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Since 1985, the Law School at the University of Hull has hosted an annual lecture - the Josephine Onoh Memorial Lecture - given by a distinguished international lawyer. These annual lectures are funded by the Josephine Onoh Memorial Fund, established in 1984 by the family and friends of Josephine Onoh who was tragically killed in an air crash at Enugu, Nigeria, in November 1983. Josephine was a Hull law graduate, and at the time of her death was registered at the University for a research degree in the field of international law. This book contains a collection of these annual lectures. The first lecture in 1985 was given by the late Judge Taslim Elias, at that time President of the International Court of Justice. Subsequent lectures have been given by both leading practitioners and professors of international law, including Sir Robert Jennings, Bin Cheng, Sir Ian Sinclair, Philip Allott, Henry Schermers, Lord Mackenzie-Stuart, Alexandre-Charles Kiss, Dame Rosalyn Higgins, Peter Sand, Ian Brownlie, Christopher Greenwood, Marti Koskenniemi, and Ralph Zacklin. The lectures reflect some of the most significant international concerns of the last two decades. The subjects they address include new trends in international law, international courts and politics, the practitioner's view of international law, international law and revolution, the European Convention of Human Rights, European Community law concepts, the global environment and international law, the current role of the United Nations, international environmental trust funds, international boundary law, international law and imperialism, and humanitarian intervention. This important collection of essays by some of the leading international law figures of our generation will be of equal value to all interested in international law, whether the academic or the practitioner.
International law. --- Law of nations --- Nations, Law of --- Public international law --- Law --- Collection of essays.
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Written across the disciplines of law, literature, philosophy, and theology, Understanding Evil: An Interdisciplinary Approach represents wide-ranging approaches to and understandings of "evil" and "wickedness." Consisting of three sections - " Grappling with Evil ", " Justice, Responsibility, and War " and " Blame, Murder, and Retributivism " -, all the essays are inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary in focus. Common themes emerge around the dominant narrative movements of grieving, loss, powerlessness, and retribution that have shaped so many political and cultural issues around the world since the fall of 2001. At the same time, the interdisciplinary nature of this collection, together with the divergent views of its chapters, reminds one that, in the end, an inquiry into "evil" and "wickedness" is at its best when it promotes intelligence and compassion, creativity and cooperation. The thirteen essays are originally presented at and then developed in light of dialogues held at the Third Global Conference on Perspectives on Evil and Human Wickedness, held in March 2002 in Prague.
Collection of essays. --- Good and evil. --- Evil --- Wickedness --- Ethics --- Philosophy --- Polarity --- Religious thought
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The essays in this book chart how women's profound and turbulent experiences of migration have been articulated in writing, photography, art and film. As a whole, the volume gives an impression of a wide range of migratory events from women's perspectives, covering the Caribbean Diaspora, refugees and slavery through the various lenses of politics and war, love and family. The contributors, which include academics and artists, offer both personal and critical points of view on the artistic and historical repositories of these experiences. Selfies, motherhood, violence and Hollywood all feature in this substantial treasure-trove of women's joy and suffering, disaster and delight place, memory and identity. This collection appeals to artists and scholars of the humanities, particularly within the social sciences; though there is much to recommend it to creatives seeking inspiration or counsel on the issue of migratory experiences. As with all Open Book publications, this entire book is available to read for free on the publisher's website. Printed and digital editions, together with supplementary digital material, can also be found here: www.openbookpublishers.com
art --- writing --- migration --- collection of essays --- women's experiences of migration --- film --- women's perspective --- photography --- women
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Theorie und Praxis der mittelalterlichen Poetik bilden seit fast vier Jahrzehnten ein zentrales Forschungsgebiet von Fritz Peter Knapp. Die vorliegende Festschrift zum 65. Geburtstag des Jubilars vereinigt neue Beiträge namhafter in- und ausländischer Forscher, welche die vielstimmige, durch Fritz Peter Knapp maßgeblich mitbestimmte Diskussion über den poetologischen Diskurs und die Auswirkungen poetologischer Vorgaben in der mittelalterlichen deutschen und europäischen weltlichen und geistlichen Literatur weiterführen (Ulrich von Zatzikhoven: Lanzelet; Nibelungenlied; Wiener Genesis; Heinrich von dem Türlin: Die Krone; Marie de France; Antikenroman; Walther von Châtillon: Alexandreis; Walther von der Vogelweide; Gottfried von Straßburg: Tristan; Prosa-Lancelot etc.).
Collection of essays. --- Knapp -- Peter Fritz -- Bibliography. --- Poetics. --- Literature, Medieval --- Poetics --- Languages & Literatures --- Literature - General --- Poetry --- History and criticism --- Technique --- Courtly romance. --- Literature (medieval).
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Ladakh's geographic location between the Himalaya and Karakoram mountains has exposed it to competing political and cultural influences from India, Central Asia and Tibet. This book points to Ladakh's distinct local identity, but argues that its historical development can best be understood in a wider regional perspective. It contains twenty-five research papers from the International Association of Ladakh Studies (IALS), and draws on contributions from historians, art historians, linguists and anthropologists. Their sources include Ladakhi historical documents, comparative linguistic research, visual evidence from temple architecture and inscriptions, Mughal biographies, European travel accounts, government records, trade receipts, and local oral tradition. Taken together, the volume provides a much richer view of Ladakhi history than was previously available, and makes a significant contribution to the study of the wider Himalayan region.
