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'Do we need to talk to our lawyers about this?' 'What do the attorneys say?' 'Why didn't you get the lawyers involved before now?'Just about every department chair and dean, certainly every provost and president, and an ever-increasing number of faculty find themselves asking -- or being asked -- such questions. Dealing with issues ranging from ......
A Cultural History of Psychiatry in Russia, 1880-1930
The vital place of literature and the figure of the writer in Russian society and history have been extensively studied, but their role in the evolution of psychiatry is less well known. In Diagnosing Literary Genius: A Cultural History of Psychiatry in Russia, 1880-1930, Irina Sirotkina explores the transformations of Russian psychiatric practice ......
Ancient Greece and Rome in American Intellectual Life, 1780-1910
Debates continue to rage about whether students in American universities should be required to master a common core of knowledge. The Culture of Classicism: Ancient Greece and Rome in American Intellectual Life, 1780-1910 traces the emergence of a classical model that became standard in the American curriculum in the nineteenth century and remains ......
The idea of fairness lies at the heart of the concept of justice proposed by political philosopher John Rawls, a concept that liberals have often invoked to defend the welfare state. In The Limits of Rawlsian Justice political theorist Roberto Alejandro challenges the assumptions that Rawls set out to defend his position. While other opponents of ......
Disease processes among American Indians and Alaska Natives often have distinct manifestations that need to be considered by clinicians and health policy makers involved with these populations. Equally important, all aspects of Indian lifeincluding healthare governed by the special relationship between Indian tribes and the U.S. federal ......
Jean-Jacques Rousseau's and Germaine de Stael's Subversive Women
In (Un)Manly Citizens, political theorist Lori Jo Marso explores an alternative vision of citizenship in the writings of French Enlightenment figures Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Germaine de Staël. This critique transgresses the boundary between political philosophy and literature in turning explicitly to fictional texts as the site of an ......
In The Islamic Conception of Justice, Majid Khadduri, one of the world's preeminent authorities on Islamic justice and jurisprudence, presents his extensive study and reflection on Islamic political, legal, ethical, and social philosophy. This book is both a magisterial historical synthesis and an illumination of the beliefs and practices of ......
From its origins Islam has been an expansionist religion, understanding itself as a matter of faith to be in a permanent state of war with the non-Muslim world. After the initial consolidation of the Islamic caliphate, however, it soon became apparent that constant military hostilities could not be sustained and that other forms of relationship ......
Primarily intended for research mathematicians and computer scientists, Combinatorics and Partially Ordered Sets: Dimension Theory also serves as a useful text for advanced students in either field. William Trotter concentrates on combinatorial topics for finite partially ordered sets, and with dimension theory serving as a unifying theme, ......
