Bøger af Australian National University

With unique scholarly analysis and practical discussion, this book provides a comprehensive introduction to the relationship between environmental protection and human rights. The text provides cogent guidance on the growing international jurisprudence that has been developed by international and regional human rights bodies and tribunals to address these issues.

After living with Mongolian herding families, Natasha Fijn has observed through firsthand experience both sides of the human-animal relationship. Examining their reciprocal social behavior and communication, she demonstrates how herd animals influence Mongolian herders' lives and how the animals themselves are active partners in the domestication process.

This 2007 book explains why sanctions are applied, the type of sanctions that can be used and the range of UN bodies that play a role in administering and monitoring sanctions. The book also explains how UN sanctions often undermine the rule of law, and suggests simple reform proposals.

Drawing on empirical studies from the USA, the UK and Australia, this study explores the process of governmental deregulation. It attempts to transcend the current debates between those in favour of strong state regulation and those who call for complete deregulation.

Some 2. 5 billion human beings live in severe poverty, deprived of such essentials as adequate nutrition, safe drinking water, basic sanitation, adequate shelter, literacy, and basic health care. One third of all human deaths are from poverty-related causes: 18 million annually, including over 10 million children under five.

Argues that a profound engagement with Hesiod is central to Ovid's poetic world. An important contribution to the study of Ovid and the wider poetry of the Augustan age and an excellent case study in how the reception of previous traditions can become the driving force of poetic creation.