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Manage your career : 10 keys to survival and success when interviewing and on the job / by Sathe, Vijay

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Manage your career : 10 keys to survival and success when interviewing and on the job / by Sathe, Vijay

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Prophet of Discontent : Martin Luther King Jr. and the Critique of Racial Capitalism / by Douglas, Andrew J., 1980-, Loggins, Jared A., 1992-

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Prophet of Discontent : Martin Luther King Jr. and the Critique of Racial Capitalism / by Douglas, Andrew J., 1980-, Loggins, Jared A., 1992-

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An introduction to contemporary international law : a policy-oriented perspective / by Chen, Lung-chu

Table of Contents: “…International law in a policy-oriented perspective -- Nation-states -- International governmental organizations -- Nongovernmental organizations and associations -- The individual -- Minimum order and optimum order -- Establishment of and access to arenas of authority -- Control over territory -- Control and use of the sea -- Control and use of other resources -- Control of people : nationality and movement -- Protection of people : from alien rights to human rights -- Vertical allocation of authority -- Horizontal allocation of authority -- The diplomatic instrument -- International agreements -- The ideological instrument -- The economic instrument -- The military instrument -- The intelligence function -- The promoting function -- The prescribing (lawmaking) function -- The invoking function -- The applying function -- The terminating function -- The appraising function -- Succession of states -- Responsibility of states -- Individual criminal responsibility -- Toward a world community of human dignity.…”

An introduction to contemporary international law : a policy-oriented perspective / by Chen, Lung-chu

Table of Contents: “…International law in a policy-oriented perspective -- Nation-states -- International governmental organizations -- Nongovernmental organizations and associations -- The individual -- Minimum order and optimum order -- Establishment of and access to arenas of authority -- Control over territory -- Control and use of the sea -- Control and use of other resources -- Control of people : nationality and movement -- Protection of people : from alien rights to human rights -- Vertical allocation of authority -- Horizontal allocation of authority -- The diplomatic instrument -- International agreements -- The ideological instrument -- The economic instrument -- The military instrument -- The intelligence function -- The promoting function -- The prescribing (lawmaking) function -- The invoking function -- The applying function -- The terminating function -- The appraising function -- Succession of states -- Responsibility of states -- Individual criminal responsibility -- Toward a world community of human dignity.…”

Religion and law an introduction / by Edge, Peter W.

Table of Contents: “…-- The state and the individual -- The nature of the problems -- Disobeying generally applicable prohibitions -- Religious drug use in the US, England, and South Africa -- Refusing a positive duty to act -- Conscientious objection to military service under the ECHR -- Conscientious objection to taxation in the US -- Seeking protection for religious difference : improper proselytism under the European Convention on Human Rights -- The state and the religious organisation -- The nature of the problems -- Organisational involvement in the domestic constitution and international organisations -- Religious representation in the UK -- Organisational involvement in the international arena -- State involvement in the organisation : registration and recognition in Russia -- Organisational involvement in state initiatives : religious charities in the UK -- Claims against religious organizations : clergy issues -- Claims by clergy in the United Kingdom -- Claims for the misconduct of religious professionals in the United States -- Community rights : sacred places -- Sacred buildings in the United Kingdom -- Sacred places in the US : indigenous American religions and the US landscape -- International guarantees of religious interests -- Universal declaration of human rights -- International covenant on civil and political rights -- 1981 Declaration -- European Convention on Human Rights -- Introductions to particular jurisdictions -- United Kingdom -- United States -- Canada -- New Zealand -- South Africa -- Theoretical issues -- Defining religion -- Significance of law and religion to one another.…”
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Religion and law an introduction / by Edge, Peter W.

