In the early hours of an August 2007 morning a gunfight broke out in an Italian restaurant in Duisburg, Germany; in less than five minutes over seventy shots were fired into the bodies of six men. Both the victims and the assassins were members of the 'Ndrangheta crime organization. Calabria's Mafia had brazenly shown its savage influence outside Italy for the first time. In "The Honored Society" award-winning investigative reporter Petra Reski reveals the Mafia menace lurking throughout the world-- from espresso bars in Palermo to European halls of parliament to the corporate headquarters of enormous agricultural firms. In haunting and exquisite prose she explores the Byzantine structure of the 'Ndrangheta, Cosa Nostra and other mafia clans throughout Italy -- the code they live by, the destruction they wreak, how they operate within the country and how they operate internationally. She shows how these syndicates dominate everything from nuclear waste disposal to hotel chains to the marijuana trade in Australia and cocaine trafficked throughout the world. Reski shows how figures such as Silvio Berlusconi were made by the Mafia, and how those who dared to defy its codes were broken. A searing portrait of the criminals who have come to control not only Italy but vast swathes of the globe, "The Honored Society" is a journalistic tour de force.

The path of a doctoral student can feel challenging and isolating. This guide provides doctoral students with key ideas and support to kick-start a doctoral journey, inspire progress and complete their thesis or dissertation. Featuring observations from experienced supervisors, as well as the reflections of current and recent postgraduate researchers, this intimate and entertaining book offers vital insights into the critical moments in any doctoral experience. Bringing together the voices of doctoral supervisors and candidates past and present from around the globe, How to Keep your Doctorate on Track will be a trusted companion for any PhD, DBA or EdD student. Supervisors and those offering support and guidance to doctoral candidates will also glean valuable insight into fresh approaches and their own practice.

La categoria della Persona giuridica emerge in un lento processo, che ha le sue prime radici nella scienza giuridica medievale e impegnala dottrina giuridica europea, in particolare nella Civil Law continentale, degli ultimi secoli. Essa si concretizza definitivamente nella dottrina giuridica tedesca del XIX secolo e trova un definitivo riconoscimento nelle grandi codificazioni civili e commerciali del secolo scorso. La ricostruzione dell’intensa opera dottrinale e legislativa che sottende l’elaborazione definitiva di questa categoria giuridica ci condurrà a rivisitare la storia giuridica dell’Europa continentale negli ultimi secoli. Il tema ci confronterà insieme con uno dei più importanti e, sia qui aggiunto, con uno dei più esemplari capitoli nella recente storia del diritto privato continentale. Si tratta della ricerca, al di là della tradizione del diritto romano comune, di un quadro giuridico adeguato perle nuove forme emergenti di organizzazione capitalistica del commercio e dell’attività imprenditoriale. L’elaborazione dell’idea di Persona giuridica, ad esempio nelle sembianze di una moderna società di capitali, si realizzò in un plurisecolare lavoro collettivo di molte generazioni di legislatori e di interpreti, che riunì i giuristi europei senza distinzione di nazione. Si può giustamente riconoscere in tutto ciò una vera e propria rivoluzionaria cesura nella storia sia della Civil Law che della Common Law. Il presente contributo si propone di presentare in una sintesi storica e comparatistica le tappe decisive di questo processo plurisecolare. (dall'introduzione)

This revised second edition of Language and Media: Provides an accessible introduction and comprehensive overview of the major approaches and methodological tools used in the study of language and media. Focuses on a broad range of media and media content from more traditional print and broadcast media formats to more recent digital media formats. Incorporates practical examples using real data, including newspaper articles, press releases, television shows, advertisements (print, broadcast, and digital), blogs, social media content, internet memes, culture jamming, and protest signs. Includes key readings from leading scholars in the field, such as Jan Blommaert, Sonia Livingstone, David Machin, Martin Montgomery, Ruth Page, Ron Scollon, and Theo van Leeuwen. Offers a wide range of activities, questions, and points for further discussion. The book emphasises the increasingly creative ways ordinary people are engaging in media production. It also addresses a number of urgent current concerns around media and media production/reception, including fake news, clickbait, virality, and surveillance. Features of the new edition include: Special attention on 'new media' forms such as websites, podcasts, YouTube videos, social media sites, and mobile apps such as Snapchat and Instagram; Additional material on: mobility and materiality in media, memes and virality, discourse processes in media production, collaborative production and user created content, reality TV, fake news, the role of algorithms and bots in media production and circulation, and media and resistance; Discussion of media surveillance, privacy boundaries, and the so-called 'right to be forgotten' related to Internet archiving; Brand new readings from key scholars in the field including Piia Varis, Jan Blommaert, Monika Bednarek and Martin Montgomery; Updated examples and references throughout, to reflect more contemporary issues. Written by three experienced teachers and authors, this accessible textbook is an essential resource for all students of English language and linguistics.Leggi di meno