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鈥淪o we can do our best.鈥 Care in children鈥檚 relationships with teachers
0€45.00*WINNER OF THE RESEARCH CATEGORY: NATIONAL BOOK PRIZE 2025*
This volume offers a fresh approach to student-teacher relationships in middle childhood from the perspective of children in primary schools. It explores how children express their learning and emotional needs, as well as their聽 experience of good and less good student-teacher relationships. Their apprehension of care and its reciprocity, of the need for time and proximity in teaching and learning, of the vicariousness of the experience, and crucially, of the place of learning in student-teacher relationships, is authentically evoked through rich verbatim quotations. Children鈥檚 accounts answer questions which teachers, parents, professionals and聽 policy-makers ask. In the experience of children, what makes a person a teacher?聽 What is a 鈥済ood鈥 student-teacher聽 relationship?聽 Can children with poor relationship histories have good relationships with new teachers? How is learning or聽 鈥渄oing well鈥 integral to 鈥済etting on well鈥?
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鈥淪o we can do our best.鈥 Care in children鈥檚 relationships with teachers
0€65.00*WINNER OF THE RESEARCH CATEGORY: NATIONAL BOOK PRIZE 2025*
This volume offers a fresh approach to student-teacher relationships in middle childhood from the perspective of children in primary schools. It explores how children express their learning and emotional needs, as well as their聽 experience of good and less good student-teacher relationships. Their apprehension of care and its reciprocity, of the need for time and proximity in teaching and learning, of the vicariousness of the experience, and crucially, of the place of learning in student-teacher relationships, is authentically evoked through rich verbatim quotations. Children鈥檚 accounts answer questions which teachers, parents, professionals and聽 policy-makers ask. In the experience of children, what makes a person a teacher?聽 What is a 鈥済ood鈥 student-teacher聽 relationship?聽 Can children with poor relationship histories have good relationships with new teachers? How is learning or聽 鈥渄oing well鈥 integral to 鈥済etting on well鈥?
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An Introduction to Comparative Law
0Original price was: €10.00.€5.00Current price is: €5.00.Why are systems of Law so different? This work attempts to explain and justify the origins and continued existence of diversity in Law.
The forst part of the book introduces the phenomenon historically. It then succinctly describes the salient featuresof the principal legal families, as they exist today, answering the following questions in the process: What is of the essence of the Continental Systems? What is the strength of the Common Law Systems? What sustains the Sharia? What influence has Marxism left in the field of Law? What is the nature of Mixed Systems?
The author writes from a Mediterranean vantage point where many of these systems have come into practical contact making the comparison of systems inevitable, and of more academic interest.
The second part of the book traces the processes of harmonisation going on in certain areas of the law like environmental law and human rights. The book argues for the need of unification in other areas and the retention of diversity in others.
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Blockade: Malta 1798-1800
0“Apart from the donkeys, mules and horses, which we continue to eat as before, we have now also eaten most of the dogs and cats as well as a good number of large rats”
Bosredon de Ransijat spent more than 30 years living among the Maltese, first as a Knight of the Order and later as President of the Government Commission during the French occupation. In his latter role he was blockaded with the French garrison within the city walls of Valetta. In his diary he describes just how determned they were to keep Malta in French hands and the hardships they endured during this two-year standoff with the Maltese country folk and the English Navy. Ransijat also gives his own in-depth analysis as to why the Maltese were glad to see the end of the Order’s rule and why they turned so quickly against their new French rulers.
This book is not only about the French occupation, it is also about Maltese society in the late 18th century and above all it is the story of an extraordinary Frenchman who was bold enough to defend his deepest personal convictions.
Ramsijat’s memoirs are undoubtedly among the most important historic documents concerning the French occupation of Malta, for one very simple reason: he was there.
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Caring for Calypso’s Daughters
0Original price was: €35.00.€20.00Current price is: €20.00.The practice of medicine is in a continuous聽state of evolutionary聽progress with today’s advances being considered outdated and outmoded tomorrow. No branch of medicine can claim a longer history than the art of midwifery. This book reviews the evolution of maternity and gynaecological care in the Maltese Islands since聽the advent of man to the archipelago and correlates the care provided to contemporary practice on the mainland.