Table of Contents: “…-- The state and the individual -- The nature of the problems -- Disobeying generally applicable prohibitions -- Religious drug use in the US, England, and South Africa -- Refusing a positive duty to act -- Conscientious objection to military service under the ECHR -- Conscientious objection to taxation in the US -- Seeking protection for religious difference : improper proselytism under the European Convention on Human Rights -- The state and the religious organisation -- The nature of the problems -- Organisational involvement in the domestic constitution and international organisations -- Religious representation in the UK -- Organisational involvement in the international arena -- State involvement in the organisation : registration and recognition in Russia -- Organisational involvement in state initiatives : religious charities in the UK -- Claims against religious organizations : clergy issues -- Claims by clergy in the United Kingdom -- Claims for the misconduct of religious professionals in the United States -- Community rights : sacred places -- Sacred buildings in the United Kingdom -- Sacred places in the US : indigenous American religions and the US landscape -- International guarantees of religious interests -- Universal declaration of human rights -- International covenant on civil and political rights -- 1981 Declaration -- European Convention on Human Rights -- Introductions to particular jurisdictions -- United Kingdom -- United States -- Canada -- New Zealand -- South Africa -- Theoretical issues -- Defining religion -- Significance of law and religion to one another.…”
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Brownlie's principles of public international law / by Crawford, James, 1948-

Table of Contents: “…The sources of international law -- The relations of international and national law -- Subjects of international law -- Creation and incidence of statehood -- Recognition of states and governments -- International Organizations -- Forms of governmental authority over territory -- Acquisition and transfer of territorial sovereignty -- Status of territory : further problems -- The territorial sea and other maritime zones -- Maritime delimitation and associated questions -- Maritime transit and the regime of the high seas -- Common spaces and the co-operation in the use of natural resources -- Legal aspects of the protection of the environment -- The law of treaties -- Diplomatic and consular relations -- Unilateral acts; estoppel : Succession to rights and duties -- Sovereignty and equality of states -- Jurisdictional competence -- Privileges and immunities of foreign states -- The relations of nationality -- Nationality of corporations and assets -- The conditions for international responsibility -- Consequences of an internationally wrongful act -- Multilateral public order and issues of responsibility -- The international minimum standard : persons and property -- International human rights -- International criminal justice -- The claims process -- Third-party settlement of international disputes -- The use of threat of force by states.…”

Brownlie's principles of public international law / by Crawford, James, 1948-

Table of Contents: “…The sources of international law -- The relations of international and national law -- Subjects of international law -- Creation and incidence of statehood -- Recognition of states and governments -- International Organizations -- Forms of governmental authority over territory -- Acquisition and transfer of territorial sovereignty -- Status of territory : further problems -- The territorial sea and other maritime zones -- Maritime delimitation and associated questions -- Maritime transit and the regime of the high seas -- Common spaces and the co-operation in the use of natural resources -- Legal aspects of the protection of the environment -- The law of treaties -- Diplomatic and consular relations -- Unilateral acts; estoppel : Succession to rights and duties -- Sovereignty and equality of states -- Jurisdictional competence -- Privileges and immunities of foreign states -- The relations of nationality -- Nationality of corporations and assets -- The conditions for international responsibility -- Consequences of an internationally wrongful act -- Multilateral public order and issues of responsibility -- The international minimum standard : persons and property -- International human rights -- International criminal justice -- The claims process -- Third-party settlement of international disputes -- The use of threat of force by states.…”

International law frameworks / by Bederman, David J.

Table of Contents: “…Nature and history of international law -- General principles and customary international law -- Treaties -- Other sources and evidences -- States : identity, recognition and succession -- International organizations -- Individuals in international law -- State responsibility and diplomatic protection -- Human rights -- State territory and common areas -- Law of the sea -- International environmental law -- International economic law -- International law and domestic law -- International agreements in U.S. law -- Jurisdiction -- Jurisdictional immunities -- Counter measures -- Control of armed conflict -- Laws of war -- Peaceful settlement of disputes.…”

International law frameworks / by Bederman, David J.

