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This ebook is a selective guide designed to help scholars and students of Islamic studies find reliable sources of information by directing them to the best available scholarly materials in whatever form or format they appear from books, chapters, and journal articles to online archives, electronic data sets, and blogs. Written by a leading...

1876-2009In 2009 a new UK Supreme Court takes on the judicial functions of the House of Lords. In this book a group of over 40 eminent lawyers and legal historians look back over the 130 years of the judicial House of Lords to give a comprehensive history of its role, reputation and impact on the law in the UK and beyond....

Why does Mark&'s Jesus speak in parables? Why does Plato&'s Socrates make bad arguments? Why are Beckett&'s novels so inscrutable? And why don&'t stage magicians even pretend to summon spirits anymore? In a series of captivating chapters on Mark, Plato, Beckett, Mallarme, and Chaucer, Joshua Landy not only answers these questions but explains why...

Practical and based on the latest clinical evidence and guidelines, the Oxford Handbook of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery is the definitive guide for anyone working in oral and maxillofacial departments (OMFS) or covering the specialty during their surgical rotation. Concise and bulleted, this handbook is broken down into easy-to-read chunks based...

This book evaluates the concept of the function of law through the prism of the International Court of Justice. It goes beyond a conventional analysis of the Court&'s case law and applicable law, to consider the compromise between supranational order and state sovereignty that lies at the heart of its institutional design. It argues that this...

Selected Tables and Figures from Seizures and EpilepsyEngel&'s "e;Epilepsy Board Quick Review: Selected Tables and Figures from Seizures and Epilepsy"e; will utilize 86 tables and 47 black and white figures from the "e;parent book"e; to provide a quick guide for anyone preparing for the boards. In addition to serving as a...