
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At the beginning of glorious days is the second part of a two-part film that started with The youth of Peter the Great. Both parts were released in the Soviet Union in 1980 and are based on a novel, Peter I, written by Aleksey Tolstoy. The film was directed by Russian director Sergey Gerasimov. The movie is considered to be a classic of Russian historical cinema. With no access to the sea, Russia suffers great losses in foreign trade. Peter tries...
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Buy a bar of fair trade chocolate and help people in the developing world, too. This is the unique selling point of Divine Chocolate - but is it too good to be true? Social enterprise: Divine was set up a co-op of cocoa farmers in Ghana to give them a share in the profits from their cocoa beans. Divine is a social enterprise and claims its ethical motivation shapes everything it does. But it's had to fight a major marketing battle to find a place...
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