Apart from individual rights claims have long been made for collective minority rights. Now a third generation of rights is appearing the rights of peoples exemplified by the African Charter of Human and Peoples Rights of 1981. This volume discusses the new gener... Lees meer.

This is a study of the effects of cross-cultural contact and confrontation on frontier societies particularly those between England and Scotland Wales and Ireland Castille and Granada and on the Elbe. to copywriter. Always list contributors This first study of t... Lees meer.

This book deals with God s covenant with Israel which the author believes is a theme central to the understanding of the Old Testament. He argues that the debate during the last century has revealed how crucial the covenant idea was in the development of what is distinc... Lees meer.

Surveys the history of a great Mediterranean federation whose homelands were Catalonia and Aragon. It incorporates the results of recent research into the archives of Catalonia Aragon Valencia Majorca and other Mediterranean lands. This book is the first in Engli... Lees meer.

One noticeable feature of modern legal systems is the extent to which power is conferred upon government officials and agencies to be exercized at their discretion according to policy considerations rather than according to precise legal standards. This book is a legal... Lees meer.

This is the first general account of Dutch hegemony in trade shipping and finance between 1585 and 1740. Professor Israel the leading historian in this field uses a wide range of sources to explain why despite its small size and population the Dutch Republic funct... Lees meer.

The liberal theologian Ernst Troeltsch argued that the traditional belief in Jesus as the incarnation of God could no longer be held in the modern world. This study provides a close analysis of his argument. Can Christians continue to worship Jesus Christ as the full... Lees meer.

This is a major edition of Aeschylus play the Septem Contra Thebas or Seven Against Thebes providing a significantly new text introduction and full scale commentary. The book deals comprehensively with every important aspect of the play both in detail and in ov... Lees meer.

An account of the musician Peter Warlock Philip Heseltine . Barry Smith uses often controversial material in telling Warlock s story from his dangerous involvement in the occult to his long-lasting loves and hates. Peter Warlock Philip Heseltine is one of the most... Lees meer.

After introducing the empiricist point of view in philosophy of science and the concepts and methods of the semantic approach to scientific theories Professor van Fraassen discusses quantum theory in three stages. After introducing the empiricist point of view in p... Lees meer.

The Oeconomicus is unique in Greek literature in combining a discussion of the proper management of an oikos family or household and didactic material on agriculture within a Socratic dialogue. It is a rich primary source for the social economic and intellectual hi... Lees meer.

This selection of the 100 most popular carols and hymns for Advent Christmas Epiphany and Easter is ideal for sacred occasions and carol concerts and includes accompanied and unaccompanied material. 74 of the most popular items from Carols for Choirs 1 2 and 3... Lees meer.

This edition of Briscoe s standard commentary is largely historical but also attempts to deal with stylistic matters. Introductory sections contain discussions of Livy s use of his sources his language and style and the political situation in Rome at the time of the S... Lees meer.

This biographical study of the Roman senator begins by tracing his political career under the Gothic king Theoderic the Great. Subsequent chapters describe his educational programme in the liberal arts his translations into Latin of the works of Aristotle and Plato an... Lees meer.

Explores Kafka s early dandyism and interest in fashion literary decadence and the superficial spectacle of modern urban life as well as his subsequent repudiation of these phenomena in forging a literary identity as an isolated otherwordly poet of modern alient... Lees meer.