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The story of Winston Churchill's long relationship with the Crown—from radical liberal under Edward VII to his last premiership as an old man under the young Queen Elizabeth II. Winston Churchill was born in a palace and was given a funeral worthy of a king....
Allegory has been variously defined as a literary genre, a mode of interpretation, and a symbolic dimension to all language. Although 'allegory' historically escapes easy definition, it can be broadly defined as a mode of communicating that says one thing and means...
The idea of modelling systems using graph theory has its origin in several scientific areas: in statistical physics (the study of large particle systems), in genetics (studying inheritable properties of natural species), and in interactions in contingency tables. This...
Germany's grand strategy - historically associated with two world wars and several genocides - is one of the most impactful but difficult phenomena in the history of international relations. Given its geographical, military, and economic limitations, why did the country...
'the metamorphosis of Monsieur de Charlus into a new person was so complete that... everything which had appeared incoherent to me until then, was becoming intelligible, and self-evident' The fourth volume of Proust's In Search of Lost Time extends the protagonist's...
How does international law change?How does it adapt to new contexts and meet new challenges? The typical answer to these questions makes international law appear rather static, due to high hurdles for change and formal rules that require widespread agreement among...
From intellectual history to the dazzling, chaotic, and jargon-laden world of digital culture, this book explores how ideas of 'the West' and articulations of China/West difference are produced and mobilized in Chinese political discourse. It foregrounds not only the...
This new edition of the Blackstone's Guide to the Anti-Terrorism Legislation provides expert explanations and assessments of the UK anti-terrorism legislation. It offers comprehensive and critical guidance on interpretation, impact in practice, and justifiability. The...
An open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence Paradoxical Ethics is a unique book, exploring a crucial but neglected aspect of morality, introducing the reader to the gripping topic of absurdity, perversity, and paradox...
Written by three experienced practitioners, this definitive work provides unrivalled analysis and guidance on the law of judicial review. Updated with the most relevant and recent case law, this new edition of Judicial Review: Principles and Procedure includes...
Plato and Aristotle both think that for humans to live full and flourishing lives, we must live together in political communities. They are therefore interested in their various ways in which the people in any given political community relate to one another, how they...
Convinced that crusade expeditions were failing 'because of our sins', Paris-trained reformers targeted 'corrupt' clergy and 'loose women' (meretrices) in campaigns against prostitution, clerical marriage and concubinage, and lay fornication. Moral theologians tied new...
Alexander Bain (1818–1903) was once Britain's greatest philosopher of mind. Author of The Senses and the Intellect (1855) and The Emotions and the Will (1859), he articulated a comprehensive theory of the human mind, integrating cognitive, developmental, and...
Written with the busy practitioner in mind, Principles of Contractual Interpretation offers a concise and authoritative guide to this complex area of commercial law. The authors distil the rules for constructing and interpreting contracts into ten core principles, each...
The idea of status has long puzzled philosophers. Some people have higher social status than others, and some have distinct legal statuses, such as being an employee, a tenant, or a refugee. But why should that be the case? Why should some enjoy more esteem than others?...
Tracing the historical development of both past and contemporary law enforcement systems, Enforcement Rights in Public and Private Law provides a critical analysis of the distribution of enforcement rights across public and private law. The contemporary dominant...
History of Universities: XXXVIII/2 contains the customary mix of learned articles and book reviews which makes this publication an indispensable tool for the historian of higher education.
Post-Traumatic Stress and Trauma-Informed Practice: A Practical Guide, Third Edition offers a comprehensive and accessible overview of post-traumatic stress and other reactions that may develop following exposure to traumatic events such as life-threatening situations,...
EU Administrative Law covers all dimensions of the administrative system in theEU and the principles of judicial review that apply in this area. Part I is entitled 'Foundations' and has two chapters, the first dealing with the historical development of the...
The short-lived Ministry of Information (MoI, 1939–1946) had an outsized impact. It played a key role in the Allied war effort, and its work has reverberated in British culture ever since: from its much darker version (as the 'Ministry of Truth') in Orwell's Nineteen...
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