In this study, Githens-Mazer analyzes the Easter Rising of 1916 as a "cultural trigger point" that moved the Irish people to support radical nationalism. Particular attention is paid to the ways in wh
There has always been argument about whether Pearse's leadership of the Easter Rising in 1916 represented a failure or a triumph. Pearse, who found himself on Easter Monday proclaimed President of the
Researchers in biological and social sciences report and comment on their recent findings regarding diverse aspects of cognition among various organisms ranging from insects to humans of different age
Written by a foreign correspondent resident in Morocco since 1952, Morocco under King Hassan is an impartial chronicle of all the major events in the North African kingdom during this period, relating
In Criminal Punishment and Restorative Justice author David J. Cornwell draws on bedrock issues in contemporary criminology and penology in order to contrast punitive and restorative responses to crim
Historians from across England honor Hart, a practicing physician who in his spare time has contributed widely to the history of the Anglo-Saxon period. The 17 essays include discussions of the queen
Highlighting the limits of existing approaches in the study of stratification in contemporary Japanese society, Inequality Amid Affluence adopts a new framework that distinguishes between the concepts
This book, in which Mathieson (sociology of law, U. of Oslo, Norway) argues the inefficacy of imprisonment, first appeared in English in 1990. He addresses several arguments defending the prison syste
This collection examines security issues in Southeast Asia. Kingsbury (Director of International and Community Development, Deakin U., Australia) presents ten papers by scholars specializing in issues
The life of Arnold Ziff is the story of one of Yorkshirea??s most successful businessmen. He floated his property company at the height of the post-war property boom, making him a fortune. His trium
Since 1989, Europe has witnessed an exponential increase in the number of so-called a??registered partnershipa?? schemes introduced alongside marriage. The diversity of registration schemes has create
This book presents a comprehensive analysis of the regulation of cross-border insolvencies in Europe. Council Regulation 1346/2000 on Insolvency Proceedings forms the natural focal point of such a stu
In articles by legal scholars from six countries, the ongoing harmonization of criminal law in Europe is analysed from different perspectives. Through an examination of the rapid progress in European
The authors of this volume analyse the development of historiography in Southeast Europe after the collapse of socialism. On the one hand, they discuss efforts at reevaluating the past. On the other h
This volume contains twenty-three contributions delivered at the CEFLa??s second international conference which took place in Utrecht in December 2004. The interventions written by both experienced fa
Written by the Senior Legal Counsel of the Ozone Secretariat, this book critically examines the implementation of the 1987 Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. This successful
This volume contains detailed information concerning the law on parental responsibilities in twenty-two European jurisdictions. The expert members of the CEFL have drafted national reports on the basi
Laird (Centre for Irish Studies, NUIG) examines some of the modes of protest (such as boycotts) utilized by the Irish subaltern classes under landlordism. In particular, she compares the unwritten "ag
This volume seeks to help readers become more aware of issues such as these as they confront the use of the Holocaust in our contemporary world. It seeks to help them approach discussion of the Holoca
The Avosetta Series contains texts that present innovative discourse on European environmental law. This book, sixth in the series, is based on the findings of a research study on Access to Justice in
This book, to which an internationally distinguished group of scholars has contributed, examines the future of labour law from a wide variety of perspectives. Issues covered include the ideology of Ne
This is the first English edition of a work that, though written some years ago, has been extensively updated. Silently Silenced examines the largely unseen processes that serve to stifle genuine crit
Szyk (1894-1951) spent most of his art career producing highly detailed and brilliantly colored miniature paintings, book illustrations, and illuminated manuscripts, but during World War II, first in
In the seventeenth century, Amsterdam took in several thousand New Christians from the Iberian peninsula, descendants of Jews who had been forcibly baptized some two hundred years earlier. Shortly aft
This book concerns the role of the state in achieving development. In many developing countries conventional wisdom concluded that development is best achieved through a centralised development strate
In this first in a series of volumes planned on Ulster and Scotland, Kelly (Scottish history, U. of Strathclyde, Scotland) and Young (Institute of Ulster Scots Studies, U. of Ulster, Northern Ireland)
Each volume in this series illustrates the adults of all species of Geometrid Moths in photographical color plates of the best quality. Sexual dimorphism as well as polymorphism is also illustrated, a
This essential handbook on international arbitration has been updated to include a new chapter on investment treaty arbitration, detailing the kind of investments which are covered by investment treat
This fourth edition addresses certain developments, including the 1996 Protocol to the 1976 Limitation Convention, which have come into effect since publication of the previous edition. The chapters o
Rabbi Dr John D Rayner CBE, Hon. Life Pres of Liberal Judaism, is one of the most distinguished Progressive rabbis in the world. Over a career spanning more than 50 years, he has written, lectured, ta
The Oireachtas established the judicial commission to wind up the courts of Dail Eireann in July 1923; they had been closed abruptly the summer before, apparently to prevent disaffected republicans fr
Whereas many modern works on comparative law focus on various aspects of legal doctrine, the aim of this book is of a more theoretical kind - to reflect on comparative law as a scholarly discipline, i
Shmuel Feinera??s innovative book recreates the historical consciousness that fired the Haskalaha??the Jewish Enlightenment movement. The proponents of this movement advocated that Jews should capture
Britain was the first country to come under sustained ballistic missile attack, during 1944-45. Defence against ballistic missiles has been a persistent, if highly variable, subject of political polic
The Baronial Research Group, an informal association of Scottish medieval historians interested in the kingdom's aristocratic elite, offers a third volume of studies. Nine essays explore the developme
During the last thirty years the European Court of Human Rights has been developing, at an expanding pace, positive obligations under the European Convention. This monograph provides a critical analys
Now a retired university academic living in Jerusalem, Katz was born into a well-to-do Jewish family who owned a thriving grocery shop and export business in Jaroslaw, a smallish town in southeastern
In a series of detailed studies, practicing psychoanalysts, most British, address society's interest in providing right conduct in analytic clinical practice. Among the issues they discuss are profess
The Norwegian Sea, vital to life, is also fragile. In this compilation of data from 1993-2001, researchers intend to give managers the means of taking an ecological approach in ocean management. Contr
Academics and practitioners in international law and representatives from various government and international organizations focus in turn on particular institutions to investigate whether they have o
