Showing posts with label Promise. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Promise. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

The Promise




The Promise by May McGoldrick


English | Sep. 1, 2001 | ISBN: 0451204492 | 271 Pages | EPUB | 1 MB




TO PROTECT


On a desperate journey to America, Rebecca Neville promises the dying wife of the Earl of Stanmore to raise and care for her newborn son, James. Once in the New World, Rebecca begins her new life–as a mother…


TO CHERISH


Ten years later, the Earl of Stanmore learns of the fate of his family. He sends to the colonies for his young heir so he can raise him as a peer of the realm. With no intention of forsaking her vow, Rebecca returns to England with James to face a future without her beloved charge. But she must also face her tumultuous past…


TO LOVE


At first glance, the formidable Stanmore sends Rebecca reeling. But beneath his coldly attractive façade and seeming indifference to his son"s plight, emotions roil. For there is more to Stanmore and his motives than meets the eye. The enigmatic lord has his own promise to keep–and a passion for Rebecca that cannot be denied…




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The Promise is a wonderful book for any lover of historical fiction." (New York Times bestselling author Heather Graham)




In America for the last ten years, Rebecca Neville has raised her young charge as if he were her own son. But now, his father-the Earl of Stanmore-has learned of his fate and sends for him from England. Rebecca must do everything in her power to keep her promise to the boy"s dead mother-and keep her heart safe from his mysterious father…










Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Constitutionalizing Economic Globalization: Investment Rules and Democracy"s Promise (repost)




Constitutionalizing Economic Globalization: Investment Rules and Democracy"s Promise by David Schneiderman


English | 2008-05-08 | ISBN: 0521871476, 0521692032 | PDF | 340 pages | 1,8 MB




Are foreign investors the privileged citizens of a new constitutional order that guarantees rates of return on investment interests? Schneiderman explores the linkages between a new investment rules regime and state constitutions – between a constitution-like regime for the protection of foreign investment and the constitutional projects of national states. The investment rules regime, as in classical accounts of constitutionalism, considers democratically authorized state action as inherently suspect. Despite the myriad purposes served by constitutionalism, the investment rules regime aims solely to enforce limits, both inside and outside of national constitutional systems, beyond which citizen-driven politics will be disabled. Drawing on contemporary and historical case studies, the author argues that any transnational regime should encourage innovation, experimentation, and the capacity to imagine alternative futures for managing the relationship between politics and markets. These objectives have been best accomplished via democratic institutions operating at national, sub-national, and local levels.







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