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“arthur shuster”

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  • Punishment and the History of Political Philosophy

    From Classical Republicanism to the Crisis of Modern Criminal Justice

    by Arthur Shuster ...
    Contemporary philosophy still lacks a satisfying theory of punishment, one that adequately addresses our basic moral concerns. Yet, as the crisis of incarceration in the United States and elsewhere shows, the need for a deeper understanding of punishment’s purpose has never been greater.In Punishment and the History of Political Philosophy, Arthur Shuster offers an insightful study of punishment ... Read more

    $43.99 USD

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  • Contextual Subjects

    Family, State, and Relational Theory

    by Robert Leckey ...
    Law and legal discourse both presuppose and produce legal subjects. Views on the nature of the legal subject will constantly shift, therefore, with changes in the law. Contextual Subjects argues that a new view of the legal subject has indeed emerged and that it is now embedded in the social context and relationships. This claim is developed through a contrast of Canadian family law and ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • The Constitution of European Democracy

    by Dieter Grimm ...
    Europe is in crisis. With rising unrest among citizens of EU member states exemplified by the UK's decision to leave the EU, and the growing popularity of anti-EU political parties, Dieter Grimm presents the argument that Europe has to change its method of further integration or risks failure. This book, containing essays many of which have not been published in the English language to date, ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Creating Legal Worlds

    Story and Style in a Culture of Argument

    by Greig Henderson ...
    A legal judgment is first and foremost a story, a narrative of facts about the parties to the case. Creating Legal Worlds is a study of how that narrative operates, and how rhetoric, story, and style function as integral elements of any legal argument.Through careful analyses of notable cases from Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom, Greig Henderson analyses how the rhetoric of ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • Votes, Parties, and Seats

    A Quantitative Analysis of Indian Parliamentary Elections, 1962–2014

    by Vani Kant Borooah ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    'This starkly lucid and timely book absorbs the nuances of the largest festival – the elections – of the world's largest democracy. Hailing from a political family, the author conveys his passion and knowledge on the intricacies, as well as the heat and dust of his national fête. All data and events have been methodically examined in this absorbing analytical work which is an indispensable and ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • The King Takes Your Castle

    City Laws That Restrict Your Property Rights

    by Richard R Sylvester ...
    Series Book 1 - 1
    This book describes the critical issues facing the public in view of the rapid growth and economic impact of the sharing economy, which has resulted in internet firms, such as Airbnb and HomeAway, to rapidly become larger than major hotel chains, with company value measured in multiple billions of dollars.As greed, many cities view the economic growth as an opportunity to tax and restrict. New ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Judge and the Proportionate Use of Discretion

    A Comparative Administrative Law Study

    Edited by Sofia Ranchordás, Boudewijn de Waard ...
    Series series Routledge Research in EU Law
    This book examines different legal systems and analyses how the judge in each of them performs a meaningful review of the proportional use of discretionary powers by public bodies.Although the proportionality test is not equally deep-rooted in the literature and case-law of France, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, this principle has assumed an increasing importance partly due to ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • Local Government Budget Stabilization

    Explorations and Evidence

    Edited by Yilin Hou ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book is the first comprehensive, full-scale treatment of the politics, law, and economics with regard to the policies and policy instruments for budget stabilization at the local level. It examines budget stabilization in the United States from the 1910s to 2010 (from adoption of public budgeting in this country through the Great Recession). In addition, it provides details on the methods and ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Political Struggles and the Forging of Autonomous Government Agencies

    by Palgrave Macmillan ...
    Argues that autonomous agencies are not the result of a systematic design, but are produced by the interactions of political and bureaucratic forces. The case studies illustrate how political struggles between politicians and bureaucrats can create a muddle of agencies that lack coherence and are subject to conflicting levels of political control. ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Russia

    Strategy, Policy and Administration

    Edited by Irvin Studin ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book examines how Russia, the world’s most complicated country, is governed. As it resumes its place at the centre of global affairs, the book explores Russia’s overarching strategies, and how it organizes itself (or not) in policy areas ranging from foreign policy and national security to health care, education, immigration, science, sport, agriculture, the environment and criminal justice. ... Read more

    $170.99 USD

  • Associations and Law

    The Classical and Early Christian Stages

    by George Heiman, Otto Gierke ...
    Series series Heritage
    George Heiman has translated the discussion of classical and early Christian laws of association from the major works by Grotto Gierke, Das deutsche Genossenschaftsrecht. This work complements F.W. Maitland's translation of a later part under the title, The Political Theories of the Middle Ages, and E. Barker's translation of the third part, Natural Law and the Theory of Society, 1500-1800. ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Enacting Electronic Government Success

    An Integrative Study of Government-wide Websites, Organizational Capabilities, and Institutions

    by J. Ramon Gil-Garcia ...
    Series series Computer Science (R0)
    Many countries around the world are investing a great amount of resources in government IT initiatives. However, few of these projects achieve their stated goals and some of them are complete failures. Therefore, understanding e-government success has become very important and urgent in recent years. In order to develop relevant knowledge about this complex phenomenon, researchers and ... Read more

    $89.09 USD