Oxford University Press

The saga of sex differences in brain and behavior begins with a tiny sperm swimming toward a huge egg, to contribute its tiny Y chromosome plus its copies of the other chromosomes. In     Man and Woman the reader will see that biological and cultural influences on gender roles operate at so many different levels to influence behavioral mechanisms...

In 1964 Britain's defence presence in Malaysia and Singapore was the largest and        most expensive component of the country's world-wide role. Yet within three and a        half years the Wilson Government had announced that Britain would be withdrawing        from its major Southeast Asian bases and abandoning any special military role...

Freitas explores what is really going on with the spiritual lives of today's college students and discovers how sexual promiscuity can shift, split, or even shatter young adult religious identity. Through discussions with undergraduates from a variety of secular and religious universities, the author draws up a history of sexuality and spirituality...

Coercive Interrogation and the Fifth Amendment After 9/11In Is There a Right to Remain Silent? renowned legal scholar and bestselling        author Alan Dershowitz reveals precisely why our Fifth Amendment rights matter and        how they are being reshaped, limited, and in some cases revoked in the wake of 9/11.          Dershowitz argues that...

The idea of legislative intent plays a central role in legal interpretation and constitutional theory, yet is repeatedly challenged as being an illusion. Refuting these challenges, this book develops a robust account of how and why legislatures form intentions, and the importance of these intentions to understanding law and parliamentary democracy....

In   Crossing Paths, John Daverio explores the connections between art and life in the works of three giants of musical romanticism. Drawing on contemporary critical theory and a wide variety of nineteenth-century sources, he considers topics including Schubert and Schumann's uncanny ability to evoke memory in music, the supposed cryptographic...