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Global good Samaritans

human rights and foreign policy

In a troubled world where millions die at the hands of their own governments and societies, some states risk their citizens' lives, considerable portions of their national budgets, and repercussions from opposing states to protect helpless foreigners. Dozens of Canadian peacekeepers have died in Afghanistan ...

Contract law

directions

Contract Law Directions is written in an informal and engaging style with an emphasis on explaining the key topics covered on contract law courses with clarity. No previous knowledge is assumed, making this the ideal text for those encountering contract law for the first time ...

Principles of criminal law

Principles of Criminal Law, now in its sixth edition, takes a distinctly different approach to the study of criminal law, whilst still covering all of the vital topics found on criminal law courses. Uniquely theoretical, it seeks to elucidate the underlying principles and theoretical foundations ...

International norms and cycles of change

International lawyers and international relations scholars recognize that international norms change over time. Practices that were once permissible and even "normal" - like slavery, conquest, and wartime plundering - are now prohibited by international rules. Yet though we acknowledge norm change, we are just beginning to understand ...

The law market

When individuals, businesses, or corporations are dissatisfied with an existing law, there are typically two ways it can be fixed: by rewriting the law via political mechanisms or simply physically relocating to a more favorable jurisdiction. Both can be costly and time-consuming. This book explores ...

Human rights law

directions

Why do the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg have such an impact on UK law? Why did the UK need a Human Rights Act - and why do some people say it should be repealed? Human Rights Law Directions has been ...

The future of assisted suicide and euthanasia

"The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia" provides the most thorough overview of the ethical and legal issues raised by assisted suicide and euthanasia - as well as the most comprehensive argument against their legalization - ever published. In clear terms accessible to the general reader, Neil ...

The right talk

how conservatives transformed the great society into the economic society

Political analyst Mark Smith offers the most original and compelling explanation yet of America's startling swing to the political right. How did the GOP transform itself from a party outgunned and outmaneuvered into one that today defines the nation's most important policy choices ...

Economics of forest resources

The field of forest economics has expanded rapidly in the last two decades, and yet there exists no up-to-date textbook for advanced undergraduate-graduate level use or rigorous reference work for professionals. "Economics of Forest Resources" fills these gaps, offering a comprehensive technical survey of the ...

Structuring an energy technology revolution

America is addicted to fossil fuels, and the environmental and geopolitical costs are mounting. A federal program - on the scale of the Manhattan Project or the Apollo Program - to stimulate innovation in energy policy seems essential. In "Structuring an Energy Technology Revolution", Charles Weiss and ...

Does ethics have a chance in a world of consumers?

Zygmunt Bauman, one of the most admired social thinkers of our time, seeks to liberate us from the thinking that renders us hopeless in the face of our own domineering governments and threats from unknown forces abroad. He shows us we can give up belief ...

Code constitutionnel 2009

International Finance

The fifth edition of Maurice D. Levi's classic textbook has been updated to incorporate the massive changes in the world of international finance of the past few years. In particular, the emergence of new markets is given broad coverage - particularly the rise to financial ...

Street fighters

the last 72 hours of bear stearns, the toughest firm on Wall Street

A nation of counterfeiters

capitalists, con men, and the making of the United States

Few of us question the slips of green paper that come and go in our purses, pockets, and wallets. Yet confidence in the money supply is a recent phenomenon: prior to the Civil War, the United States did not have a single, national currency. Instead ...

Capitalism, socialism, and democracy

In this classic and prescient book, Joseph A. Schumpeter introduced the world to the concept of "creative destruction," which forever altered how global economics is approached and perceived. "Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy" is essential reading for anyone who seeks to understand where the world economy ...

Corporate social responsibility in Europe

rhetoric and realities

Eds. Regine Barth, Franziska Wolff. CONTENTS: Foreword Pt. I Analytical Framework 1 Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability Impact: Opening up the Arena by Regine Barth and Franziska Wolff 2 A Framework for Assessing the Sustainability Impact of CSR by Jon Birger Skjaeseth and Jorgen Wettestad ...

L´homme et l´absolu selon la kabbale

Le terme de kabbale, dérivé de l'hébreu kahhala, signifie réception d'une transmission et désigne les deux grandes orientations de la mystique juive. La première amène le mystique à l'extase et à l'union avec le divin. La seconde, dite kabbale théosophique, a ...

Law and the human body

property rights, ownership and control

Do you own your body? Advances in science and the development of genetic databases have added an aura of modern controversy to this long- standing and, as yet, unresolved problem. In particular, English law governing separated human tissue (including body parts and cell-lines) is unsatisfactory ...

Responsible parents and parental responsability

Eds. Rebecca Probert, Stephen Gilmore, Jonathan Herring-------------------------- This book analyses the concept of parental responsibility in relation to areas such as criminal responsibility, juvenile offending, education, religion, medical treatment and child support. This is the first book to examine this unexplored area. The editors are ...