This is a book about ownership. It begins with an essay about being given a man's furniture while he's on trial for murder and follows with essays that question corporeal, familial, and intellectual forms of ownership. It explores what it means to believe that a hand, or a child, or a country, or a story belongs to you; and what happens if you're wrong.

Este libro colectivo, producto del trabajo conjunto de profesores y estudiantes del seminario del doctorado en derecho de la Universidad del Rosario durante el año 2019, contiene el resultado de sus reflexiones sobre distintas aristas relacionadas con la propiedad y muestran la complejidad que tiene su regulación jurídica en la época actual, que ha desbordado por completo la concepción decimonónica del código civil, y que trasciende al derecho...

Unable to resist an exciting job offer in Marseille, Sam Levitt, former lawyer and wine connoisseur, and his girlfriend Elena find their happy return to the region's coastal sunshine and delectable cuisine challenged by an increasingly violent competition for waterfront property.

"Early in the twenty-first century, a quiet revolution occurred. For the first time, the major developed economies began to invest more in intangible assets, like design, branding, R&D, and software, than in tangible assets, like machinery, buildings, and computers. For all sorts of businesses, from tech firms and pharma companies to coffee shops and gyms, the ability to deploy assets that one can neither see nor touch is increasingly the main source...

Property law covers a range of conditions related to property, including its ownership, maintenance and transfer. Considering the importance and cost involved, as well as the necessity of getting a place to live, knowledge of the relevant aspects of property law is very important.In this book, we briefly introduce various aspects of property law in India, including the Transfer of Property Act and Indian Succession Act. We will focus mostly on immovable...

Eine Hausratversicherung ist für jeden sinnvoll, der einen eigenen Haushalt gründet oder in eine Wohnung oder in ein Haus zieht. Denn eine Hausratversicherung schützt Ihren gesamten Besitz zu Hause, also den so genannten Hausrat, vor Schäden, wie beispielsweise gegen Einbruch, Diebstahl, Vandalismus, Feuer, Hagel, Blitzschlag, auslaufendes Leitungswasser oder Schäden durch Sturm. Zudem können Sie mit dem Abschluss von Zusatzversicherungen die...

"The beloved author at his effervescent best: his master sleuth, Sam Levitt, eating, drinking, and romancing his way through the South of France-even as he investigates a case of deadly intrigue among the Riviera's jet set. Billionaire Francis Reboul is taking in the view at his coastal estate, awaiting the arrival of vacationing friends Sam Levitt and Elena Morales, when he spies a massive yacht whose passengers seem a little too interested in his...

"He's a gambler at best. A con artist at worst," her aunt had said of the handlebar-mustached man who snatched Ella Wallace away from her dreams of studying art in France. Eighteen years later, that man has disappeared, leaving Ella alone and struggling to support her three sons. While the world is embroiled in World War I, Ella fights her own personal battle to keep the mystical Florida land that has been in her family for generations from the

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