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Collected Essays Volume IIIHuman Rights and Common Good collects John Finnis's wide-ranging work on central        issues in political philosophy. The subjects explored include the general theory of        political community and justice; the nature and role of human rights; national        territory and migrants' and non-citizens' rights; the...

The purpose of this book is to examine how the practice of celibacy differs cross-culturally as well as historically within a particular religious tradition. The essays will demonstrate that celibacy is a complex religious phenomenon. The first collection of its kind, this book will be a valuable resource for courses in world religions, as well as...

Developed from years of teaching psychiatry to medical students and residents,        this comprehensive text devoted solely to describing the mental status examination        (MSE) fills a void in the teaching literature and will be valuable to both students        first learning about the MSE and seasoned clinicians seeking an...

Carol Moseley Braun's presidential campaign in 2004 and a widely discussed run in 2008 run by Hillary Rodham Clinton have raised the profile of women on the political stage. Women and Elective Office: Past, Present and Future features comprehensive research on women as political candidates and officeholders. The challenges they face are analyzed...

An anecdotal autobiography of Bill Crow's career in jazz from his arrival in New York City in the 1950s through his professional life as a jazz bassist playing with the likes of Benny Goodman, Gerry Mulligan, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Marian McPartland....

Aghion and Banerjee build a model of an aggregate economy that takes the interactions between volatility and growth seriously, while still being open to the possibility of market failures. The authors show that by looking at the economy through the lens of private entrepreneurs who invest under credit constraints, one can go along way towards...