Declaration of human rights
List declaration of human rights
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This second edition has been revised and updated to bring coverage up to the present day, including parliamentary reform; the scottish referendum on independence and further drives for enhanced devolution; the effect of eu membership on the uk constitution; and the impact of the european convention on human rights and the human rights actvery topical!(as of )oxfam books & music totnes an appreciation of the development and evolution of the united kingdom constitution is vital in order to understand the existing nature of the constitution, proposals for reform and the many complex challenges it facessee oxfam website for delivery information read moredrawing on key constitutional themes, constitutional history of the united kingdom provides insight and context to modern constitutional problemsann lyon presents a vivid overview of fourteen hundred years of english legal history taking us on a rich journey from a feudal society to the fractured union of the present dayconstitutional history of the united kingdom offers an accessible and highly valuable overview for students with little or no prior knowledge of british historypaperback book in excellent condition, clean and with good binding
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Written by leading analysts of international politics, ethics, and law, it seeks, among other things, to identify strategies that may, if not resolve, at least reduce the current tension between human rights and state sovereigntyon the one hand, is it legitimate for a regional organisation to use force without a un mandate on the other, is it permissible to let gross and systematic violations of human rights, with grave humanitarian consequences, continue unchecked ' (united nations secretary-general kofi annan)this paperback first edition is in a good, used conditionthis volume is an invaluable contribution to the debate on all aspects of this vital global issuethis book is a comprehensive, integrated discussion of 'the dilemma' of humanitarian interventionthe corners are bumpedthe text block appears to be clean and unmarkedoxfam bookshop hexham 'the genocide in rwanda showed us how terrible the consequences of inaction can be in the face of mass murderbut the conflict in kosovo raised equally important questions about the consequences of action without international consensus and clear legal authoritysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere are a few scuffs and minor scratches on the cover, front and back, and the spine is creased
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Over the past millennium of plagues and exploration, revolution and scientific discovery, woman's rights and technological advances, human society has changed beyond recognitionsweeping through the last thousand years of human development, human race is a treasure chest of the lunar leaps and lightbulb moments that, for better or worse, have sent humanity swerving down a path that no one could ever have predictedbut which of the last ten centuries saw the greatest changes in human history?history's greatest tour guide, ian mortimer, knows what answer he would giveoxfam shop evesham we are an astonishing speciesbut what's yours? see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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(dahr jamail, independent journalist) about the author michael otterman is an award-winning freelance journalist and human rights consultanthe was a recent visiting scholar at the centre for peace and conflict studies at the university of sydneyreview if i could only recommend one book that provides a comprehensive overview of both the situation in iraq today, and the decades of us-backed policy it took to create this nightmare scenario, erasing iraq is ithe is the author of american torture (pluto, )
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It records the dicverse and globe-encompassing activities of the united nations and its enduring efforts to deal witht eh world;s pressing concerns, particualrly matters of international peace and security, disarmament, human rights, th settlement of regional conflicts, economic and social development, the preservation of the environment, control of drugs and narcotic substance abuse, crime prevention, adequate shelter, youth and the aging and humanitarian assistance for refugees as wel as disaster reliefbook in very good condition with clean pages throughout and securely boundsome light foxing to top edge of pages, otherwise very goodoxfam shop mutley plain fully indexed, the edition of the "yearbook" is the most comprhensive and authoritative reference about the work of the united nations, other international organizations and related bodiesthe book is designed not just for use by diplomats, officias and shcoalrs but also by other researchers, writers, journalists, teachers and studentsthis volume of the "yearbook" details the activities of the united nations, its many organs, agencies and programmes, working together to rekindle a ne form of multilaeral cooepration for a better worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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This edition goes even farther to incorporate traditional thinking about national security in the context of human rights, democracy, population, health, environment, energy, and especially educationkay focuses especially on the implications of the election of barack obama and the changing role of the united states in global security sean kay assesses the impact of the global economic crisis on international security and considers how the range of thinking about power and peace has evolved in relation to major flashpoints including in the middle east, asia, and eurasiaoxfam bookshop raeburn place this thoroughly updated edition of global security in the twenty-first century offers a balanced introduction to contemporary security dilemmas in the worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read more writing in an engaging style, kay integrates traditional and emerging challenges in one easily accessible study that gives readers the tools they need to develop a thoughtful and nuanced understanding of global security he builds on the first edition's emphasis on the role of trade and technology, the militarization of space, the privatization of security, the use of sanctions, ethnic conflict, and transnational crime
