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Environment, Society, and the State in the Nile Delta under Roman RuleBetween the Roman annexation of Egypt and the Arab period, the Nile Delta went from consisting of seven branches to two, namely the current Rosetta and Damietta branches. For historians, this may look like a slow process, but on a geomorphological scale, it is a rather fast one....

Sovereign debt is a complex and highly topical area of law and this work represents a new main reference book on the subject bringing together contributions from world leading practitioners, scholars and regulators.  Divided into five parts the book opens with a part on restructuring which analyses contractual provisions and the role of...

Infrastructure and Development in Emerging EconomiesThe 1990s and 2000s have witnessed a spurt of energetic institution-building in the developing world, as regulatory agencies emerge to take over the role of the executive in key sectors. This rise of the regulatory state of the south is barely noticed both by scholars of regulation and of...

A Very Short IntroductionGeopolitics is a way of looking at the world: one that considers the links between political power, geography, and cultural diversity. In certain places such as Iraq, Lebanon, or Israel, moving a few feet either side of a territorial boundary can be a matter of life or death, dramatically highlighting the connections...

An IntroductionOn October 1, 2009, the People's Republic of China (PRC) celebrated the 60th anniversary of its founding. And what an eventful and tumultuous six decades it had been. During that time, under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), China was transformed from one of the world's poorest countries into the...

A Very Short IntroductionIf you read the &'business pages&' of a newspaper or if you listen to the financial news on the television or radio, you will often hear terms such as &'liability&', &'balance sheet&' or &'earnings&'. These terms turn up in non-financial contexts as well: &'he was more of a liability than an asset&'. If you invest in...