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A Farewell to Fragmentation Reassertion and Convergence in International Law
Fragmentation has been much discussed as a threat to international law as a legal system. This book contends that the fragmentation of international law is far exceeded by its convergence, as international bodies find ways to account for each other and the interactions of emerging sub-fields. Reasserting its role as the 'principal judicial organ of the United Nations', the International Court o…
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- 9781139979498
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- Studies on International Courts and Tribunals
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The Political Economy of Governance
Understanding the governance of nations is a key challenge in contemporaneous political economy. This book provides new advances and the latest research in the field of political economy, dealing with the study of institutions, governance, democracy and elections. The volume focuses on issues such as the role of institutions and political governance in society, the working of democracy and the …
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- 978-3-319-15551-7
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- XXIV, 393, 61 b/w illustrations
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- Studies in Political Economy
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A Dynastic History of Iran From the Qajars to the Pahlavis
This rich dynastic study examines the political histories of Iran's last two monarchical dynasties, the Qajars and the Pahlavis. Tracing the rise and fall of both dynasties, Mehran Kamrava addresses essential questions about how and why they rose to power; what domestic and international forces impacted them; how they ruled; and how they met their end. Exploring over two hundred years of politi…
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A Doubter's Doubts about Science and Religion
This 1889 volume was published anonymously and later ascribed to Robert Anderson, a barrister and theological writer who became Assistant Commissioner at Scotland Yard. Mixing his religious beliefs with his detective skills, Anderson argues for true scepticism to be embraced, comparing the tricks played on people by organised religion and science to the scams of confidence tricksters. Writing f…
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- 9780511700811
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- Cambridge Library Collection - Religion
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Playing Around Resonance; An Invitation to the Search of Periodic Solutions f…
Bermain-main dengan Resonansi; Sebuah Ajakan untuk Mencari Solusi Periodik Persamaan Diferensial Biasa Orde Dua. Resonansi adalah konsep yang sering muncul di berbagai bidang ilmu dan teknik, termasuk fisika, matematika, teknik, dan musik. Ini mengacu pada fenomena di mana sebuah sistem memiliki frekuensi alami atau getaran yang sesuai dengan frekuensi pemicu eksternal, yang menghasilkan respon…
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- 978-3-319-47090-0
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- Birkhäuser Advanced Texts Basler Lehrbücher (BAT)
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- 539.73 FON p
Information Security: 16th International Conference, ISC 2013, Dallas, Texas,…
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Information Security, ISC 2013, held in Dallas, Texas, in November 2013. The 16 revised full papers presented together with 14 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 70 submissions. The papers cover a wide range of topics in the area of cryptography and cryptanaly…
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- 978-3-319-27658-8
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- XIV, 418
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- 004 INF
A Divided Republic Nation, State and Citizenship in Contemporary France
This book is an original and sophisticated historical interpretation of contemporary French political culture. Until now, there have been few attempts to understand the political consequences of the profound geopolitical, intellectual and economic changes that France has undergone since the 1970s. However, Emile Chabal's detailed study shows how passionate debates over citizenship, immigration,…
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- 9781107447936
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A Divided Poet Robert Frost, North of Boston, and the Drama of Disappearance
Frost's breakthrough book of poetry seen anew as an artistic whole and in the context of the poet's career and development.
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- 9781571138149
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- Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture
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A Distinctive Industrialization Cotton in Barcelona 1728–1832
This book, first published in 1992, is a study of the development of Barcelona's cotton industry from its origins in calico-printing in 1728 to its introduction of steampower in 1832. It thus describes the experiences of the leading industry of the city, and one which provides the only Mediterranean exception to the tendency of early industrialization to be concentrated in northern Europe. The …
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A Disease of Society Cultural and Institutional Responses to AIDS
The impact of AIDS cannot be adequately measured by epidemiology alone. As the editors of this volume argue, AIDS must be understood as a 'disease of society', which is challenging and changing society profoundly. Numerous books on AIDS have looked at the ways in which our social institutions, norms and values have determined how the disease has been dealt with, but this book, first published i…
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- Dorothy Nelkin, David P. Willis, Scott V. Parris
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