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This volume offers a comprehensive overview of international political violence by bringing together foreign policy experts on several regions who examine conflicts in the Fertile Crescent, the Balkans, the Post-Soviet Region, the Himalayas, Southeast Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa. With cogent assessments of civil conflicts that threaten to be part of a a global jihada (TM), each chapter both dissects the historical roots and socio-economic cau...

Lincolnshire Murders is a collection of the stories behind some of the murders in the county since about 1850.

About a Body documents the most recent thinking and research about the embodied mind in psychotherapy, and addresses the fundamental questions raised by the use of the body in clinical practice.

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Opens up fresh perspectives on theatre studies - with applications for dramatic criticism, performance analysis, acting practice, audience response, theatre history, and other important areas. This book examines the interfaces between cognitive studies and Lacanian psychoanalysis, phenomenology and communication theory.

This unique book devotes equal time to the period leading up to the industrial age as to that which followed, a comprehensive sweep which will ensure it becomes the definitive textbook of European economic history for years to come.

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Focused on kinetic, chemical, and physical aspects of micelle-mediated reactions, Micellar Catalysis presents various topics related to the effects of normal micelle, mixed normal micelles, and metallomicelles on reaction rates. It presents reaction mechanisms and up-to-date kinetic models for all types of micelle-catalyzed reactions, elucidating complex mechanisms that occur in biological reactions. It also covers the use of micelles in indus...

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The book offers an incisive collection of contemporary research into the problems of crime control and punishment. It has three inter-related aims: to take stock of current thinking on punishment, regulation, and control in the early years of a new century and in the wake of a number of critical junctures, including 9/11, which have transformed the social, political, and cultural environment, to present a selection of the diverse epistemologic...

This volume illuminates and critically assesses Paul A. Samuelson's voluminous and groundbreaking contributions to the field of economics. The volume includes contributions from eminent scholars, including 6 Nobel Laureates, covering the extraordinary depth and breadth of Samuelson'scontributions. Samuelson, the first American economist to win the Nobel prize in 1970, was the foremost voice in economics in the latter half of the 20th century. ...

This new title is a comprehensive guide to expert evidence in the civil courts, written by a leading multidisciplinary contributor team.The text looks in detail at the impact of Part 35 of the Civil Procedure Rules, and concentrates on the practical aspects of having experts give evidence. Coverage includes the accreditation of experts, the solicitor/expert relationship, experts' reports and privilege, court management of expert evidence, the ...

This collection of essays celebrates the life and work of Peter Birks. Widely known as one of the most prolific legal scholars for over twenty years, his contribution to English obligations law is legendary. He was Founder of the Clarendon Law Lectures, editor of the Clarendon Law Series, editor of the Oxford English Law Series, and author of several works on the English law of restitution, comparative restitution, and unjust enrichment. The w...

Africa, a region covering 22% of the earth's surface, is affected by widespread poverty and the AIDS pandemic. The loss of life resulting from this is increasingly becoming the focus of the world. This comprehensive text examines the development of palliative care services in 26 African countries, from various different perspectives.

Media Freedom under the Human Rights Act looks at the substantive law governing freedom of expression in the media. Written by two leading experts in the field of media law, this new book considers the contrasting models of media control and the impact of the internet upon them. It also covers the impact of the Human Rights Act on media and broadcasting regulation. The authors use a wide range of sources from the UK, Europe and USA.

After the chicken, the House Sparrow is the most widely distributed bird species in the world, occurring on all continents except Antarctica and on most human-inhabited islands. Although its Latin name is Passer domesticus, it is certainly not domesticated. In fact, it is widely regarded as apest species and is consequently not protected in most of its extensive range. This combination of ubiquity and minimal legal protection has contributed t...

This is a comprehensive review of state-of-the-art research in Entrepreneurship, written by an international team of leading scholars. Entrepreneurship has been a dynamic and expanding area of research over the last twenty years, but there has been no standard reference work for both established scholars and new researchers. This book fills that gap.

This book introduces Proto-Indo-European, describes how it was reconstructed from its descendant languages, and shows what it reveals about the people who spoke it between 5, 500 and 8, 000 years ago. Using related evidence from archaeology and natural history the authors explore the lives, thoughts, passions, culture, society, economy, history, and environment of the Proto-Indo-Europeans. They include chapters on fauna, flora, family and kins...

Boeckx examines the foundations and explains the underlying philosophy of the Minimalist Program for linguistic theory, the most radical version to date of Noam Chomsky's naturalistic approach to language. He exemplifies its methods, considers the significance of its results, and explores its roots and antecedents. He disentangles and clarifies current debates and shows how the Minimalist Program lies at the centre of the enterprise to underst...