Blackstone's guide to the civil partnership Act 2004

The Blackstone's Guide Series delivers concise and accessible books covering the latest legislative changes and amendments. Published within weeks of the Act, they offer expert commentary by leading names on the effects, extent and scope of the legislation, plus a full copy of the ...

Reforming the world trading system

legitimacy, efficiency, and democratic governance

Table of Contents Foreword Notes on Contributors List of Abbreviations I WTO NEGOTIATORS AND ACADEMICS ANALYZE THE DOHA DEVELOPMENT ROUND OF THE WTO Overview and Summary of the Book II THE DOHA DEVELOPMENT ROUND AND THE FUTURE OF THE WTO: POLICY PROPOSALS 1. The Doha ...

The constitutionalization of the World Trade Organization

Comitology

delegation of powers in the European Union and the Committee System

In almost all fields of cooperation that are covered by the EC Treaty, the formal competence to adopt legislation has been assigned to the Council (which must normally collaborate with the European Parliament), and in order to separate powers, the formal competence to prepare the ...

How Congress evolves

social bases of institutional change

In this greatly entertaining tale of one of our most august institutions, Nelson Polsby argues that among other things, from the 50's to the 90's, Congress evolved. In short, Polsby argues that air conditioning altered the demography of the southern states, which in ...

Electing justice

fixing the Supreme Court nomination process

The nomination and confirmation of Supreme Court justices has, in recent years, become a battleground like no other. Bruising Senate confirmation hearings for failed nominee Robert Bork and successful nominee Clarence Thomas left the reputation of all branches of government in disarray and the participants--and ...

Varieties of capitalism and europeanization

national response strategies to the single european market

Drawing on detailed case studies of ten European countries, this volume bridges the gap between the rapidly unfolding scholarly debate on Europeanization and varieties of capitalism. It argues that both strongly neocorporatist systems of political-economic governance and statist systems are capable of creating swift, comprehensive ...

Natural justice

This book lays out foundations for a "science of morals." Binmore uses game theory as a systematic tool forassical investigating ethical matters. He reinterprets classical social contract ideas within a game- theory framework and generates new insights into the fundamental questions ofin social philosophy. In ...

Nationalism

a very short introduction

This book examines the political and moral challenges that face the vast majority of human beings who consider themselves to be members of various nations. It explores nationality through the difficulties and conflicts that have arisen throughout history, and discusses nations and nationalism from social ...

Europe after Rome

a new cultural history 500-1000

This is the first single-author study in over fifty years to offer an integrated appraisal of the early Middle Ages as a dynamic and formative period in European history. Written in an attractive and accessible style, it makes extensive use of original sources to introduce ...

Plantagenet England 1225-1360

In this thorough and illuminating work, Michael Prestwich provides a comprehensive study of Plantagenet England, a dramatic and turbulent period which saw many changes. In politics it saw Simon de Montfort's challenge to the crown in Henry II's reign and it witnessed the ...

De Caelo

Libri IV

De generatione animalium

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 ...