Nicholas Anderson

Kimberly Hurd Hale

Erin A. Dolgoy

Damien K. Picariello

Daniel Kapust

Paul T. Wilford

David Whitney

Nivedita Bagchi

Jeffrey J. S. Black

Tobin L. Craig

Constance C. T. Hunt

Danielle Sottosanti

This edited collection uses works of science fiction to illustrate and explore the fundamental themes and concepts of political philosophy, including freedom, justice, and the advantages and disadvantages of progress.

From Bacon to Black Mirror

Science Fiction and Political Philosophy

David Gutman

Peter Quinn

Lindsay Kemp

Rebecca Franks

Meurig Bowen

Prom 42, Tuesday 16 August 10.15pm-c.11.30pm

Richard Harrison KC

Jennifer Perrins

Katy Chokowry

Samantha Ridley

Thomas Dance

Elle Tait

1KBW on International Child Abduction is a guide to the practice and procedure in international child abduction proceedings, in particular applications under the 1980 Hague Convention. It provides guidance as to the law of England and Wales and relevant international law in child abduction cases, as well as the procedures for making applications in the High Court and for pursuing appeals in the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court. It condenses a large body of case law and international instruments into a digestible format, so that practitioners have all the tools needed for day-to-day practice in one place. 1KBW on International Child Abduction provides: - Flow charts to explain key legal principles and procedural steps, as well as diagrams which summarise important cases - A dedicated section on the 1980 Hague Convention, with individual chapters devoted to key principles such as rights of custody, habitual residence and the relevant 'defences' to applications for a summary return order - Chapters pertaining to the 1996 Hague Convention and applications under the inherent jurisdiction - Practical guidance about the procedure for making applications in the High Court, such as: how to make urgent without notice applications; the criteria for obtaining different types of Tipstaff orders; and when to seek specific orders for disclosure to assist in tracing a child - A summary of Covid-19 guidance Legislation and guidance covered includes: - 1980 Hague Convention - 1996 Hague Convention - Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985 - Family Law Act 1986 - President's Practice Guidance: Case Management and Mediation of International Child Abduction Proceedings 1KBW on International Child Abduction is aimed primarily at practitioners who already specialise, or are looking to specialise, in international child abduction. It can also be used as a reference tool by all family practitioners and those who have an interest in the subject.

1KBW on International Child Abduction

Minnow is a girl with disabilities born into a world gone down the drain. She is on the autism spectrum and has four stumps, needing prosthetic limbs to get around. For thousands of years the world has remained completely flooded, a floating blue marble in a black sea of space. When new land does finally appear, when what were once mountaintops in our time begin poking through the surface again to become islands, the people of the world are ready to emerge from their submarines and explore their new home... but this prospect may be too good to be true. Also, we have mermaids. Sorta.

Minnow's World

Planet Ripple

By 1942 the formidable Japanese military had conquered swathes of territory across south-east Asia and the Pacific Ocean. Despite its defeat at the Battle of Midway, Japan remained a potent enemy committed to the creation of a defensive arc to shield its captured possessions in the Pacific. The capture of Port Moresby would cement the southern border of this defensive arc and sever the vital lines of communication between Australia and the United States. It was the Japanese plan to seize Moresby that would set the course for the Battle of Milne Bay. Situated on the eastern tip of New Guinea, Milne Bay was a wretched hell-hole: swamp-riddled, a haven for malaria and cursed with torrential rain. It was here that General Douglas MacArthur ordered the secret construction of an Allied base with airfields to protect the maritime approach to Port Moresby. But the Japanese soon discovered the base at Milne Bay and despatched a task force to destroy its garrison and occupy the base. All that stood between the Japanese and their prize was a brigade of regular Australian soldiers untrained in tropical warfare and a brigade of Australian militia with no combat experience whatsoever. While the Kokoda campaign is etched in public memory, its sister battle at Milne Bay has long been neglected. However the bitter fighting over this isolated harbour played an equally important role in protecting Port Moresby and made a valuable contribution to shifting Allied fortunes in the Pacific War.

The Battle of Milne Bay 1942

When the Japanese war machine swept through South-East Asia in early 1942, it was inevitable that conflict would reach Australian territory on the island of New Guinea. The ultimate Japanese target was Port Moresby. Conquering the capital would sever communication between Australia and her American ally and allow Japanese air power to threaten Australia’s northern cities. When a seaborne invasion was thwarted at the Battle of the Coral Sea, the Nankai Shitai landed in Papua on 21 July and lunched an overland attack. Having captured the village of Kokoda with its vital airstrip, the Japanese headed for Port Moresby, traversing the treacherous Kokoda trail that winds across the might Owen Stanley Range. The Australian Army was ill prepared to confront the Japanese. Poorly equipped, undertrained, and unaccustomed to jungle warfare, the untested militia battalions were the first to face the battle-hardened invading forces. Later, when veteran AIF brigades were rushed forward to bolster the militia, they also fell in the path of the Japanese onslaught. But the over-extension of supply lines and disaster on Guadalcanal eventually cruelled Japanese aspirations and the Kokoda campaign became a bloody and protracted struggle as the Australian troops fought to drive the Japanese off the Owen Stanleys and out of Papua. While the front-line troops were engaged in a bitter fight for survival, a power struggle erupted at the top of the Allied command hierarchy resulting in a series of sackings, the competing ambitions of the Allied commanders clouding their judgement at a critical time. It was under these conditions, against a determined enemy and on one of the harshest battlefields on earth, that the Australian forces began to learn the crucial lessons that would be needed to break the back of the Japanese Army in New Guinea.

To Kokoda

I WASN'T A REGULAR DAILY WORKER but a returning non-official cover officer from overseas who was recalled home every now and then for briefings. Most people here had no clue of what I really did, though I noted a certain distant reverence in their cleanly shaved facial responses to me and my unkempt stubble tonight. My six-numbered security card that carried no visual link to SIS, whenever it was inserted in the box, followed by my four-digit PIN code (that made the green light flash) told them something nice about me on their monitors…or it may have read ‘don’t f*** with him’ in easy-to-understand legalese... The second installment of The NOC Trilogy by Nicholas Anderson.

More UK Non-Official Cover Operations

NOC Twice

"WE WERE INSTITUTIONAL KILLERS in disruptive actions on the black, that is to say we made illegal entries across borders to perform dirty work, then returned home mostly without the knowledge or connection to the local British embassy's staff assigned to other covert affairs. The main job description was called deep cover within SIS, though the U.S.-led NATO preferred NOC or non-official cover - either description was undeclared. I served in various divisions in charge of different continents, often living like a mole..."

British Secret Operations

NOC - Non-Official Cover

Third and last part of 'The NOC Trilogy'. Seen through the uncommon perspective of a British covert action MI6 intelligence officer as a one-man station overseas, who is occasionally operational in hostile environments for queen and country. See author's website: www.NicholasAnderson.info

Knock-On Effect (Last of the Trilogy)

NOC Three Times

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