This volume of the Texts in Algorithmics series is a collection of work by the participants and friends of London Stringology Days (LSD) and London Algorithmic Workshop (LAW) 2008, sponsored by the Department of Computer Science, King's College London. The form of this volume is that of a special issue, focussing on core computer science theory along with bringing that theory into the real world of computing via practical implementation. Contributed works research: structures in music and text, diffusion tensor imaging, compression, automata, stringology, nondeterminism, transposition...

Since the very beginning, Confucianism has been troubled by a serious gap between its political ideals and the reality of societal circumstances. Contemporary Confucians must develop a viable method of governance that can retain the spirit of the Confucian ideal while tackling problems arising from nonideal modern situations. The best way to meet this challenge, Joseph Chan argues, is to adopt liberal democratic institutions that are shaped by the Confucian conception of the good rather than the liberal conception of the right.

Confucian Perfectionism examines and...

What makes a government legitimate? Why do people voluntarily comply with laws, even when no one is watching? The idea of political legitimacy captures the fact that people obey when they think governments' actions accord with valid principles. For some, what matters most is the government's performance on security and the economy. For others, only a government that follows democratic principles can be legitimate. Political legitimacy is therefore a two-sided reality that scholars studying the acceptance of governments need to take into account. The diversity and backgrounds of East Asian...

A key exploration of political legitimacy in East Asian societies undertaken by normative political theorists and empirical political scientists.