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

Pyrrhonian skepticism

Throughout the history of philosophy, skepticism has posed one of the central challenges of epistemology. Yet the only skeptical view that has been truly held--by Sextus, Montaigne, Hume, Wittgenstein, and, most recently, Robert Fogelin--has been Pyrrohnian skepticism. Pyrrhonian skeptics do not assert Cartesian skepticism, but ...

Spectacular power in the Greek and Roman city

In the great cities of Greece and Rome, politicians and kings sought to be seen as celebrities. They tried to appear wondrous and exciting to citizens and subjects. This study shows some of their methods and so reveals the importance of political advertisement and spectacle ...

Thucydides and Pindar

historical narrative and the world of Epinikian poetry

Thucydides was one of the greatest of the ancient Greek historians and Pindar one of the greatest Greek poets, specializing in celebratory odes for victors in the great games - above all at Olympia. Simon Hornblower puts these two towering figures side-by-side for the first time ...

Thucydides

narrative and explanation

The Roman Army at war

100 BC-AD 200

The manual of the Law of armed conflict

This book is the first comprehensive manual on the law of armed conflict prepared by a team of expert scholars and practitioners working for and with the UK Ministry of Defence. It covers all aspects of the law of armed conflict as applied today, including ...

Product liability

This major text provides comprehensive coverage of the law of negligence and strict liability provisions as it has developed in the UK, and also contains detailed discussions of case law from other jurisdictions including the USA, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, France and Germany. Complete with ...

Security rights in movable property in european private law

For every transnational lawyer, it is vital to know the differences among national secured transactions law. Since the applicable law is determined by the place where the collateral is situated, it may change when movables are brought from one state to another. Introductory chapters from ...

An introducción to Christianity

An Introduction to Christianity examines the key figures, events and ideas of two thousand years of Christian history and places them in context. It considers the religion in its material as well as its spiritual dimensions and explores its interactions with wider society such as ...