Product Description: When the United Nations Charter was adopted in 1945, states established a legal `paradigm' for regulating the recourse to armed force. In the years since then, however, significant developments have challenged the paradigm's validity, causing a `pardigmatic shift'...read more

How does international law restrict the use of force by states? What are the legal implications of using force? This edition covers key disputes such as Somalia and Rwanda. It is useful for students with an interest in international law and many of the key challenges faced by the global community.

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Product Description: Among the significant consequences of the Cold War's end has been the rise of nations and the challenges that these nations pose for global order and international law. Taking a unique approach to explore this phenomenon, Beck and Ambrosio consider three principal themes: the emergence of nations, the international legal challenges that such nations pose, and international legal efforts to accommodate nations within the global state system...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Provides an understanding of the political and economic conditions that affect the energy industry today, providing a thorough review of recent major events and their impact on the next decade. Included are detailed forecasts for the worldwide energy, natural gas, and oil industries, that professionals can utilize to minimize the risks inherent to decision making. Softcover. (view table of contents)

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Product Description: Formerly known as the "Oil Industry Outlook", this book provides detailed worldwide and US forecasts for the oil, natural gas and energy industries, and contains historical statistics covering economic, energy, and oil and gas activity...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: In "Home Rules" Wood and Beck undertake a remarkable exploration of the "built environment" and our relationship to it. Their objective is to explore and understand a specific room-the living room at 435 Cutler Street, the home of Denis and Ingrid Wood and their children, Randall and Chandler...read more

Product Description: An examination of the politics, law and foreign policy decisionmaking behind the invasion of Grenada.