International Law in Antiquity
International Law in Antiquity

Author: David J. Bederman

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2001-03-05

Total Pages: 345

ISBN-13: 1139430270

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This study of the origins of international law combines techniques of intellectual history and historiography to investigate the earliest developments of the law of nations. The book examines the sources, processes and doctrines of international legal obligation in antiquity to re-evaluate the critical attributes of international law. David J. Bederman focuses on three essential areas in which law influenced ancient state relations - diplomacy, treaty-making and warfare - in a detailed analysis of international relations in the Near East (2800–700 BCE), the Greek city-states (500–338 BCE) and Rome (358–168 BCE). Containing topical literature and archaeological evidence, this 2001 study does not merely catalogue instances of recognition by ancient states of these seminal features of international law: it accounts for recurrent patterns of thinking and practice. This comprehensive analysis of international law and state relations in ancient times provides a fascinating study for lawyers and academics, ancient historians and classicists alike.

An Illini Place
An Illini Place

Author: Lex Tate

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 2017-04-17

Total Pages: 725

ISBN-13: 0252099818

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Why does the University of Illinois campus at Urbana-Champaign look as it does today? Drawing on a wealth of research and featuring more than one hundred color photographs, An Illini Place provides an engrossing and beautiful answer to that question. Lex Tate and John Franch trace the story of the university's evolution through its buildings. Oral histories, official reports, dedication programs, and developmental plans both practical and quixotic inform the story. The authors also provide special chapters on campus icons and on the buildings, arenas and other spaces made possible by donors and friends of the university. Adding to the experience is a web companion that includes profiles of the planners, architects, and presidents instrumental in the campus's growth, plus an illustrated inventory of current and former campus plans and buildings.

Paul in the Greco-Roman World
Paul in the Greco-Roman World

Author: J. Paul Sampley

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2003-11-01

Total Pages: 716

ISBN-13: 9781563382666

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Distinguished Pauline scholars offer an insightful examination of Paul and his world, using carefully chosen examples to demonstrate how particular features of Greco-Roman culture shed light on Paul's letters and on his readers' possible perceptions of them.

The National Element in the Development of Fiscal Theory
The National Element in the Development of Fiscal Theory

Author: O. Kayaalp

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2004-01-20

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1403938970

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Price theory has provided solutions to myriad problems affecting society without invoking any precepts beyond those encapsulated in the standard economic postulate. Fiscal theory, meanwhile, has been closely attentive to the political, sociological and historical circumstances that bear upon the fiscal act. This methodological duality has resulted in the development of fiscal theory in line with the political culture espoused by its originator, usually the one prevailing at home. Thus emerges the need for an analysis of the evolution of fiscal thought along national lines.

Fifty Years of Rhetoric Society Quarterly
Fifty Years of Rhetoric Society Quarterly

Author: Joshua Gunn

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-05-15

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 1351611380

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Fifty Years of Rhetoric Society Quarterly: Selected Readings, 1968-2018 celebrates the semicentennial of Rhetoric Society Quarterly, bringing together the most influential essays included in the journal over the past fifty years. Assessed by members of the Rhetoric Society of America, this collection provides advanced undergraduate and graduate students with a balanced perspective on rhetorical theory and practice from scholars in both communication studies and rhetoric and writing studies. The volume covers a range of themes, from the history of rhetorical studies, writing and speaking pedagogy, and feminism, to the work of Kenneth Burke, the rhetoric of science, and rhetorical agency.

The Foundations of Socratic Ethics
The Foundations of Socratic Ethics

Author: Alfonso Gómez-Lobo

Publisher: Hackett Publishing

Published: 1994-01-01

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 9780872202368

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In this provocative new work, Alfonso Gomez-Lobo proposes that the earliest Platonic writings, in particular Apology, Crito, and sections of Gorgias, contain an underlying moral philosophy that can be attributed to Socrates with some degree of assurance. His aim is to show that Socratic moral philosophy is a reasonably systematic construction generated by a small number of principles or axioms.