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The age of commodity provides an overview of the debates over water in the region including a conceptual overview of water 'privatization', how it relates to human rights, macro-economic policy and gatsoxfam bookshop beverley as globalization and market liberalization march forward unabated the global commons continue to be commodified and privatized at a rapid pacein this global process, the ownership, sale and supply of water is increasingly a flashpoint for debates and conflict over privatization, and nowhere is the debate more advanced or acute than in southern africathis book is powerful and necessary reading in our new age of commoditysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book then presents case studies of important water privatization initiatives in the region, drawing out crucial themes common to water privatization debates around the world including corruption, gender equity and donor conditionalities
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France, 5 euro years european court of human rights'are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website24 gram, diameter 13mintage of pieceswill be shipped by registered postgold fineness , weight 1our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease view the images to form your own impression
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In two decades however, it became one of the most repressive in the world, effectively a militarisedwhen eritrea gained independence in , hopes were high for its transformation
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Questions such as 'what is human nature?', 'is there such a thing as an exclusively human nature?', 'through what methods might we best discover more about our nature?', and 'to what extent are our actions and beliefs constrained by it?' are of central importance not only to philosophy, but to our general understanding of ourselves as part of the human speciesoxfam bookshop preston an understanding of human nature has been central to the work of some of the greatest philosophical thinkers including plato, descartes, hume, hobbes, rousseau, freud and marxsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehacker, wolfram hinzen, rosalind hursthouse, peter kail, sarah patterson and richard samuelsthis volume addresses such questions through the inclusion of special commissioned essays by specialists including john cottingham, hans-johann glock, p
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Baldur must protect mankind against a powerful nation of machines who desire the end of human lifeoxfam shop kendal based on norse legend, too human is the story of the ongoing struggle between gods, man, and machinesafter disappointments and failures to develop the game on the original playstation and gamecube, too human finally finds a home on the 360however, this game is not about forgiveness, and baldur's weapons are not full of joyplayers lead baldur through several environments and levels as he defeats enemies and earns points to upgrade both his powers and weaponrygamers use a combat system designed to seamlessly integrate both melee and ranged-weapon attacks to defeat their foesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe single-player campaign is also available for cooperative multiplayer action through xbox live or a system linkgamers take the role of baldur, the norse god of joy, goodness, and forgiveness
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Since the dawn of human history life has battled for survival, with human beings evolving to dominate this process on planet earthhuman knowledge is a fractured system of investigation born out of mathematics, literacy and imageryfor to be human, is to know unequivocally that one day you will die and it is this truth which has precipitated a passion for knowledge and the pursuit of immortality initially through divine methods but more recently through scientific endeavoursee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop macclesfield mr carbon atom and the theory of carbon entromorphology
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Equally, girard's theory is presented as having the potential to become for the human and social sciences something akin to the integrating framework that present-day biological science owes to darwin-something compatible with it and complementary to it in accounting for the still remarkably little understood phenomenon of human emergence" he posits that archaic religion (or "the sacred"), particularly in its dynamics of sacrifice and ritual, is a neglected and major key to unlocking the enigma of "how we became humanthe contributors provide major evidence in favor of girard's hypothesisjoining disciplinary worlds, this book aims to explore this ambitious claim, invoking viewpoints as diverse as evolutionary culture theory, cultural anthropology, archaeology, cognitive psychology, ethology, and philosophyoxfam books & music lancaster from his groundbreaking violence and the sacred and things hidden since the foundation of the world, rené girard's mimetic theory is presented as elucidating "the origins of culturesee oxfam website for delivery information read more" this major claim has, however, remained underscrutinized by scholars working on girard's theory, and it is mostly overlooked within the natural and social sciences" french philosopher of science michel serres states that girard's theory provides a darwinian theory of culture because it "proposes a dynamic, shows an evolution and gives a universal explanation
