The Court and the World: American Law and the New Global Realities (Breyer Stephen)(Paperback)

The Court and the World: American Law and the New Global Realities (Breyer Stephen)(Paperback)

In this original, far-reaching, and timely book, Justice Stephen Breyer examines the work of the Supreme Court of the United States in an increasingly interconnected world, a world in which all sorts of activity, both public and private--from the conduct of national security policy to the conduct

The Creation of American Law: John Jay, Oliver Ellsworth and the 1790s Supreme Court (Pfister Jude M.)(Paperback)

The development of an American Constitutional law after achieving independence eluded the Founders until the Constitutional Convention in 1787. With that event, America was set on a course to develop an unique system of law with roots deep in the English common law tradition. This new system of

Making the World Global: U.S. Universities and the Production of the Global Imaginary (Kamola Isaac A.)(Paperback)

Isaac A. Komola examines how the relationships between universities, the American state, philanthropic organizations, and international financial institutions inform the academic understanding of the world as global in ways that frame higher education as a commodity, private good, and source of

In the Shadows of the American Century - The Rise and Decline of US Global Power (McCoy Alfred W.)(Paperback / softback)

The essential guide to how American foreign policy shaped the world and where it's left

The Accidental Superpower: The Next Generation of American Preeminence and the Coming Global Disorder (Zeihan Peter)(Paperback)

In the bestselling tradition of The World Is Flat and The Next 100 Years, The Accidental Superpower will be a much discussed, contrarian, and eye-opening assessment of American power. Near the end of the Second World War, the United States made a bold strategic gambit that rewired the

Fair Trade: Reform and Realities in the International Trading System (Brown Michael Barratt)(Paperback)

The landscape of the world economy is changing rapidly, including new and much more powerful roles for the IMF and World Bank, as well as the rapid growth of wider free trade areas in North America and Europe. Current global trading arrangements, however, involve serious obstacles for exporters

International Business: The New Realities, Global Edition (Cavusgil S. Tamer)(Paperback / softback)

The New Kingmakers: How Developers Conquered the World (O'Grady Stephen)(Paperback)

The New Kingmakers documents the rise of the developer class, and provides strategies for companies to adapt to the new technology landscape. From recruiting to retention, it provides a playbook to work more efficiently and effectively with the most important members of your

Tomorrow, the World: The Birth of U.S. Global Supremacy (Wertheim Stephen)(Pevná vazba)

A Foreign Affairs Best Book of the Year A new history explains how and why, as it prepared to enter World War II, the United States decided to lead the postwar world. For most of its history, the United States avoided making political and military commitments that would entangle it in

Liberal Leviathan: The Origins, Crisis, and Transformation of the American World Order (Ikenberry G. John)(Paperback)

A new vision for the American world order In the second half of the twentieth century, the United States engaged in the most ambitious and far-reaching liberal order building the world had yet seen. This liberal international order has been one of the most successful in history in providing

Thee Psychick Bible: Thee Apocryphal Scriptures Ov Genesis Breyer P-Orridge and Thee Third Mind Ov Thee Temple Ov Psychick Youth (P-Orridge Genesis Breyer)(Paperback)

Women Before the Court: Law and Patriarchy in the Anglo-American World, 1600-1800 (Moore Lindsay R.)(Pevná vazba)

This book is a ground-breaking study of women in Britain and British America through two centuries of pivotal changes in the law, economy and empire. It shows how the expansion of women's legal status gave them increased financial independence and undermined patriarchal relationships within the

Astronomy and Astrology in the Islamic World (P. Blake Stephen)(Paperback)

It was the astronomers and mathematicians of the Islamic world who provided the theories and concepts that paved the way from the geocentric theories of Claudius Ptolemy in the second century AD to the heliocentric breakthroughs of Nicholas Copernicus and Johannes Kepler in the sixteenth and

American Zombie Gothic: The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of the Walking Dead in Popular Culture (Bishop Kyle William)(Paperback)

Zombie stories are peculiarly American, as the creature was born in the New World and functions as a reminder of the atrocities of colonialism and slavery. The voodoo-based zombie films of the 1930s and '40s reveal deep-seated racist attitudes and imperialist paranoia, but the contagious,

A New Introduction to Jurisprudence: Legality, Legitimacy and the Foundations of the Law (Cliteur Paul)(Paperback)

A New Introduction to Jurisprudence takes one of the central problems of law and jurisprudence as its point of departure: what is the law? Adopting an intermediate position between legal positivism and natural law, this book reflects on the concept of 'liberal democracy' or 'constitutional

Sisters in Law: How Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the World (Hirshman Linda)(Paperback)

Library OutreachAcademic Outreach--Stacy Schiff, author of Cleopatra: A

America 51: A Probe Into the Realities That Are Hiding Inside the Greatest Country in the World"" (Taylor Corey)(Paperback)

A skewering of the American underbelly by the New York Times bestselling author of Seven Deadly Sins, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Heaven, and You're Making Me Hate You The always-outspoken hard rock vocalist Corey Taylor begins America 51 with a reflection on what his itinerant youth and

Brotherhood (Knight Stephen)(Paperback / softback)

A classic and highly controversial expose of the secret world of the Freemasons reissued with a new introduction by Martin Short, author of 'Inside the

Grave New World: The End of Globalization, the Return of History (King Stephen D.)(Paperback)

A controversial look at the end of globalization and what it means for prosperity, peace, and the global economic order Globalization, long considered the best route to economic prosperity, is not inevitable. An approach built on the principles of free trade and, since the 1980s, open capital

Stephen King and American Politics (Blouin Michael J.)(Paperback)

Stephen King and American Politics examines the complicated political character of King's fiction. From the 1960s to Donald Trump, these works force us question how America got into its current political crisis - and where it might go from

The Economics of Airlines Second Edition (Bilotkach Volodymyr)(Paperback)

This updated and expanded new edition explains the economic realities of the airline industry and the challenges that the sector now faces after the seismic impact of the Covid-19

Power Systems - Conversations with David Barsamian on Global Democratic Uprisings and the New Challenges to U.S. Empire (Chomsky Noam)(Paperback / softback)

Explores the immediate and urgent concerns: the future of democracy in the Arab world, the implications of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the 'class war' fought by US business interests against working people and the poor, the breakdown of mainstream political institutions and the rise of the far

American Girl Character Encyclopedia New Edition (DK)(Paperback)

A gorgeous guide to the wonderful world of American Girl(R), featuring all the characters and brought up-to-date with new photography and facts Learn all about the lovable American Girl characters--from Kaya who was born in the 1750s, to the latest Girl of the Year(TM). This new edition of the

The Eyes of Heisenberg (Herbert Frank)(Paperback)

A New World in EmbryoPublic Law 10927 was clear and direct. Parents were permitted to watch the genetic alterations of their gametes by skilled surgeons . . . only no one ever requested it.When Lizbeth and Harvey Durant decided to invoke the Law; when Dr. Potter did not rearrange the most unusual