Public international law

This interdisciplinary book brings together leading social and legal scholars to tackle the incompatibility of marriage laws with contemporary social reality in Europe.

This book is written for users of mediation, whether they be a party, an advisor or an expert.

This is a short book about the biggest questions in politics.

Key Facts is the essential revision series for anyone studying law, including LLB, ILEX and post-graduate conversion courses.

Key Cases has been specifically written for students studying law.

Key Facts is the essential revision series for anyone studying law, including LLB, ILEX and post-graduate conversion courses.

Key Cases has been specifically written for students studying law.

What role does religion play in the Canadian Forces today?

The Canadian principle of reasonable accommodation demands that the cultural majority make certain concessions to the needs of minority groups if these concessions will not cause 'undue hardship.

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child was incorporated into international law in 1989.

Immigration policy is a subject of intense political and public debate.

Immigration policy is a subject of intense political and public debate.

On the afternoon of 7 June 1944, Lorne Brown, a private serving with the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division in Normandy, was bayoneted to death while trying to surrender to troops of Nazi Germany's Tlite 12th SS Division 'Hitler Youth.

In 1725-6 the British colonial government of Nova Scotia signed a treaty of friendship and peace with the local Mi'kmaq people.

After the terrorist attacks of 9/11, those in London and Madrid, and the arrest of the “Toronto 18,” Canadians have changed how they think about terrorism and security.

After the terrorist attacks of 9/11, those in London and Madrid, and the arrest of the “Toronto 18,” Canadians have changed how they think about terrorism and security.

With tales of a gruesome murder, a typhoid epidemic, corrupt politicians, and a Japanese invasion, The Writing on the Wall was intended to shock its readers when it was published in 1921.

This collection of many voices develops more deeply and exhaustively the issues raised in the editors’ earlier volume, Pathways to Self-Determination.

Starting in the 1530s with John Bale, English reformers found in the apocalyptic mysteries of the Book of Revelation a framework for reinterpreting the history of Christianity and explaining the break from the Roman Catholic Church.

For three hundred years the Society of Friends, or Quakers, has been forwarding to governments recommendations on foreign policy, and it has often been in the vanguard of thought in its social and political views.

More than a hundred years of trouble followed the land grant of half a million acres along the St.

These original essays show how the US government repeatedly aided certain regimes as they planned and then carried out crimes against humanity and genocide.

These original essays show how the US government repeatedly aided certain regimes as they planned and then carried out crimes against humanity and genocide.

Cases of Conflict focuses on times of dispute as important moments in the development of international environmental law.

Cases of Conflict focuses on times of dispute as important moments in the development of international environmental law.

The Trial of Tempel Anneke examines documents from an early modern European witchcraft trial with the pedagogical goal of allowing students to interact directly with primary sources.

The Trial of Tempel Anneke examines documents from an early modern European witchcraft trial with the pedagogical goal of allowing students to interact directly with primary sources.

This analysis of the progressive definition of John Milton’s social, political, and religious opinions during the fertile years of the Puritan Revolution has become a classic work of scholarship in the thirty-five years since it was first published.

This book brings together and interprets the information relating to Canada's contacts with Asiatic countries since the beginning of the Second World War.

Nearly four decades after a revolution, experiencing one of the longest wars in contemporary history, facing political and ideological threats by regional radicals such as ISIS and the Taliban, and having succeeded in negotiations with six world powers over her nuclear program, Iran appears as an experienced Muslim country seeking to build bridges with its Sunni neighbours as well as with the West.

Nearly four decades after a revolution, experiencing one of the longest wars in contemporary history, facing political and ideological threats by regional radicals such as ISIS and the Taliban, and having succeeded in negotiations with six world powers over her nuclear program, Iran appears as an experienced Muslim country seeking to build bridges with its Sunni neighbours as well as with the West.

Uninformed and reactionary responses in the years following the events of 9/11 and the ongoing 'War on Terror' have greatly affected ideas of citizenship and national belonging.

Uninformed and reactionary responses in the years following the events of 9/11 and the ongoing 'War on Terror' have greatly affected ideas of citizenship and national belonging.

In 2007, Little Mosque on the Prairie premiered on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation network.

In 2007, Little Mosque on the Prairie premiered on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation network.

What is a crime and how do we construct it?

What is a crime and how do we construct it?

Drifting Together examines the effects of free trade on Canada-US relations beyond the dimensions of trade and investment flows.

We are not You starts with a 1992 court case, Peters v.

Since the 1980's Canadians have experienced turmoil on an unprecedented scale and on a variety of fronts.

This book deepens our understanding of humanity's diverse relationships with water and the law, providing a critical assessment of this relationship, and charting the course towards a more sustainable and just water future.

Now in a comprehensively updated edition, this indispensable handbook analyzes how international humanitarian law has evolved in the face of these many new challenges.

Regulating Religion: Case Studies from Around the Globe presents, through the inclusion of contributions by international scholars, a global examination of how a number of contemporary societies are regulating religious groups.

Evangelicals today probably have more political influence in the United States than at any time in the last century--but they might not be certain what to do with it.

In today's political environment, who speaks for whom is not always clear.

Jim Wallis thinks our life together can be better.

Christians across the spectrum have soured on religious involvement in politics, tempted either to withdraw or to secularize their public engagement.

Internationally acclaimed theologian Graham Ward is well known for his thoughtful engagement with postmodernism.

This groundbreaking collection considers empire from a global perspective, exploring the role of evangelicals in political, social, and economic engagement at a time when empire is alternately denounced and embraced.