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Focuses on the use of tunnels from the perspective of international law, and regulated by the laws of war, or jus in bello~Identifies issues unique to underground warfare, including analyzing traditional international humanitarian law issues as they relate to tunnels and underground operations~Discusses the unique features of underground warfare to paint a panoramic, multifaceted picture of tunnel warfare across time and geography~Addresses q...

Focuses on the use of tunnels from the perspective of international law, and regulated by the laws of war, or jus in bello~Identifies issues unique to underground warfare, including analyzing traditional international humanitarian law issues as they relate to tunnels and underground operations~Discusses the unique features of underground warfare to paint a panoramic, multifaceted picture of tunnel warfare across time and geography~Addresses q...

Honours William A. Schabas and his career with a series of essays that examine the contemporary, historical, cultural, and theoretical aspects of the many arcs of global justice with which he engaged~Provide novel contributions to the scholarship on global justice that are deeply inspired by Prof. Schabas's work~Contributors include luminary scholars across Europe and North America~Essays are intended to serve as valuable and enduring scholarl...

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Tells the post-publication history of Shakespeare's first folio~Based on informative and original new research~Develops the history of the book discipline~Includes coverage of latest Folio discovery in 2014~Clear and engaging narrative style

Describes the ways in which humanity has left its mark on the Earth, from pollution and the use of fossil fuels to mass extinctions~Offers an up to date synthesis of the science of the Anthropocene, drawing on the work of geologists, geographers, environmentalists, archaeologists, and oceanographers to show how this is an issue at the heart of environmental politics~Considers key debates in the area, in particular where to locate the beginning...

Over 1,700 entries, with more than 150 new to this edition including Arab Spring, Brexit, cyber-terrorism, global governance, postcolonialism, and refugee crisis~Written by a team of dozens of leading political scientists, ensuring expert definitions across the whole spectrum of this multi-disciplinary area~Comprehensive and international, with clear explanations of political theories and concepts throughout history and across the globe~Includ...

A collection of essays that considers how societal practices, laws, and criminal justice institutions delineate who belongs and who does not, and how these factors affect racial minorities across the world, in strikingly uneven ways~Brings race to the centre of its analysis in order to reveal how migration and its control is inherently racialized~Demonstrates how the architecture of legislation, the process of criminal justice, and the institu...

Offers a new perspective on the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, not as a failed experiment in peacemaking, but as an instrumental factor in the creation of a new kind of international cooperation~Gives historical context to key elements of International Relations theory and international law~Deals with all five treaties produced by the conference, as well as the Treaty of Lausanne of 1923 with post-Ottoman Turkey~Considers topics within sovere...

Provides a comprehensive study of the functioning of the Trade Policy Review Mechanism~Examines hard-to-find historical GATT material which reveals the development of the TPRM~Contributes to evidenced-based policy making through a consideration of detailed statistical material on the unique aspects of the TPRM's functioning~Supplies practitioners and academics with the most up-to-date developments regarding the TPRM

A coherent, comprehensive, and well-balanced detailed description and analysis of the most recent 170 years of Scottish population history~Contextualises regional patterns of migration, fertility, and mortality within Scotland from 1850 to the present day~Sets current and recent population changes in their long-term context~Focusses on Scotland, but also draws parallels with broader British and European examples~Written with broad accessibilit...

A new perspective on human-computer interaction~Presents a new systematic engineering approach to the design of user interfaces~Concisely conveys the state-of-the-art in computational interaction~Written to be accessible to both students and practitioners~Explains technical concepts in accessible language

A new perspective on human-computer interaction~Presents a new systematic engineering approach to the design of user interfaces~Concisely conveys the state-of-the-art in computational interaction~Written to be accessible to both students and practitioners~Explains technical concepts in accessible language

Introduces students to the life and work of Thomas Browne, the seventeenth century writer of some of the most brilliant and delirious prose in English~Browne's work is presented in chronological order, allowing students to study his development and growth as a writer~The works are presented free of annotation on the page, allowing students to encounter the original texts afresh~Explanatory notes and commentary are located at the end of the boo...

Introduces students to the life and work of John Donne, the great English poet~Donne's work is presented in chronological order, allowing students to study his development and growth as a poet~Includes a separate Chronology at the opening of the volume, which provides details of Donne's life, and the composition and publication of his works~The poems and writings are presented free of annotation on the page, allowing students to encounter the ...

Covers the common clinical presentations encountered in general surgery~Question and answer approach enables the read to skim through case-based discussions quickly~Includes clinically relevant images with the radiological and surgical features delineated to help familiarise the reader with these key features~A useful adjunct to core knowledge textbooks such as anatomy and physiology in preparing for postgraduate examinations

Presents the information and tools needed to implement Critical Service Learning in elementary and high schools in an easy-to-follow step-by-step format~Provides hands-on guidance for each phase of a CSL project: development, implementation, evaluation, and completion~Includes background information on theory and research~Shares tips and guidance on getting started and designing one's own project~Features implementation strategies and techniqu...

Provides the reader with rich sources of data and analysis contained in jurisdiction specific chapters~Presents the reader with essential comparative studies to illustrate developing patterns in this rapidly growing area of law~Places the law in its social and political context

A major new translation of Homer's great epic poem that encapsulates the power of cunning over strength, the pitfalls of temptation and the importance of home~Anthony Verity's rendering transmits the directness, power, and dignity of Homer's poetry in an elegant and accurate translation that respects the original line numbers~William Allan, an authority in classical Greek tragedy and epic, offers a full introduction that guides the reader in u...

This book contains revised chapters from The Oxford Handbook of the History of Medicine with a new introduction and updated reading lists~ Explores the history of medicine across continents and countries from ancient to modern times~ Examines the changing systems of medicine in both Eastern and Western traditions~Compares and contrasts alternative medical practices~ Introduces readers to how historians have attempted to capture the multiple ap...