International law

This second volume on the constitutional dimension of contract law explores this increasingly relevant subject in jurisdictions that are usually overlooked by mainstream scholarship in the English-speaking world.

The book offers a processual and discursive perspective on how individuals exit the Muslim Brotherhood.

Verico discusses the ASEAN economic integration from dual perspectives of time span (trade, investment and finance) and framework (bilateral, sub-regional, regional and regional plus).

This volume explores the connections between Thomas Aquinas' doctrine of natural law and contemporary social thought.

This book assesses the concept of religious liberty in the United States according to the political theory of John Locke.

In the freshest new international law text in 20 years, Christopher C.

Tourists killed in Tunisia, Jihadi John targeted by drone strikes, carnage in Paris and hundreds of thousands of Syrians risking everything to reach Europe in an attempt to escape the violence.

Most books on negotiation assume that the negotiators are in a stable settintg.

An Insightful Bookfromthe Little Books of Justice and Peacebuilding Series, Which Has Sold Over 170,000 Copies The more than 2.

What does it mean to face a life prison sentence?

This carefully crafted ebook: "e;THE HISTORY OF THE DEVIL - Exploration of the Devil's Role in the History of Civilization: The Political and the Religious Aspects"e; is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.

A close look at the evolution of American political alliances in Asia and their futureWhile the American alliance system in Asia has been fundamental to the region's security and prosperity for seven decades, today it encounters challenges from the growth of China-based regional organizations.

The religious beliefs of America's founding fathers have been a popular and contentious subject for recent generations of American readers.

Now the subject of the Netflix documentary The Devil Next DoorThe incredible story of the most convoluted legal odyssey involving Nazi war crimesIn 2009, Harper's Magazine sent war-crimes expert Lawrence Douglas to Munich to cover the last chapter of the lengthiest case ever to arise from the Holocaust: the trial of eighty-nine-year-old John Demjanjuk.

Although religion is almost never a root cause, it often gets pulled into conflict as a powerful element, especially where conflicting parties have different religious identities.

Why Islam is more political and fundamentalist than other religionsWhy does Islam play a larger role in contemporary politics than other religions?

Cities of Commerce develops a model of institutional change in European commerce based on urban rivalry.

In the last six decades, one of the most striking developments in international law is the emergence of a massive body of legal norms and procedures aimed at protecting human rights.

Politics and the Past offers an original, multidisciplinary exploration of the growing public controversy over reparations for historical injustices.

As the world focuses on the conflict in Iraq, the most important political players in that country today are not the Sunni insurgents.

How do Supreme Court justices decide their cases?

The behind-the-scenes story of how today's war crimes tribunals came to beWithin days of Madeleine Albright's confirmation as U.

The Evolution of the Trade Regime offers a comprehensive political-economic history of the development of the world's multilateral trade institutions, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and its successor, the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Some blame the violence and unrest in the Muslim world on Islam itself, arguing that the religion and its history is inherently bloody.

What do the occult sciences, seances with the souls of the dead, and appeals to saintly powers have to do with rationality?

A provocative reassessment of the rule of law in world politicsConventionally understood as a set of limits on state behavior, the "e;rule of law"e; in world politics is widely assumed to serve as a progressive contribution to a just, stable, and predictable world.

How Machiavelli's Christianity shaped his political thoughtTo many readers of The Prince, Machiavelli appears to be deeply un-Christian or even anti-Christian, a cynic who thinks rulers should use religion only to keep their subjects in check.

The life and times of a uniquely American testamentIn his retirement, Thomas Jefferson edited the New Testament with a penknife and glue, removing all mention of miracles and other supernatural events.

A revealing look at Jewish men and women who secretly explore the outside world, in person and online, while remaining in their ultra-Orthodox religious communities What would you do if you questioned your religious faith, but revealing that would cause you to lose your family and the only way of life you had ever known?

A timely defense of religious diversity and its centrality to American identityAmerica is the most religiously diverse nation on the planet.

Chapters How Human Rights Cross-Pollinate and Take Root: Local Governments & Refugees in Turkey by Elif Durmus and Human Rights Localisation and Individual Agency: From 'Hobby of the Few' to the Few Behind the Hobby by Tihomir Sabchev, Sara Miellet, and Elif Durmus are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.

An expose of fragmented trading platforms, poor governance, and exploitative practices in today's capital marketsCapital markets have undergone a dramatic transformation in the past two decades.

This book is an attempt to approach the issue of defining international terrorism, proposing that the most workable way to do so is to achieve due balance between the two principal driving forces of international law developments: State sovereignty interests and cosmopolitan ideals.

This book addresses the key issues, challenges and implications arising out of changes in the copyright law and corresponding judicial responses.

This innovative and timely reassessment of political theology opens new lines of critical investigation into the intersections of religion and politics in contemporary Asia.

This book examines and compares the rationale, design, and implementation of deposit insurance in the US, the UK, and China, with the aim of finding an effective solution for China's nascent deposit insurance scheme by learning from the US and UK models.

This book addresses the issue of corruption as a socio-economic rights concern at a national level.

This book, based on the theory of Marxism-Leninism, aims to study the essence, content and features of various legal systems in China in different historical periods, as well as the rules of the development of Chinese legal systems.

This book provides useful tools and information to help readers understand the key factors involved in organizing, structuring and managing a company in China.

This book deals with the possible investigation and prosecution by the International Criminal Court (ICC) of crimes allegedly committed in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Central to this book is the concept of humanity in international law.

This book makes a significant contribution to the comprehension of the law and practice of provisional measures issued by international courts and tribunals, including international commercial arbitration.

More than ten years after the adoption of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, this book critically reviews the achievements, limits and next frontiers of business and human rights following the 'protect, respect, remedy' trichotomy.

This book provides a discussion of some of the most pressing challenges facing EU integration: political and economic governance, constitutional status and citizenship.

This book covers all major topics in international tax law, ranging from permanent establishments and capital gains to the taxation of royalties and technical services, transfer pricing, and General Anti-Avoidance Legislation.

A popular look at the separation of church and state: what it is, what it isn't, and why it matters for the future of religion in America.