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The only text to provide everything you need for bringing, defending, and appealing employment cases in one single, portable volume, Blackstone's Employment Law Practice 2012 provides an unbeatable combination of clear, comprehensive commentary with key legislation....

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Approaching the subject of late Roman law from the perspective of legal practice revealed in courtroom processes, Caroline Humfress argues for a vibrant culture of forensic argumentation in late Antiquity - which included Christian controversies concerning 'heresy' and 'orthodoxy', revealing its far-reaching effects on theological debate....

The Evolution of a Global Risk NetworkThis book is the first to trace comprehensively the history and development of the international insurance and re-insurance business around the world across Europe, North America, Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East and Northern Africa, Far East and Pacific, and Latin America and the Caribbean....

Third EditionQuantum theory and Einstein's theory of relativity are at the centre of modern        theoretical physics, yet, the consistent unification of both theories is still        elusive. This book offers an up-to-date introduction into the attempts to construct        a unified theory of "e;quantum gravity"e;....

In this book, Carr unravels the biography of the archaeologist Tessa Verney        Wheeler, a charming, tiny woman whose untimely death left her archaeological career        overshadowed by her distinguished husband, Sir Mortimer Wheeler. Despite a short        career of just over twenty years, Verney Wheeler published and excavated...