Who's afraid of a European Constitution? [[electronic resource] /] / Neil MacCormick

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910461272703321
• Autore: MacCormick Neil
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Exeter [England], : Andrews, 2012, c2005
• ISBN: 1-84540-361-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (115 p.)
• Collana: Societas
• Disciplina: 341.2422
• Soggetti: Constitutional law - European Union countries; Electronic books.; European Union countries Politics and government
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Originally published in the U.K. by Imprint Academic, 2005.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Title Page; Copyright Page; Abbreviations; Prologue; Body Matter; 1: A Democratic Deficit; 2: How Did the Draft Constitution Come About?; 3: What is in This Constitution?; 4: Does It Handle Human Rights Satisfactorily?; 5: Is the Constitution Too Long and Detailed?; 6: Do We Want a Constitution at All?; 7: Will the EU Become a Superstate if the Constitution is Adopted?; 8: Is European-scale Democracy Possible at All?; 9: Accountable Executives?; 10: What is Subsidiarity, and Why Does It Matter?; 11: Do the 'Regions' Get a Proper Place in Europe?; 12: Fisheries - a Special ProblemBack Matter; References; Also Available
• Sommario/riassunto: In this short but authoritative book, the nature and purpose of the European Constitution are explained by someone involved in its preparation. The author discusses how it was drafted, and tackles some much debated questions: whether it promises any enhancement of democracy in the EU, whether it implies that the EU is becoming a superstate, and whether it will strengthen the principle of subsidiarity and the protection of human rights.

Joseph Banks and the British Museum : the world of collecting, 1770-1830 / / Neil Chambers

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910778270803321
• Autore: Chambers Neil
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016
• ISBN: 1-315-64931-4; 1-317-30363-6; 1-281-12494-X; 9786611124946; 1-85196-535-1
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 195 pages) : illustrations, portraitsd; igital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 069.5094109033
• Soggetti: Collectors and collecting - Great Britain - History - 18th century; Collectors and collecting - Great Britain - History - 19th century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "First published 2007 by Pickering & Chatto (Publisher) Limited"--t.p. verso.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Illustrations; Preface; Foreword; Introduction; 1 Banks as an Early Traveller and Collector, and the British Museum; 2 Ethnography; 3 Natural History and Zoology; 4 Investigating Natural History: Expanding Limits After 1800; 5 Earth Sciences; 6 Libraries and Antiquities; Conclusions; Epitaph; Notes; Bibliography; Appendix
• Sommario/riassunto: There has been an upsurge of interest in the British Museum's unrivalled collections and their place in eighteenth-century culture. Concentrating on the explorer and naturalist Joseph Banks (1743-1820), this book explores the early history of collections at the British Museum, the first public national museum to be established. Banks travelled around the world with James Cook on HMS Endeavour, making important plant, animal and insect collections. Becoming one of the major patrons of British exploration and science, Banks was a significant trustee and donor of material for the museum. Taking Banks's extraordinary career as its basis, this book examines the ; changes that took place during a period of transition that led to collecting on an increasingly global scale and shows how these affected the British Museum itself. The book will appeal to scholars of eighteenth-century science, culture and arts, museum history, exploration and empire.