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A provocative reassessment of the rule of law in world politics

Conventionally understood as a set of limits on state behavior, the "rule of law" in world politics is widely assumed to serve as a progressive contribution to a just, stable, and predictable world. In How to Do Things with International Law, Ian Hurd challenges this received wisdom. Bringing the study of law and legality together with power, politics, and legitimation, he illustrates the complex politics of the international rule of law.

Hurd draws on a series of timely case studies involving recent...

Cleo and Olive Go To School Synopsis

In the second book of the Cleo and Olive series, the puppies find themselves boarding a school bus with Little Girl as they head for their first day of school. Cleo and Olive share the same excitement for starting school as Little Girl, but for Olive, the excitement soon gives way to fear...the fear of meeting new puppies, the fear of learning new tricks, the fear of being different. Cleo quickly jumps in to help her best friend overcome her fears. The beautiful and colorful illustrations and entertaining story parallel the activities of...

Language learning strategies have been a topic of research for roughly three decades. Broadly speaking, that research has focused on classroom tuition, predominantly at secondary level. Increasingly, however, language learning occurs in independent settings, whether at distance, on Institution-Wide Language Programmes (IWLPs), or in virtual environments. Success in independent language learning is achieved by autonomous individuals with a capacity for self-regulation. Yet we still know relatively little about the specific means they use to learn effectively, whether in terms of the...

Alzheimers, now what? Joy, a beautiful and rather affluent lady of eighty years is diagnosed with the Alzheimer's Decease. Driving her automobile, no longer being an option, forces the family to find the right help for her condition. Joy is used to getting her way no matter what, which labels her as difficult, demanding, often by screaming, and at times even physical. Care givers come and go. Loving a challenge and knowing the family, the position was offered and I accepted. Bless this woman, having to deal with her condition and depression, confusion and anger, by not being able to live...