It is a pleasure to comment on Nancy MacLean's hugely important bookFreedom is Not Enough: The Opening of the American Workplaceas an example of what I might call “bringing the law back in” to the history of the civil rights movement. A generation ago, the idea that law...

Today George Joseph Bell’s Principles of the Law of Scotland is seen as markingthe end of the “institutional” period in Scottish legal development. Remarkably,however, the Principles was originally conceived, not as an authoritative workwhich would bring its author endu...

Cognitive decline amongst older people is associated with poor health and lower quality of life. Previous studies demonstrate that retirement is a particularly critical period for cognitive decline and highlight the importance of post-retirement behaviors. Using longitu...

This case study investigates anecdotes and claims about Alexander Technique founding father Frederick Matthias Alexander who allegedly „treated" numerous eminent Edwardian London actresses and actors. Research shows it is advisable to question those stories and cl...

A Field Guide to “Fake News” and Other Information Disorders explores the use of digital methods to study false viral news, political memes, trolling practices and their social life online. It responds to an increasing demand for understanding the interplay ...

Famous cultural monuments are often regarded as unique icons, making them an attractive target for terrorists. Despite huge military and police outlays, terrorist attacks on important monuments can hardly be avoided. We argue that an effective strategy for discouraging ...

Here we discuss the orientation of some churches dedicated to Hagia Sophia, the Holy Wisdom. We can see that four of them have alignment along the direction of the sunrise on solstices (one of the churches is Hagia Sophia in Constantinople). Our discussion focuses, in p...

The attached article describes an innovative approach to reducing, managing and insuring IT project risk. The article represents a rebuttal to Flyvbjerg’s and Budzier’s September 2011, Harvard Business Review Idea Watch article entitled, 'Why Your IT Project May Be Risk...

Abstract What shapes and drives capital market development over the long run? In this paper, using the asset portfolios of UK life assurers, we examine the role of regulation, historical contingency, and political reactions to events on the long-run development of the U...

Abstract The recent polymorphism of state intervention and attendant political geographies have been interpreted as a return of state capitalism. While commentators across the social sciences have offered competing characterizations of the new state capitalism, little a...