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In this volume the author examines verbal constructions in prescriptive legal texts written in English. Modal auxiliaries such as shall, may and must are analysed, as well as indicative tenses such as the present simple, and also non-finite constructions such as the -ing form and -ed participles. Results are based on specially compiled corpora of prescriptive texts coming from a wide range of English-speaking countries and also international organizations such as the European Union and the UN. The author also analyses the nature, extent and impact of the calls for change in legal language comi

Leadership accountability - for violence, corruption and environmental harm - is a new aspect of globalization and civil society. This innovative forward-looking analysis explains how 'cumulative lock-in' fuels leadership deceit. The lessons are for those learning to be, or learning to question, leaders

Williams, Mitarbeiter der Universität der Vereinten Nationen in Jordanien, setzt sich intensiv mit der umweltbedingten Neurotoxikologie auseinander. Er geht, anhand von Forschungsberichten, Umweltdaten und -analysen weltweit, den durch Umweltgifte verursachten Regression des Individuums bzw. einer ganzen Population nach. Dazu holt er zwar bisweilen weit aus, vermeidet aber durchgängig, monokausale Schlüsse zu ziehen. Lösungsstrategien sind Teil seiner Erörterung ("Ein neuer ethischer Konsens"). In den 90er-Jahren gab es zahlreiche Veröffentlichungen zur Umweltmedizin, zur Evolution des Gehirns, der Wahrnehmung und des Denkens sowie zu neurobiologischen Aspekten. Zur Neurotoxikologie in Beziehung zu Umweltgiften gibt es gegenwärtig keinen vergleichbaren Titel. Für ein interessiertes, umweltkritisches Laienpublikum. (2)

Philosophy, Crime, and Criminology represents the first systematic attempt to unpack the philosophical foundations of crime in Western culture. Utilizing the insights of ontology, epistemology, aesthetics, and ethics, contributors demonstrate how the reality of crime is informed by a number of implicit assumptions about the human condition and unstated values about civil society. Charting a provocative and original direction, editors Bruce A. Arrigo and Christopher R. Williams couple theoretically oriented chapters with those centered on application and case study. In doing so, they develop an insightful, sensible, and accessible approach for a philosophical criminology in step with the political and economic challenges of the twenty-first century. Revealing the ways in which philosophical conceits inform prevailing conceptions of crime, Philosophy, Crime, and Criminology is required reading for any serious student or scholar concerned with crime and its impact on society and in our lives

Persons and passions : an introduction / Christopher Williams -- What are the passions doing in the meditations? / Lisa Shapiro -- Love in the ruins : passion in Descartes' meditations / William Beardsley -- The passionate intellect : reading the (non-)opposition of reason and emotion in Descartes / Amy Schmitter -- Material falsity and the arguments for God's existence in Descartes' meditations / Cecilia Wee -- Reason unhinged : passion and precipice from Montaigne to Hume / Saul Traiger -- Reflection and ideas in Hume's account of the passions / Lilli Alanen -- Sympathy and the unity of Hume's idea of self / Donald Ainslie -- Hume's voyage / Janet Broughton -- Artifice, desire, and their relationship : Hume against Aristotle / Alasdair MacIntyre -- Hume and morality's "useful purpose" / David Gauthier -- Reflection and well-being / Robert Shaver -- Friendship and the law of reason : Baier and Kant on love and principles / Sergio Tenenbaum -- Cruelty, respect, and unsentimental love / Michele Moody-Adams -- Trust as an affective attitude / Karen Jones -- Trusting "first" and "second" selves : Aristotelian reflections on Virginia / Woolf and Annette Baier, Jennifer Whiting