The executiveand public Law

power and accountability in comparative perspective

For most of the past two hundred years or more - the grand era of national constitution-making - founding fathers and constitutional scholars alike seem to have focused more sharply on questions of legislative power than they have on executive power. Executive power, by contrast, they worried ...

The new german Law of obligations

historical and comparative perspectives

On 1 January 2000 the German Civil Code (BGB) became one hundred years old. It had been remarkably resilient throughout a century marked by catastrophic upheavals and a succession of fundamentally different political regimes. Two years later, however, the most sweeping individual reform ever to ...

Corporate governance in context

corporations, states and markets in Europe, Japan and US

Increased regulatory competition has sharpened the comparative awareness of advantages or disadvantages of different national models of political economy, economic organization, governance and regulation. Although institutional change is slow and subject to functional complementarities as well as social and cultural entrenchment, at least some features ...

Lying, cheating and stealing

a moral theory of white-collar crime

Where should the line between serious criminal fraud and lawful 'puffing' be drawn? What constitutes tax evasion beyond mere 'tax avoidance'? What separates obstruction of justice from 'zealous advocacy', or insider trading from 'savvy investing'? Can we meaningfully distinguish bribery from 'campaign contributions', or perjury ...

A practical approach to local government Law

"The Practical Approach" series is the perfect partner for practice work. Each title focuses on one field of the law and provides a comprehensive overview of the subject together with clear, practical advice and tips on issues likely to arise in practice. The books are ...

Principles of finance with EXCEL

"Principles of Finance with Excel" is the first finance text that comprehensively integrates Excel into the teaching and practice of finance. Finance is inherently a topic requiring lots of computation and in today's business world this computation is almost wholly carried out in Excel ...

Modern muslim intellectuals and the qur'an

This volume examines Muslim intellectuals from the Arab world, Iran, Turkey, Indonesia, Pakistan, the USA and Europe, who employ contemporary critical methods to interpret the Qur'an, arriving at conclusions that challenge those of the past. It offers a framework for understanding their work and ...

We are poor but so many

the story of self-employed women in India

This book is a first-hand account of the vision, rise, and success of SEWA, the Self-Employed Women's Association, a trade union of self- employed women in India. It takes the reader into an up-close look at these women's daily lives, at the forces ...

69 A.D.

the year of four emperors

The Year of Four Emperors, so the ancient sources assure us, was one of the most chaotic, violent and frightening periods in all Roman history: a time of assassinations and civil wars, of armies so out of control that they had no qualms about occupying ...

Interpreting Constitutions

a comparative study

This book describes the constitutions of six major federations and how they have been interpreted by their highest courts, compares the interpretive methods and underlying principles that have guided the courts, and explores the reasons for major differences between these methods and principles. Among the ...

Properties of Law

essays in honour of Jim Harris

The late Jim Harris' theory of the science of law, and his theoretical work on human rights and property, have been a challenge and stimulus to legal scholars for the past twenty-five years. This collection of essays, originally conceived as a festschrift and now offered ...

A brief history of the romans

How did a single village in Italy grow to become a world-class imperial power? This introduction, a new and shorter version of the authors' "The Romans: From Village to Empire", is an inviting guide to the stages of Rome's remarkable political and military evolution ...

Eight theories of religion

"Eight Theories of Religion" offers summary, analysis, and appraisal of a number of landmark modern efforts to explain the origin and function of religion. Beginning in the middle decades of the nineteenth century, it considers the Victorian anthropology of E.B. Tylor and James Frazer ...

The Eusebians

the polemic of Athanasius of Alexandria and the construction of the "Arian controversy"

This book offers a historical and theological re-evaluation of the polemical writings of Athanasius of Alexandria (bishop 328-73), who would become known to later Christian generations as a saint and a champion of orthodoxy, and as the defender of the original Nicene Creed of 325 ...

Contemporary art

a very short introduction

Contemporary art has never been so popular - but what is 'contemporary' about contemporary art? What is its role today, and who is controlling its future? Bloody toy soldiers, gilded shopping carts, and embroidered tents. Contemporary art is supposed to be a realm of freedom where ...

From World War to Cold War

Churchill, Roosevelt, and international history of the 1940s

The 1940s was probably the most dramatic and decisive decade of the 20th century. This volume explores the Second World War and the origins of the Cold War from the vantage point of two of the great powers of that era, Britain and the USA ...

Modernizing nature

forestry and imperial eco-development 1800-1950

"Modernizing Nature" contributes to the debate regarding the origins, institutionalization, and politics of the sciences and systems of knowledge underlying colonial frameworks of environmental management. It departs from the widely prevalent scholarly perspective that colonial science can be understood predominantly as a handmaiden of imperialism ...

EC public procurement

case Law and regulation

Public procurement represents a specialist yet important area of practice in the European and international business and commercial legal environment. This book offers an inclusive, coherent and practical analysis of the relevant law and jurisprudence, with the principal focus on the case law of the ...

The creation of States in international Law

As much as was ever the case in 1979 when the first edition of "The Creation of States in International Law" published, in the 21st century problems of territorial status and statehood are likely to continue to be a focal point of international disputes. As ...

Legal risk in the financial markets

This timely new book explains what legal risk means in the context of the financial markets and why concerns about legal risk have grown in recent years. It also considers how legal risk is intended to be addressed as part of operational risk under the ...

A practical approach to commercial conveyancing and property

The "A Practical Approach" series is the perfect partner for practice work. Each title focuses on one field of the law and provides a comprehensive overview of the subject, together with clear, practical advice and tips on issues likely to arise in practice. The books ...

Agency and autonomy in Kant's moral theory

Andrews Reath presents a selection of his best essays on various features of Kant's moral psychology and moral theory, with particular emphasis on his conception of rational agency and his conception of autonomy. The opening essays explore different elements of Kant's views about ...