The general principles of the EC Law

The European Court of Justice has profoundly influenced the development of the legal order of the European Community through the elaboration of unwritten general principles of law. The general principles derive from the fundamental values underlying the national legal systems. This fully revised and updated ...

Approaching late antiquity

the transformation from early to late empire

What factors already present in the society of the High Roman Empire developed and expanded into the world of Late Antiquity? What was distinct in this period from what went before? The answers to these complex and fascinating questions embrace the fields of cultural history ...

Venturing beyond

law and morality in kabbalistic mysticism

Are mysticism and morality compatible or at odds with one another? If mystical experience embraces a form of non-dual consciousness, then in such a state of mind, the regulative dichotomy so basic to ethical discretion would seemingly be transcended and the very foundation for ethical ...

Principles of European Law

The Study Group on a European Civil Code has taken upon itself the task of drafting common European principles for the most important aspects of the law of obligations and for certain parts of the law of property in movables which are especially relevant for ...

Employment Law

an introduction

This is a textbook on UK employment law which is both introductory and comprehensive. It is aimed primarily at people who have not studied law previously, but who are studying for qualifications at either undergraduate or postgraduate level that include employment law modules. The book ...

The new public contracting

regulation, responsiveness, relationality

This book charts the significant increase in Britain over the last 25 years in the deployment of contract as a regulatory mechanism across a broad spectrum of social relationships. Since Labour came to power in 1997, the trend has accelerated, the use of contract spreading ...

Gatekeepers

the professions and corporate governance

In the wake of a series of corporate governance disasters in the US and Europe, which have gained almost mythic status - Enron, WorldCom, Tyco, Adelphia, HealthSouth, Parmalat - one question has not yet been addressed. A number of 'gatekeeping' professions - auditors, attorneys, securities analysts, credit-rating agencies ...

Transmitting knowledge

Words, images and instruments in Early Modern Europe.

Based on new research, a distinguished international team studies the forms in which scientific knowledge was transmitted in the late medieval and early modern period, the ways they interacted, and the people to whom the knowledge was directed. Among the famous authors whose work is ...

Clement of Alexandria and the beginnings of Christian Apophaticism

Can humans know God? Can created beings approach the Uncreated? The concept of God and questions about our ability to know him are central to this book. Eastern Orthodox theology distinguishes between knowing God as he is (his divine essence) and as he presents himself ...

From to Trent to Vatican.Vol.II: Historical and theological investigations

The second Vatican Council was convened by Pope John XXIII between 1962 and 1965. It marked a fundamental shift toward the modern Church and its far-reaching innovations replaced or radically changed many of the practices, rules, and attitudes that had dominated Catholic life and culture ...

The exceptional manager

making the difference

Most businesses face the choice of either competing on the 'low road' of cost, or the 'high road' of innovation and value. Much the same goes for national economies and the UK is no exception. But how do businesses - and the people who manage them ...

Law of marine insurance

The law of marine insurance constitutes a major branch of the law of international trade and shipping law which is of considerable international importance. This new edition gives a clear, updated account of English marine insurance law, combining detailed analysis of modern statute and case ...

Commercial agency, franchise, and distribution contracts

(PEL CAFDC)

The Study Group on a European Civil Code has taken upon itself the task of drafting common European principles for the most important aspects of the law of obligations and for certain parts of the law of property in movables which are especially relevant for ...

An apprenticeship in arms

the origins of the British Army 1585-1702

Based upon a wide range of historical and literary sources, "An Apprenticeship in Arms" is a scholarly study of the military experiences of peers and gentlemen from the British Isles who volunteered to fight in the religious and dynastic wars of mainland Europe, as well ...

A new history of Western Philosophy

Volume III: The rise of Modern Philosophy

Sir Anthony Kenny's engaging new history of Western philosophy now advances into the modern era. "The Rise of Modern Philosophy" is the fascinating story of the emergence, from the early sixteenth to the early nineteenth century, of great ideas and intellectual systems that shaped ...

Bonaventure

This is a brief and accessible introduction to the thought of the great Franciscan theologian St. Bonaventure (c. 1217-74). Cullen focuses on the long-debated relation between philosophy and theology in the work of this important but neglected thinker, revealing Bonaventure as a great synthesizer. Cullen ...

Principled agents?

the political economy of good government

What is good government? Why do some governments fail? How do you implement political accountability in practice? What incentives do you need to put in place to ensure that politicians and public servants act in the public interest and not their own? These questions and ...

Deliberating in the real world

problems of legitimacy in deliberative democracy

Deliberative democracy has become the central reference point for democracy theorists over the last decade or so, influencing normative frameworks and the ways we conceptualize the workings of democratic societies. It has also been linked with a burst of experimentation with new procedures that involve ...

Peremptory norms in international Law

This monograph analyses the questions raised by the legal effects of peremptory norms of international law (jus cogens). A comprehensive study of this problem has been lacking so far in international legal doctrine. Peremptory norms, although often criticised and even more often approached with sceptical ...

What is a nation?

Europe 1789-1914

Nationalism has had global repercusions throughout the modern world, lying at the root of wars, revolutions, and social and cultural movements. This volumes analyses and compares differents forms of nationalism as they originated and developed in Europe throughout the "long nineteenth century" and offers an ...

The European Court of Justice

The European Court of Justice is a controversial institution. Its supporters see it as having played a central and positive role in shaping a polity which has given its Member States an unprecedented degree of peace, stability and prosperity. To its detractors, it has ignored ...

Canada

a nation of regions

"Canada: A Nation of Regions" is a comprehensive survey of the regional geography of Canada. Explaining the processes, physical and human, that have shaped and continue to modify this country, Brett McGillivray tells the stories of the interactions between Canada's peoples and landscapes. At ...