Oxford University Press

A practical and straightforward guide to the criminal process in England and Wales, from the start of criminal proceedings and the first court appearance of the accused, through to sentencing and appeal. This excellent book covers the procedure in the magistrates' courts, the Crown Court, and the criminal appeal courts....

Once famous for the beauty of its beaches, reefs, and forests, today the Philippines typifies the deep economic and social problems that ecological decline can bring. The Green Tiger gives an intimate, unflinching, but optimistic view of a country struggling to integrate conservation with development....

The first full-length study of the impact of Bellarmine's potestas indirecta in early modern Europe, this book follows the reactions to Bellarmine's theory across national and confessional boundaries. It offers a fresh interpretation of some of the most crucial political and theological knots in the history of post-Reformation Europe and challenges...

Ancient Supplication is the first book-length treatment of a key religious        practice in ancient Mediterranean civilizations. Besides setting forth a typology        that applies to hundreds of acts of supplication in both Greek and Latin sources,        this book traces the links between an originally quasi-legal practice into...

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This is a study of rural social relationships in the eastern Prussian provinces during the Weimar Republic. Using the province of Pomerania as its primary example, Baranowski assesses the contributions of rural elites, particularly Junker landlords and Protestant clergymen, to the rise of National Socialism in a region where the rural electorate's...