Jan Klabbers & Touko Piiparinen 
Normative Pluralism and International Law [PDF ebook] 
Exploring Global Governance

The main focus of downsizing has shifted from the private to the public sector. The cutbacks began in the Department of Defense. Now the goal is a federal civilian workforce reduction of 12 percent b …

This ‘how-to’ book on planning and managing GIS within local government describes and details the key components of a successful enterprise, sustainable and enduring GIS. It describes the strategic p …

Business corporations can and do violate human rights all over the world and they are often not being held to account. Emblematic cases and situations such as the state of the Niger Delta and the col …

This book analyses and compares how the USA”s liberal allies responded to the use of torture against their citizens after 9/11. Did they resist, tolerate or support the Bush Administration”s polici …

No set of international relations is as thoroughly analyzed, commented on, taken apart and critiqued as the ties between Europe and the United States. A period of post-Cold War integration has been b …

It is commonplace that political power is becoming more centralized and remote: faceless people, sometimes in unknown places, determine our circumstances and our opportunities. This ground breaking b …

This authoritative volume assesses how the recently democratised political system in Poland is adapting to the challenges posed by the country”s desire to ‘rejoin Europe’. Its excellent panel of hig …

This book is a challenging volume by distinguished, leading scholars of East Asian political economy; it provides a distinct alternative to simplistic accounts of the Asian crisis which generally swi …

With the increasing acceptance of evolutionary and institutional thinking among economists, general interest in the German Historical School has risen steadily during the last decade. This book trace …

Japan has enormous economic power and yet is a minor player in international politics. In part this has been due to the partnership with US, but now with the end of cold war there is a fierce debate …