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Why read mill today?

John Stuart Mill is one of the greatest thinkers of the nineteenth century. But does he have anything to teach us today? His deep concern for freedom of the individual is thought by some to be outdated and inadequate to the cultural and religious complexities ...

The contemporary Constitution

modern interpretations

This book continues the author's discussion of the United States Constitution as an unfolding "work in progress." The Constitution was written and ratified more than 200 years ago, but it continues to guide the operations of our political system to this day. The Constitution ...

Finanzas en mercados internacionales

La obra trata de ofrecer al mercado un Manual de Finanzas que aborde los principales temas de las Finanzas Corporativas bajo la perspectiva de una empresa que opera en un contexto multinacional, o que se ve afectada por el mismo. Se trata de un manual ...

Modernising british government

constitutional challenges and federal solutions

This book will be released on the first year anniversary of the defeat for regional assemblies in NE England. It is related to the political 'hot topics' of the reform of the House of Lords and the role of central government; likely to provoke political ...

The justice of Venice

authorities and liberties in the urban economy 1550-1700

The rulers of Venice prided themselves on their unique brand of justice, which was a source of both ridicule and admiration for foreign commentators. Dr Shaw uncovers what this special justice meant for ordinary subjects by studying the history of one of the oldest magistracies ...

A life of H.L.A. Hart

the nightmare and the noble dream

Shortlisted for the 2005 British Academy Book prize, Nicola Lacey's entrancing biography recounts the life of H.L.A. Hart, the pre-eminent legal philosopher of the twentieth century. Following Hart's life from modest origins as the son of Jewish tailor parents in Yorkshire ...

Public protection and the criminal justice process

This book is a practical and theoretical analysis of public protection and criminal justice. This area has seen immense change in recent years and the book examines the recent legislative, policy and organisational changes and their impact on the various agencies involved, including the police ...

The faiths of the founding fathers

It is not uncommon to hear Christians argue that America was founded as a Christian nation. But how true is this claim? In this compact book, David L. Holmes offers a clear, concise and illuminating look at the spiritual beliefs of our founding fathers. He ...

Nicaea and its legacy

an approach to fourth-century trinitarian theology

The first part of "Nicaea and its Legacy" offers a narrative of the fourth-century trinitarian controversy. It does not assume that the controversy begins with Arius, but with tensions among existing theological strategies. Lewis Ayres argues that, just as we cannot speak of one 'Arian ...

Des nullités de l'instruction et de jugement

Une théorie générale des nullités ? Est-il exact d#énoncer qu#il n#existe pas de théorie générale des nullités en droit de la procédure pénale ? Dans l#affirmative, faut-il en adopter une qui se rapprocherait, par exemple, du système prévu par le Code judiciaire ? L ...

European Union Law

text and materials

How can the law of the European Union be most effectively taught in the face of the EU's current upheavals? With this new book a team of specialists provide a comprehensive survey of EU law, placing it in its social, political and economic contexts ...

The wizard and the warrior

leading with passion and power

Why a book about wizards and warriors as models for leadership? Because, as Peter Drucker once said, everything you learned is wrong - at best, it is misleading and insufficient. You typically learn in school, workshops, and seminars that if you can manage the work and ...

Sufficient reason

volitional pragmatism and the meaning of economic institutions

In the standard analysis of economic institutions - which include social conventions, the working rules of an economy, and entitlement regimes (property relations) - economists invoke the same theories they use when analyzing individual behavior. In this profoundly innovative book, Daniel Bromley challenges these theories, arguing instead ...

A corporate solution to global poverty

how multinationals can help the poor and invigorate their own legitimacy

World leaders have given the reduction of global poverty top priority. And yet, it persists. Indeed, in many countries whose governments lack either the desire or the ability to act, poverty has worsened. This book, a joint venture of a Harvard professor and an economist ...

La ciudad

una historia global

Desde tiempos muy remotos, las ciudades han sido testigos de excepción del progreso humano, han visto caer imperios y han renacido de sus propias cenizas. Antiguas ciudades-estado o modernas metrópolis contemporáneas como Shangai, son el material de investigación que el autor emplea para presentarnos una ...

Spectacular power in the greek and roman city

This study of the visible representation of power and prestige, in both Greek and Roman polities of the ancient world, demonstrates the importance of crowds' aesthetic and emotional judgement upon leaders and their ambitious claims for immediate and lasting significance. The spectacular rhetorics of a ...

The economics of international integration

The splintering of the multilateral trading system into a number of trading blocs and arrangements has been one of the most important issues in international economics, particularly after the establishment of the World Trade Organisation in 1995 and especially after the launch of the Doha ...

Labour market adjustments in Europe

It is now widely accepted that expansionary fiscal or monetary policies alone are unlikely to help Europe's ailing economies. Solving Europe's economic problems requires reform of the economic institutions that influence economic activity and the way the economy responds to macroeconomic shocks. This ...

Handbook on the economics of discrimination

Discrimination's dynamic nature means that no single theory, method, data or study should be relied upon to assess its magnitude, causes, or remedies. Despite some gains in our understanding, these remain active areas of debate among researchers, practitioners and policymakers. The specially commissioned papers ...

The Lore of Ireland

an encyclopaedia of myth, legend and romance

Ireland has one of the finest cultural heritages and a standard reference book combining the related subjects of folklore, myth, legend and romance is long overdue. There are 350 substantial entries, in alphabetical order from Aban, a 6th-century saint, to Weather, all with full references ...