Böcker av University College

A volume which examines twelfth and thirteenth century officers and the practices used to regulate them in England, placing them not only within a British context but also a wider European one and exploring how administration, law, politics, and norms where used to control the insolence of office.

Shakespeare's drama originally circulated in the form of the individual actor's part, containing only a single character's speeches and cues. This collaboration of theatre history with literary criticism captures Shakespeare's development as a writer, showing how scripting and acting work together to produce characters of unprecedented immediacy.

Presents an account of crime prevention theory, practice and research. This book equips readers to think in an informed and critical way about what has been and might be done in practice to prevent crime at local and national levels. It emphasises on crime reduction mechanisms, and the intended and unintended patterns of outcome produced.

This is first book-length study of the politics surrounding the implementation of the WTO's Agreement on Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), a controversial agreement administered by the World Trade Organization.

Looks at the way writers in the Romantic period, both canonical and popular, attempted to situate themselves in relation to enthusiasm, frequently craving the idea of its therapeutic power, but often also seeking to distinguish their writing from what many regarded as its destructive and pathological power.

In this stimulating study that frequently challenges received opinion, George Cawkwell re-examines the whole course of Persian relations with Greek states from a Persian perspective, from the coming of Cyrus in the mid sixth century BC down to the defeat of Darius by Alexander the Great at the battle of Gaugamela in 331 BC.

Presents an original theory of meaning, demonstrates its richness, and defends it against all comers. The author surveys the diversity of twentieth-century philosophical insights into meaning and shows that his theory can reconcile these with a common-sense view of meaning as derived from use.

This text is aimed at philosophers interested in Nietzsche or in the comparative study of Western and Eastern religion and philosophy.