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Oxford Studies in Normative Ethics Volume 8(2018)OSNE is an annual forum for new work in normative ethical theory. Leading philosophers advance our understanding of a wide range of moral issues and positions, from analysis of competing normative theories to questions of how we should act and live well.Vezava: Mehka76,97 € -
Women Letter-Writers in Tudor England(2018) DAYBELL, JAMES (PROFESSOR OF EARLY MODERN BRITISH HISTORY, PROFESSOR OF EARLY MODERN BRITISH HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH)This is the most comprehensive study of women's letters and letter-writing in early modern England so far undertaken. Drawing on over 3,000 manuscript letters, Daybell shows that letter-writing was a larger and more socially diversified area of female actVezava: Mehka66,28 €
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Mediatrix(2018) CRAWFORD, JULIE (PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH AND COMPARATIVE LITERATURE, PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH AND COMPARATIVE LITERATURE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY)Mediatrix examines the roles women played as patrons, dedicatees, and readers, as well writers, in the English Renaissance, and the relationship between these literary activities and religious and political activism.Vezava: Mehka79,11 €
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Unwilling Executioner(2019) PEPPER, ANDREW (QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST, QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST, SENIOR LECTURER IN ENGLISH AND AMERICAN LITERATURE)Unwilling Executioner is the first book to examine the deep-rooted relationship between the development of crime fiction as a genre and the consolidation of the modern state.Vezava: Mehka58,21 €
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Poetry and Radical Politics in fin de siecle France(2019) MCGUINNESS, PATRICK (PROFESSOR OF FRENCH AND COMPARATIVE LITERATURE, PROFESSOR OF FRENCH AND COMPARATIVE LITERATURE, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD)Poetry and Radical Politics in fin de siècle France explores the relations between poetry and politics in France in the last decade of the nineteenth century. Beginning with Mallarmé and ending with Maurras, it focuses on radical politics of the left andVezava: Mehka74,83 €
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History of ICSID(2018) PARRA, ANTONIO R. (CONSULTANT WITH THE CORPORATE SECRETARIAT OF THE WORLD BANK)This book covers the origins and development of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and its Convention, from 1955 to 2015. It includes accounts of the formulation of the Convention, the elaboration of ICSID's RegulationsVezava: Mehka72,52 €
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Mortal Thoughts(2018) CUMMINGS, BRIAN (ANNIVERSARY PROFESSOR, ANNIVERSARY PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH & RELATED LITERATURE, UNIVERSITY OF YORK)Mortal Thoughts is a study of the question of human identity in the early modern period. It examines literature alongside emerging forms of life writing, life drawing, and self-portraits and considers portrayals of mortality and the moment of death.Vezava: Mehka71,50 €
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Palanpur(2018) BLISS, C. J. (NUFFIELD READER IN INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS, NUFFIELD READER IN INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS, OXFORD UNIVERSITY),STERN, N. H. (PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS, PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS, WARWICK UNIVERSITY)This book examines an Indian village, particularly its agriculture, from the point of view of theories of economic development.Vezava: Mehka74,56 €
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Ordnance Survey and Modern Irish Literature(2019) PARSONS, COILIN (ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY)The Ordnance Survey and Modern Irish Literature offers a fresh new look at the origins of literary modernism in Ireland, arguing that the roots of Irish modernism lie in the attempt by the Survey to produce a comprehensive archive of a land emerging rapidVezava: Mehka74,83 €
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By Accident or Design(2020) FYFE, PAUL (ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY)By Accident or Design explains how and why the Victorians were fascinated by accidents, including omnibus collisions, fires, and railway crashes, and how these accidents offered a way to describe how large, complex things like cities might grow and changeVezava: Mehka57,72 €
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Taken For A Ride(2019) RIZZO, MATTEO (SENIOR LECTURER, SENIOR LECTURER, DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES AND ECONOMICS, SOAS, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON)The growth of cities, and informal economies within them, are two central manifestations of globalization in the developing world. This book contributes to our understanding of both, through a study of public transport in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania's largestVezava: Mehka67,46 €
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Regulating Blockchain(2019)The aim of this book is to understand the technological and business potential of the blockchain technology and to reflect on its legal challenges, providing an unparalleled critical analysis of the disruptive potential of this technology for the economyVezava: Trda186,45 €
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Comparative Constitutionalism(2019) DICEY, A.V. (FORMER VINERIAN PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LAW, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD (1882-1909))This volume makes available the full text of Dicey's thirteen lectures on the comparative study of constitutions. It follows publishing schemes envisaged by Dicey and includes an detailed editorial introduction explaining Dicey's insights into constitutioVezava: Mehka110,99 €
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After Public Law(2019)The future and function of public law are uncertain. The rapidly transforming legal landscape calls into question the conceptual and value structures modern concepts of public law are built upon. This volume casts new light on the contemporary and futureVezava: Mehka85,62 €
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Europe's Functional Constitution(2019) ISIKSEL, TURKULER (ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY)Through critical appraisal of the European Union and its legal system, this book offers an engaging evaluation of the extent to which constitutionalism, as an empirical idea and normative ideal, can be adapted to institutions beyond the state. It providesVezava: Mehka67,42 €
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Interactive Governance(2019) TORFING, JACOB (PROFESSOR IN POLITICS AND INSTITUTIONS, ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY),PETERS, B. GUY (MAURICE FALK PROFESSOR OF GOVERNMENT, UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH),PIERRE, JON (PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG),SØRENSEN, EVA (PROFESSOR OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND DEMOCRACY, ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY)Governance has become one of the most commonly used concepts in contemporary political science. It is, however, often used to mean a variety of different things. This book helps to clarify this conceptual muddle by concentrating on one variety of governanVezava: Mehka76,60 €
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From Personal Life to Private Law(2019) GARDNER, JOHN (UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD)The book examines the philosophical foundations of private law, arguing that the foremost preoccupations of the law of obligations are grounded in and pervade the personal lives of individuals.Vezava: Mehka66,28 €
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Oxford Studies in Experimental Philosophy Volume 3(2020)The new interdisciplinary field of experimental philosophy has emerged as the methods of psychological science have been brought to bear on traditional philosophical issues. Oxford Studies in Experimental Philosophy is the place to go to see outstanding nVezava: Mehka81,72 €
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Sparing Civilians(2020) LAZAR, SETH (AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY)Killing civilians is worse than killing soldiers. Few moral principles have been more widely and viscerally affirmed. But in recent years it has faced a rising tide of dissent. Seth Lazar aims to turn this tide, and to vindicate international law. He deveVezava: Mehka51,31 €
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Blackstone's Guide to the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007(2008) MATTHEWS, RICHARD (, BARRISTER, 2 BEDFORD ROW)This new book provides a detailed guide to the Corporate Manslaughter Act 2007. It offers an accessible analysis of the new offence of corporate manslaughter, including its scope, extent, likely impact and interpretation.Vezava: Mehka137,16 €
