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International Human Rights Law
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 56.00Authoritative survey of international human rights law offers innovative treatment of the law as a global 'legal system'. more...
Monitoring Fundamental Rights in the EU
Hart Publishing Limited 2005; US$ 97.20Coherent laws enforced by a central authority are part of the reason why human rights protection works at the national level in Europe. But when it comes to the EU these dimensions are lacking. The present system for protecting fundamental rights emerged on an ad hoc basis, with measures being improvised to respond to particular problems. In the next... more...
Accounting for Hunger
Hart Publishing Limited 2011; US$ 93.60The challenge of global hunger is now high on the agenda of governments and international policy-makers. This new work contributes to addressing that challenge, by looking at the obstacles which stand in the way of implementing a right to food in the era of globalisation. The book describes the current situation of global hunger; it considers how it... more...
Reflexive Governance
Hart Publishing Limited 2010; US$ 97.20Reflexive governance offers a theoretical framework for understanding modern patterns of governance in the European Union (EU) institutions and elsewhere. It offers a learning-based approach to governance, but one which can better respond to concerns about the democratic deficit and to the fulfillment of the public interest than the currently dominant... more...
Foreign Direct Investment and Human Development
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 53.95This book presents original research that examines the growth of international investment agreements as a means to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) and considers how this affects the ability of capital-importing countries to pursue their development goals. The hope of countries signing such treaties is that foreign capital will accelerate transfers... more...
Food Movements Unite!
Food First Books 2011; US$ 12.99Food Movements Unite! Strategies to transform our food systems The present corporate food regime dominating the planet?s food systems is environmentally destructive, financially volatile and socially unjust. Though the regime?s contributions to the planet?s four-fold food-fuel-finance and climate crises are well documented, the ?solutions? advanced... more...
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