Ladākh (India) --- La-dwags (India) --- Ladākh District (India) --- Ladākh Tahsil (India) --- Laddākha (India) --- Laddakh (India) --- History. --- Collection of essays. --- Annals --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- Union Territory of Ladākh (India) --- Ladakh (India)
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Since the end of World War II, the ongoing efforts aimed at criminal prosecution, restitution, and other forms of justice in the wake of the Holocaust have constituted one of the most significant episodes in the history of human rights and international law. As such, they have attracted sustained attention from historians and legal scholars. This edited collection substantially enlarges the topical and disciplinary scope of this burgeoning field, exploring such varied subjects as literary analysis of Hannah Arendt’s work, the restitution case for Gustav Klimt’s Beethoven Frieze, and the ritualistic aspects of criminal trials.
War crime trials --- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) --- History --- Influence. --- Reparations. --- collection of essays. --- criminal prosecution. --- end of world war ii. --- gustav klimts beethoven frieze. --- hannah arendts work. --- historians. --- history. --- holocaust. --- human rights and international law. --- legal scholars. --- literary analysis. --- restitution case. --- restitution. --- ritualistic aspects of criminal trials.
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The new millennium began with the triumph of democracy and markets. But for whom is life just, how so, and why? And what is being done to correct persisting injustices? Blending macro-level global and national analysis with in-depth grassroots detail, the contributors highlight roots of injustices, how they are perceived, and efforts to alleviate them. Following up on issues raised in the groundbreaking best-seller Power and Popular Protest: Latin American Social Movements (California, 2001), these essays elucidate how conceptions of justice are socially constructed and contested and historically contingent, shaped by people's values and institutionally grounded in real-life experiences. The contributors, a stellar coterie of North and Latin American scholars, offer refreshing new insights that deepen our understanding of social justice as ideology and practice.
Free trade --- Democratization --- Social justice --- Free trade and protection --- Trade, Free --- Trade liberalization --- International trade --- Equality --- Justice --- Social aspects --- Justice sociale --- Démocratisation --- Libre-échange --- Aspect social --- anthology. --- collection of essays. --- contemporary latin america. --- democracy. --- fairness and equality. --- global analysis. --- human rights. --- ideological. --- injustice. --- international perspective. --- latin america. --- latin american scholars. --- local issues. --- modern history. --- nonfiction essays. --- political activism. --- political protests. --- political science. --- regional history. --- social activists. --- social constructs. --- social history. --- social justice. --- social movements. --- social sciences. --- textbooks.
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Herman Gray takes a sweeping look at black popular culture over the past decade to explore culture's role in the push for black political power and social recognition. In a series of linked essays, he finds that black artists, scholars, musicians, and others have been instrumental in reconfiguring social and cultural life in the United States and he provocatively asks how black culture can now move beyond a preoccupation with inclusion and representation. Gray considers how Wynton Marsalis and his creation of a jazz canon at Lincoln Center acted to establish cultural visibility and legitimacy for jazz. Other essays address such topics as the work of the controversial artist Kara Walker; the relentless struggles for representation on network television when those networks are no longer the primary site of black or any other identity; and how black musicians such as Steve Coleman and George Lewis are using new technology to shape and extend black musical traditions and cultural identities.
African Americans --- African Americans on television. --- Afro-Americans in television --- Afro-Americans on television --- Television --- Music --- History and criticism. --- african american culture. --- african americans. --- america. --- american politics. --- black americans. --- black artists. --- black culture. --- black musical tradition. --- black musicians. --- black political power. --- black scholars. --- collection of essays. --- cultural history. --- cultural identity. --- cultural visibility. --- legitimacy. --- lincoln center. --- nonfiction essays. --- politics of representation. --- popular culture. --- social change. --- social inclusion. --- sociology. --- united states. --- wynton marsalis.
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During global capitalism's long ascent from 1600-1850, workers of all kinds-slaves, indentured servants, convicts, domestic workers, soldiers, and sailors-repeatedly ran away from their masters and bosses, with profound effects. A Global History of Runaways, edited by Marcus Rediker, Titas Chakraborty, and Matthias van Rossum, compares and connects runaways in the British, Danish, Dutch, French, Mughal, Portuguese, and American empires. Together these essays show how capitalism required vast numbers of mobile workers who would build the foundations of a new economic order. At the same time, these laborers challenged that order-from the undermining of Danish colonization in the seventeenth century to the igniting of civil war in the United States in the nineteenth.
Labor mobility --- Imperialism --- Capitalism --- History. --- Economic aspects. --- america. --- britain. --- build foundation of economic order. --- capitalism required many workers. --- collection of essays about runaways. --- compares and connects runaways. --- convicts. --- denmark. --- domestic workers. --- france. --- global capitalisms long ascent. --- holland. --- igniting of civil war in us. --- indentured servants. --- laborers challenged that order. --- mughal. --- portugal. --- sailors. --- sixteen hundred to eighteen fifty. --- slaves. --- soldiers. --- undermining of danish colonization. --- workers ran away from bosses.
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