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Legal and Ethical Regulation of Biomedical Research in Developing Countries
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013; US$ 134.95This study argues that whilst ethical regulation of biomedical research in Africa and other developing countries has attracted global attention, legal liability issues, such as the application of common law rules and the development of legally enforceable regulations, have been neglected. It examines some of the major research scandals in Africa and... more...
Wise Management in Organisational Complexity
Palgrave Macmillan 2013; US$ 100.00Provides a resource of wise praxis and reflection in the context of organisational complexity for managers, researchers and teachers in management education. Offers various explications and applications of Aristotle's notion of phronèsis (practical wisdom) and reflects on the responsibilities of companies and education institutions towards society.... more...
Customary Law of the Haya Tribe, Tanganyika Territory
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 176.00First published in 1945, this study covers a wide range of topics including marriage, divorce, bride-price, inheritance, property, personal status and contracts as well as some notes on the customary courts and the way they functioned during the period of British administration more...
African Contributions in Shaping the Worldwide Intellectual Property System
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013; US$ 124.95Africa is playing an increasingly significant role in the domain of international intellectual property law, and this book underlines the contributions made by African countries as a group to the development of the current international IP system. It examines in detail their breakthrough proposals and initiatives at the WTO, WIPO and WHO with regard... more...
Copyright Collective Administration in Nigeria
Springer 2013; US$ 39.95This work explores the operation and regulation of copyright collective management in Nigeria. The nexus between creativity and copyright and how creativity has played a pivotal role in development is explained. The need to balance the interests of authors and users is discussed and the societies representing the interest of copyright owners are illustrated.Further,... more...
Britain's Hidden Role in the Rwandan Genocide
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 125.00Britain?s Hidden Role in the Rwandan Genocide examines the role of the United Kingdom as a global elite bystander to the crime of genocide, and its complicity, in violation of international criminal laws during the Rwandan genocide of 1994. As prevailing accounts confine themselves to the role and actions of the United States and the United Nations,... more...
Gesellschaftspolitisches Denken in den USA
Springer 2013; US$ 23.99Dieses Buch bietet eine sehr klare, umfassende und systematische Einführung in die Theorie des Sozialen und des Politischen in den USA. In einem ersten Teil werden die Haupttraditionen des amerikanischen Denkens vorgestellt: Politische Theologie, Republikanismus, Liberalismus und Pragmatismus. Der zweite Teil behandelt die zentralen Grundprobleme... more...
Questioning Secularism
University of Chicago Press 2012; US$ 27.50The central question of the Arab Spring—what democracies should look like in the deeply religious countries of the Middle East—has developed into a vigorous debate over these nations’ secular identities. But what, exactly, is secularism? What has the West’s long familiarity with it inevitably obscured? In Questioning Secularism... more...
Bedouin Justice
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 250.00Published in 1925, this is an absolute gem of a book. From the author's preface: "In the following chapters I have tried, by quoting lawsuits of all kinds, and explaining the means employed to dispose of them, to show first the conditions under which the Bedouin live, and secondly their mentality and point of view. Although the reader may possibly... more...
Implementing Environmental Accounts
Springer 2012; US$ 109.99Leaving aside human and social capital for a future volume, the book should be viewed as a crucial first step in developing indicators for total wealth in the countries covered by the case studies, which include Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Mozambique and South Africa. These case studies experiment with implementing the SEAA in sub-Saharan nations... more...









