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Blackstone&'s Custody Officers&' Manual is an essential reference and training resource for all custody officers and trainers. All relevant legislation is presented in a clear and concise manner, together with analysis and explanation of the areas of the Codes of Practice that are most commonly misunderstood, to offer a comprehensive treatment of...

Refugees and Humanitarian Action in the New CenturyRefugee policy has failed frequently over the past decade, resulting in instability, terrible hardships and loss of life. This book is the first effort to review systematically the recent past and re-design policy to give fresh answers to old problems. Specific recommendations are made to...

The Blue BookNow in its third edition, and endorsed by both the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and the European Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, the Manual of Childhood Infections (known by its readers as The Blue Book) is a simple-to-use, evidence-based, and practical handbook on how to recognise, investigate and manage...

The first-ever Textbook of Children&'s Environmental Health codifies the knowledge base in this rapidly emerging field and offers an authoritative and comprehensive guide for public health officers, clinicians and researchers working to improve child health. Edited by two internationally recognized pioneers in the area, this volume presents...

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Second Edition gives a concise and structured overview of current maxillofacial practice in a user friendly format. The handbook covers all specifics concerned with the diagnosis and surgical treatment of diseases affecting the mouth, jaws, face and neck. It is particularly useful to trainees in maxillofacial surgery...

The existing literature on the substantive and procedural aspects of bilateral investment treaties (BITs) relies heavily on investment treaty arbitration decisions as a source of law. What is missing is a comprehensive, analytical review of state practice. This volume fills this gap, providing detailed analyses of the investment treaty policy and...