This 2004 book explores the history, politics, and theory surrounding the rule of law ideal, beginning with classical Greek and Roman ideas, elaborating on medieval contributions to the rule of law, and articulating the role played by the ...

This new edition of a textbook first published in 2000 provides a comprehensive account of the law of treaties from the viewpoint of an experienced practitioner.

Dr. Heiko Krüger is an attorney at law and commentator on international and European legal affairs in Berlin, Germany.

Presents the legal cases for self-determination in East Timor, Kosovo, Chechnya, Georgia (South Ossetia and Abkhazia) and in South Sudan.

" -- The Public Nature of Private Violence is a timely and pathbreaking book that explores the complex and diverse feminist and legal responses to domestic violence from a cross-cultural perspective.

By the end of this book, the reader should be in an excellent position to go out and work for peace with justice for all peoples and states in the Middle East.”-Professor Francis A. Boyle, legal adviser to the Palestinian delegation to ...

Legal Traditions of the World places national laws in the broader context of major legal traditions, those of chthonic (or indigenous) law, talmudic law, civil law, islamic law, common law, hindu law and confucian law.

Relying heavily on original materials and provocative notes and questions, this book encourages students to play the roles of national security professionals, politicians, judges, and ordinary citizens.

What then could have generated the kind of conflict that might have led to a nuclear holocaust? This is the great puzzle of the Cold War, and in this book, the product of nearly twenty years of work, Trachtenberg tries to solve it.

He reveals Americans to be generally well-disposed toward a law of nations, notwithstanding the contrary values of the US government over the last decade. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR