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Deference and ProportionalityInternational human rights courts accord their member states a margin of        appreciation in relation to the implementation and interpretation of human rights        law. This book argues that a degree of deference is justified because although human        rights standards are universal, in practice they inevitably...

This is the first major study of J. L. Austin's philosophy in decades. Leading philosophers show the relevance of his work to current debates including scepticism and contextualism, the epistemology of testimony, and the semantics/pragmatics distinction. They demonstrate why Austin's work is of continuing value and interest to philosophers today...

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The rise of innovative firms in emerging market economies is an increasingly        topical issue. However, the literature has lagged behind in helping us understand        this phenomenon. Addressing this gap, the book draws on a variety of firm-level        experiences across a range of key countries, sectors, and institutional contexts.         ...

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Susan Karant-Nunn argues that the 16th-century Reformation movement sought not only to modify people's doctrinal convictions and their behavior but to root these changes in altered sentiment. She finds evidence for this thesis in all of the media employed by ecclesiastical authorities within Catholicism, Lutheranism, and the Reformed churches -...