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Paperback. Donald J. Savoie argues that both Canada and the UK now operate under court government rather than cabinet government. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBC; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 760.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802095794
- ISBN
- 9780802095794
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.51
€ 46.99
€ 41.51
Paperback. Editor(s): Pade, Marianne; Petersen, Lene Waage; Quarta, Daniela. Num Pages: 367 pages, illustrations (some colour) facsimiles (some colour), maps, plans, portraits. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 172 x 24. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 367
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772890500
- ISBN
- 9788772890500
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.93
€ 45.99
€ 32.93
Paperback. On the night of April 8, 1956, marine drill instructor, Matthew McKeon led Platoon 71 on a forced march through backwaters of Parris Island in an effort to restore flagging discipline. Strong currents in Ribbon Creek and panic led to drowning of six recruits. This work examines events of that night, men of Platoon 71, and fate of Sergeant McKeon. Num Pages: 184 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFS; 3JJPG; HBW; JWF; LNDK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press
- Edition
- Pbk. Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570037030
- ISBN
- 9781570037030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.80
€ 26.80
Hardback. Bossler traces changing gender relations in China from the tenth to fourteenth centuries by examining three critical categories of women: courtesans, concubines, and faithful wives. Bossler illustrates how these groups intersected and interacted with men, influencing the social, political, and intellectual life of the Song and Yuan dynasties. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 375 pages, 6 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; HBJF; HBLC1; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 240 x 36. Weight in Grams: 790.
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 375
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674066694
- ISBN
- 9780674066694
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.06
€ 54.99
€ 46.06
Paperback. Courtesans, Concubines, and the Cult of Female Fidelity traces changing gender relations in China from the tenth to fourteenth centuries. By taking women and men's relationships with women seriously, this book makes a case for the centrality of gender relations in the social, political, and intellectual life of the Song and Yuan dynasties. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 480 pages, 15 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLC; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 33. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674970649
- ISBN
- 9780674970649
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.56
€ 34.99
€ 29.56
Paperback. Pan Ku's celebrated and influential History of the Former Han has been a model for dynastic history since its appearance in the first century A.D.Burton Watson has translated ten chapters from the biography section, including the lives of imperial princes, generals, officials, and some lesser figures. Translator(s): Watson, Burton. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 282 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1QDA; HBJF; HBLA; HBTB; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231083546
- ISBN
- 9780231083546
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.78
€ 42.99
€ 30.78
Paperback. Demonstrates how parental and sexual identities are formed and interpreted in law, and how gay and lesbian parents can harness indeterminacy to transform family law Num Pages: 278 pages, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSK; LNMK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780814776988
- ISBN
- 9780814776988
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; JFD; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 148. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837635744
- ISBN
- 9783837635744
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 131.94€ 99.56
€ 131.94
€ 99.56
Paperback. Reflects the costs, challenges, and consequences the "tough on crime" age has had, especially for male youth of colour Series: Alternative Criminology. Num Pages: 220 pages, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFSP2; LNFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814709450
- ISBN
- 9780814709450
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.43
€ 32.99
€ 29.43
Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS; KCL; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804798938
- ISBN
- 9780804798938
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.23
€ 149.23
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS; KCL; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 251 x 19. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Stanford Security Studies
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804798945
- ISBN
- 9780804798945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.99
€ 36.99
€ 33.99
Hardback. Editor(s): Sykes, Geoffrey. Num Pages: 182 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 182
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616687847
- ISBN
- 9781616687847
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.64€ 117.52
€ 169.64
€ 117.52
Hardcover. Using courtly song as a window, this work examines the culture of the French royal court. It considers the role of the "air de cour" in defining patronage hierarchies at court, and the relationship to the world beyond its own confines. Num Pages: 576 pages, 9 halftones, 8 tables, 34 musical examples. BIC Classification: 3JB; AVGC2; HBJD; HBLH; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 177 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1230.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226075877
- ISBN
- 9780226075877
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.49€ 111.15
€ 135.49
€ 111.15
Hardback. He chronicles the impact of litigation on college access policies, including the rise of selectivity and institutional differentiation, the decline of de jure segregation, the spread of contractual understandings of enrollment, and the triumph of vocational emphases. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; JNM; LAQ; LNTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 238 x 23. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421418841
- ISBN
- 9781421418841
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 42.96
€ 50.99
€ 42.96
Paperback. Examining recent developments in the judicial review of federalism through detailed surveys of the United States, Australia, and Canada, this book urges political scientists to take courts and judicial reasoning more seriously in their accounts of federal government. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; 1MBF; JPA; LNAA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774812368
- ISBN
- 9780774812368
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.81
€ 36.99
€ 33.81
Paperback. Over the years, federal courts have dramatically retreated from actively promoting school desegregation. In the meantime, state courts have taken up the mantle of promoting the vision of educational equity originally articulated in Brown v Board of Education. This title analyses why the state courts have taken on this active role. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNF; LNTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226706177
- ISBN
- 9780226706177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 28.00
€ 34.99
€ 28.00
Paperback. Presents the view that the courts offer the best chance for achieving a set of rights for gays and lesbians, particularly those courts whose judges draw on the expansive interpretation of liberalism. This book guides readers through a discussion of liberalism, court rulings on sodomy laws and same-sex marriage, and a look at the example of Canada. Series: Queer Politics, Queer Theories. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSK; JHBK; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Publisher
- Temple University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592134014
- ISBN
- 9781592134014
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.43
€ 32.99
€ 29.43
hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 446 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQ; LNAA; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 799.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 446
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691642772
- ISBN
- 9780691642772
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 233.81
€ 233.81
Hardback. In this book Spanish author Carmen Martin Gaite eloquently describes how principles and policies of the Franco regime, particularly in the early postwar years (1940-1950s), manipulated the behavior of an entire generation of Spaniards. Translator(s): Jones, Margaret E.W. Num Pages: 202 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 168 x 16. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611482010
- ISBN
- 9781611482010
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.72
€ 121.72
Hardcover. Juxtaposing contributions from geneticists and anthropologists, this volume provides a contemporary overview of cousin marriage and what is happening at the interface of public policy, the management of genetic risk and changing cultural practices in the Middle East and in multi-ethnic Europe. Editor(s): Shaw, Alison; Raz, Aviad. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. Num Pages: 228 pages, 9 illus. BIC Classification: JHBK5; MFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782384922
- ISBN
- 9781782384922
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.15
€ 164.15