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"This book is a comprehensive reference source for the latest scholarly perspectives on countermeasures and related methods to enhance security and protection against criminal activities online. Highlighting a range of topics relevant to secure computing, such as parameter tampering, surveillance and control, and digital protests"--

1. The "military revolution," 1560-1660 : a myth? / Geoffrey Parker -- 2. The military revolutions of the Hundred Years' War / Clifford J. Rogers -- 3. "Of nimble service" : technology, equestrianism and the cavalry arm of early modern European armies / Gervase Phillips -- 4. The cannon conquest of Nasrid Spain and the end of the reconquista / Weston F. Cook, Jr. -- 5. Sword and spade : military construction in Renaissance Italy / Simon Pepper -- 6. The utility of fortifications in early modern Europe : Italian princes and their citadels, 1540-1640 / David Parrott -- 7. The International Mercenary Market in the sixteenth century : Anglo-French competition in Germany, 1543-50 / David Potter -- 8. "Doctors of the military discipline" : technical expertise and the paradigm of the Spanish solder in the early modern period / Fernando Gonzalez de Leon -- 9. Mutiny and discontent in the Spanish army of Flanders, 1572-1607 / Geoffrey Parker -- 10. Middle-class society and the rise of military professionalism : the Dutch army, 1589-1609 / M.D. Feld -- 11. The militarization of the Elizabethan State / John S. Nolan -- 12. Ottoman artillery and European military technology in the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries / Gabor Agoston -- 13. Early-modern colonial warfare and the campaign of Alcazarquivir, 1578 / David Trim -- 14. The Dreadnought Revolution of Tudor England / Geoffrey Parker -- 15. So why were the Aztecs conquered, and what were the wider implications? Testing military superiority as a cause of Europe's pre-industrial colonial conquests / George Raudzens -- 16. Strategy and tactics in the Thirty Years' War : the "military revolution" / David A. Parrott -- 17. The socio-economic relations of warfare and the military mortality crises of the Thirty Years' War / Quentin Outram.

In recent years, China has adopted a range of measures for information disclosure or "open government information." This comes as a surprise in an authoritarian system known more for secrecy and information control. Why do authoritarian leaders embrace such mechanisms, and how do state and society actors respond? This Article examines in particular the emergence of environmental information disclosure in China, and makes two main contributions to the scholarly debate on Chinese law and governance. First, this Article demonstrates how local demand for legal transplant can arise out of diverse (and sometimes competing) societal interests. State, society and international actors saw in information disclosure law a range of possibilities - the prospect of improved environmental performance, greater accountability to citizens, and strengthened state control. This interest convergence among strange bedfellows has enabled the seemingly paradoxical flowering of disclosure law in China. Second, this Article unpacks the social effects of information disclosure law in China's authoritarian bureaucratic governance setting. Where interests are compatible in practice, disclosure has enabled state and society advocacy, and catalyzed new channels for public supervision in environmental regulation. It has also provided a powerful rights-based way for advocates to frame their actions. Yet for all its promise, information disclosure creates risks for those involved and reveals deep tensions in Chinese governance – between authoritarian and bottom-up approaches to rule, and the overarching policy objectives of social stability and performance. These tensions limit the utility of disclosure in practice, with serious potential consequences (e.g., weakened state legitimacy and a hobbled environment) for state and society actors alike.

Legal bases for use of force -- History, sources, and principles of the law of armed conflict -- Triggering the law of armed conflict -- Classifications and status of persons -- Belligerent detention -- Civilian protection law -- Targeting -- Weapons and tactics -- Wounded and sick -- Occupation, termination of hostilities, and transition -- Naval warfare and neutrality -- Air, space, and cyber warfare -- War crimes -- Command responsibility and compliance mechanisms

AbstractInternet communication has long been known to pose a challenge to private international law and its reliance on geographical connecting factors. This article looks at the problem from the perspective of EU private international law and argues that the way in which it has been accommodated by Regulations Brussels I, Rome I, and II conflicts with some of its central paradigms. It advances an alternative approach that would generally submit claims against information society service providers established in the EU to the jurisdiction and substantive laws of their 'country of origin' but make certain exceptions for private persons and consumers. The article argues that implementing such an approach would require little legislative change, be more faithful to the particularities of internet communication, and give greater effect to the central paradigms of EU private international law.

The democratic legitimacy of EU international relations : an introduction / Juan Santos Vara and Soledad R. Sánchez-Tabernero -- Lost in principles? : institutional balance and democracy in the ECJ case law on EU external action / Luis N. González Alonso -- The CJEU and the external powers of the parliament : self-restraint or activism? / Fabien Terpan -- The European Parliament in the conclusion of international agreements post-Lisbon : entrenched between values and prerogatives / Juan Santos Vara -- A tale of two principles : exploring the democracy-consistency nexus in light of the pirate-transfer saga / Soledad R. Sánchez- Tabernero -- The democratic puzzle of "living" megaregional agreements : TTIP and TPP / Davor Jancic -- The role of the European Parliament in the adoption of non-legally binding agreements with third countries / Paula García Andrade -- Legal aspects of parliamentary oversight in EU foreign and security policy / Ramses A. Wessel -- Oversight trumped by secrets : how access to information and leaks affect European Parliamentary oversight in foreign policy / Vigjilenca Abazi -- The financial dimension of democratic legitimacy in EU external policies : linking audit and political accountability / Maria Luisa Sánchez Barrueco -- Rebels with a cause : parliaments and EU trade policy after the Treaty of Lisbon / Jan Wouters and Kolja Raube -- National parliaments and mixed agreements : exploring the legal bumps in a rocky relationship / Guillaume Van Der Loo