German jurist and legal theorist Carl Schmitt (1888-1985) significantly influenced Western political and legal thinking in the last century, yet his life and work have also stirred considerable controversy. While his ideas have been used and diffused by prominent philosophers on both the left and the right, such as Jurgen Habermas and Leo Strauss, his Nazi-era past, especially his active efforts to remove Jewish influence from German law, has cast a cloud over his life and oeuvre. Still, his many supporters have generally been successful in claiming that Schmitt's was an "antisemitism of...

"Popular Sovereignty and the Crisis of German Constitutional Law" is a historical analysis of competing doctrines of constitutional law during the Weimar Republic. It chronicles the creation of a new constitutional jurisprudence both adequate to the needs of a modern welfare state and based on the principle of popular sovereignty. Peter C. Caldwell explores the legal nature of democracy as debated by Weimar's political theorists and constitutional lawyers. Laying the groundwork for questions about constitutional law in today's Federal Republic, this book draws clear and insightful...

Bob Tasca is, quite simply, the world's most effective practitioner of customer satisfaction. His accomplishments are astounding. His small Ford dealership is consistently among the world's best in sales volume, and industry executives from all over often visit in order to learn from his operation. Though he sells a generic product, Tasca has at times achieved the unheard-of feat of capturing 24 percent of his metro market, and he regularly sees 65 percent of his customers return -- triple the loyalty rate of his competitors.

In You Will Be Satisfied, he reveals how anyone, whether shoe...

Our modern world is dominated by oil. Many of the policies of national governments are based on the desire for its acquisition. Regimes have been overthrown in order to gain control of this valuable commodity. And it wasn't that much different one hundred years ago - oil was just as essential. This is the story of the great shale oil industry which once flourished in the village of Broxburn, West Lothian, telling how Broxburn Oil Works extracted oil from the shale and created its many products. The volume of shale excavated from the mines by the Broxburn Oil Company and the fees paid both to...

Many books have been published claiming to identify that most elusive of killers, Jack the Ripper. In this book, we learn more about the victims and in particular, Mary Jane Kelly. The significance of the date of her murder is examined in detail. This book also covers the involvement of Prince Albert Victor, and furnishes evidence that the Whitechapel murders were sanctioned by men or power such as the Commissioner of the Met Police, to protect the British Establishment. The Whitechapel Murders and Mary Jane Kelly is a must-read for Ripperologists. Peter Caldwell lives in Uphall in West...

A historical analysis of doctrines of constitutional law during the Weimar Republic. This book reveals the various facets of the constitutional struggles during the Weimar Republic. It is useful for historians, constitutional lawyers, students and scholars interested in the continuing problems of democracy and constitutionalism.