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This book is a comparative analysis of residential, social, economic, and political rights for aliens. The book analyzes the concepts of nationality and citizenship. Some foreigners are increasingly able to enjoy traditional citizenship rights though...

This book addresses the central theme of adjusting the United Nations system in light of the broadening definition of security, a perceived shift from modernity to post-modernity, and the contemporary debate about reform, adaptation, and institutional...

List of Tables and Figures Preface CHAPTER ONE: THE ROAD TO SOCIALISM OF THE UNIDAD POPULAR Brief Review of the Social Issue Brief Review of the Political Issue The Two Governments Prior to Unidad Popular The Unidad Popular View of the Chilean Economy...

Values, in terms of human rights and democracy, have become importantfactors for individual state's participation in the international community. Janne Haaland Matl?ry, former Secretary of State in the Department of Foreign Affairs, Norway, explores the...

How are pharmaceutical technologies developed and controlled in our societies? To what extent should the availability of these technologies be determined by scientific experts, a democratic state, the interests of final users, or ethical principles? This...

This collection explores the intersection between criminology, conflict resolution and restorative justice. It traces the role of criminological discourses in the resolution of conflict at the macro political level (in South Africa and Northern Ireland)...

Introduction The Mortality of Secrecy: The Philosophy and Politics of State Secrecy Surveillance and Secrecy The End of Whitehall? Reform of the British Civil Service Accountable Government? Data Protection, Privacy and Limited Rights of Access Listening...

Since the end of the Cold War, international institutions have had to rise to challenges of instability and insecurity in Europe. Fergus Carr and Theresa Callan examine the changing nature of European security, cooperation, and conflict. A key theme is...

Acknowledgements and Dedication Glossary Introducing the Politics of Genetic Resource Control The Historical Context of Genetic Resource Control Proprietarian Intellectual Property Rights Community Intellectual Property Rights National Sovereignty Common...

As the United Nations passes its fiftieth anniversary, it has undergone a sea change in its approach to peacekeeping. Originally a stopgap measure to preserve a cease-fire, peacekeeping since the waning of the Cold War has become a means to implement...

In this translation of Saint Thomas Aquinas's The Treatise on Law, R. J. Henle, S.J., a well-known authority on philosophy and jurisprudence, fluently and accurately presents the Latin and English translation of this important work. Henle provides the...

Did you read the small print when you signed for yourlatest mobile phone contract? No, I didn't think so.When you come to sign contracts of this sort, you soonrealise that there is very little negotiation, and you knowvery little about the contents of...

Beginning with Saint Thomas Aquinas and ending with the latest developments in international human rights, Narrative, Nature, and the Natural Law: From Aquinas to International Human Rights brings a fairly traditional interpretation of the natural law to...

The annual St. James's Place Tax Guide is a reliable, comprehensive and user-friendly guide which explains in simple terms how the UK tax system works and how best to minimise tax liabilities. It is designed both for private individuals needing advice on...

Constitutional law is clearly shaped by judicial actors. But who else contributes? Scholars in the past have recognized that the legislative branch plays a significant role in determining structural issues, such as separation of powers and federalism,...

The Ninth Amendment has had a remarkably robust history, playing a role in almost every significant constitutional debate in American history, including the controversy over the Alien and Sedition Acts, the struggle over slavery, and the...

Wild law is a groundbreaking approach to law that stresses human dependence on nature. For the first time, this volume brings together voices from the leading proponents of wild law around the world. It introduces readers to the idea of wild law and...

Gender-Class Equality in Political Economies offers an in-depth analysis of gender-class equality across six countries to reveal why gender-class equality in paid and unpaid work remains elusive, and what more policy might do to achieve better...

To what extent do courts make social and public policy and influence policy change? This innovative text analyzes this question generally and in seven distinct policy areas that play out in both federal and state courts-tax policy, environmental policy,...

At the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, popularly known as the Rio Earth Summit, the world's leaders constructed a new "sustainable development" paradigm that promised to enhance environmentally sound economic and social...

In the last twenty five years, company law in the Commonwealth Caribbean has undergone dramatic changes, from a model influenced by English law to a new, harmonised collection of regional legislation based on the Caricom and CLI model Acts that vary...

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