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  • Routledge Handbook on International Economic Law

    Edited by Valentina Vadi, David Collins ...
    Series series Routledge Handbooks in Law
    This book, Routledge Handbook on International Economic Law, presents a broad, clear, and accessible overview of international economic law. It consists of contributions from leading scholars and rising stars in the field from across the globe.The Handbook comprises five main parts. Part I deals with the history and theory of the discipline. Parts II, III, and IV deal with the main substantive ... Read more

    $94.99 CAD

  • Inter State

    Essays from California

    by José Vadi ...
    A "must read" debut collection of poetic, linked essays investigating the past and present state of California, its conflicting histories and their impact on a writer's family and life (Los Angeles Times).California has been advertised as a destiny manifested for those ready to pull up their bootstraps and head west across to find wealth on the other side of the Sierra Nevada since the 19th ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • Chipped

    Writing From a Skateboarder's Lens

    by José Vadi ...
    A memoir-in-essays about how skateboarding re-defines space, curates culture, confronts mortality, and affords new perspectives on and off the boardChipping a board—where small pieces of deck and tape break off around the nose and tail—is a natural part of skateboarding. Novice or pro, you’ll see folks riding chipped boards as symbols of their stubborn dedication toward a deck, a toy, and aging ... Read more

    $18.39 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Analogies in International Investment Law and Arbitration

    by Valentina Vadi ...
    Although investment treaty arbitration has become the most common method for settling investor-state disputes, some scholars and practitioners have expressed concern regarding the magnitude of decision-making power allocated to investment treaty tribunals. Many of the recent arbitral awards have determined the boundary between two conflicting values: the legitimate sphere for state regulation in ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • Culture and International Economic Law

    Edited by Valentina Vadi, Bruno de Witte ...
    Series series Routledge Research in International Economic Law
    Globalization and international economic governance offer unprecedented opportunities for cultural exchange. Foreign direct investments can promote cultural diversity and provide the funds needed to locate, recover and preserve cultural heritage. Nonetheless, globalization and international economic governance can also jeopardize cultural diversity and determine the erosion of the cultural wealth ... Read more

    $105.80 CAD

  • Art, Cultural Heritage and the Market

    Ethical and Legal Issues

    Edited by Valentina Vadi, Hildegard E. G. S. Schneider ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    In the age of economic globalisation, do art and heritage matter? Once the domain of elitist practitioners and scholars, the governance of cultural heritage and the destiny of iconic artefacts have emerged as the new frontier of international law, making headlines and attracting the varied interests of academics and policy-makers, museum curators and collectors, human rights activists and ... Read more

    $192.19 CAD

  • Public Health in International Investment Law and Arbitration

    by Valentina Vadi ...
    Series series Routledge Research in International Economic Law
    Is a State free to adopt measures to protect the public health of its citizens? If so, what are the limits, if any, to such regulatory powers? This book addresses these questions by focusing on the clash between the regulatory autonomy of the state and international investment governance. As a wide variety of state regulations allegedly aimed at protecting public health may interfere with foreign ... Read more

    $83.81 CAD

  • Cultural Heritage in International Investment Law and Arbitration

    by Valentina Vadi ...
    Can states adopt protectionist cultural policies? What are the limits, if any, to state intervention in cultural matters? A wide variety of cultural policies may interfere with foreign investments, and a tension therefore exists between the cultural policies of the host state and investment treaty provisions. In some cases, foreign investors have claimed that cultural policies have negatively ... Read more

    $52.99 CAD

  • Proportionality, Reasonableness and Standards of Review in International Investment Law and Arbitration

    by Valentina Vadi ...
    Series series Elgar International Investment Law series
    International investment law is one of the most dynamic fields of international law, and yet it has been criticised for failing to strike a fair balance between private and public interests. In this valuable contribution to the current debate, Valentina Vadi examines the merits and pitfalls of arbitral tribunals’ use of the concepts of proportionality and reasonableness to review the compatibility ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

  • (Dis)honesty in Management

    Manifestations and Consequences

    Edited by Tiia Vissak, Maaja Vadi ...
    Series Book 10 - Advanced Series in Management
    This volume concentrates on different forms of honesty and dishonesty in management and their consequences for managers, firms and society. Honesty can be defined as the refusal to pretend that facts of reality are other than what they are, while dishonesty - including lying, stealing, cheating, distortion, concealing of important information, failing to fulfil promises, and abruptly abandoning a ... Read more

    $245.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Chipped

    Writing from a Skateboarder's Lens

    by José Vadi ...
    Narrated by Andrew Joseph Perez ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 54 min

    Chipping a board is a natural part of skateboarding. Novice or pro, you'll see folks riding chipped boards as symbols of their stubborn dedication toward a deck, a toy, and aging bodies that will also reach their inevitable end.In Chipped, José Vadi personalizes and expands upon this symbol. Written after finishing his debut collection Inter State, Vadi used these essays to explore his own empathy ... Read more

    $21.97 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Audiobook

    De Arte Gladiatoria Dimicandi (English version)

    The Art of Sword Fighting in Earnest, by Philippo Vadi, read in English

    by Philippo Vadi ...
    Narrated by Guy Windsor ...
    Series Audiobook 2 - De Arte Gladiatoria Dimicandi

    Unabridged

    51 min

    Immerse Yourself in Knightly CombatStep back into the world of the late 1400s with Philippo Vadi's De Arte Gladiatoria Dimicandi: the Art of Sword Fighting in Earnest. This extraordinary audiobook, read in its original Italian by the captivating Eleonora Rebecchi, brings Vadi’s work to life.Dedicated to Guido da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino, Vadi's work includes 16 chapters on longsword fencing ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus