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Considers monasticism and monastic communities from ancient and medieval times right through to the 21st century~Compares the different religious traditions of monasticism -- especially Buddhism, Christianity, and Jainism -- and also non-traditional communities~Explores different settings, from East Asia to North America~Discusses the realities of daily life for monks and nuns throughout history and across the globe~Part of the Very Short Intr...

Explores industrial labour and labour relations in one of the biggest port towns of Asia and centres of global trade-Bombay focusing on the cotton textile industry.~Breaking away from conventional labour histories, it brings together legal and social history to locate Bombay's factories and industrial relations within larger global movements.~Raises a number of questions which have only rarely been thematized by labour historians - the ideolog...

Offers the first detailed study for decades of the famous palace of Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbi and its rich figural imagery~Provides new interpretations of well-known concepts and objects from this period, including the meaning of the mosaics at the Dome of the Rock, and the Great Mosque of Damascus~Comprises a unique collection of essays that brings together the history of texts and objects

Provides the first ever structured overview of the United Nations Secratary-General and UN Security Council relationship~Provides a historical overview of the Secretary-Generals~Provides the first ever overview of all the Permanent Representatives in the Security Council~Gives a systematic overview on UN efforts in its first seven decades

The first work in English to be based on case files of interrogations and trials of the secret police who carried out state violence~Builds the biographies of the lower and mid-rank men who enacted the Great Terror~Chilling dissection of the late Great Terror, including provincial towns and cities where arrests, beatings, and torture were carried out

Based on a four year study of how religious people view science, the largest to date~Avoids conceptual approach common in other books on similar topics~Gives readers a concrete look at what religious Americans really understand and think about science

Features dueling essays by leading figures in philosophy, law, and economics~Each essay employs a wealth of fictional and real world examples to address the topic of aging~Covers a wide range of questions that confront one facing the last third of life

The first book of its kind to look at procedure in the context of international investment arbitration~Collects and analyses the rules and precedents on the most prevalent and controversial procedural issues that arise during an investment arbitration~Provides comprehensive tables of jurisprudence, heavily cross-referenced throughout the book and of value in their own right~A chronological approach for ease of reference by today's busy practit...

The practical guide to contentious competition law as it is practised in the UK~Co-authored by the barristers of Brick Court Chambers, an outstanding team of specialists in all aspects of EU and Competition litigation, who have been involved in many of the leading EU and UK Competition Law cases~Unparalleled depth and quality of analysis of court procedure~Covers all aspects of case work including commencement of proceedings, jurisdiction, sta...

Explores the role of market forces as well as domestic and regional policies on South and East Asian integration~Focuses on the prospects for Indias integration with East Asia, given its role as the biggest driver of integration in the sub-region~Examines the potential role of integration in spurring inclusive economic development in small economies~Provides empirical evidence for informed policy decisions

Rejects claims that publics in the global South view human rights as Western, neo-colonial ideas and finds broad support for human rights in the global Southublics.~Utlizies large-scale public opinion surveys to study perceptions of human rights in the global South~Provides the most comprehensive account available of public perceptions of human rights across several regions of the world

Updated through the 2016 election and Trump's first months as president~Makes a controversial claim that the men and women of the right are united by a common political project~Written by a well-known and well-regarded observer of the contemporary political and cultural scene

The latest volume in the 21st-Century Oxford Authors series~Includes a generous and varied selection of Johnson's works~Provides the texts in their original form~Offers a critical introduction, detailed chronology, and rich annotation

The first book in over twenty years to provide an extensive overview of the legal socialization process~Not only reviews what is known about legal socialization, but also provides insight and direction for new research.~Sheds light on how the experiences of young adults translates into how they will interact with the law and legal authority as adults

Provides an unmatched principle-by-principle analysis of the UN Set of Principles for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights Through Action to Combat Impunity~Examines the genesis, normative background, interpretation and practical application of each of the 38 Principles~Analyses the impact of the Principles in contemporary transitional contexts and policy environments~Written by a team of leading scholars and practitioners

Focuses on modern experiments in atomic physics~Interdisciplinary connections with other branches of physics (laser physics, condensed-matter physics, statistical physics, and some topics of nuclear physics)~Can be used for advanced courses in Physics or as a complement to traditional Atomic Physics textbooks ~Illustrates cutting-edge research and the most up-to-date results~Can also be read by non-specialists

An authoritative edition of Austen's legacy in manuscript~Will appeal to anyone interested in textual studies and the relationship between print and non-print media~Offers a new perspective on a much-loved and familiar literary great~Presents facing-page facsimile images and a full commentary on the manuscripts~Will transform the field of Austen studies

An authoritative edition of Austen's legacy in manuscript~Will appeal to anyone interested in textual studies and the relationship between print and non-print media~Offers a new perspective on a much-loved and familiar literary great~Presents facing-page facsimile images and a full commentary on the manuscripts~Will transform the field of Austen studies

An authoritative edition of Austen's legacy in manuscript~Will appeal to anyone interested in textual studies and the relationship between print and non-print media~Offers a new perspective on a much-loved and familiar literary great~Presents facing-page facsimile images and a full commentary on the manuscripts~Will transform the field of Austen studies

Sets out how the subsequent practice of the parties can modify treaty obligations ~Explains how treaty modification by subsequent practice can be identified and how it should be dealt with by dispute settlement bodies ~Analyses important topics such as the sources of international law, the relationship between treaties and customary law, the question of fragmentation of international law, and the role of non-State actors and institutions in ...