Race, Law and Society draws together some of the very best writing on race and racism from the law and society tradition, yet it is not intended to merely reprint the greatest hits of the past. Instea
This collection of essays and articles from a wide range of journals is intended to make more accessible to students and scholars some of the most important writing in English in this field from the 1
Having studied physics, philosophy, and theology, Arthur here examines assumptions underlying ideas about how the Church should regulate the conduct of its members and make decision. He studies repres
In light of changes to railway management and technology, Profillidis (transportation, Democritus Thrace U., Greece) discusses the need for a new scientific approach to management and engineering in E
Potter (music, Kingston U., UK) presents a study of composers Nadia (1887-1979) and Lili Boulanger (1893-1918) that considers their careers in connection to each other. She focuses on their musical ac
Law in popular culture, popular culture in law, law as commodity, law in cyberspace, and popular culture and law in theory are discussed by 16 articles reproduced from law journals published between 1
Can politicians effectively control national borders even if they wish to do so? How do politically powerless migrants relate to more privileged migrants and to national citizens? Is it possible for c
Corporations have long understood that marketing as if the population of the entire plant is Caucasian not only misses the mark, but missed the planet. Every country involved in globalization now must
St. Augustine and Roman law are the two bridges from Athens and Jerusalem to the world of modern law. Augustine's almost eerily modern political realism was based upon his deep appreciation of human e
The focus of this book is the idea of equality as a moral, political and jurisprudential concept. The author is motivated primarily by a concern to better understand conundrums in the justification, i
The juxtaposition of the concepts of "indigenous" and "diaspora" might at first seem a touch oxymoronic, but as the ten papers presented by Harvey (religious studies, Open U., UK) and Thompson (religi
In speaking of rock art aesthetics, editors Heyd (philosophy, U. of Victoria, Canada) and Clegg (School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry, U. of Sydney, Australia) mean "the study, in a general
Several symposia at a 2000 conference on the philosophy of language at Claremont Graduate University generated these 11 papers and discussions of them. They explore what Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951
Buddhism, one increasingly hears, is an 'eco-friendly' religion. It is often said that this is because it promotes an 'ecological' view of things, one stressing the essential unity of human beings and
Theologians, medievalists, classicists, and other historians from Europe and North America explore the relationship between liturgy and law in medieval life and the medieval church. Addressing ritual
Seventeen essays by McBarnet (Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford U.) address themes of inequality, power, and the ideas and ideals of justice and the rule of law. Originally published between 1978
The Egyptian city of Alexandria developed a legendary reputation after its foundation in the fourth century BCE. Editors Hirst (Modern Greek, Institute of Byzantine Studies, Queen's U. Belfast, Northe
Whilst Foucault's work has become a major strand of postmodern theology, the wider relevance of his work for theology still remains largely unexamined. Foucault both engages the Christian tradition an
German philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) wrote less about aesthetics than he did about other topics, but the mostly European scholars here believe that his ideas about it are no less signifi
The 36 essays collected in this volume explore the legal, technical, ethical, and moral problems raised by performing medical experiments on human subjects. The essays are arranged into four parts th
Democracy, Law and Governance details the transformation of the modes of governance of contemporary developed democracies and aims to define the conditions required for promoting public interest in th
As part of a 15-volume virtual library on bioethics, this reader collects classics and other interdisciplinary writings (1976-2004) on issues in this burgeoning field. Price (De Monfort U., UK) introd
US and British scholars of ancient philosophy gathered in London in November 2002 to discuss some aspects of the relations of Aristotle's ethics to Plato's, more specifically how Aristotle reacted to
Presenting eight papers from a conference held at the Georgetown University Law Center, the first annual meeting of the Association for Law, Property, and Society (date not stated), this compilation i
Raines (European Policies Research Centre, U. of Strathclyde, UK) presents the results of a project, conducted by his institution, aiming to identify and analyze the factors behind the successful desi
Over the past 20 years, cognitive neuroscience has revolutionized our ability to understand the nature of human thought. Working with the understandings of traditional psychology, the new brain scienc
The last few years have witnessed several significant developments in respect of international organizations, most of which are best encapsulated in the word "change". In particular,
This book presents a distinctive approach to the study of law in society, focusing on the sociological interpretation of legal ideas. It surveys the development of connections between legal studies an
Put together by Beveridge (U. of Liverpool, UK), this reader of 20 papers, previously published in international law journals and other scholarly publications between 1989 and 2004, surveys major issu
Art, Literature and Religion in Early Modern Sussex is an interdisciplinary study of a county at the forefront of religious, political and artistic developments in early-modern England. Ranging from t
Exploring the relationship between gender and law in Europe from the nineteenth century to present, this collection examines the recent feminisation of justice, its historical beginnings and the impac
At the same time that 1970s feminist psychoanalytic theorists like Jean Baker Miller and Nancy Chodorow were challenging earlier models that assumed the masculine psyche as the norm for human developm
A sparsely populated island in the North Atlantic recently made worldwide headlines in the Global Financial Crisis and for volcanic eruptions that caused unprecedented chaos to international air trave
Analysing emotions and emotion-management in the academic organization, Passion and Paranoia shows how focusing on emotions in organizations can offer insights into important aspects and the dynamics
While most works on Nicholas of Cusa concentrate either on his early career as author of the monumental 'Catholic Concordance' or on his later career as writer of remarkable philosophical/theological
This lively group of 11 essays delves into the representation of the senses in various works of art and writing of 16th- and 17th-century Europe, with topics that include the danse macabre, representa
Excavations of medical school and workhouse cemeteries undertaken in Britain in the last decade have unearthed fascinating new evidence for the way that bodies were dissected or autopsied in the eight
Drawing on classical sociological writing on secrecy by Simmel, Merton and Shils this groundbreaking book by Brian Balmer also draws in more contemporary perspectives in science and technology studies
The place of emotion in legal education is rarely discussed or analysed, and we do not have to seek far for the reasons. The difficulty of interdisciplinary research, the technicisation of legal educa
Arranged around the themes of theorizing and policy-making, race, ethnicity and religion, gender, and class, inequality and welfare, this book addresses the question of whether the European Union tend
