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Tilly spricht in seinem einleitenden Beitrag zu Problemen und Möglichkeiten einer quantitativen vergleichenden Unternehmensgeschichte vier methodische Punkte an: (1) die Priorität der Fragestellung vor den Quellen; (2) eine Definition des Forschungsfeldes "Unternehmensgeschichte"; (3) die Rolle der Quantifizierung und (4) die Bedeutung des Vergleichs. Er plädiert (1) für ein deduktives, theoriegeleitetes Vorgehen, (2) für eine Orientierung der Forschung an allgemeinen Unternehmensproblemen statt einer Darstellung von Einzelunternehmen, (3) für die Verwendung quantitativer Daten und (4) für eine vergleichende Perspektive. Anschließend wird zur Konkretisierung dieser methodischen Überlegungen kurz auf das historische Fallbeispiel der relativen Stagnation der Volkswirtschaft Großbritanniens, 1870-1914, eingegangen. (STR)

This is the first in-depth study of the first three ICC trials: an engaging, accessible text meant for specialists and students, for legal advocates and a wide range of professionals concerned with diverse cultures, human rights, and restorative justice. Now with an updated postscript for the paperback edition, it offers a balanced view on persistent tensions and controversies. Separate chapters analyze the working realities of central African armed conflicts, finding reasons for their surprising resistance to ICC legal formulas. The book dissects the Court's structural dynamics, which were designed to steer an elusive middle course between high moral ideals and hard political realities. Detailed chapters provide vivid accounts of courtroom encounters with four Congolese suspects. The mixed record of convictions, acquittals, dissents, and appeals, resulting from these trials, provides a map of distinct fault-lines within the ICC legal code, and suggests a rocky path ahead for the Court's next ventures

Published for the first time, the history of the CIA's clandestine short-wave radio broadcasts to Eastern Europe and the USSR during the early Cold War is covered in-depth. Chapters describe the "gray" broadcasting of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty in Munich; clandestine or "black" radio broadcasts from Radio Nacional de Espana in Madrid to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Ukraine; transmissions to Bulgaria, Romania, Albania, Ukraine and the USSR from a secret site near Athens; and broadcasts to Byelorussia and Slovakia. Infiltrated behind the Iron Curtain through dangerous air drops and boat landings, CIA and other intelligence service agents faced counterespionage, kidnapping, assassination, arrest and imprisonment. Excerpts from broadcasts taken from monitoring reports of Eastern Europe intelligence agencies are included.

Introduction : Task Force 714 and the Iraq War -- Adapting Intelligence for Twenty-First-Century Irregular Warfare -- From Hierarchy to Networks : The Empowerment of Armed Groups -- Transforming Intelligence Collection for Irregular War -- Transforming Intelligence Analysis for Irregular War -- Transforming Covert Paramilitary Operations for Irregular War -- Task Force 714 and the Sources of Transformation -- Epilogue : More Irregular War and the Challenge of Revisionist State Powers.

The SR-71 Blackbird covered the distance from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C., in 64 minutes, cruised 16 miles above the earth's surface, and avoided surface-to-air missiles by simply outrunning them. For anyone who has ever wondered what it was like to fly the SR-71 on a secret Mach 3 reconnaissance mission, Col. Richard H. Graham (Ret.) has the answers. For fans of this technological marvel, the result is a rare perspective on how a handful of pilots and navigators transformed themselves into SR-71 Blackbird crews, turning their unique aviation talents to account in unprecendented ways

"An exposition of human dignity as the foundation of moral order. From this starting point, the author derives the most important precepts of natural law from human dignity in a systematic way. Using the principle of human dignity, the author then develops natural law precepts to guide human behavior in various areas of life corresponding to the natural inclinations: life issues, sexual issues, political issues, and the contemplative life"--

Historians of the English legal profession have written comparatively little about the lawyers who served in the courts of the Church. This volume fills a gap; it investigates the law by which they were governed and discusses their careers in legal practice. Using sources drawn from the Roman and canon laws and also from manuscripts found in local archives, R. H. Helmholz brings together previously published work and new evidence about the professional careers of these men. His book covers the careers of many lesser known ecclesiastical lawyers, dealing with their education in law, their reaction to the coming of the Reformation, and their relationship with English common lawyers on the eve of the Civil War. Making connections with the European ius commune, this volume will be of special interest to English and Continental legal historians, as well as to students of the relationship between law and religion.

What does it mean to have a constitutional right in an era in which most rights must yield to 'compelling governmental interests'? After recounting the little-known history of the invention of the compelling-interest formula during the 1960s, The Nature of Constitutional Rights examines what must be true about constitutional rights for them to be identified and enforced via 'strict scrutiny' and other, similar, judge-crafted tests. The book's answers not only enrich philosophical understanding of the concept of a 'right', but also produce important practical payoffs. Its insights should affect how courts decide cases and how citizens should think about the judicial role. Contributing to the conversation between originalists and legal realists, Richard H. Fallon, Jr explains what constitutional rights are, what courts must do to identify them, and why the protections that they afford are more limited than most people think.

"The book addresses questions about the roles of law and politics and the challenge of legitimacy in constitutional adjudication in the Supreme Court. With all sophisticated observers recognizing that the Justices' political outlooks influence their decision making, many political scientists, some of the public, and a few prominent judges have become Cynical Realists. In their view Justices vote based on their policy preferences, and legal reasoning is mere window-dressing. This book rejects Cynical Realism, but without denying many Realist insights. It explains the limits of language and history in resolving contentious constitutional issues. To rescue the notion that the Constitution is law that binds the Justices, the book provides an original account of what law is and means in the Supreme Court. It also offers a theory of legitimacy in Supreme Court adjudication. Given the nature of law in the Supreme Court, we need to accept and learn to respect reasonable disagreement about many constitutional issues. If so, the legitimacy question becomes: how would the Justices need to decide cases so that even those who disagree with the outcomes ought to respect the Justices' processes of decision? The book gives a fresh and counterintuitive answer to that vital question. Adapting a methodology made famous by John Rawls, it argues that the Justices should strive to achieve a "reflective equilibrium" between their interpretive principles, framed to identify the Constitution's enduring meaning, and their judgments about appropriate outcomes in particular cases, evaluated as prescriptions for the nation to live by in the future. The book blends the perspectives of law, philosophy, and political science to answer theoretical and practical questions of pressing national importance"--