Legal Pluralism and Empires, 1500-1850 (Benton Lauren)(Paperback)

Legal Pluralism and Empires, 1500-1850 (Benton Lauren)(Paperback)

This wide-ranging volume advances our understanding of law and empire in the early modern world. Distinguished contributors expose new dimensions of legal pluralism in the British, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Ottoman empires. In-depth analyses probe such topics as the shifting legal privileges

Legal Pluralism Explained: History, Theory, Consequences (Tamanaha Brian Z.)(Paperback)

Legal pluralism involves the coexistence of multiple forms of law. This involves state law, international law, transnational law, customary law, religious law, indigenous law, and the law of distinct ethnic or cultural communities. Legal pluralism is a subject of discussion today in

Pillaging the Empire: Global Piracy on the High Seas, 1500-1750 (Lane Kris E.)(Paperback)

Between 1500 and 1750, European expansion and global interaction produced vast wealth. As goods traveled by ship along new global trade routes, piracy also flourished on the world's seas. Pillaging the Empire tells the fascinating story of maritime predation in this period, including the

Captives - Britain, Empire and the World 1600-1850 (Colley Linda)(Paperback / softback)

Linda Colley uses these tales of ordinary individuals trapped in extraordinary encounters to re-evaluate the character and diversity of the British Empire. She shows how British attitudes to Islam, slavery, race, and American Revolutionaries look different once the captive's perspective is

Legal Writing (Webley Lisa)(Paperback)

Legal Writing guides students comprehensively through this vital legal skill and addresses a range of assessment methods from exam questions to final essays and problem answers. It considers how to deconstruct essay and problem questions and how to conduct and apply legal research to answer set

Russia's Steppe Frontier: The Making of a Colonial Empire, 1500-1800 (Khodarkovsky Michael)(Paperback)

Legal Highs: A Concise Encyclopedia of Legal Herbs and Chemicals with Psychoactive Properties Second Edition (Gottlieb Adam)(Paperback)

Animals as Legal Beings: Contesting Anthropocentric Legal Orders (Deckha Maneesha)(Paperback)

In Animals as Legal Beings, Maneesha Deckha critically examines how Canadian law and, by extension, other legal orders around the world, participate in the social construction of the human-animal divide and the abject rendering of animals as property. Through a rigorous but cogent analysis, Deckha

A World at Sea: Maritime Practices and Global History (Benton Lauren)(Pevná vazba)

The past twenty-five years have brought a dramatic expansion of scholarship in maritime history, including new research on piracy, long-distance trade, and seafaring cultures. Yet maritime history still inhabits an isolated corner of world history, according to editors Lauren Benton and Nathan

An A-Z of Social Work Law (Johns Robert)(Paperback)

This dip into and out of guide introduces students to over 300 key laws, legal terms, and legal processes in a concise and no-nonsense way. It enables students to read up quickly on something that comes up as they study and test their learning before their placements, skills days and exams. It

English Legal System Concentrate: Law Revision and Study Guide (Thomas Mark)(Paperback)

English Legal System Concentrate is written and designed to help you succeed. Written by experts and covering all key topics, Concentrate guides help focus your revision and maximise your exam performance. Each guide includes revision tips, advice on how to achieve extra marks, and a thorough and

Multiculturalism and Its Discontents: Rethinking Diversity After 9/11 (Malik Kenan)(Paperback)

Our contemporary celebration of difference, respect for pluralism, and avowal of identity politics have come to be regarded as the hallmarks of a progressive, modern democracy. Yet despite embracing many of its values, we have at the same time become wary of multiculturalism in recent years.In the

Environmental Groups and Legal Expertise: Shaping the Brexit Process (Abbot Carolyn)(Paperback)

A close look at environmental NGO advocacy during Brexit and how legal expertise can be a resource in moments of crisis. This book explores the use and understanding of law and legal expertise by environmental groups. Rather than focusing on the courtroom, however, this volume scrutinizes

Legacy of Lies: A Legal Thriller (Bailey Robert)(Paperback)

A small-town attorney takes on prejudice and corruption in this powerful legal thriller.Small-town lawyer Bocephus Haynes comes home late one night to find District Attorney General Helen Lewis waiting for him. Her ex-husband has just been killed. She's about to be arrested for his murder. And she

Shoes, Hats and Fashion Accessories: A Pictorial Archive, 1850-1940 (Grafton Carol Belanger)(Paperback)

The 1989 Revolutions in Central and Eastern Europe: From Communism to Pluralism (McDermott Kevin)(Paperback)

This book reassesses a defining historical, political and ideological moment in contemporary history: the 1989 revolutions in central and eastern Europe. Bringing together experts from a variety of disciplines, the volume examines the rapid dismantling of the communist regimes in the late 1980s and

Solitary bees (Benton Ted)(Paperback)

In Britain and Ireland there are about ten times more species of solitary bee than bumblebee and honeybee combined. They are a fascinating, attractive and diverse group that can be found easily in a wide range of habitats, both urban and rural, and they are important as

Gong Therapy (Benton Mehtab)(Paperback)

Gong Therapy: Sound Healing and Yoga is a comprehensive book on using the gong and the practices of yoga to create a therapeutic environment and transformational experience for physical, mental and spiritual excellence. Written for sound healers, yoga teachers, gong players, and therapists, this

Law and Administration (Harlow Carol)(Paperback)

Law and Administration takes a contextual approach to administrative law, setting law and legal rules in the context of the social, political and economic forces that shape the law, and of the complex constitutional framework in which contemporary administrative law operates. This book contains a

Age of Machinery: Engineering the Industrial Revolution, 1770-1850 (Cookson Gillian)(Paperback)

The engineers who built the first generations of modern textile machines, between 1770 and 1850, pushed at the boundaries of possibility. This book investigates these pioneering machine-makers, almost all working within textile communities in northern England, and the industry they created. It

Audible Empire: Music, Global Politics, Critique (Radano Ronald)(Paperback)

Audible Empire rethinks the processes and mechanisms of empire and shows how musical practice has been crucial to its spread around the globe. Music is a means of comprehending empire as an audible formation, and the contributors highlight how it has been circulated, consumed, and understood

Legal Aspects of Purchasing and Supply Chain Management (Longdin Ian)(Paperback)

All purchasing activities take place within a context of legal regulation, a context that has been taking on increasing importance in recent years. This book provide a clear and concise account of the underlying legal principles which affect the purchasing function. A new component of the third

Understanding heritage and memory (Benton Tim)(Paperback)

Written by an interdisciplinary team of scholars, this authoritative text explores the emotive issues surrounding the commemoration of war and atrocity, and the profound challenges for conservators posed by 'virtual', 'intangible' and 'multicultural' heritage. New international case studies

Tom Clancy's Power and Empire (Cameron Marc)(Paperback)