Originally published in 1959, this book critically examines, in the light of numerous research, both the relation between unacceptable behaviour and economic and social status and the validity of several popular hypotheses of the 20th Century: that anti-social attitudes are due to lack of maternal affection in infancy, or that problem families produce problem families generation after generation.
This book critically analyzes the state-based regime of international law, eliciting its colonial and decolonial origins and proposing a new sub-regional basis for dealing with contemporary global challenges.
This book provides a new interpretation of ordoliberalism - the influential German version of neoliberalism - by exploring the political, legal and social context of its emergence.
Originally published in 1959, this book critically examines, in the light of numerous research, both the relation between unacceptable behaviour and economic and social status and the validity of several popular hypotheses of the 20th Century: that anti-social attitudes are due to lack of maternal affection in infancy, or that problem families produce problem families generation after generation.
Der durch seine Schrift „Staatsdämmerung" (2007) bekannte Autor – Rechtsphilosoph und Strafrechtshistoriker – legt hier vierzehn Beiträge zum Werk Wagners vor, das er „recht zu betrachten" unternimmt.
This book presents the origins, doctrine, institutions, and challenges confronting modern administrative law in Central and Eastern European countries.
This book presents the origins, doctrine, institutions, and challenges confronting modern administrative law in Central and Eastern European countries.
This book documents the evolution of the United Nations (UN) Crime Programme and its changing priorities, from the early focus on juvenile delinquency and correctional treatment, to the present preoccupation with transnational organized crime.
At the height of the Land War in 1881, a dispute over land led to the shooting dead of a young man called Peter Doherty near Craughwell, County Galway.
La presente Ley Fundamental de la República de la Gran Colombia fue redactada en el Congreso de Angostura (1819) y ratificada en el Congreso de Cúcuta (1821).
Das Buch beschreibt in geradezu enzyklopädischer Form die Entwicklung der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung von ihrer Einführung im Jahr 1883 bis heute.
A rollicking collection of barely believable stories from five centuries of legal history - you'll be gripped by these tales of murder, intrigue, crime, punishment and the pursuit of justice.
Choice Outstanding BookIn this magisterial new work, Bancroft Prize-winning historian David Kyvig chronicles the rise of a culture of impeachment since 1960one that extends far beyond the infamous scandals surrounding Presidents Richard Nixon (Watergate) and Bill Clinton (Monica Lewinsky) and has dramatically altered the face of American politics.
Uncovering the origins of the new sentencing structure that emerged in the course of the nineteenth century, this book travels from the demise of the "e;Bloody Code"e; in the 1830s, through the mid-century transition from convict transportation to home-based penal servitude, and on to the remarkable and unprecedented mitigation of sentencing severity in the final two decades of the century.
Das Buch beschreibt in geradezu enzyklopädischer Form die Entwicklung der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung von ihrer Einführung im Jahr 1883 bis heute.
