Oxford University Press

This is a book about an ocean that vanished six million years ago - the ocean of Tethys. Named after a Greek sea nymph, there is a sense of mystery about such a vast, ancient ocean, of which all that remains now are a few little pools, like the Caspian Sea. There were other great oceans in the history of the Earth - Iapetus, Panthalassa - but...

The Realm of Reason is a manifesto for a new rationalism in philosophy. Christopher Peacocke develops an original theory of what makes a thinker entitled to form a given belief. The theory is articulated in three principles of rationalism, which together imply that all entitlement has an element that is independent of experience. Peacocke...

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The distinction between analytic and synthetic sentences--the idea that some sentences are true or false just in virtue of what they mean--is a famous focus of philosophical controversy. Gillian Russell reinvigorates the debate with a challenging new defence of the distinction, showing that it is compatible with semantic externalism....

Can War Be Just in the Twenty-first Century?A fresh analysis of the just war tradition that addresses key contemporary        security challenges, including the changing nature of war, military pre-emption and        torture, the morality of the Iraq war, and humanitarian intervention....

New Challenges, New PerspectivesLaw firms face unique organizational, managerial, and business issues, such as the        role of partners, new practice development, payment systems, the value of legal        knowledge, career development, and competitive advantage. This book investigates        these particular challenges and is ideal for anybody...