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UNIQUE: This print portion of the multimedia art and environmental project will be a unique work that spans genres and addresses contemporary issues that remain front-of-mind to the public, particularly to people on the west coast. STRONG CONTRIBUTORS: Local author, William Gibson, leads an impressive group of contributors to the text, and will definitely help raise to book's profile with the public.BEAUTIFUL OBJECT: Co-author Mark Timmings is...

Drawing on an broad range of source material, Marks examines current debates about the emergence of an international legal norm of democratic governance, ' and considers how proposals for such a norm might be rearticulated to meet some of the concerns they provoke. She also uses these debates to illustrate some more general points about approaches to the study of international law. In doing so, she seeks to defend an approach to international ...

Ritual and historical perspectives each provide only a partial view of early Jewish weddings. Combining these approaches allows for a new look at practices rejected or highlighted by early rabbis and their successors.

This book is concerned with the history of the idea of human rights. It offers a fresh approach that puts aside familiar questions such as 'Where do human rights come from?' and 'When did human rights begin?', for the sake of looking into connections between debates about the rights of man and developments within the history of capitalism.

Minnesota's past is defined by its remarkable natural resources, and shaped by its native peoples and early settlers. From the fur trade and the establishment of Fort Snelling, to harnessing the power of the Mississippi River as a means to fuel emergent logging and milling industries, Minnesota's history is that of a land like no other. Pioneering Minnesotans embraced everything that the sprawling prairies, rich farmlands, and more than 10, 00...

Minnesota's historical past was defined by its remarkable natural resources and the exploits of early settlers. From the fur trade and the founding of Fort Snelling, to harnessing the power of the Mississippi River as a means to fuel logging and milling industries, pioneering Minnesotans embraced everything that the sprawling prairies, rich farmlands, and more than 10, 000 lakes offered. Boomtowns and main streets sprang up and were connected ...

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This book presents a wide-ranging survey of the scope and significance of international human rights law. Arranged thematically in alphabetical format, it side-steps the traditional categories of human rights law, to investigate rights in the specific contexts in which they are invoked, debated, and considered. This book is an informative and accessible guide to key issues confronting international human rights law today.

The book examines current debates about the emergence of an international legal norm of democratic governance and also considers some of the wider theoretical issues to which those debates give rise. It asks should international law seek to promote democratic political arrangements? If so, on what basis, and using which of the many competing conceptions of democracy?

This volume of essays explores the contemporary relevance of Marxism to international law.

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The history-making "life" of America's most beloved culinary icon is told forthe first time in a revealing, fully illustrated book.

A peek under the fabric of American life with one of the country's most successful manufacturers of intimate apparel.

This volume of essays explores the contemporary relevance of Marxism to international law.

When the National Peace Accord was launched in South Africa in 1991, Susan Collin Marks was one of thousands of South Africans who committed themselves to making the peace-process work where it mattered - at the grassroots. This is her account of the process of negotiation and accommodation.

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An objective look at America's rapidly shrinking water supply Once believed to be a problem limited to America's southwest, water shortages are now an issue coast to coast, from New England to California. In Aqua Shock: The Water Crisis in America, author Susan J. Marks provides a comprehensive analysis of the current conflicts being waged over dwindling water supplies. She presents the findings of university studies, think tanks, and researc...