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History from Crime

Edited by Edward Muir (NHC Fellow, 1992–93) and Guido Ruggiero This work demonstrates how a sophisticated analysis of documents once thought beneath scholarly notice–criminal records–can offer stunning new insights into the past.

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Terrorism and International Justice

Edited by James P. Sterba (NHC Fellow, 2001–02) Since 9/11, we need to better understand the terrorism we face and reflect upon how we should best respond to it. Edited by James P. Sterba, this collection of new essays on terrorism and international justice focuses on three central questions: What is the nature and rhetoric … Continued

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Human Rights and Reformist Islam

By Mohsen Kadivar (NHC Fellow, 2019–20) Human Rights and Reformist Islam critiques traditional Islamic approaches to the question of compatibility between human rights and Islam, and argues instead for their reconciliation from the perspective of a reformist Islam. The book focuses on six controversial case studies: religious discrimination; gender discrimination; slavery; freedom of religion; punishment of … Continued

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Legal Philosophy in the Twentieth Century: The Common Law World

By Gerald J. Postema (NHC Fellow, 1986–87; 2005–06) Volume 11, the sixth of the historical volumes of A Treatise of Legal Philosophy and General Jurisprudence, offers a fresh, philosophically engaged, critical interpretation of the main currents of jurisprudential thought in the English-speaking world of the 20th century. It tells the tale of two lectures and their legacies: … Continued

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Human Rights, Legitimacy, and the Use of Force

By Allen Buchanan (NHC Fellow, 2001–02) The thirteen essays by Allen Buchanan collected here are arranged in such a way as to make evident their thematic interconnections: the important and hitherto unappreciated relationships among the nature and grounding of human rights, the legitimacy of international institutions, and the justification for using military force across borders. … Continued

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The Constitutional Origins of the American Revolution

By Jack P. Greene (NHC Fellow, 1986–87; 1987–88; 2009–10) Using the British Empire as a case study, this succinct study argues that the establishment of overseas settlements in America created a problem of constitutional organization that created deep and persistent tensions within the empire during the colonial era and that the failure to resolve it … Continued