Opera

Tome III: Libri 44-68

Noctes atticae

Tome II: Libri XI-XX

Commentariorum pars posterior qua continentur

Libri III de Bello civili

Orationes

Livy Ab Urbe Condita

Books XXXI-XXXV

Atiyah's introduction to the Law of contract

Atiyah's "Introduction to the Law of Contract" is a well-known text through which thousands of university students have first encountered the law of contract, and the new edition has long been eagerly awaited by university teachers and students. This sixth edition, updated by Stephen ...

Securities valuation

applications of financial modeling

A textbook that provides a coherent description of valuation models over a wide range of securities. Students can study both the theories and the practical implementations of the valuation models. Further, students can use the extensive Excel models, applying to practical problems ( the cases) and ...

Identifying international financial contagion

progress and challenges

This book reviews the state-of-the-art of the literature on international financial contagion. The individual contributions bridge the gap between econometric theory and evidence, while the comprehensive range of financial market and country regions under consideration highlights the future challenges facing econometricians, international policymakers, and financial ...

Christianity and liberal society

Liberalism forms the dominant political ideology of the modern world, but despite its pervasive influence, this is the first book-length treatment of liberal political thought from a Christian theological perspective. Song discusses the different aspects and interpretations of liberalism with reference to the critiques of ...

How to read the Bible

history, prophecy, literature: why modern readers need to know the difference and what it means for faith today

More people read the Bible than any other book. Indeed, many try to live their lives according to its words. The question is, do they understand what they're reading? As Steven McKenzie shows in this provocative book, quite often the answer is, "No." McKenzie ...

The economy of Esteem

an essay on civil and political society

However much people want esteem, it is an untradable commodity - there is no way that you can buy the good opinion of another or sell to others your good opinion of them. And yet esteem is allocated in society according to systematic determinants: people's ...

Fair trade for all

how trade can promote development

How can the poorer countries of the world be helped to help themselves through freer, fairer trade? In this challenging and controversial book Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz and his co-author Andrew Charlton address one of the key issues facing world leaders today. They ...

Political keywords

using language that uses us

The Declaration of Independence states that all men are created equal in the United States, but that statement does not hold true for words. Some words carry more weight than others - they seem to work harder, get more done, and demand more respect. "Political Keywords ...

Journeymen-printers, heresy, and the inquisition in sixteenth-century Spain

Although the history of the book is a booming area of research, the journeymen who printed books in the sixteenth century have remained shadowy figures because they were not thought to have left any significant traces in the archives. Clive Griffin, however, uses Inquisitional documents ...

The origins of value

the financial innovations that created modern capital markets

The essays in this volume are written by a distinguished and adventurous set of historians and economists who have been willing, in many cases, to step beyond their typical field of inquiry and explore the historical foundations of financial innovation. The essays are motivated by ...

India's ancient past

R.S.Sharma, one of the best-known historians of Early India, provides a comprehensive yet accessible text on the ancient period of Indian history. Beginning with topics such as historiography and the importance of Ancient Indian history, he goes on to cover the geographical, econological ...

Why geography matters

three challenges facing America: climate change, the rise of China, and global terrorism

Preparing for climate change, averting a cold war with China, defeating terrorism: all of this requires geographic knowledge. In Why Geography Matters, Harm de Blij makes an urgent call to restore geography to America's educational curriculum. He shows how and why the United States ...

Carry me back

the domestic slave trade in american life

Originating with the birth of the nation itself, in many respects, the story of the domestic slave trade is also the story of the early United States. While an external traffic in slaves had always been present, following the American Revolution this was replaced by ...

Todd and Wilson's textbook on trusts

This clearly written book focuses on the key themes of an undergraduate course in trusts. This edition has been thoroughly updated and re-worked to enhance accessibility while stimulating thought and insight in students. Complex issues are explained clearly but without over- simplification. New material on ...

The World Trade Organization

a very short intorduction

The World Trade Organization (WTO) is scarcely ten years old, but even in these early years of its existence it has generated debate, controversy and even outrage. Rulings on beef hormones and tuna-dolphin cases provide graphic examples of how the organization regulates and intrudes into ...

Social rights in Europe

Social rights, while traditionally the neglected sibling within the human rights family, have been prominent on the agenda in Europe in recent years. The debate over the justiciability of social rights in the EU's Charter of Fundamental Rights, and the revision of the Council ...

The concept of legal system

an introduction to the Theory of legal system