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An exploration of the issues surrounding the protection of free speech which calls into question some important assumptions underlying much of contemporary free speech case law, looking at such matters as racial epithets, flag burning, obscenity and speech by public employees.

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The future of German literature is a fascinating and vigorously debated question. This study on the subject analyses the main aspects of German literature since 1945. It pays attention to the periodisation of the literature, the developments in the 1980s, the social role of writers as intellectuals, and the treatment of the 'German Question'.

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As economic and demographic conditions change, and technology advances, world leaders are becoming increasingly concerned with the future of health care.

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Comprehensively explores policy, pedagogy and the student experience. This work explores key policies that have shaped higher education since the late twentieth century, and traces the impact that these policies have had on the extent and nature of higher education provision.

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Comprehensively explores policy, pedagogy and the student experience. This work explores key policies that have shaped higher education since the late twentieth century, and traces the impact that these policies have had on the extent and nature of higher education provision.

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Hong Kong's expanding export-import trade and importance as a capital market have made it one of the major economic centers of Asia, second only to Tokyo.

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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, government-sponsored enterprises that played a prominent role in the financial crisis of 2008, and the federal government have come to a crossroads.

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This book considers the future of human rights. It tries to dispel myths about judicial protection of human rights, examines the implications of integrating the European Convention on Human Rights into domestic law, and looks at privacy, and freedom.

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This volume offers an interdisciplinary conversation about several possible futures for the human species. The contributors elaborate on the issues that trouble our very understanding of what it means to be human in the 21st century, expanding on recent scholarly discussions about the posthuman and nonhuman turn.

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Important changes have buffeted the insurance industry over the past decade. The 1999 repeal of key provisions of the Glass-Steagall Act unleashed a wave of conglomeration in financial services, as bank holding companies acquired insurance and securities businesses and, to a much lesser degree, insurance companies acquired securities firms and banks.

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The Islamic State has been active for less than a decade, but it has already been the subject of numerous histories and academic studies - all focusing primarily on the past. The Future of ISIS is the first major study to look ahead: what are the prospects for the Islamic State in the near term, and what can the global community, including the United States, do to counter it

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Shireen Hunter provides a pragmatic analysis of relations between Islam and the West, marked by specific cases from the contemporary Islamic/Western divide.

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Shireen Hunter provides a pragmatic analysis of relations between Islam and the West, marked by specific cases from the contemporary Islamic/Western divide.

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An important new study that assesses comparatively the future of Islamic fundamentalism in three key countries: Egypt, Algeria, and Saudi Arabia. The book focuses on the limits of Islamic fundamentalism as a system of thought, as well as a force for changing the established order.

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Explores how judges should tackle the benefits and risks arising from the ever-rapid development of AI and big data, the risks of disinformation, and the irreversible harmful effects of climate change.

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This book, by an internationally distinguished group of scholars, examines the future of labour law from a wide variety of perspectives.

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"Examines how changes in economy, technology, and culture affect production and reception of live music, as well as the very understanding of the term "live music.""--

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This volume provides historical, material, aesthetic, and philosophical explorations of plant-based and in vitro food products, including multi-disciplinary approaches from industry, academia, and food advocates.

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This volume provides historical, material, aesthetic, and philosophical explorations of plant-based and in vitro food products, including multi-disciplinary approaches from industry, academia, and food advocates.

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Tells the important story of how microfinance developed, how it has met the needs of hundreds of millions of people, and addresses key questions about how it can continue to meet those needs in the future.