SHORTLISTED FOR THE WESTMINSTER BOOK AWARDS'Inspiring . A vital book for our times.' JULIAN HOFFMAN'A seminal and important book which will become a key part of the gathering movement to protect the rights of nature.'SARAH LANGFORD*Can a planet have legal rights?
The medieval jurist Bartolus of Sassoferrato (d. 1357) has long been accorded seminal importance by historians of political thought. This volume provides the first complete English translation of his tracts On Guelfs and Ghibellines, On the Government of a City, and On the Tyrant, alongside sections of his legal commentaries.
This book considers how basic income could be used as a mechanism for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in African agrarian societies. It will be of interest to readers across the fields of global development, African studies, and humanitarian and disaster studies.
This brief, student-friendly text offers a concise and accessible introduction to the nuts and bolts of the American system of government. For introductory students of American government, this brief and affordable text is especially ideal for advanced placement courses, community colleges, and international programs in American Studies.
Lively and straightforward, The Basics of American Politics offers a concise and accessible introduction to the nuts and bolts of the American system of government. This affordable text is ideal for introductory courses on American government.
Lively and straightforward, The Basics of American Politics offers a concise and accessible introduction to the nuts and bolts of the American system of government. This affordable text is ideal for introductory courses on American government.
On July 31, 1975, Stephen Travers' life was shattered when a Loyalist gang ambushed the band, murdering three of his friends in an attack that would become one of the darkest moments of The Troubles. This book is both a deeply personal reckoning and a song for all those silenced by conflict, offering a path toward healing and, finally, peace.