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At present primarily governed by market forces with little regulatory interference, international financial relations have become increasingly important for global as well as national economies. Contributors to this volume consider whether this absence of regulation is wise, in the light of recent f... More

Fragen nach dem Inhalt und den Grenzen religiAser BetAtigung in der sAkularisierten Gesellschaft haben in den letzten Jahren vermehrt die Gerichte und die A-ffentlichkeit beschAftigt. Die Autoren des Symposiumsbandes diskutieren in vAlkerrechtlicher und rechtsvergleichender Perspektive die Probleme,... More

There is an increasing focus on the need for national implementation of treaties. International law has traditionally left enforcement to the individual parties, but more and more treaties contain arrangements to induce States to comply with their commitments. Experts in this book examine three form... More

Although most communities of disabled people have moved to the social model, in which society needs to be "cured," much research about disability has stayed well within the bounds of the medical model, in which the disability must be "cured." This collection of 12 essays varies in its approach betwe... More

Component Models and Systems for Grid Applications is the essential reference for the most current research on Grid technologies. This first volume of the CoreGRID series addresses such vital issues as the architecture of the Grid, the way software will influence the development of the Grid, and the... More

Enigmatic German photographer Frank Kunert, born in 1963 in Frankfurt, excels at turning familiar narrative contexts upside down and forcing us to question reality itself. A multistoried apartment building, drab and grayish, has the requisite carpeted balconies, railings and lone flower box--even a ... More

The book addresses the literary problems posed by II Sam 9 - 1 Kings If. The starting point is provided by contemporary pro-dynastic source texts, which under Solomon's reign were already edited to provide a foundation document for the nascent dynasty. Intensive theological debates are reflected in ... More