Oxford University Press

Thomas De Quincey's three essays 'On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts'        centre on the notorious career of the murderer John Williams, who in 1811 brutally        killed seven people in London's East End. De Quincey coolly dissects the art of        murder and its perfections, in a mixture of reportage, black satire, and...

Jude Fawley's ambitions to go to university are thwarted by class prejudice and his entrapment in a loveless marriage. His doomed love affair with his unconventional cousin has tragic consequences. Hardy's last, and most controversial novel, this revised edition has the first truly critical text, a new chronology and bibliography, and substantially...

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At last - an American counterpart to Bertrand Russell's    History of Western Philosophy! The eminent historian Bruce Kuklick tells the fascinating story of the growth of philosophical thinking in the USA, in the context of the intellectual and social changes of the times. This is a book for anyone interested in American social or cultural history...

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An important ongoing debate in international law concerns the extent to which the        international legal system is becoming constitutionalized. This book examines        whether such constitutionalization is taking place and what a constitutionalized        world order could or should imply, by critically analysing...