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Church-State Relations in Late-Eighteenth-Century Malta
0Original price was: €35.00.€30.00Current price is: €30.00.This visionary, passionate in his hatreds, who with his savage comments and rigid character rarely blended prudence with courage, and whose mind was so sorely swept by the winds of controversy, would be proved right in embracing the cause of the separation between Church and State and distinguishing canon from civil law. His ideas gained ascendancy after his death; they were destined to survive him and become visions in the sould of future generations. The credit they deserved was long overdue. The Erasmian seeds of his ideas which he expressed during the struggle were sown in the hearts of his compatriots. They fell neither ‘beside the path, so that all the birds came and ate them up’, nor on rocky land and among the briers but ‘where the soil was good, and these yielded a harvest.’ The idea of an omnipotent Church had been challenged, and, once challenged it could never recover the unconscious security of the past. The Church’s stand was without promise.
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Cleardo Naudi: The University’s First Professor of Chemistry and Materia Medica, A Delphian and Enigmatic Academic
0€60.00*FINALIST IN THE HISTORIOGRAPHIC RESEARCH CATEGORY: NATIONAL BOOK PRIZE 2025*
Cleardo Naudi, who hailed from a well-connected Maltese family, began his tertiary education at the University of Malta and completed his medical studies at the University of Naples. Naudi went on to further his postgraduate education in London.
During the first decades of British rule in Malta, he managed to contact a number of English missionary societies, and did his best to persuade them to establish footholds on the island.
When in London, he met and forged important connections and conversances with some of the leading chemists of the day, which at times blossomed into useful friendships. Particularly close was his relationship with the Quaker, William Allen. In the meantime, he occupied the first Chair of Chemistry and Materia Medica at Malta’s University…
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Cleardo Naudi: The University’s First Professor of Chemistry and Materia Medica, A Delphian and Enigmatic Academic
0€40.00*FINALIST IN THE HISTORIOGRAPHIC RESEARCH CATEGORY: NATIONAL BOOK PRIZE 2025*
Cleardo Naudi, who hailed from a well-connected Maltese family, began his tertiary education at the University of Malta and completed his medical studies at the University of Naples. Naudi went on to further his postgraduate education in London.
During the first decades of British rule in Malta, he managed to contact a number of English missionary societies, and did his best to persuade them to establish footholds on the island.
When in London, he met and forged important connections and conversances with some of the leading chemists of the day, which at times blossomed into useful friendships. Particularly close was his relationship with the Quaker, William Allen. In the meantime, he occupied the first Chair of Chemistry and Materia Medica at Malta’s University…
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Criminal Law: General Principles
0€40.00This book meticulously explores the general principles of Maltese criminal law. It delves into the distinction between crimes and contraventions, vicarious liability, criminal corporate liability, and various defences such as justification, the notion of excuse, insanity, and intoxication. Additionally, it provides comprehensive coverage of punishment, recidivism, extradition, and European arrest warrants. This essential resource not only clarifies complex legal concepts but also offers invaluable insights for practitioners, scholars, and students of criminal law in Malta. An indispensable addition to any legal library, it bridges critical gaps in understanding and application of the law.
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Criminal Law: Law of Evidence
0€30.00This Handbook is a comprehensive guide elucidating the complexities of evidentiary principles. This indispensable resource delves into the legal principles governing witness examination and cross-examination, expert witnesses as well as exploring the admissibility, competence, and compellability of witnesses. From dissecting the relevance and admissibility of evidence to unravelling the rules governing document admissibility, this Handbook provides a thorough understanding of the legal principles.
Explore the intricate facets of hearsay evidence, confessions, and the significance of audio-visual recordings in legal proceedings. Delve into the principles of chain of custody of evidence, burden of proof, and other pivotal concepts essential to understanding the foundations of the law of evidence. Whether you are a student, practitioner, or legal enthusiast, this Handbook equips you with the knowledge needed to navigate the intricate tapestry of law of evidence in criminal proceedings. -
Criminal Law: Police Powers, Criminal Investigations, Magisterial Inquiries & Freezing Orders
0€30.00This Criminal Law Handbook is an aid to navigating the intricate terrain of police powers and criminal investigations.聽 It deals with arrest and search procedures as well as individual rights within the realm of criminal law. This essential guide illuminates critical subjects such as suspect rights, habeas corpus, arrest, detention, taking of intimate and non-intimate samples, interrogation methods, and freezing orders. It also deals with more complex specialised investigative tools such as monitoring and supervision orders, touching upon European Investigation Orders and European Evidence Warrants.
This handbook provides clear and concise explanations, making complex legal concepts accessible and engaging. Whether you are a budding legal scholar, legal professional or anyone keen on understanding the foundations of criminal law, this Handbook equips you with the knowledge and insights needed to grasp the intricacies of the legal system.