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Baldur must protect mankind against a powerful nation of machines who desire the end of human lifebased on norse legend, too human is the story of the ongoing struggle between gods, man, and machinesafter disappointments and failures to develop the game on the original playstation and gamecube, too human finally finds a home on the 360however, this game is not about forgiveness, and baldur's weapons are not full of joyplayers lead baldur through several environments and levels as he defeats enemies and earns points to upgrade both his powers and weaponrygamers use a combat system designed to seamlessly integrate both melee and ranged-weapon attacks to defeat their foeoxfam shop kendal case and media in good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe single-player campaign is also available for cooperative multiplayer action through xbox live or a system linkgamers take the role of baldur, the norse god of joy, goodness, and forgiveness
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The story told by caesium clocks, quantum theory and lorentz coordinates, tallis argues, needs to be supplemented by one of moss on rocks, tears on faces and the long narratives of our human journeythose, like tallis himself, who seek to find a place at which the scientific and humanistic views of humanity can be reconciled, will celebrate his placing of human consciousness at the heart of time, and his showing that we are "more than cogs in the universal clock, forced to collaborate with the very progress that pushes us towards our own midnight"£ time's mysteries seem to resist comprehension and what remains, once the familiar metaphors are stripped away, can stretch even the most profound philosopherfor most of us, time is composed of mornings, afternoons and evenings and expressed in hurry, hope, longing, waiting, enduring, planning, joyful expectation and griefthinking about it is to meditate on our own mortalityquestions about "the stuff" of time  such as instants and intervals  about time and change, and the relationship between objective and subjective time, open on to wider discussions about time and causation, the irruption of subjectivity and intentionality into a material universe, and the relationship between time and freedomthe passage of time, the direction of time and time travel are critically examined and the relationship between mathematics and reality, and the nature of the observer, are exploredfor anyone who has puzzled over the nature of becoming, wondered whether time is inseparable from change, whether time is punctuate or continuous, or even whether time, itself, is real, of time and lamentation will provoke and entertainyet, physics has little or nothing to say about this time, the time as it is livedthe first part of the book, "killing time" is a formidable critique of the spatialized and mathematized account of time arising from physical sciencein of time and lamentation, raymond tallis rises to this challenge and explores the nature and meaning of time and how best to understand itvery good condition, apparently unreadpart 2, "human time" examines tensed time, the reality of time as it is lived: what we mean by "now", how we make sense of past and future events, and the idea of eternityoxfam bookshop stratford upon avon of time and lamentation by raymond tallis agenda publishing pp hardbacksee oxfam website for delivery information read morewith characteristic fearlessness, tallis seeks to reclaim time from the jaws of physicsour temporal lives deserve a richer attention than is afforded by the equations of mathematical physicswith the scientistic reduction of time set aside and lived time reaffirmed, tallis digs deeper into the nature of time itself in the final part, "finding time"the culmination of some twenty years of thinking, writing and wondering about (and within) time, it is a bold, original and thought-provoking work
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Encompassing a grand sweep of human history, a history of the world in 100 objects begins with one of the earliest surviving objects made by human hands, a chopping tool from the olduvai gorge in africa, and ends with objects which characterise the world we live in todayoxfam bookshop ealing neil macgregor's a history of the world in 100 objects takes a bold, original approach to human history, exploring past civilizations through the objects that defined themseen through macgregor's eyes, history is a kaleidoscope - shifting, interconnected, constantly surprising, and shaping our world today in ways that most of us have never imaginedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morea stone pillar tells us about a great indian emperor preaching tolerance to his people; spanish pieces of eight tell us about the beginning of a global currency; and an early victorian tea-set speaks to us about the impact of empirean intellectual and visual feast, this is one of the most engrossing and unusual history books published in years
