This Element describes the most common educational processes of religious communities in the late antique period. Through a combination of historical... Læs mere
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In the UK, the intellectual basis of legal framework governing the creation, use and storage of in vitro embryos for reproduction and research has... Læs mere
There are many books on the history of international criminal justice but most focus on major historical institutional... Læs mere
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A definitive new account of France in World War II exploring the country's collapse in 1940, the rise of Charles de Gaulle's Free French, the occupation, and... Læs mere
Bringing together nineteen essays from leading specialists in poetics and American music, this collection offers a detailed account of the state of hip-hop as this popular... Læs mere