John Bell Bücher

Focusing on the careers and roles of judges across five European countries, this 2006 study provides a comprehensive analysis of the judicial systems in France, Germany, Spain, Sweden, and England. It explores the varying responsibilities, career paths, and influences on judges, offering insights into how different legal cultures shape the judiciary. The research highlights the similarities and differences in judicial practices, contributing to a deeper understanding of the legal frameworks in these nations.

This is the second in a series of three books which collectively present the work of the Jerusalem Old City Initiative, a Track Two diplomatic effort, undertaken in 2003-2014. It provides background papers on governance and security issues and presents Palestinian and Israeli partner perspectives on governance options for a special regime.

A single line of code offers a way to understand the cultural context of computing. This book takes a single line of code—the extremely concise BASIC program for the Commodore 64 inscribed in the title—and uses it as a lens through which to consider the phenomenon of creative computing and the way computer programs exist in culture. The authors of this collaboratively written book treat code not as merely functional but as a text—in the case of 10 PRINT, a text that appeared in many different printed sources—that yields a story about its making, its purpose, its assumptions, and more. They consider randomness and regularity in computing and art, the maze in culture, the popular BASIC programming language, and the highly influential Commodore 64 computer.