With the exception of the English aristocracy, aristocracies and colonial elites running patrimonial management economic systems have generally been viewed as a parasitic class contributing little to
A selection of Anti-Jacobin novels reprinted in full with annotations. The set includes works by male and female writers holding a range of political positions within the Anti-Jacobin camp, and repres
For litigators, investigators, and business people, Kwok explores irregularities within and outside generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). Beginning with an overview of the financial reporti
The eleven articles of this collection, previously published between 1982-1995, are reproduced in their original format, with the original notes and pagination. The articles reflect Carr's (art histor
A selection of Anti-Jacobin novels reprinted in full with annotations. The set includes works by male and female writers holding a range of political positions within the Anti-Jacobin camp, and repres
Specialists in career management and organizational dynamics look at the individual's relationship with the employer organization and at global trends in the information world. They guide readers thro
Contributors identified only by name explore the complex process that contributed to the institution of Protestant churches in Europe. After grappling with historiographical issues and definition, the
Italian violinist and composer Giovanni Battista Viotti (1755-1824) met Wiliam and Margaret Chinnery, a wealthy English couple with strong connections in the arts and letters community, moved into the
The late author has played a major role in the reformulation of Croatian ethnology since the 1970s through her work at the Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research. She broke with the diffusionist
Ethnomusicologists Matusky, who has done much field research and teaching in Malaysia, and Beng (U. Sains Malaysia, Penang), with help from colleagues, record the history, appreciation, and analysis o
Classicist Smith (St. Andrews U.) began the project in the middle 1980s with a draft translation and the beginnings of a compilation of Greek and Latin sources. But he died and the project stalled unt
The extraordinary cultural Renaissance in the northern Italian courts of the late 15th and early 16th centuries is the subject of this volume. It starts with Baldessar Castiglione's Book of the Courti
This work focuses on the policy responses of the National Constituent Assembly to the issues of global competition, especially in the maritime, colonial and economic sphere, and with particular refere
Bogucka has collected twenty articles, published in English, German, and French between 1973-1999, that deal with subjects of commerce, trade, the social history in towns, and culture and customs in t
Presenting 12 unaltered articles on British and European sea power published in the last 40 years, this volume is concerned with the roots of sea power and with how, why, and at what human cost it was
Whereas previous studies of legitimacy and trust have mostly dealt with procedural justice and the police, this book focuses on other crucial understudied aspects of legitimacy within criminal law, po
The first three of the 14 articles examine Chinese historical sources for information about Chinese relations with the west and about the internal history of those regions. Others deal with identifyin
With contributions from some of the most prominent voices writing on gender, law and religion today, this book illuminates some of the conflicts at the intersection of feminism, theology and law. It e
Disability offers a new lens through which to view the effectiveness of access to justice, and the inclusiveness of the justice system as a whole. This book analyses the experience of people with disa
Examining the theoretical and empirical status of applied ethics, this volume demonstrates how a pluralistic and democratic society can deal with ethical issues in the light of its moral conscience. T
Presents a detailed analysis of the radical solution given by the Franciscan Peter Auriol to the problem of reconciling divine foreknowledge with the contingency of the future, and of contemporary rea
With contributions from some of the most prominent voices writing on gender, law and religion today, this book illuminates some of the conflicts at the intersection of feminism, theology and law. Amon
The third edition of this comprehensive British guide to the theory and practice of listing archives will provide a basic tool for generalist repositories and any organization with archives to manage.
The 12 studies, originally published 1984-2000, are concerned with how both civil and canon worked in Byzantium, how it was interpreted and applied, and what happened in and out of court. They cover
Reprints 17 papers and conference presentations from the period 1986-98. In the first six, Nelson (King's College, London) focuses on the English king Alfred, and compares his situation in Wessex with
Collects 19 essays addressing the changing nature of regional development and planning activities, along with the problems of government generated by these activities and the global effects of these a
From two The Skilled Workforce in Paris, 1500-1900 conferences held in April and November 1993 in Paris and Oxford, 13 essays combine case studies of particular industries with reflections on general
Twenty essays on the region of the Arabian Peninsula, most originally published during the 1980s and 1990s, along with a substantial Addendum and Corrigenda that notes Smith's changes of opinion subse
In celebration of the 70th anniversary of the National Bank of Hungary, Cottrell (U. of Leicester) co-hosts with the bank an academic seminar for bankers, government advisors, and historians. One grou
The studies in the present volume, on the history of the Order of the Hospital between 1306 and 1522, are not only concerned with the part it played in the defence of the Latin Levant, but also with i
The nine essays in this volume by Elizabeth Brown deal with the development of representative institutions and monarchial power in Capetian France. One topic covered is that of the evolution of centra
These articles deal with the functioning, and malfunctioning, of the Carreira da India, the round voyages made between Portugal and its possessions in India that began after Vasco da Gama had opened u
JerA3nimo Lobo was the last survivor of the small band of Jesuit Fathers who tried, with a measure of success, to reconcile Ethiopia to the Church of Rome. His life was long and adventurous. The narra
The contributions in this volume pay homage to Zenon BaA?kowski, with a focus on problems concerning lawa€?s normalization and the revitalizing force of anxiety. Ranging from political critique to met
Proceeding with two different but complementary goals in mind, Kusha (criminal justice, Texas A&M International U.) summarizes for a Western lay audience the Islamic Sharia as formed by Muhammad a
This book examines agent technology in ecommerce from a consumer protection angle to assess whether EU law contains adequate safeguards against the risks associated with its use. It concentrates on fo
Although ostensibly a time of peace, one of the richest and most fascinating periods in military history falls between the two world wars. With good reason, even today military theorists look to these
With the theory of secularization increasingly contested as a plausible development at a global scale, this book focuses on the changing significance of the religious element within a context of compl
This book examines the diverse use of indigenous customary rights in modern landscapes from a multidisciplinary perspective. Divided into two parts, the first deals explicitly with Sámi customary rig
This reference volume brings together the key academic contributions that have shaped the field of language rights over the last 40 years. Work in language rights is particularly concerned with the ri
