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Identifies and investigates international medievalism through three distinct strands: "Internationally Nationalist", "Someone Else's Past?", and "Activist Medievalism". Medievalism - the reception of the Middle Ages - often invokes a set of tropes generally considered 'medieval', rather than consciously engaging with medieval cultures and societies. International medievalism offers an additional interpretative layer by juxtaposing two or more national cultures, at least one of which is medieval. 'National' can be aspirational: it might refer to the area within agreed borders, or to the people who live there, but it might also describe the people who understand, or imagine, themselves to constitute a nation. And once 'medieval' becomes simply a collection of ideas, it can be re-formed as desired, cast as more geographically than historically specific, or function as a gateway to an even more nebulous past. This collection identifies and investigates international medievalism through three distinct strands, 'Internationally Nationalist', 'Someone Else's Past?', and 'Activist Medievalism', exploring medievalist media from the textual to the architectural. Subjects range from The Green Children of Woolpit to Refugee Tales, and from Viking metal to Joan of Arc. As the contributors to each section make clear, for centuries the medieval has provided material for countless competing causes and cannot be contained within historical, political, or national borders. The essays show how the medieval is repeatedly co-opted and recreated, formed as much as formative: inviting us to ask why, and in service of what.

While they were well received in her day, Scottish philosopher Lady Mary Shepherd's insightful philosophical writings have been neglected for some 150 years and are only now receiving the scholarly attention they deserve. This guide, part of the 'Oxford Guides to Philosophy' series, navigates students of philosophy or general readers through two of Shepherd's most significant works.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 The Information Society -- 2 Four Puzzles -- 3 The Public and Private Realms -- 4 Information Economics -- 5 Intellectual Property and the Liberal State -- 6 Copyright and the Invention of Authorship -- 7 Blackmail -- 8 Insider Trading and the Romantic Entrepreneur -- 9 Spleens -- 10 Stereotyping Information and Searching for an Author -- 11 The International Political Economy of Authorship -- 12 Private Censors, Transgenic Slavery, and Electronic Indenture -- 13 Proposals and Objections -- Conclusion -- Appendix A. An Afterword on Method -- Appendix B. The Bellagio Declaration -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index

"Being a lay caregiver is no easy task. You are asked to assume the caregiver role with no training, and at best, minimal support from healthcare professionals. Many family caregivers experience feelings of abandonment, of being overwhelmed with worries of uncertainty. They fear they will unintentionally hurt their loved one and struggle with piecing together medical information on their own. Most of the typical responsibilities of life, such as starting a new job, learning to drive a car, applying to a college, starting an exercise regimen, or going through childbirth involve some prior education or orientation. Caregivers have no such benefit of preparation. Without comparable instruction, your responsibility to care for someone ill looms large. Written by a seasoned oncology nurse with personal experience as a caregiver outside of her professional role, the goal of this book is to help family caregivers feel less alone and provide supportive information and practical resources to guide caregivers in their important work"--

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Table of Cases -- Table of Legislation -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Principles of ESR Adjudication -- 2. ESR in International Law: Justiciability and Remedies -- 3. The Jurisdictional Hierarchy as Pillars of the UK Constitution: The Regional Framework -- 4. The Constitutional Resistance to Human Rights: The UK in a Comparative Context -- 5. Models of ESR Justiciability: Existing Mechanisms and Future Options -- 6. ESR and Devolution -- Index.

The book examines the potential models of incorporation (ways of embedding rights into domestic law) for economic and social rights (ESR) at the national and devolved level and the justiciability mechanisms (adjudication by a court) that enable access to effective remedies in court for violations of ESR. In so doing the book develops principles of ESR adjudication (the building blocks of good practice) and categorises justiciability mechanisms for ESR enforcement at both the national and devolved level.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Chapter 1: Preliminaries -- Part 1.1: Risk management - introduction -- 2 Part 1.1 - overview -- 3 Risk management - setting the scene -- 4 Key elements of risk management -- 5 Risk and opportunity assessment -- 6 Risk control -- 7 Safe systems of work -- 8 Monitoring and measuring losses -- 9 Identifying causes and patterns -- 10 Monitoring and measuring conformity and achievement -- 11 Other elements of occupational health and safety management systems -- 12 Communication and training -- Part 1.2: Human factors - introduction -- 13 Part 1.2 - common themes and overview -- 14 The individual - sensory and perceptual processes -- 15 The individual - psychology -- 16 The human factors environment -- Part 2.1: Risk management - advanced -- 17 Part 2.1 - overview -- 18 Management systems -- 19 Measuring performance -- 20 Advanced accident investigation and risk assessment -- 21 Advanced risk control techniques -- 22 Emergency planning -- 23 Advanced audit and review -- 24 Financial issues -- Part 2.2: Human factors - advanced -- 25 Part 2.2 - overview -- 26 Individual differences -- 27 Human error -- 28 Perception and decision making -- 29 External influences on human error -- 30 Improving human reliability -- Index