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Administrative Law in a changing State

essays in honour of Mark Aronson

Eds. Linda Pearson, Carol Harlow, Michael Taggart. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This book of essays celebrates Mark Aronson's contribution to administrative law. As joint author of the leading Australian text on judicial review of administrative action, Aronson's work is well-known to public lawyers throughout the common law ...

Oliver Cromwell

new perspectives

Ed., Patrick Little. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Introduction 1636: The Unmaking of Oliver Cromwell?--S. Healy "One That Would Sit Well At the Mark": The Early Parliamentary Career of Oliver Cromwell--S. K. Roberts "Lord of the Fens": Oliver Cromwell's Reputation and the First Civil War--S. L. Sadler "A ...

Histoire romaine

Tome VIII: Livre XIII: Guerres civiles. Livre I

Appien d'Alexandrie (né vers 90 après J.-C. et mort vers 160) est un historien grec qui a vécu au IIe siècle de notre ère. Il devint "procurateur" dans l'administration impériale sous Antonin le Pieux (138-161). Il est l'auteur d'une Histoire ...

Alexandra

Lycophron de Chalcis est poète grec du IIIe siècle av. J.-C., né à Chalcis en Eubée. Selon la Souda, il vécut en Égypte, à la cour de Ptolémée Philadelphe. Il fit un grand nombre de tragédies et de poésies diverses. Il prit place, avec ...

The Cambridge history of the Byzantine Empire

c.500-1492

Ed., Jonathan Shepard. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Byzantium lasted a thousand years, ruled to the end by self-styled #emperors of the Romans#. It underwent kaleidoscopic territorial and structural changes, yet recovered repeatedly from disaster: even after the near-impregnable Constantinople fell in 1204, variant forms of the empire reconstituted themselves ...

El cine de aventuras

Gran formato con ilustraciones ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Este libro es una puerta abierta al fascinante mundo, próximo y lejano a la vez, donde los piratas conviven con las tropas coloniales de casacas rojas, gallardos espedachines se codean con avezados buscadores de oro y los caballeros de l atabla ...

Arab-Israeli military forces in an era of asymetric wars

The reality of the Arab-Israeli balance now consists of two subordinate balances: Israel versus Syria and Israel versus the Palestinians. The book analyzes these two balances in detail and their impact on defense planning in each country and on the overall strategic risk to the ...

War, judgment, and memory in the Basque Borderlands, 1941-1945

War and occupation anywhere test the resilience of local values and institutions and often undermine accepted standards of human conduct. The Basque communities in the Pyrenees of southwestern France were no exception. Between 1914 and 1945, two world wars and the turbulent interwar years had ...

Youth justice in practice

making a difference

This book examines youth justice in a UK and international context, while drawing on the author's experience in Scotland to highlight the challenge facing all jurisdictions in balancing welfare and justice. It explores the impact of political ideas and influences on both the structural ...

The liberal defence of murder

Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, a number of prominent thinkers on the Left found themselves increasingly aligned with their ideological opposites. Over the last decade, many of these thinkers have become close to Washington; forceful supporters of the War on Terror, they help ...

The formularies of Angers and Marculf

two merovingian legal handbooks

Translated with an introduction and notes by Alice Rio. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This book offers the first full English translation of two major sources for the Merovingian kingdoms: the formularies of Angers and Marculf (sixth and seventh centuries). These collections of model legal documents, compiled by scribes as ...

Conceiving kinship

assisted conception, procreation and family in Southern Europe

Conceiving Kinship is an in-depth journey, the first of its kind, into how heterosexual, lesbian and gay couples using programmes of gamete donation conceptualize and make Italian kinship. It explores the provision of treatment in clinical and non-clinical settings at a time when Italy was ...

Children and young people in custody

managing the risk

Eds. Maggie Blyth, Robert Newman, Chris Wright. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Over the last decade, the reformed youth justice system has seen increases in the numbers of children and young people in custody, a sharp rise in indeterminate sentences and the continuing deaths of young prisoners. The largest proportion ...

Prevention and youth crime

is early intervention working?

Eds. Maggie Blyth, Enver Soloman. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The 2008 UK government "Youth Crime Action Plan" emphasises prevention and early intervention in different aspects of work with young people who offend or are considered to be 'at risk' of offending. Much of this approach includes targeted work with ...

Heraldry for the dead

memory, identity, and the engraved stone plaques of neolithic Iberia

Contents illustrated ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In the late 1800s, archaeologists began discovering engraved stone plaques in Neolithic (3500-2500 BC) graves in southwestern Portugal and Spain. About the size of a palm, usually made of slate, and incised with geometric or, more rarely, zoomorphic and anthropomorphic designs, these plaques ...

The new latin american left

utopia reborn

Eds., Patrick Barrett, Daniel Chavez and César Rodríguez-Garavito. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Explores the ideologies and workings of Latin America's thriving progressive political parties and social movements. From those in power to those opposing power, this work features experts who survey the scene in Venezuela, Bolivia, Brazil, Mexico ...

On the presidency

teacher, soldier, shaman, pol

In an election year in which everyone seems to be looking for change, Tom Cronin reminds us that it is important to look back at presidential precedents and pitfalls, carrying forward these lessons as we look ahead in the "search for the perfect president." America ...

Las últimas reformas penales

Dir. Javier Gómez Bermúdez. (Estudios de Derecho judicial ; 138-2007). ÍNDICE: - Sobre el fundamento del injusto del delito fiscal desde los principios constitucionales de legalidad y proporcionalidad. JOSÉ ANTONIO CHOCLÁN MONTALVO. - Delitos de seguridad. JOSÉ LUIS GONZÁLEZ CUSSAC. - Protección penal de los derechos del autor en ...

Lessons from Iraq

avoiding the next war

Eds., Miriam Pemberton, William D. Hartun. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ If what is shaping up to be the worst foreign policy disaster in U.S. history has an upside, it is that the current war in Iraq should definitively, permanently settle a handful of critical questions about American conduct ...

Preventing genocide

practical steps toward early detection and effective action

Foreword by Elie Wiesel. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Genocide has been called 'a problem from hell', and despite vehement declarations of 'never again', it's a problem that continues to plague the world. From the beginning of history to the most recent massacres in Bosnia, Rwanda, and Darfur, genocide ...