Oxford University Press

Authoritative edition of 3 major Bentham works that detail plans to reform the Poor LawsContains the previously unpublished 'Pauper Management Improved'Detailed editorial introduction and notesIn the three works contained in this volume, written in 1797-8, Bentham offers a detailed exposition of his plan for the reform of the English...

This book using tools of industrial organization and business policy comprehensively examines how a firm can maximise short and long term gains for its stakeholders. This volume may be described as a book on industrial organization with a buisness policy perspective. ...

The right to life is a core human right which has not yet received the detailed legal analysis that it requires. This book provides detailed, critical analysis of the controversial human right to life and, in particular, assesses the weight of conflicting interests which could and/or should serve to override the right. This contemporary study of...

Are the just happier than the unjust? In Plato' s Republic, Thrasymachus argues that they aren't, that justice is simply the advantage of the stronger. Though Socrates apparently refutes him, Plato's brothers, Glaucon and Adeimantus, take up his argument anew, challenging Socrates to show them that justice really does better further happiness than...

How do international norms evolve? This book examines the manner in which sovereignty, a bedrock norm of international relations since the seventeenth century, has evolved in response to changing conceptions of the responsibilities of government. Whereas most previous studies of international norms have examined how norms influence policy...

America Bewitched is the first major history of witchcraft in America - from the Salem witch trials of 1692 to the present day. The infamous Salem trials are etched into the consciousness of modern America, the human toll a reminder of the dangers of intolerance and persecution. The refrain "Remember Salem!" was invoked frequently over the ensuing...