Books published by Cambridge University Press

"Drawing on literary, epigraphic, and archaeological evidence, this book provides cases studies that test the various ways in which juridical categories and normative discourses shaped the social and cultural landscape in which freed people lived. It addresses the challenge of studying Roman freed persons on the basis of highly fragmentary sources"--

"Featuring key scholars of comparative constitutionalism, constitutional theory, and constitutional politics, this book provides a comprehensive, theoretical, comparative, normative, and empirical account of the concept of constitutional identity. It will appeal to scholars, students, jurists, and constitutional drafters alike"--

Between 2016 and 2020 Australia's foreign and security policies were significantly impacted by profound changes in geopolitics and geoeconomics, particularly as great power competition re-emerged between the United States and China. Australia in World Affairs 2016-2020: A Return to Great-Power Rivalry examines Australia's engagement on the international stage in light of these events. The thirteenth volume in the Australia in World Affairs series builds on the history of Australia's foreign policy covered in other volumes to identify patterns of continuity and change. It catalogues the key developments in this period of world history from an Australian perspective. Organised thematically, chapters cover Australia's foreign policy response to climate change, Australia's strengthened ties to the Indo-Pacific region, and its security interests in Southeast Asia. Australia's increasing security dependence on the US in an age of great-power rivalry is evident throughout.

"This deeply researched book explores the life and music of folk legend Lead Belly within the context of the Jim Crow era. The work will appeal to a range of audiences, from Lead Belly fans and historians to readers interested in civil rights, mass incarceration, and the power of narrative"--

This print and digital workbook includes practical task exercises for students to practise new skills they are learning throughout the course. Practical tasks gradually increase in difficulty and cover all sub-sections of the practical chapters within the coursebook to test students' knowledge and understanding. Students are supported by fully worked examples providing an example of "What a good answer looks like." The workbook contains additional self-assessment and reflection opportunities alongside key learning intentions, complementing the coursebook for the Cambridge International AS & A Level Information Technology syllabus (9626). Answers to activities are available to teachers via Cambridge GO.

From insurance to trade and banking, this third edition supports students to develop their understanding of modern commercial knowledge, skills and practices. This coursebook includes activities and real-life examples of commercial practices to help learners apply theory in context, along with definitions of subject-specific terms and images to support English as a second language learners. Also enable your learners to prepare for assessment as they consolidate their learning with practice questions at the end of each chapter. Supports the O Level Commerce syllabus (7100), for examination from 2026.

Tracing the common elements of the Chinese and Western classical traditions, this book examines their strengths, their role in shaping constitutions and the consequences of their eclipse. Presupposing no prior knowledge of philosophy, it offers an interpretation of these traditions and of the origins of modern ethical and political thought.

Explores the ecological experiences, histories, and perspectives integrated within Dalit writing, art, and culture and studies the relationship between caste and environment, Dalit autobiographies, caste and climate change, and Black-Dalit ecologies.

By focusing on the shared religious figure of Laldas/Khan, the book uncovers fascinating historical and contemporary dimensions of Hindu-Muslim socio-cultural interactions around his shrines.

This book offers an account of how the modern idea of the literary emerged, through the colonial archives. Situated at the cusp of postcolonialism and world literature, it offers a multilingual, multicultural, and comparative account of how literature became one of the most powerful cultural expressions of modernity.

A collection of the thirty-six most important but less well-known Greek geographical texts in new translations, many of them never before published in English, with up-to-date introductions and notes. This volume will promote a better understanding of the whole of ancient Geography from early Greece to the late Roman period.

A collection of the thirty-six most important but less well-known Greek geographical texts in new translations, many of them never before published in English, with up-to-date introductions and notes. This volume will promote a better understanding of the whole of ancient Geography from early Greece to the late Roman period.

Ranging from early medieval musical bards to pop music in the twenty-first century, this book describes Welsh musical practices and traditions and the forces that have shaped and directed them, probing the reasons why the idea of Wales as a 'musical nation' arose and became embedded in popular consciousness.

This Handbook provides students and researchers with a broad overview of existing literature in many areas of legal decision-making, including examples of decisions made by different professionals. Inspiring future research and practice, it will interest those in psychology, sociology, criminal justice, and more.

This introduction to Stone-Priestley duality theory brings modern tools in the area together in textbook format for the first time and covers applications to logic and theoretical computer science. This book is for undergraduates, graduate students, and researchers in lattice theory, algebra, topology, logic, and theoretical computer science.

Critical coding techniques have developed over the past few decades for data storage, retrieval and transmission systems, yet they are rarely covered in the graduate curricula. This book provides new researchers in academia and industry with informal introductions to the basic ideas of these topics, including pointers to further reading.

Aimed at students, instructors and general readers interested in the experiences of enslaved persons in ancient Egypt, from the Old Kingdom to the early Islamic period. Provides nearly three hundred primary sources in translation, arranged both chronologically and thematically and accompanied by contextualising introductions.

"This Cambridge Handbook is the first dedicated treatment of the interface between AI and private law, and the challenges that AI poses for private law. The Handbook brings together a global team of private law experts and computer scientists to examine the interface, identify the problems, and propose solutions"--

"Who were the German scientists who worked on atomic bombs during World War II for Hitler's regime? And how did they justify themselves afterwards? Examining the global influence of the German uranium project and the postwar reaction to the scientists involved, Mark Walker explores the enduring impact of 'Hitler's bomb'"--

"Drawing on extensive empirical studies of firms and industries around the world, this book presents a rich menu of development pathways, including a new role by a Schumpeterian state to initiate detours and leapfrogging in not only manufacturing but also resource or IT- service sectors"--