International environmental regimes—especially those regimes articulated in multilateral
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Margot E. Kaminski1 I. INTRODUCTION Scholars and civil society groups on both sides of the …

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This book examines how Indigenous peoples' rights and Indigenous rights movements
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'The Power of Human Rights'(published in 1999) was an innovative and influential
contribution to the study of international human rights. At its center was a'spiral model'of …

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Why do we compare nations? How do we compare nations? What are the'big issues' in
comparative politics? Issues and Methods in Comparative Politics provides students with the …

Seventeen million people have died in civil wars and rebel violence has disrupted the lives
of millions more. In a fascinating contribution to the active literature on civil wars, this book …

Legal scholarship lacks a satisfactory theory of why and when states comply with
international law. Most scholars and practitioners of international law believe that …

The role of international law in global politics is as poorly understood as it is important. But
how can the international legal regime encourage states to respect human rights? Given that …