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Give children the vote

on democratizing democracy

Throughout history, the right to vote has been extended to landowning men, the poor, minorities, women, and young adults. In each case, the meaning of democracy itself has been transformed. The one major group still denied suffrage is the third of humanity who are under ...

Freezing order

a true story of russian money laundering, state-sponsored murder,and surviving Vladimir Putin's wrath

When Bill Browder's young Russian lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, was beaten to death in a Moscow jail, Browder made it his life's mission to go after his killers and make sure they faced justice. The first step of that mission was to uncover who ...

Fulfillment

America in the Shadow of Amazon

An award-winning journalist investigates Amazon's impact on the wealth and poverty of towns and cities across the United States. In 1937, the famed writer and activist Upton Sinclair published a novel bearing the subtitle A Story of Ford-America. He blasted the callousness of a ...

The age of the strongman

how the cult of the leader threatens democracy around the world

Authoritarian leaders have become a central feature of global politics. Since 2000, self-styled strongmen have risen to power in capitals as diverse as Moscow, Beijing, Delhi, Brasilia, Budapest, Ankara, Riyadh and Washington. These leaders are nationalists and social conservatives, with little tolerance for minorities, dissent ...

Together

a nanifesto against the heartless world

There is so much to be afraid of in our current moment: climate catastrophe, the rise of a new fascism, a virus that has reshaped the way we live. But something better is possible. We can choose to turn away from an uncaring world and ...

All roads lead north

China, Nepal and the contest for the Himalayas

During the June 2020 territorial dispute over Kalapani, India blamed tensions on a newly assertive Nepal's deepening relations with China. But beyond the accusations and grandstanding, this reflects a new reality: the power equations in South Asia have been redrawn, to make space for ...

The proof

uses of evidence in law, politics, and everything else

In a world awash in "fake news," where public figures make unfounded assertions as a matter of course, a preeminent legal theorist ranges across the courtroom, the scientific laboratory, and the insights of philosophers to explore the nature of evidence and show how it is ...

American constitutional history

a brief introduction

Reveals how the Constitution has evolved over the past 235 years, featuring updated coverage of the 2020 presidential election and constitutional changes made by the Supreme Court up to June 2021 American Constitutional History: A Brief Introduction, Second Edition presents a concise and accessible history ...

The pursuit of governance

Nordic dispatches on a new middle way

Although there is no overt ideological battle in the twenty-first century, citizens in every latitude register growing dissatisfaction with the results delivered by their governments. In the West they increasingly turn to populist forces to seek an easy respite to the frustration caused by the ...

Identity and nation in 21st century Catalonia

El Procés

This volume offers an overview of the ongoing debate regarding nationalism, globalisation, secessionism and languages in 21st century Catalonia. At the heart of the book is a set of interlocking questions relating to socio-political issues in sub-state nations seeking independence in the 21st century.

Underwriters of the United States

how insurance shaped the American founding

Unassuming but formidable, American maritime insurers used their position at the pinnacle of global trade to shape the new nation. The international information they gathered and the capital they generated enabled them to play central roles in state building and economic development. During the Revolution ...

Shifting paradigms

growth, finance, jobs, and inequality in the digital economy

Addressing the big questions about how technological change is transforming economies and societies. Rapid technological change -likely to accelerate as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic- is reshaping economies and how they grow. But change also causes disruption, creates winners and losers, and produces social ...

The art of getting more back in diplomacy

negotiation lessons from North Korea, China, Libya, and the United Nations

In the field of negotiation theory, the Harvard Project's Getting to Yes and Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal occupy polar opposition locations on a spectrum considering distributive and integrative negotiation theories. Getting More Back offers case studies from international negotiations in ...

Regulating banks

the politics of instability

Banks have been at the heart of economic activity for centuries, but since the 2008 financial crisis scrutiny of their activities and regulation of their actions has become the focus of fervent academic, policy and political activity. This focus takes for granted the existence and ...

Energy in the Americas

critical reflections on energy and history

Understanding the history of energy and its evolving place of energy in society is essential to face the changing future of energy production. Across North and South America, national and localized understandings of energy as a common, public, or market good have influenced the development ...

Mergers and Acquisitions

This text provides a concise statement of the state corporate and federal securities laws governing mergers and acquisitions law. It is designed for law students taking advanced business law courses such as mergers and acquisitions or corporate finance, lawyers practicing in corporate takeovers, and judges ...

International Law Frameworks

This fully updated, go-to treatise explores the historical evolution and contemporary operation of international law. Still direct and incisive, it offers an accessible and yet nuanced text for a variety of audiences, including university and law school students, practitioners, researchers, and others who want to ...

Family Law in Perspective

The Fifth Edition of the Perspectives book continues the focus of providing students, practitioners, and observers with insight into the ever-changing parameters of laws pertaining to family structure and responsibilities. Specifically, this book addresses, among other topics, nonmarital cohabitation, establishment of paternity, premarital and marital ...

Legalidad penal como limitación al poder punitivo

La influencia de la legalidad penal en la construcción del moderno Derecho Penal es innegable y a ella se ha dedicado un esfuerzo dogmático y jurisprudencial descomunal. Tampoco puede negarse el valor intrínseco que tiene la legalidad penal, determinado por la función de garantía que ...

Desafíos fiscales en un mundo post-COVID

valoración y retos pendientes a nivel interno e internacional

La recesión económica, y los consiguientes desequilibrios presupuestarios ocasionados a las Haciendas públicas por la necesidad de dar una respuesta rápida y efectiva a las graves secuelas de la virulenta pandemia de COVID-19, han incrementado la presión sobre la actividad financiera del sector público, que ...