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The Handbook is a landmark in the dynamic and rapidly expanding field of Internet Studies, bringing together leading international scholars to strengthen research on how the Internet has been studied and the discipline's fundamental questions, and shape research, policy, and practice for the future....

A CommentaryThe 2004 Environmental Liability Directive (ELD) created a legal regime for the restoration of environmental damage that was novel to all EU Member States. This is the first book to provide a comprehensive commentary on legal issues arising under the ELD as well as guidance on interpreting and applying the ELD....

Joel S. Baden examines the promise of land and progeny to the patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob--a central, recurring feature of the Pentateuch....

Infrastructure and Development in Emerging EconomiesRecent decades have witnessed energetic institution-building in the developing world as regulatory agencies take over the role of the executive in key sectors. Here country case studies and interdisciplinary commentaries examine the rise of the regulatory state in the south and highlight the...

The Ethics of an Unmanned MilitaryA new powerful military weapon has appeared in the skies of world and with it a new form of warfare has quickly emerged bringing with it a host of pressing ethical questions and issues. Killing By Remote Control: The Ethics of an Unmanned Military brings together some of the best scholars currently working on these...

A Study of Self-KnowledgeHow do we know our current states of mind--what we want, and believe in? Jordi Fernandez proposes a new theory of self-knowledge, challenging the traditional view that it is a matter of introspection. He argues that we know what we believe and desire by &'looking outward&', towards the states of affairs which those beliefs...