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Through the endless leaps of human minds, it explores the extraordinary depth of our knowledge today and where our curiosity may lead us in the futureaccompanies the acclaimed bbc tv seriesoxfam bookshop cheltenham top ten sunday times bestseller'engaging, ambitious and creative' guardianwhere are we? are we alone? who are we? why are we here? what is our future?human universe tackles some of the greatest questions that humans have asked to try and understand the very nature of ourselves and the universe in which we livesee oxfam website for delivery information read morewith groundbreaking insight it reveals how time, physics and chemistry came together to create a creature that can wonder at its own existence, blessed with an unquenchable thirst to discover not just where it came from, but how it can think, where it is going and if it is alone
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Great for school age kid studying the declaration
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Oxfam shop morpeth the brain sciences are influencing our understanding of human behavior as never before, from neuropsychiatry and neuroeconomics to neurotheology and neuroaestheticsmany now believe that the brain is what makes us human, and it seems that neuroscientists are poised to become the new experts in the management of human conduct see oxfam website for delivery information read moreuncreased spine and pristine pages excellent conditionneuro describes the key developments--theoretical, technological, economic, and biopolitical--that have enabled the neurosciences to gain such traction outside the laboratory
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* the culmination of 40 years of thought on the philosophy of mind and the nature of the mankind * written by one of the world's leading philosophers, the co-author of the monumental 4 volume analytical commentary on the philosophical investigations (blackwell publishing, ) * uses broad categories, such as substance, causation, agency and power to examine how we think about ourselves and our nature * platonic and aristotelian conceptions of human nature are sketched and contrasted * individual chapters clarify and provide an historical overview of a specific concept, then link the concept to ideas contained in other chapters see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop preston this major new study by one of the most penetrating and persistent critics of philosophical and scientific orthodoxy, returns to aristotle in order to examine the salient categories in terms of which we think about ourselves and our nature, and the distinctive forms of explanation we invoke to render ourselves intelligible to ourselves
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Whether as the christian dove, or quetzalcoatl the aztec plumed serpent or in plato s vision of the human soul growing wings and feathers, religion and philosophy have looked to birds as representatives of our better selves that part of us not bound to the earthgorgeously illustrated, woven from centuries of human response to the delights of the feathered tribes, the bedside book of birds is for anyone who is aware of birds, and for everyone who is intrigued by the artistic forms that humanity has created to represent its soulwas the same true of time in hell, stevenson asked himselfas divine messengers, symbols of our yearning for the heavens, or avatars of glorious song and colour, they have stirred our imaginations from the moment we first looked into the skywith the passion of a birdwatcher and hoarder of words, gibson has spent fifteen years collecting the literary and artistic forms our affinity for birds has taken over the centuriesfrom the book: "stevenson remembered the story of a monk who had been distracted from his copy-work by the song of a birdthey've been omens, allegories, disguises and guides; they've been worshipped, eaten, feared and lovedbirds appear again and again in mythology and folk tales, and in literature by writers as diverse as ovid, thomas hardy, kafka, thoreau and tthe song of the bird had given him a taste of paradise, where an instant is as a hundred years of earthly timebirds figure charmingly and tellingly in the work of such nature writers as gilbert white, peter matthiessen, farley mowat and barry lopezhe went into the garden to listen more closely, and when he returned, after what he thought were only a few minutes, he discovered that a century had gone by, that his fellow monks were dead and his ink had turned to dustsee oxfam website for delivery information read morenor does gibson forget the fascination they hold for science, as the galapagos finches did for darwinoxfam bookshop knutsford in this stunning assemblage of words and images, novelist and avid birdwatcher graeme gibson has crafted an extraordinary tribute to the venerable relationship between humans and birdsbirds have ever been the symbols of our highest aspirations
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Though the berk dragon academy, created by hiccup's father stoic the vast (nolan north), still plays a role in maintaining human and dragon relations, the schemes of alvin the treacherous (mark hamill) and the group of human outcasts he leads threaten to upset the balance of the kingdomdisc and case in very good conditionwith the uneasy cohabitation of dragons and vikings in berk continuing to look fragile, hiccup (voice of jay baruchel) and his friends once again find themselves at the heart of a number of adventures as they try to keep peace in the areaoxfam bookshop carlisle second volume of episodes from the second series of the animated show dreamworks dragons ()see oxfam website for delivery information read morebased on the children's novel by cressida cowellthe episodes are: 'a view to a skrill: part ii', 'the flight stuff', 'free scauldy', 'frozen', 'a tale of two dragons', 'the eel effect', 'smoke gets in your eyes', 'bing! bam! boom!', 'cast out: part i' and 'cast out: part ii'
