A latecomer within the prestigious award system, the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning began in 1922. That was five years after the establishment of the other Pulitzer Prizes. This book analyzes
The Politics of Coalition is the tale of two UK parties struggling to maintain the first coalition government at Westminster for over 60 years, explaining how the Conservative-Lib Dem government works
This special issue contains papers on international development interventions that offer support to justice and security reforms in so-called "fragile states." Following an introduction by guest edito
As prolific as he is profound, Stephen Cretney has long been regarded as the leading English scholar in the field of family law. From textbooks that provided guidance to generations of students to the
Kate Lilley has an impressive literary heritage (her mother is Dorothy Hewett) and is regarded as an outstanding poet in her own right. Ladylike is Lilley's second volume of poetry, much awaited after
In late 2010, the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (ICPPED) entered into force. This book addresses the question of determining State responsibili
Wheeldon, a political science and criminology postdoctoral research fellow at Washington State U., explores alternative approaches to probation and criminal rehabilitation in former Soviet states of E
For both novice and experienced microbiologists, specialists explainquantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR), which has become thebenchmark technology for detecting nucleic acids in every area of
Privilege and Confidentiality: An International Handbook provides an overview of legal professional privilege (both legal advice privilege and litigation privilege) and confidentiality for in-house an
The UK's Localism Bill, due to be enacted in April 2012, provides the most radical reform of UK planning law in 20 years. This book is a clear practical guide to what the reform is likely to mean in p
This book sets out to break down and identify positive associations between Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR) and Security Sector Reform (SSR). Drawing on case studies from selected
Written in 1939, this volume represents the first systematic revision of Parson’s theory of action following the publication of The Structure of Social Action. It presents the distinctions among cogni
Van den Beemt, a physicist who helps researchers apply for national and international grants, and de Zoete, a consultant who uses concepts from psychology of persuasion to raise public awareness of so
Drawn from a lifetime of research in unique and vanishing archives around Ireland, Britain, and Europe, this collection of essays and lectures on Irish economic activities in history provides a primer
Stussi (human rights law, U. of Lucerne, Switzerland) chose the three countries in which to contrast constitutional law because they include a great variety of structured approaches to the religious f
This eleventh volume of proceedings of the annual Friends of Medieval Dublin Symposium has two important reviews of our state of knowledge on the archaeology of medieval Dublin: Linzi Simpson updates
States that are in transition following a violent conflict or an authoritarian past face daunting challenges in (re)establishing the rule of law. This volume examines the detailed attempts that were m
In the European Union, a debate is on going about the Europeanization of con tract law. However, its impact on the different welfare states' types, as they are developed in political science, has not
Over recent decades, there has been a great influx of migrants from Iran to various parts of the globe due to various socio-political upheavals. This group has a unique characteristic before migrating
Knowledge of nature may be common to all of humanity, yet it is written in many tongues. The story of the Tower of Babel is not only an etiology of the multitude of languages, it also suggests that a
The devotional cultures of European Christianity from the dawn of the French Revolution to the Second Vatican Council--characterized as a revolution itself--is explored by scholars of theology but als
This collection of ten articles on social structures in modern Japan examines issues of inequality and discrimination in Japanese culture and explores issues of social justice and class structure in s
This book is a collection of essays on the critical subject of migration in a global context. The book offers insights into the broad range of experiences of migrants in diverse settings. It also exam
In recent years, a number of criminal tribunals have been established to investigate, prosecute, and try individuals accused of serious violations of international humanitarian law and international h
Law Books in Action explores the history of the legal treatise in the common law world. Rather than looking at treatises as shortcuts from 'law in books' to 'law in action, ' the essays in this collec
"This book contains the updated papers of the 3rd Annual MAA Peter Schlechtriem CISG Conference, which was held on 14 April 2011 in Vienna. The contributions cover a variety of topics. Subjects discus
Rule of law has emerged as an essential objective in assistance to post-conflict and post-crisis societies, such as Somalia, Kosovo, Liberia, and Egypt. This has led to a host of externally promoted p
The Comhairle Bhealoideas Eireanne/The Folklore of Ireland Council presents the first translation of O'Suilleabhain's 1953 collection of Irish religious folk tales Scealta Craibhtheacha. Born in 1903
For decades, ideological discourses have dominated the Arab world. Inevitably, this has had a profound impact on the mind-set of many Arab scholars. In Israelism: Arab Scholarship on Israel, a Critica
Within these pages, readers will learn fascinating facts about the Titanic on a wide range of topics: her sister ships * the Harland & Wolff Shipyard where she was built * Thomas Andrews, her arch
Arbitration is one of the most successful dispute resolution devices in the international arena, be it in the context of commercial disputes, investor-state conflicts, or sports controversies. This ac
'Fragmentation' has become a defining metaphor of international law scholarship in the era of globalization, albeit the subject is highly controversial among international lawyers. Some accept, while
This third volume of the series Select Proceedings of the European Society of International Law contains the proceedings of the fourth biennial conference organized by the European Society of Internat
Volume 34 in Frieburg studies in social anthropology, this book is written by Oscar Herner (Malmo U., SE), who identifies himself as a writer of both fiction and nonfiction as well as a social anthrop
Following up his book on the image of the Jew in German writer Mann's (1875-1955) novels, German scholar of literature Raviv serves his short stories in like manner. He analyzes "The Will for Happines
This book is, at least in a way, a preparatory study Spier (Advocate-General, Supreme Court of the Netherlands) prepared for a project intended to make laws for crisis situations of which he is projec
This study by Cooper (PhD, sociology, U. of Osnabruck, Germany) examines how Germans living in the Federal Republic of Germany (prior to unification, West Germany) changed their perceptions of immigra
In the last 20 years, the field of transitional justice has gone from being a peripheral concern to a ubiquitous feature of societies recovering from mass conflict or repressive rule. In both policy a
This compact (5x8") study is part of a series of short, accessible books on specific aspects of the 1916 Rising. It offers a day-by-day account, from April 24 to April 30, of the occupation of the Fou
The United Nations is commemorating 25th anniversary of the 1986 Declaration on the Right to Development, which proclaimed the right to be: 'an inalienable human right by virtue of which every human p
