Oxford University Press

There has been a good deal of interest in moral sentimentalism in recent years, but most of that interest has been exclusively either in meta-ethical questions or in normative issues about caring or benevolence. The present book seeks to offer a systematically unified picture of both sorts of topics by making central use of the notion of empathy....

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Law and PracticeThis work is a practical guide to the fundamental principles of Islamic law and        their application to Islamic finance transactions. Focusing on structures adopted in        actual transactions it addresses the entire range of financial products of current        interest, including conventional structures for debt and equity...

This book presents a radically different argument for what has caused, and likely        will continue to cause, the collapse of emerging market economies. Pettis combines        the insights of economic history, economic theory, and finance theory into a        comprehensive model for understanding sovereign liability management and the...

Governance of the public sciences has profoundly changed since World War II, especially the funding structures, autonomy, and accountability of public research organizations and universities, and the extent to which research is steered towards societal usefulness. This book examines these developments in several countries....