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The book integrates an accessible exposition of background information with a cumulative marshalling of evidence to address fundamental questions concerning human action in the world and the nature of ultimate realitythe authors reconcile a theory of the individual's construction of reality as a network of schemas 'in the head' with an account of the social construction of language, science, ideology and religion to provide an integrated schema-theoretic view of human knowledgeon the lower end of the spine there is also has an orange sticker with the letters 'arb' written on it and sellotaped onthe book is a major expansion of the gifford lectures delivered by the authors at the university of edinburgh in the autumn ofoxfam books & music totnes in this book, michael arbib, a researcher in artificial intelligence and brain theory, joins forces with mary hesse, a philosopher of science, to present an integrated account of how humans 'construct' reality through interaction with the social and physical world around themthe dustjacket is sunned on the spine and has signs of wear around the edgessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe ffep has been torn outhardback book with dustjacketthe authors still find scope for lively debate, particularly in their discussion of free will and of the reality of godthe boards are of blue cloth with silver gilt titling
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It shows the whole of human civilization under threat, as terrifying, tentacled martians land in england, build gigantic killing machines, destroy all in their path with black gas and burning rays and feast on the warm blood of trapped, still-living human preyedited by patrick parrinder with an introduction by brian aldiss and notes by andy sawyer see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham 'the classic tale of alien invasion, and still the best' the timesthe first modern depiction of extra-terrestrials attacking the earth, the war of the worlds remains one of the most influential of all science-fiction worksthe forces of the earth, however, may prove harder to beat than they at first appear
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Covering all key areas of human experience, they apply the principles of tibetan buddhism to everyday problems and reveal how one can find balance and complete spiritual and mental freedomoxfam shop pershore in this unique and important book, one of the world's great spiritual leaders offers his practical wisdom and advice on how we can overcome everyday human problems and achieve lasting happinesscutler's western perspectivefor the many who wish to understand more about the dalai lama's approach to living, there has never been a book which brings his beliefs so vividly into the real worldthe art of happiness is a highly accessible guide for a western audience, combining the dalai lama's eastern spiritual tradition with dr howard csee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Times literary supplement books of the year in the soul of the marionette, john gray draws together the religious, philosophic and fantastical traditions that question the very idea of human freedommany writers and intellectuals have always understood this, but instead of embracing our condition we battle against it, with everyone from world conquerors to modern scientists dreaming of a 'human dominion' almost comically at odds with our true stateoxfam bookshop raeburn place signed with signature to title pagewe flatter ourselves about the nature of free will and yet the most enormous forces - biological, physical, metaphysical - constrain our every actionthis is a stimulating and enraging meditation on everything from cybernetics to the fairground marionettes of the titledustjacket price unclippedvery good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam books & music jesmond special investigator of human and mutant affairs ismael ortega teams up with ordinary cop lucas bishop to make sure terrorists from the human resistance movement don't kill hundreds by sabotaging a glamorous movie premiere! house of m tie-in see oxfam website for delivery information read moreminor shelf wear and bumping to top of spine collects mutopia x 1-5very good condition
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Oxfam bookshop brighton in jacob bronowski was commisioned by david attenborough, then controller of bbc2, to write and present this 13-part documentary series that examines in great depth and with great erudition the intellectual and technological history of the human race from prehistoric times to the present day broadcast in and designed to complement kenneth clarke's earlier bbc documentary series 'civilisation', bronowski concentrates on the growing development of human science and technology, of the ways in which humanity seeks to harness and dominate its environment, and the ways in which scientific and intellectual theory across the ages, from galileo to einstein, have broadened our horizonssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Includes student companion cd-rom & atlas of human skeleton bookcontents include a & p of human body, has self quiz questions and answers in the back of book, glossary of medical terminologytotora & grabowski principles of anatomy & physiology ninth edideal for medical/ nursing/ midwifery studentsbuyer to collect read more
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Algorithms to live by is full of practical takeaways to help you solve common decision-making problems and illuminate the workings of the human mindthe authors explain how to have better hunches and when to leave things to chance, how to deal with overwhelming choices and how best to connect with others
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