In Justice and Law Maria Jose Falcon y Tella, offers an account of classical and modern theories of justice, and some of the principal themes relating to justice –punishment, civil disobedience, consc
As documents of the built environment, as source material for architectural historians and preservation architects, and as stunning works of art, architectural drawings serve a wide and diverse audien
The Mirror and the Veil offers a unique perspective on the phenomenon of online personal diaries and blogs. Blending insights from literary criticism, from psychoanalytical theory and from social scie
In this article, the author attempts to demonstrate that the study of inland fisheries can provide additional insight into the culture of the Meybrat, a tribal community living around the Ayamaru lake
The American Takeover deals with the aluminium and bauxite industry in Guyana and Suriname. Basing himself on extensive archive studies, the author describes the emergence of the bauxite industries du
The imaginary is explored as it manifests itself in encounters between the verbal and the visual. These essays explore the transposition of the imaginary comic books, film and digital media, with spec
Over the past 50 years, major changes have taken place in the distribution of aquatic plants in Europe. Many species have declined whilst other species have increased in abundance or spread, including
The first reference work on the freshwater and brackish water polychaetes in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. It offers a wealth of ecological and taxonomic background information. Includes a new
Volume 5 includes:Statistics on geographical regions and subjects where organizations work. Visual representations of statistical data and networks.Historical statistical summaries and analyses.
Ten specialists of the diverging present-day Western spiritualities offer fresh analyses of new cases and theories, e.g. in religious contexts (Buddhism, Christianity), popular use, organizations and
This flora represents the European species of het desmid genera Staurastrum and Staurodesmus and contains reliable identification keys and general information on the morphology, taxonomy, ecology and
In the past two decades, scholarship in the Humanities and in the Social Sciences has witnessed the synchronic and often tangled rise of Ritual and Performance Studies. This interdisciplinary collecti
The annual Conference on Editorial Problems, held in Toronto, explores problems associated with the editing of numerous corpora of literature, ancient and modern. Not until its 43rd year, in 2007, was
Slovakia is blessed with an abundance of natural beauties, and some of them are quite unique within Europe. Calcareous fens are such rare ecosystems and in Slovakia they are located almost exclusively
This work presents a new edition of two ka??as (books") of the Paippaladasa?hita, generally considered to be among the most important Vedic texts. In so doing, it aims to provide a model for future fi
Based on a decade of research in Indonesia, this book provides an in-depth account of the military's struggle to adapt to the new democratic system after the downfall of Suharto's authoritarian regime
Murder and Mayhem in Seventeenth-Century Cambodia: Anthony van Diemen vs King Ramadhipati I tells the fascinating story of the origins, course, and consequences of the conflict in the 1630s and ’40s b
This volume considers 'Southeast Asia' drawn from a number of regional and disciplinary perspectives. The authors look at the region from the standpoint of Thailand and the Philippines, Singapore and
Between 1959 and 1968, Sperber produced four volumes containing Aramaic versions of The Pentateuch according to Targum Onkelos, The Former Prophets according to Targum Jonathan, The Latter Prophets ac
This is a history which deals with the end of the Dutch colonial rule, the early independent Indonesia, the West New Guinea question, and the emergence of Papuan nationalism. The book chiefly concent
The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea is an international court with competence to settle disputes concerning the law of the sea. It is a central forum for the settlement of disputes relat
Focusing on the social organization, cosmology, and ritual system of the Hoga Sara society on the island of Flores, this anthropological account challenges classical models of descent and alliance by
The earliest written literature of the Sasak people of Lombok (Indonesia) is in Javanese, and includes romantic and religious poetry, as well as original works such as local histories. From the ninete
Beginning with an introduction to the scriptural background of the Saiva religion, this volume presents a translation accompanied by a re-edition of the Sanskrit text with the help of two manuscripts
In the history of the Indian grammatical tradition, Bhartrhari (about fifth century C.E.) is the fourth great grammarian - after Panini, Katyayana and Patanjali - and the first to make the philosophic
Until about 1870 the Sa’dan-toraja of Sulawesi had little contact with the outside world. Several factors, of which the introduction of the coffee-growing and the coffee trade was chronologically one
Land reforms are usually associated with political regimes trying to restructure rural society in accordance with principles of equality and justice. In striking contrast the colonial land reform disc
This is the first scholarly edition of Judges and Samuel according to the Peshitta, the Syriac translation of the Hebrew Old Testament from the second century CE, and up to this day the Bible of the S
