Product Description: Illuminating a facet of the Civil War that is too-often overlooked, this comprehensive study examines the accomplishments of black soldiers, as well as the major political, social, military, and economic factors surrounding their inclusion in the war...read more

Product Description: A paper reviewing fiscal and macroeconomic issues in the privatisation of non-financial public enterprises in developing and transition economies. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This paper analyzes the main sources of fiscal risks, including from unexpected changes in macroeconomic variables and banking crises, which can have major consequences for countries' fiscal and public debt sustainability. It builds on an overview of existing practices in a wide range of countries to provide practical suggestions on how to promote disclosure of such risks and on risk mitigation and management...read more

Product Description: This book studies the struggle to enforce international human rights law in federal courts. In 1980, a federal appeals court ruled that a Paraguayan family could sue a Paraguayan official under the Alien Tort Statute - a dormant provision of the 1789 Judiciary Act - for torture committed in Paraguay...read more

Product Description: This book studies how victims of human rights violations in Latin America, their families, and their advocates work to overcome entrenched impunity and seek legal justice. Their struggles show that legal justice is a multifaceted process, the overarching purpose of which is to restore human dignity and prevent further violence...read more