Oxford University Press

Using an institutional and empirical approach, this book analyses the role of formal rules (laws and regulations) and informal rules (norms, practices, and shared beliefs) in the Japanese economy.  Through in-depth studies of corporate governance and finance, mergers and acquisitions, financial regulation, organized crime, and markets for...

The practice of yoga has become hugely popular in the West. Most people assume (and many claim) that 'postural' yoga -- characterized by the familiar, demanding, physical poses -- is an ancient Indian tradition. But in fact, as Mark Singleton shows, this type of yoga is quite a recent development, with its beginnings traceable to the middle of the...

This book is the product of a major British Academy Symposium held in 2007 to mark        the centenary of the birth of H.L.A. Hart, the most important legal philosopher and        one of the most important political philosophers of the twentieth century.The book        brings together contributions from seventeen of the world's foremost legal...

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This highly interdisciplinary volume explores the political and cultural dimensions of citizenship and their relevance to women and gender. Containing essays by leading scholars such as Iris Marion Young, Alison Jaggar, Martha Nussbaum, and Sandra Bartky, it examines the conceptual issues and strategies at play in the feminist quest to give women...