Table of Contents: “…Nature and history of international law -- General principles and customary international law -- Treaties -- Other sources and evidences -- States : identity, recognition and succession -- International organizations -- Individuals in international law -- State responsibility and diplomatic protection -- Human rights -- State territory and common areas -- Law of the sea -- International environmental law -- International economic law -- International law and domestic law -- International agreements in U.S. law -- Jurisdiction -- Jurisdictional immunities -- Counter measures -- Control of armed conflict -- Laws of war -- Peaceful settlement of disputes.…”

Brownlie's principles of public international law / by Crawford, James, 1948-

Table of Contents: “…The sources of international law -- The relations of international and national law -- Subjects of international law -- Creation and incidence of statehood -- Recognition of states and governments -- International organizations -- Forms of governmental authority over territory -- Acquisition and transfer of territorial sovereignty -- Status of territory : further problems -- The territorial sea and other maritime zones -- Maritime delimitation and associated questions -- Maritime transit and the regime of the high seas -- Common spaces and cooperation in the use of natural resources -- Legal aspects of the protection of the environment -- The law of treaties -- Diplomatic and consular relations -- Unilateral acts, acquiescence, and estoppel -- Succession to rights and duties -- Sovereignty and equality of states -- Jurisdictional competence -- Privileges and immunities of foreign states -- The relations of nationality -- Nationality of corporations and assets -- The conditions for international responsibility -- Consequences of an internationally wrongful act -- Multilateral public order and issues of responsibility -- The international minimum standard : diplomatic protection and protection of investments -- International human rights -- international criminal justice --The claims process -- Third party settlement of international disputes -- Use or threat of force by states.…”

Brownlie's principles of public international law / by Crawford, James, 1948-

Table of Contents: “…The sources of international law -- The relations of international and national law -- Subjects of international law -- Creation and incidence of statehood -- Recognition of states and governments -- International organizations -- Forms of governmental authority over territory -- Acquisition and transfer of territorial sovereignty -- Status of territory : further problems -- The territorial sea and other maritime zones -- Maritime delimitation and associated questions -- Maritime transit and the regime of the high seas -- Common spaces and cooperation in the use of natural resources -- Legal aspects of the protection of the environment -- The law of treaties -- Diplomatic and consular relations -- Unilateral acts, acquiescence, and estoppel -- Succession to rights and duties -- Sovereignty and equality of states -- Jurisdictional competence -- Privileges and immunities of foreign states -- The relations of nationality -- Nationality of corporations and assets -- The conditions for international responsibility -- Consequences of an internationally wrongful act -- Multilateral public order and issues of responsibility -- The international minimum standard : diplomatic protection and protection of investments -- International human rights -- international criminal justice --The claims process -- Third party settlement of international disputes -- Use or threat of force by states.…”

Patenting lives life patents, culture and development /

Table of Contents: “…: an ethic of patents on genetically modified organisms / Kathryn Garforth -- The right to development, African countries and the patenting of living organisms : a human rights dilemma / Adejoke Oyewunmi -- The genetic sequence right : a sui generis alternative to the patenting of biological materials / Luigi Palombi -- Forfeited consent : body parts in eminent domain / Angela A . …”
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Patenting lives life patents, culture and development /

Table of Contents: “…: an ethic of patents on genetically modified organisms / Kathryn Garforth -- The right to development, African countries and the patenting of living organisms : a human rights dilemma / Adejoke Oyewunmi -- The genetic sequence right : a sui generis alternative to the patenting of biological materials / Luigi Palombi -- Forfeited consent : body parts in eminent domain / Angela A . …”
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Law and religion in theoretical and historical context /

Table of Contents: “…McConnell -- From Dayton to Dover : the legacy of the Scopes Trial / Peter Radan -- A very English affair : establishment and human rights in an organic constitution / Charlotte Smith -- Days of rest in multicultural societies : private, public, separate? …”
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Law and religion in theoretical and historical context /

Table of Contents: “…McConnell -- From Dayton to Dover : the legacy of the Scopes Trial / Peter Radan -- A very English affair : establishment and human rights in an organic constitution / Charlotte Smith -- Days of rest in multicultural societies : private, public, separate? …”
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Museum of Nonhumanity by Haapoja, Terike, Haapoja, Terike, Gustafsson, Laura

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Museum of Nonhumanity by Haapoja, Terike, Haapoja, Terike, Gustafsson, Laura

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