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Democracy and Social ChoiceThis ground-breaking book examines the relationship between the complexity of political institutions and the stability of socially effective outcomes in more than 40 countries. - ;The role of institutions is to establish the domains of public activity and the rules to select leaders. Democratic regimes organized in simple...

Philosophical, Theological, and Comparative Perspectives on Canon LawLaw, Person, and Community: Philosophical, Theological, and Comparative Perspectives on Canon Law takes up the fundamental question "e;What is law?"e; through a consideration of the interrelation of the concepts of law, person, and community. As with the concept of law...

The medical state of acutely hospitalized neurologic patients is often compromised.  This title in Core Principles of Acute Neurology does focus on how certain neurologic conditions can inflict damage to other organ systems and what systemic complications most frequently jeopardize patients with primary neurological disorders. Providing Acute Care...

In an ideal world, the laws of Congress-known as federal statutes-would always be clearly worded and easily understood by the judges tasked with interpreting them. But many laws feature ambiguous or even contradictory wording. How, then, should judges divine their meaning? Should they stick only to the text? To what degree, if any, should they...

Foundations and RamificationsWhen you visit a website, check your email, or download music, you enter into a contract that you probably don&'t know exists. "e;Wrap contracts"e; - shrinkwrap, clickwrap and browsewrap agreements - are non-traditional contracts that look nothing like legal documents. Contrary to what courts have held, they are...

Moral Responsibility for Collateral Damage in America's Post-9/11 WarsA sophisticated and intellectually powerful analysis of culpability and moral responsibility in war, Accountability for Killing focuses on the causes of many episodes of foreseeable collateral damage. Why was there so much unintended killing of civilians in the U.S. wars...