St John Damascene

tradition and originality in Byzantine Theology

John Damascene, one-time senior civil servant in the Umayyad Arab Empire, became a monk near Jerusalem in the early years of the eighth century. He never set foot in the Byzantine Empire, yet his influence on Byzantine theology was ultimately determinative, and beyond that his ...

The Zoroastrian diaspora

religion and migration

What is the distinctive Zoroastrian experience, and what is the common diasporic experience? The Zoroastrian Diaspora is the outcome of twenty years of research and of archival and fieldwork in eleven countries, involving approximately 250,000 miles of travel. It has also involved a survey ...

"The Public interest" in regulation

The concept of 'the public interest' is often used in legal and political discourse, lending an air of legitimacy and respectability to exercises of power. However the term is rarely defined in any meaningful sense. This book considers abstract concepts of public interest from the ...

Access to justice

"Equal Justice Under Law." This promise appears on courthouse doors across the land. But it by no means describes what goes on inside them. Equal access to justice is one of America's most proudly proclaimed principles. And one of its most frequently violated. In ...

Concurrent proceedings in competition law

procedure, evidence and remedies

The book contains a full and up-to-date account of the implications of concurrent enforcement of UK and EC competition law in administrative, criminal, and civil proceedings, including international arbitration. It analyses the procedural consequences of modernisation of EC competition law and the tactics available to ...

The democratic Constitution

Constitutional law is clearly shaped by judicial actors. But who else contributes? Scholars in the past have recognized that the legislative branch plays a significant role in determining structural issues, such as separation of powers and federalism, but stopped there--claiming that only courts had the ...

Environmental assessment

the regulation of decision making

Environmental assessment has long been a key legal instrument of environmental law. It now governs decision making in many areas relating to environmental protection: pollution control, land use, conservation, and policy making. This volume analyses the development and current state of this mechanism, drawing together ...

Judicial deliberations

a comparative analysis of judicial transparency and legitimacy

This book compares how and why the European Court of Justice, the French Cour de cassation and the United States Supreme Court offer different approaches for generating judicial accountability and control, judicial debate and deliberation, and ultimately judicial legitimacy.

Patents for chemicals, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology

fundamentals of global Law, practice and strategy

This is the eagerly awaited fourth edition of Philip Grubb's acclaimed book on patent law and practice. It guides the reader through the legal and procedural complexities of the British, European, Japanese and US patent systems, and explains in detail the role of patent ...

Sustainable development Law

principles, practices, & prospects

ÍNDICE: Introduction PART I: THE FOUNDATIONS 1. Origins of Sustainable Development 2. Sustainable Development, Policy, and International Law 3. Legal Aspects of Sustainable Development PART II: THE PRINCIPLES 4. The Principle of Integration and Interrelationship in Relation to Social, Economic, and Environmental Objectives 5. The ...

Welfare state change

towards a Third Way?

Contents/contributors Part 1: Policy Contexts and Concepts 1 Rebecca Surender: Modern Challenges to the Welfare State and the Antecedents of the Third Way 2 Stuart White: Welfare Philosophy and the Third Way 3 Giuliano Bonoli and Martin Powell: One Third Way or Several? Part ...

Local players in global games

the strategic constitution of a multinational corporation

What happens when previously autonomous firms from different countries, each with their own identities, routines, and capabilities, come together inside a single multinational corporation? Can a cooperative strategy be established that advances the development of the multinational as a whole, or do mutual misunderstandings and ...

New sources of development finance

1 A. B. Atkinson: Innovative Sources to Meet a Global Challenge 2 A. B. Atkinson: Over-Arching Issues 3 A. Sandmo: Environmental Taxation and Revenue for Development 4 M. Nissanke: Revenue Potential of the Tobin Tax for Development Finance: A Critical Appraisal 5 E. Aryeetey: A ...

Taxation

an interdisciplinary approach

The book offers an innovative introduction to tax research by combining commentary on disciplinary-based and interdisciplinary approaches. Its objective is to guide and encourage researchers how to produce taxation research that is rigorous and relevant. Effective approaches to research problem definition and research method choice ...

Understanding industrial and corporate change

Understanding Industrial and Corporate Change contains pioneering work on technological, organizational, and institutional change from leading theorists and practitioners such as Joseph Stiglitz, Oliver Williamson, Masahiko Aoki, Alfred D. Chandler Jr., and Sidney Winter. Trans- disciplinary in its approach, the book explores three distinct themes ...

Anti-fascism and memory in East Germany

remembering the International Brigades, 1945-1989

AntiFascism and Memory in East Germany sheds new light on the legacy of the Spanish Civil War, the way in which societies remember, and the nature of state socialism. It combines cultural, social, and political history to examine the ways in which the legacy of ...

Art incorporated

the story of contemporary art

A controversial and fascinating attempt to define what is 'contemporary' about contemporary art, and the dramatic changes that have taken place in the last twenty years. Stallabrass reveals the growing inclusiveness of the contemporary art world, pointing to the greatly increased visibility for women and ...

Coinage and identity in the Roman provinces

Eds. Christopher Howgego, Volker Heuchert and Andrew Burnett Coins were the most deliberate of all symbols of public communal identities, yet the Roman historian will look in vain for any good introduction to, or systematic treatment of, the subject. Sixteen leading international scholars have sought ...

A dictionary of modern design

This fascinating new dictionary of Modern Design covers the past 150 years of international design including ceramics, furniture, graphics, industrial design, interiors, and fashion, as well as biographical entries on designers, manufacturers, etc, and major museums and heritage sites. Written in a clear, accessible style ...

John Calvin's ideas

Paul Helm looks at how Calvin worked at the interface of theology and philosophy and in particular how he employed medieval ideas to do so. Connections are made between his ideas and contemporary philosophical theology, and there is a careful examination of the appeal that ...

The turks in world history

Beginning in Inner Asia two thousand years ago, the Turks have migrated and expanded to form today's Turkish Republic, five post-Soviet republics, other societies across Eurasia, and a global diaspora. For the first time in a single, accessible volume, this book traces the Turkic ...

The new anti-catholicism

the last acceptable prejudice

Anti-Catholicism has a long history in America, and as Philip Jenkins argues in The New Anti-Catholicism, this virulent strain of hatred--once thought dead--is alive and well, but few people seem to notice, or care. Jenkins shines a light on anti-Catholic sentiment in American society and ...