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Chief Justice John Roberts stunned the nation by upholding the Affordable Care Act--more commonly known as Obamacare. In The Tough Luck Constitution and the Assault on Health Care Reform, Andrew Koppelman explains how the Court&'s conservatives embraced the arguments of a fringe libertarian legal movement bent on eviscerating the modern social...

Thirty international scholars probe the main disputed issues in the study of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Essays engage with the lively debate continues over the archaeology and history of the site, the nature and identity of the sect, and its relation to the broader world of Second Temple Judaism and to later Jewish and Christian tradition....

The Life and Times of John J. Raskob, CapitalistThe extraordinary life and times of a colorful capitalist who invented the idea of consumer credit....

Unravelling the mysteries of tearsCrying has fascinated mankind for millenia. Since ancient times, we have known that our ability to produce emotional tears is unique human characteristic. This book is one of the first to explore this complex phenomenon. Written by a leading authority in the field, it will contribute significantly to a scientific...

The Oxford Handbook of Gender and Politics brings to political science an accessible and comprehensive overview of the key contributions of gender scholars to the study of politics, and it shows how these contributions produce a richer understanding of polities and societies....

History and InterpretationThese new studies of Wittgenstein's Tractatus represent a significant step beyond recent polemical debate. They cover a wide range of themes, and show that close investigation into the composition of the Tractatus, and into the various influences on it, has much to yield in revealing the complexity and fertility of...