In Metafysica van de zeden onderzoekt Immanuel Kant de grondslagen van moraal en recht. Hij maakt daarbij onderscheid tussen het domein van het recht, waarin het samenleven van vrije individuen door wetten wordt geregeld, en het domein van de deugd, waarin persoonlijke morele overtuiging centraal staat.

Met zijn nadruk op vrijheid, verantwoordelijkheid en respect voor menselijke waardigheid ontwikkelt Kant een filosofisch systeem dat nog steeds richtinggevend is voor ethisch en juridis...

Hoewel stemvolmachten alomtegenwoordig zijn in de praktijk van aandeelhouders- en ledenvergaderingen, bleef een diepgravende juridische analyse lange tijd uit. Dit proefschrift brengt daar verandering in. Het biedt een compleet en actueel juridisch kader voor het gebruik van stemvolmachten binnen het Nederlandse recht. De auteur onderzoekt niet alleen de klassieke volmacht, maar ook bijzondere vormen zoals de privatieve stemvolmacht, stemmenkoop en stembinding.

At the heart of coordination chemistry lies the coordinate bond, in its simplest sense arising from donation of a pair of electrons from a donor atom to an empty orbital on a central metalloid or metal. Metals overwhelmingly exist as their cations, but these are rarely met ‘naked’ – they are clothed in an array of other atoms, molecules or ions that involve coordinate covalent bonds (hence the name coordination compounds). These metal ion complexes are ubiquitous in nature, and are cent...

Financial Risk Forecasting is a complete introduction to practical quantitative risk management, with a focus on market risk. Derived from the authors teaching notes and years spent training practitioners in risk management techniques, it brings together the three key disciplines of finance, statistics and modeling (programming), to provide a thorough grounding in risk management techniques. Written by renowned risk expert Jon Danielsson, the book begins with an introduction to financial mark...

To a diverse group of industries, static headspace-gas chromatography (static HS-GC) is an indispensable technique for analyzing volatile compounds; it enables the analyst to assay a variety of sample matrices, while avoiding the time-consuming and costly preparation involved with traditional GC.

The world's leading reference in hematopathology returns with this completely updated second edition. Authored by international experts in the field, it covers a broad range of hematologic disorders -- both benign and malignant -- with information on the pathogenesis, clinical and pathologic diagnosis, and treatment for each. Comprehensive in scope, it's a must-have resource for both residents and practicing pathologists alike.

Authored by the chief architects of the WHO classification in neo...

Sheila Jasanoff charts society’s embrace of technological solutions and technology’s complex interplay with ethics and human rights. She dissects the ways in which we delegate power to technological systems and asks how we might regain control. From GMOs to gene therapy, biomedicine has challenged traditional definitions of life and death and raised difficult questions, such as who owns our genetic information.

The Internet has redefined privacy with social media and search giants operati...

This well-known undergraduate electrodynamics textbook is now available in a more affordable printing from Cambridge University Press. The Fourth Edition provides a rigorous, yet clear and accessible treatment of the fundamentals of electromagnetic theory and offers a sound platform for explorations of related applications (AC circuits, antennas, transmission lines, plasmas, optics and more). Written keeping in mind the conceptual hurdles typically faced by undergraduate students, this textbo...

Since publication of the first edition of Fuel Cell Systems Explained, three compelling drivers have supported the continuing development of fuel cell technology. These are: the need to maintain energy security in an energy-hungry world, the desire to move towards zero-emission vehicles and power plants, and the mitigation of climate change by lowering of CO2 emissions. New fuel cell materials, enhanced stack performance and increased lifetimes are leading to the emergence of the first truly ...

Globalization and technological advances have had a dramatic impact on the relationship between media and politics. How can we understand the connection between the two in the present day? Alexa Robertson argues that we cannot understand the power of the one without taking the other into account. This exciting and accessible book provides fresh insight into our contemporary media landscape, adopting a truly comparative global approach.

In Media and Politics in a Globalizing World, Robertson e...