International Law Concentrate is written and designed to help you succeed. Accurate and reliable, Concentrate guides help focus your revision and maximise your exam performance. Each guide includes revision tips, advice on how to achieve extra marks, and a thorough and focussed breakdown of the key [...]

Human rights law is a complex but compelling subject that fascinates students but also confuses them. This innovative textbook explores human rights law from a theoretical and practical perspective. Case studies and interviews with specialist practitioners, NGO activists and policy-makers show how t[...]

Aphasia and Related Neurogenic Communication Disorders covers topics in aphasia, motor speech disorders, and dementia. Organized by symptom rather than syndrome, this text provides a foundation for understanding the disorders and learning how to apply basic theory to clinical practice in the develop[...]

This book is a collection of papers from The American Ceramic Society's 35th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, held in Daytona Beach, Florida, January 23-28, 2011. This issue includes papers presented in the Ceramics for Electric Energy Generation, Storage and Distributio[...]

"Food is difficult to handle in long supply chains because it has limited storage and handling time and spoils easily with incorrect handling, leading to logistical problems which severely affect product quality and freshness. Simultaneously, the end consumer expects to purchase high quality food at[...]

The Basle complete commentary on Homer s Iliad is widely used internationally, both in research and teaching. The second, revised edition of the commentary on Book 1 (vol. 1, 2002) having been out of print for some months, a third revised edition is now available.[...]

English summary: Phenomenological and narratological approaches are the basis on which the idea of history in the Iliad is analysed. The first part examines the relations of the heroes to the past. The second part reads the narrative form of the Iliad as an expression of the underlying idea of histo[...]

Oliver Wehr stellt in seinem Buch die These auf, dass die Ilias in der Gestalt, wie wir sie kennen, fur einen Vortrag im Umfeld von Argos konzipiert ist. Beweise findet er im Epos selbst. In der Ilias tritt Diomedes wie ein Doppelganger des Achilleus auf. Kaum hat dieser sich im Zorn zuruckgezogen, [...]

Die deutschen Übersetzungen ruhen meist ungelesen im Bücherschrank. Zeit, dies zu ändern. Jenen Homer, den Raoul Schrott uns in seiner Neuübertragung der "Ilias" vorstellt, darf man getrost als Sensation bezeichnen. Ursprünglich geschaffen für die inszenierte Fassung, greift er konsequent auf [...]

This book examines the establishment of trust funds by States and international organisations in respect of international development, environmental protection, fiscal stabilisation, democracy-building and others. It traces their fundamental legal attributes, their investment potential and legal sta[...]