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Kerr aruges that electoral commissions provide valuable information that helps politicians and citizens resolve uncertainties about electoral fraud and administrative irregularities.

Checklists, flow-charts, and illustrative examples provide excellent guidance on how the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 applies to everyday scenarios facing police officers, whilst the full text of the Act and its Codes of Practice offer quick and easy reference.

Secession and European Union Law draws on a pluralist reading of the relationship between EU law and national law, to support the conclusion that EU law should respect domestic constitutional orders in the context of secession.

This book makes the case that natural selection can do the exact opposite, favouring traits that directly harm an organism's ability to survive and reproduce, by synthesizing evidence from evolution, ecology and genetics to explain how maladaptations are possible, with drastic consequences for our understanding of the design of living things.

This edited volume studies how in European literary culture the codified verbal system of rhetoric shifted towards persuasion in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

This study provides an account of the historical novel during the middle of the twentieth century, which has gone largely unremarked in accounts of the period and of the genre, and which connects it to the concerns of late modernism and socialist culture.

This book explores Côte d'Ivoire's 'ID war' as a paradigmatic case of a citizenship crisis, centered on the access to national identity cards and certificates.

In these essays Bentham lays down the theoretical principles from which he develops his proposals for reform of the English poor laws in response to the perceived crisis in poor relief in the mid-1790s. These ideas had a significant influence on the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834.

This book provides an in-depth analysis of Statius' Achilleid, an epic poem written in the 1st century A.D. It explores the poem's relationship with its literary precursors and positions at centre-stage its darker elements, offering new readings of the Achilleid in relation to its literary inheritance, gender dynamics, and generic tensions.

Blackstone's Guide to the Human Rights Act 1998 provides clear, concise coverage of the operation and application of the Human Rights Act 1998. The Guide considers the case law of the European Court of Human Rights and the impact of Convention rights in landmark domestic judgments.

We constantly hear about the threat of authoritarianism, whether in the form of communist China or at the hands of people like Donald Trump in the United States. But what is it exactly? This Very Short Introduction highlights classic forms of authoritarianism and considers the curious fact that many authoritarian regimes today carry out elections.

Bright Circle tells a little-known story of five women who contributed to the literary and philosophical movement known as transcendentalism and, in the process, inaugurated what became the feminist movement. The book relies on little-known letters, journals, and writings of women who have largely remained unknown to the broader public.

What are the polar lights? Read this book to discover explanations from both myths and science. The Polar Lights: Myths and Science is at Oxford Reading Level 10 for readers aged 7-11. Readerful Rise's engaging books help older struggling readers read successfully, and encourage them to read more.

Afsha's new stepdad wants to be a big part of her life, but Afsha's not keen. Will she change her mind? The Pasta Disaster is at Oxford Reading Level 10 for readers aged 7-11. Readerful Rise's engaging books help older struggling readers read successfully, and encourage them to read more.

In this book, Granphibian, Wade and Shelby investigate Captain Pincer's latest get-rich-quick scheme: selling pearls. Granphibian and the Seal Island Rescue is at Oxford Reading Level 10 for readers aged 7-11. Readerful Rise's engaging books help older struggling readers read successfully, and encourage them to read more.

Tala's got her brother into trouble. She hopes that visiting the Lake of Secrets will fix things, but it might not be as simple as she thought ... Tala and the Lake of Secrets is at Oxford Reading Level 10 for readers aged 7-11. Readerful Rise's engaging books help older struggling readers read successfully, and encourage them to read more.

In this book, Saffron is not sure about poetry. Then she discovers it's the perfect way to express herself! The Rap Lesson is at Oxford Reading Level 9 for readers aged 7-11. Readerful Rise's engaging books help older struggling readers read successfully, and encourage them to read more.