Cocaine trafficking in Latin America

EU nd US policy responses

The post-Cold War world has seen the emergence of new kinds of security threats. Whilst traditionally, security threats were perceived of in terms of military threats against a state, non-traditional security threats are those that pose a threat to various internal competencies of the state ...

EU emissions trading

initiation, decision-making and implementation

The EU Emissions trading scheme has been characterized as one of the most far-reaching and radical environmental policies for many years. Given the EU's earlier resistance to this market-based and US-flavored program, the development and implementation of the carbon emissions trading program has been ...

Health Law's Kaleidoscope

health Law rights in a global age

Within contemporary society, a number of themes (globalisation, health and regulation) interlock in complex patterns, changing in response to the mix of cultural differences, regulatory preferences and available resources. To turn the kaleidoscope and to change the mix, is to change the pattern. This book ...

Europe's global role

external policies of the European Union

This book provides a historical overview, an innovative framework for analyzing the EU's external policies and theoretical conclusions about the EU's role as an international actor. With an original approach and a coherent structure, this volume offers a comprehensive overview of the expanding ...

The military orders. Vol. 3

History and heritage

In the last twenty years there has been an explosion of scholarly interest in the Military Orders. With a history stretching from the early twelfth century to the present day, they were among the richest and most powerful orders of the church in medieval Europe ...

Contemporary perspectives on natural Law

natural Law as a limiting concept

Resort to natural law is one way of conveying the philosophical conviction that moral norms are not merely conventional rules. Accordingly, the notion of natural law has a clear metaphysical dimension, since it involves the recognition that human beings do not conceive themselves as sheer ...

From Arabian Tribes to Islamic Empire

army, state and society in the Near East c. 600-850

This second collection of articles by Patricia Crone brings together studies on the development of early Muslim society, above all the army with which it was originally synonymous, from shortly after the Prophet's death until the mid-Abbasid period. The focus is on the changes ...

Prosecutors and prosecution

Prosecutors are the most powerful actors in the legal system. Their decisions have significant implications for how crime is defined, who is charged, and the punishment they receive. This volume draws together classic and recent scholarship that critically examines how prosecutorial power is constituted through ...

Material and symbolic circulation between Spain and England, 1554-1604

Separated only by a narrow body of water, Spain and England have had a long history of material and cultural interactions; but this intertwined history is rarely perceived by scholars of one country with a view toward the other. Through their analyses of the various ...

Federal antitrust and EC Competition Law analysis

This book provides the reader with a comprehensive analysis of U.S Federal Antitrust and E.C Competition Law. Encyclopaedic in coverage, it examines every constituent element of the law and landmark decisions from the perspectives of economics and policy goals, explaining their implications for ...

International insolvency Law

themes and perspectives

International insolvency is a newly-established branch of the study of insolvency that owes much to the phenomenon of cross- border incorporations and the conduct of business in more than one jurisdiction. It is largely the offspring of globalisation and involves looking at both law and ...

The European Union and the culture industries

regulation and the public interest

This edited collection brings together leading academics in their respective fields to examine the EU's impact on media and public policy. It provides an analysis of the broader areas of EU policy and links these together to give a greater appreciation of the nuances ...

Law at the vanishing point

a philosophical analysis of international Law

Two central questions are at the core of international legal theory: 'What is international law?', and the reality of international law, and, 'Is international law really law?'.This volume examines these critical questions and the philosophical foundations of modern international law using the tools of ...

Public Law and politics

the scope and limits of constitutionalism

This book exposes the possibility for critical engagement with the function of public law and with constitutionalism in its political dimensions. Bringing together the reflections of three leading constitutionalists: Martin Loughlin, James Tully and Frank Michelman, and comprising also three critical commentaries on each, the ...

Network strategies in Europe

developing the future for transport and ICT

The twenty-first century will be the age of global interaction and organised patterns of networks. This important book addresses the strategic dimensions of networks, especially in transportation and information communication technology in Europe. The authors examine the challenges brought about by European unification and accession ...

Medieval Ships and Warfare

This collection of essays and articles from a wide range of journals is intended to make more accessible to students and scholars some of the most important writing in English in this field from the 1950s to the present day. The volume draws attention to ...

International drug control into the 21st century

This volume provides a comprehensive analysis of drug misuse, dependence and the ways in which different parts of the world have responded to these problems. The book examines aspects of the contemporary drug problem, the related debate and the way in which society is responding ...

John Rawls

Taken together, the articles collected in this volume offer readers a reliable, illuminating, up-to-date and comprehensive introduction to both the political philosophy of John Rawls and the most significant of the scholarly debates it has generated and is likely to generate in coming years. Thoughtfully ...

The international criminal court and national jurisdictions

At a stage in its development when the workings of the International Criminal Court may be assessed, this timely volume provides valuable insights into its activities and, in particular, its interaction with national jurisdictions and international organizations. The contributors discuss a broad range of topics ...

Obscurity and clarity in the Law

prospects and challenges

This book explores how the various disciplines of law and linguistics can help us understand the nature of legal language - both oral and written - and how it might be improved and clarified. It presents and examines the most recent research and theories, along with practical ...