The law in a modern society is a bulky and complex instrument, with a tendency to become less fixed, less rule-oriented, and more discretionary. An institution made by men for the government of men, the law today can all too readily confuse and dismay us. How and why is so much new law made? By what right does a judge order that a man be sent to jail? Why is so much law so bad, and why should we, the people, accept the laws made by those who claim the right to govern us? In this lucid, stimulating and completely updated survey which presupposes no specialist knowledge of the subject, P. S....
The law in a modern society is a bulky and complex instrument, with a tendency to become less fixed, less rule-oriented, and more discretionary. An in...
This revised and updated edition of Bradbury's account of the modern American novel places particular emphasis on the multiplicity of the contemporary American novel, while providing a critical survey of the fictional scene from 1890 to 1991.
This revised and updated edition of Bradbury's account of the modern American novel places particular emphasis on the multiplicity of the contemporary...
The tragic slaughter of the trenches is imprinted on modern memory; but it is more difficult to grasp the wider extent and significance of World War I. This book gives a clear chronological account of the campaigns on the Western and Eastern Fronts and then moves on to investigate areas that many studies ignore - the war poets, the diplomacy of war aims and peace moves, logistics, and the experience of the war. It was soon seen that war has nothing to do with chivalry any more, but it was harder to say what World War I was fought for, or what the combatants gained.
The tragic slaughter of the trenches is imprinted on modern memory; but it is more difficult to grasp the wider extent and significance of World War I...
