Books in the Clarendon Paperbacks series

Aims to provide the reader with the background knowledge of conventional forms and topics needed to fully appreciate every aspect of Horace's "Odes". The text focuses on "Book II" of the "Odes", which contains poems predominantly concerned with philosophy, conduct and friendship.

Arguing for a radical shift in the research agenda of criminology, this monograph offers a comprehensive theory of criminal justice which draws on a philosophical view of the good and the right, and which points the way to practical intervention in the real world of incremental reform.

In this clear and authoritative introduction to the medieval history of the British Isles, England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales are viewed together, revealing the similarities and contrasts between the different regions.

Deryck Cooke displays his masterly common sense in this study of how and why The Ring took the shape it did. He covers the first two operas of the cycle - Rheingold and The Valkyrie - giving an understanding and appreciation to every lover of Wagner's music.

Substantial changes in the Japanese financial system as a result of liberalization and deregulation are causing concern in world financial circles. This survey, supported by the most authoritative data and figures, provides up-to-date, detailed information on the present system and its historical background.

This study deals with a crucial period in the formation of 20th-century analytic philosophy. It discusses the tradition of British idealism, its rejection by Bertrand Russell and G.E. Moore, and the very influential work of Russell in the period before 1914.

This interpretation of Plato's "Apology of Socrates" argues that Plato's Socrates offers a sincere defence against the charges he faces. In doing so the book offers an exhaustive historical and philosophical interpretation of and commentary on the text.

An introduction to the full range of Aquinas' thinking, which makes no arbitrary division between his philosophical and theological ideas. The text relates Aquinas' thought to writers both earlier and later than Aquinas himself.

This book brings together a cross-section of the author's work in the field of medical law and ethics. Many of the articles have appeared previously in journals but all are updated. Others are published here for the first time.

This study combines history and ethnography to describe the tribal system in Yemen over the last thousand years, and examines the values the tribal people themselves bring to the contemporary world of nation states.

Marriage, a fundamental institution in human societies, takes varying forms. This study explores the practicalities, the cultural assumptions, and the affective possibilities of marriage during the later Roman Republic and the Principate (c. 100 BC-235 AD).

The `Iliad' and `Odyssey' are not just good stories. Homeric poetry manages to confer significance on the persons and actions, and to interpret the world and human life and death. This book shows how this is done.

A survey of the early history of a myth: the story of Frankenstein as it appeared in fictional and other writings before its translation to the cinema screen. The author shows how this myth became associated with technological development, and human relationships.

The "Oeconomicus" is unique in Greek literature in combining a discussion of the proper management of an oikos (family or household) and didactic material on agriculture within a Socratic dialogue. It is a rich primary source for the social, economic and intellectual history of classical Athens.

Now available in paperback, this is a study of Victorian feminism which focuses on four leading feminists: Emily Davies, Frances Power Cobbe, Josephine Butler, and Millicent Garrett Fawcett. Barbara Caine uncovers the range, diversity, and complexity of Victorian feminism, and examines the relationship between personal experience and feminist commitment.

This study focuses on the politics of World War I placing the events in the context of 20th century international history and explaining why the governments resorted to war in pursuit of their political objectives.

A survey of all aspects of plainchant, including the liturgy, musical forms and styles, types of chant books, notation and theory. This study also presents a historical survey tracing the spread of plainchant throughout medieval Europe and down to our own times.

This is the definitive guide to the study of Mozart's symphonies. Professor Zaslaw examines each symphony associated with Mozart, places it in its musical and cultural context, and addresses such questions as how and why they were written, and who paid, played, and listened to them.

This book presents seven fresh and original views of Caesar Augustus, as the authors of the papers collected here consider the image which he presented of himself, how poets and historians reacted to him, the nature of his rule, and the representation of the newly established monarch among his subjects in the provinces. The contributors are well-known historians and scholars: Zvi Yavetz (Tel Aviv), Fergus Millar (Oxford),Claude Nicolet (Paris), Emilio Gabba (Pavia), Werner Eck (Cologne), Glen Bowersock (Princeton), and Jasper Griffin (Oxford).These papers were first given at a colloquium held at Wolfson College, Oxford, to celebrate the eightieth birthday of the late Sir Ronald Syme, author of The Roman Revolution (OUP 1939) and other seminal works. A substantial amount of documentation has been added in the notes, but the main texts retain the form in which they were given as lectures, and with it a freshness and immediacy in approaching a central moment in history from a number of new angles.

Two philosophers take opposing viewpoints to debate the fundamental question of whether the Big Bang was created by God, or whether it occurred according to scientific theory.

This treatise argues that it should be the function of company law to promote the public interest. It examines a number of topical issues and the protection of interests largely ignored by company law, such as those of employees and the local community.

Greek texts are often fragmented and their subject background obscure. The wealth of inscriptions found scattered throughout the Greek world are an invaluable source for the reconstruction of Greek history. This selection covers the period from c 750 BC until the end of the Peloponnesian War.

This edition of Aristophanes' play contains a full introduction which covers all aspects of the text, from the manuscript tradition to details of the playwright himself. The play is supplemented by a commentary designed for readers from sixth formers to academics.

While the works of Hugo Grotius (1583-1645) have long been held in hig esteem by international lawyers, this book addresses the broader, and neglected, theme of his contribution to the theorectical and practical aspects of international relations.

An introduction to the principal forms and orders of Western liturgy during this period, explaining their nature and basic historical origin and presenting the contents and orders of principal services as well as additional and special forms of worship.

Combines an analysis of these ballets with a description of their first productions in imperial Russia. Separate sections of the text are devoted to the music of each ballet, and there is a background chapter on the collaboration between composer and ballet master, and Moscow of the 1860s.

A collection of essays written between 1977 and 1983 which explores the fault-lines that mark the various kinds of ahistorical literary studies from the New Criticism to Post-structuralism and which aims to develop a fully elaborated socio-historical criticism for literary works.

This book deals with God's covenant with Israel which the author believes is a theme central to the understanding of the Old Testament. He argues that the debate during the last century has revealed how crucial the covenant idea was in the development of what is distinctive in the faith of Israel.

This treatise explores the scope and limits of the concept of personal identity in contemporary philosophy. The author begins by questioning the methodology of thought-experimentation, arguing that it engenders inconclusive and unconvincing results, and that truth is stranger than fiction.