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UNHCR, Refugee Protection and SecurityThe Rise and Decline of a Global Security Actor investigates the rise of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) as a global security actor. It follows the refugee agency through some of the past two decades&' major conflict-induced humanitarian emergencies: in northern Iraq (1991), Bosnia...

Godwin's Political Justice is the founding work of philosophical anarchism. Drawing on the principles of liberty and utility Godwin criticizes government and all forms of secular and religious authority, advocating the free exercise of individual judgement. He raises enduring questions about the nature of our duty to others....

Rhode Island has a long history of constitutional governance. Beginning in 1636, Rhode Island&'s constitution has been shaped by revolution, nation-building, tumult, and further changes wrought by everything from neo-liberalism to gay rights. The result has been a living document reflecting conflicting and changing values, making the Rhode Island...

This book comprises contributions by leading experts in the field of international humanitarian law on the subject of the categorisation or classification of armed conflict. It is divided into two sections: the first aims to provide the reader with a sound understanding of the legal questions surrounding the classification of hostilities and its...

Economic interaction has enlarged the international trade in goods and services, but the safe and humane flow of persons across international borders remains a challenge in a State-based model of territorial jurisdictions. Once an immigrant enters a new host country the guarantee of respect for their human rights comes into question. Indeed, the...

Ennius&' Annales and Virgil&'s AeneidShaggy Crowns is the first book-length study in almost a hundred years of the relationship between Rome&'s two great epic poems. Quintus Ennius was once the monumental epic poet of Republican Rome, &'the father of Roman poetry&'. However, around one hundred and fifty years after his epic Annales first appeared,...