Oxford University Press

A concise, evidence-based textbook collating the key recommendations that        practising obstetricians and gynaecologists need to know. The easily accessible        format allows for quick consultation whilst in the clinic or on the ward....

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Why Fascism FailedContradicts the current orthodoxy that there was a generalised popular consensus        for the fascist regime and for Mussolini's rule, at least until the disasters of the        Second World War. Demonstrates that there was widespread and mounting hostility to        the regime among large sections of the population, even in the...

This book provides an overview of the dominant philosophical approaches and practices in handling status offenders - the kinds of youth who habitually resist the control of their parents and schools, who run away from home, who drink and stay out after curfew. The three basic and competing social philosophies in responding to these troubled and...

On Semantic Change and Normative TwistsChallenging the classic narrative that sovereign states make the law that constrains them, this book argues that treaties and other sources of international law form only the starting point of legal authority. Interpretation can shift the meaning of texts and, in its own way, make law. In the practice of...

Can it be rational to be religious? Robert Audi gives a persuasive positive answer        through an account of rationality and a rich, nuanced understanding of what        religious commitment means. It is not just a matter of belief, but of emotions and        attitudes such as faith and hope, of one's outlook on the world, and of...