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Law, Morality, and the EnvironmentOriginally published in 1972, Should Trees Have Standing? was a rallying point for the then burgeoning environmental movement, launching a worldwide debate on the basic nature of legal rights that reached the U.S. Supreme Court. Now, in the 35th anniversary edition of this remarkably influential book, Christopher...

How Environmental Pollution Impairs Human Intelligence and Mental HealthThe global prevalence of neurodevelopmental disorders is accelerating. Numbers of children affected by an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the United States have reached 1 in 88 -- 1 in 56 among boys -- and even more children have developed attention deficit/hyperactivity...

Tropical East Asia is home to over one billion people and faces massive human impacts from its rising population and rapid economic growth. It has already lost more than two-thirds of its forest cover and has the highest rates of deforestation and logging in the tropics. Hunting, coupled with the relentless trade in wildlife products, threatens all...

The story of a Young ManSet against the backdrop of the 1848 Revolution, A Sentimental Education is the story of young lawyer FrA(c)dA(c)ric Moreau's infatuation with the demurely exotic Madame Arnoux....

Winner of the 2013 Christianity Today Book Award for Theology / Ethics Scholars and laypersons alike regard Jonathan Edwards (1703-58) as North America&'s greatest theologian. The Theology of Jonathan Edwards is the most comprehensive survey of his theology yet produced and the first study to make full use of the recently-completed...

Informal Economy Practices and InstitutionsAnalyzes what people 'do for themselves' in the informal economy and how it relates to public policies, formal institutions, and broader socio-economic processes....