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A valuable edited collection covering an area of the subject that, while not the most fashionable historically, is of increasing interest to a multidisciplinary audience. The book offers a...
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A defence of democracy against judicial review; political against legal constitutionalism; the electoral system against the judges.Who is it for? Advanced undergraduate students of law or politics...
A handbook addressing legal and practical issues arising from employment of school staff, revised in light of the Education Act 2002, the Employment Rights Act 2002 and changes to discrimination law....
This book, updated in light of recent developments, explains rules and procedure relating to costs in all matrimonial proceedings including divorce, ancillary relief cases and Children Act...
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George Ritzer is the best-selling author of sociological theory books in the US, but he is definitely not America's answer to Anthony Giddens. Giddens came to sociology from philosophy, Ritzer from...
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