This study by Molavi (Centre for Iranian Studies, U. of Durham, UK) aims to identify the determinants of privatization policy in Iran, with particular reference to the oil and gas industry. He provide
Challenging the traditional view that Ireland in the nineteenth century existed as a passive co-participant to British interactions with continental Europe, this collection of eleven articles provides
Villaverde (philosophy, U. of Santiago de Compostela, Spain) studied with French philosopher Ricoeur (1913-2005) and offers a broad review of his thinking. There is no grand narrative, no core ideas a
In October 2009, the Montesquieu Institute Maastricht hosted a conference on parliamentary involvement with military missions. Even where such missions do not concern the actual waging of war, sending
This book deals with consolidation of arbitral disputes pending before either the International Chamber of Commerce or the Swiss Chambers of Commerce. It is mainly concerned with determining both the
Explorers entered the Australian Victoria River District as early as 1830 and began driving herds of cattle there in 1883, resulting in ever increasing conflict with the native Aboriginals. This work
Uganda, like elsewhere in the world, is experiencing a moral decline. Many are concerned that this necessitates acquainting the nation's young people with appropriate role models, beginning with an un
Under the influence of globalization, many countries have been compelled to privatize the provision of a number of State and public services. This trend towards privatization has been met with skeptic
Tweed (a senior partner specializing in media law with the British law firm Johnson Solicitors) examines British media law, assessing the calls for the reform of British libel law instigated the Briti
This book deals with a subject that has recently been the focus of debate and law reform in many jurisdictions: how much scope should spouses have to conclude agreements concerning their financial aff
For centuries, courts of law have been faced with the problem of determining what type of innovation is an appropriate subject matter for a patent. With each technical advance, the question of what is
The 21 research papers collected here reveal current thinking on India's growing engagement with Southeast Asia and Southeast Asia's reciprocal engagement strategy. Contributors are Indian academics,
Manohar (commerce and business management, Satavahana U., India) discusses the management of work-related stress in organizations, with statistics for India; total quality management techniques to dea
Political scientists and law scholars explore how actors at different levels of the European Union interact interdependently with regard to their tasks, as they find they need to coordinate their poli
How should a State treat an irregular migrant worker, i.e. a foreign worker without authorization to stay and/or work in the country, who is confronted with the realization of a social risk? For insta
Van Klinken, a former volunteer with the Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation in East Timor, provides an account of the massive transfer of children out of East Timor to Indonesia to int
Fundamental rights provisions are known for their relatively vague and general formulation. As a result, judges dealing with these provisions are confronted with many and often controversial interpret
In the European Union, with the coming into force of the Treaty in 1993, police cooperation gained a solid position on the European political agenda. Since then, the EU Council has adopted a significa
This volume combines the two volumes of Early Arabic Poetry originally published by Jones (retired, classical Arabic, U. of Oxford, UK) in 1992 and 1996. The monograph provides students with an unders
Johannsen, who is not further identified, analyzes the European Union's Comprehensive Approach to Crisis Management, comparing the relevant policy with actual practice. Her case study is the crisis ma
This collection gathers twenty one articles published over the last thirty years in academic journals discussing Syria's relations with Israel. Rabinovich was formerly Israel's chief negotiator with S
Four Courts Press has teamed up with the Representative Church Body Library, the archives of the Church of Ireland among other functions, to provide critical editions of significant Church of Ireland
In this study, the analysis of the Parthenon frieze is based on the assumption that the pictorial narrative scenes of the Classical period were conceived with the intention of exemplifying comprehensi
In this work, Irene Hilgers analyzes the revival of Islam in the public sphere in postsocialist Uzbekistan, with particular reference to its role in the construction of a new national identity. The da
The image of the non-Jew has had a profound influence on how Jews have interacted with actual non-Jews they have encountered at various points in their history, says Novak (religion and philosophy, U.
This introductory social psychology text addresses the core knowledge domains of the subject, with key chapters on understanding identities, attribution theory, attitudinal research, social influence,
The 19th-century missionary activities of Rev. Lancelot Edward Threlkeld and other members of his Lake Macquarie mission in colonial New South Wales, Australia, led to significant conflict with the Lo
Extraordinary potential lies in the study of how genes interact with their environment to produce a phenotype, and it has just begun to be tapped. This structured reference intended for a wide audienc
The Russian Legal Practitioner focuses primarily on the advokat, the Russian lawyer with a right of audience in court. Additionally, the book examines the jurisconsult, the lawyer who works for commer
This book examines key theoretical counselling perspectives and applies these specifically to work with young people. It establishes how to build counselling relationships in order to support young pe
Intellectual property rights (IPRs), conventionally seen as quite distinct, are increasingly overlapping with one another in Europe. There are several reasons for this: the expansion of IPRs beyond th
Future healthcare services are changing to give patients more rights over their own healthcare. The NMC requires that nurses work in partnership with those in their care. This book provides a timely g
National administrative authorities are obliged to leave provisions of national law unapplied when these are incompatible with European Union law. Irrespective of their position and powers under natio
Mostly British veterinarians present a concise and clinically oriented textbook that provides students with a foundation in the parasitic diseases, discussing clinical features, laboratory findings, d
The Pulitzer Prizes for Press Photography are latecomers within the prestigious award system. Established in 1942 during World War II, they started with a general category called "Photography," coveri
This book contains interviews conducted between Cassese (an international lawyer with United Nations and international tribunal experience) and five scholars of international law and legal institution
Human Rights and Legal Pluralism opens with an article on how to integrate human rights into customary and religious legal systems. It then offers a special study of the issue in a "tribal" women's fo
This slim volume presents a collection of seventeen interviews with public intellectuals about the post 9/11 world. Developed as part of research project at Yale University in 2007 and 2008, each subj
Transnational Matrilineage offers a novel approach to Asian American literature, with particular attention to depictions of transnational solidarity between Asian-born mothers and their American-born
This book examines how counsellors and psychotherapists interact with those clients who may suffer from mental health issues. While practising counsellors and psychotherapists meet clients who have pr
