A history of public Law in Germany

1914-1945

You, the people

the United Nations, Transitional Administration and state-building

EU Human Rights policies

a study in irony

Local authorities and Human Rights

State immunity

selected materials and commentary

Dividend policy and corporate governance

Myth

a very short introduction

This book is not about myths, but about approaches to myth, from all the major disciplines, including science, religion, philosophy, literature, and psychology. A survey of the past 300 years of theorizing on myth, this book takes into account the work of thinkers as Albert ...

Contrasting prisoners' rights

a comparative examination of England and Germany

The international covenant on civil and political rights

cases, materials, and commentary

The presidentalization of politics

a comparative study of modern democracies

In this major new work, leading experts come together to examine the changing role of political parties and political leadership in fourteen modern democracies. As well as examining cross-national differences, The Presidentialization of Politics analyses how modern democracies are increasingly following a presidential logic of ...

Textbook on criminology

Blackstone's Civil practice 2004

Blackstone's Civil Practice provides authoritative expert description and analysis of the process of civil litigation in the county courts and in the High Court. Blackstone's Civil Practice 2004 edition will be up to date to mid December 2003. It will deal with all ...

Textbook on immigration and asylum Law

This new and exciting textbook looks at the law and system of control which govern immigration and asylum in the UK. It begins with the historical and legal context, explains who is subject to immigration control, and describes the legal and administrative structure of the ...

Companion to property Law and practice

a guide to assessment

This companion to the LPC has been designed to help students through the demanding subject of Property Law & Practice (formerly known as Conveyancing). It provides a clear and logical progression through the main problems arising in a conveyancing transaction, culminating in an examination of the ...

The juvenile justice system in India

from welfare to rights

This book contains an exhaustive overview of the historical, legislative, executive, and judicial processes relating to juvenile justice and identifies the parameters and constraints of the juvenile justice system in India.

A commentary on Thucydides

.Vol. II: Books IV-V. 24

This is the second volume of a three-volume historical and literary commentary on Thucydides, the great fifth-century BC Greek historian. Books IV-V. 24 contain the Pylos-Sphakteria narrative and Brasidas' operations in the north of Greece. All the Greek is translated and there is a full ...

Desert christians

an introduction to the literature of early monasticism

In this book, William Harmless provides an accessible introduction to early Christian monastic literature from Egypt and beyond. He introduces the reader to the major figures and literary texts, as well offering an up-to-date survey of current questions and scholarship in the field. The text ...

Emperor worship and roman religion

This is the first study of emperor worship among the Romans themselves, in Rome and its heartland Italy. It argues that emperor worship was indeed perfectly in keeping with Roman religious tradition, which has been generally misunderstood by a posterity imbued with radically different notions ...

A first course in logic

an introduction to model theory, proof theory, computability, and complexity

The kings and queens of Britain

A detailed history of the kings and queens of Britain, ranging from mythical and early pre-conquest rulers to the present House of Windsor. From King Arthur to Queen Victoria, Owain Glyn Dwr to Vortigern, it gives coverage of the rulers, their regnal dates, policies, characters ...

Mapping lives

the uses of biography

Why biography? Lives of writers, thinkers and artists, while unfailingly popular with readers, raise all kinds of theoretical problems. This volume explores the different faces and functions of the genre in a range of European settings from antiquity to the present.

The Oxford companion to Classical civilization