The question of humanitarian intervention’s legality remains unanswered to date. This book offers a new approach to the legality issue by combining legal theory and international law. With humanitaria
This two-volume set is published in conjunction with the previously published first and second volumes (French Vernacular Books; Books Published in the French Language Before 1601)--the four comprisin
With the quality of the judiciary in post-Communist Europe being the subject of widespread complaints with regards to competence, absurd decisions, and a high degree of formalism, Kuhn (Charles U. Law
This study researches the development of the self-understanding of the Old Catholic Churches of the Union of Utrecht and the Iglesia Filipina Independiente during the 20th century, with special attent
Bringing together Hiltebeitel's major essays on the the Mahabharata, the Ramaya?a, and the south Indian cults of Draupadi and Kutta??avar along with new articles written especially for this collection
This volume provides new insights into the transmission of the textual sources of Islam and combines this with the dynamics of these scriptures by paying close attention to how believers interpret and
In this well-researched study, the makeup and administration of the powerful cathedral chapter in the early modern city of Bamberg is described with attention to the noble affiliations of the members,
The 10 articles of this volume offer current research on the definition and use of the concept of what a "word" is in classical and current Arabic, with specific analysis of the terms kalima and za'id
With a Foreword by Dame Rosalyn Higgins, this book offers useful insights into topical areas of international law and the interaction of law and diplomacy, as exemplified by the Cyprus Problem on whic
Athanasius Kircher, a German Jesuit in 17th-century Rome, was an extraordinary polymath. His fascinating correspondence with popes, princes and priests was a key to the mind-set of the period, and the
Malekian (founder and director of the Institute of International Criminal Law, Sweden) describes the system of Islamic international criminal law in comparison with general international criminal law.
The intellectual legacy of Andrew Melville (1545-1622) as a leader of the Renaissance and a promoter of humanism in Scotland has been obscured by "the Melville legene." In an effort to dispense with `
Graduate students of religion and classics explore the construction of social power through person, text, and space in early Christianity; but also the reception of that process, and with it indiffere
Bringing together Hiltebeitel's major essays on the the Mahabharata, the Ramaya?a, and the south Indian cults of Draupadi and Kutta??avar along with new articles written especially for this collection
Terrier, (Social and Political Science, U of Munster) traces the evolution of the concept of the "social" in modern French thought and considers its ongoing relationship with the natural, cultural, an
Affiliated with the U. of Amsterdam and Leiden University, and general editor for the Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics Online, among other activities, Jong is an arabist with a special
Littler (law, Tilburg U., The Netherlands) began work on this PhD thesis in 2005 and completed it in 2009, during which time he was involved with three conferences on the subject and the publication o
In this well-researched and scholarly book, Roitman takes issue with standard histories that attribute the commercial success of Sephardic merchants in 17th century Amsterdam to their business and tra
Eleven essays translated from Chinese and an introductory essay for each of the two sections offer English-speakers an opportunity to engage with the views of Chinese scholars. The first section deals
The 15th volume of this annual starts off with a collection of articles dealing with issues of family law in Iran and Egypt, and aspects of human rights and international humanitarian law in the Middl
"The literary and archaeological evidence indicates that angeli (angeloi) were a significant aspect of religion in the Roman Empire...[although] few readers will associate angeli with Roman religion..
Gifted with a lucid writing style, and adept at recounting a story, Vargas ( history, The State U. of New York, New Paltz) recounts the surprisingly rowdy history of the Dominicans in 14th-century Ara
With this volume, the Review ceases publication; Lang is retiring from the University of Paderborn, Germany, which has been funding the publication since 1985, and no other institution has come forwar
The interconnected relationship of medieval Bulgarian language, letters, religion, culture, and law with the Byzantine culture from which it derived is a central thesis of this major and wide-ranging
Byron (New Testament, Ashland Theological Seminary) traces the interpretative history of the Cain and Abel story over the first millennium CE. He is not concerned with the background or manuscript det
The rise of the Byzantine war galley known as the dromon (spelled with Greek letters in the book's title) has been seen as marking the transition from Roman to Byzantine maritime history, and its demi
For students of Greek lyric poetry in the original, scholars from the University of Western Ontario and University of Toronto set out the main problems and controversies associated with the different
Using the concept of theatricality to study Water Margin and Journey to the West, this study illustrates how writing and reading in early modern China became fused with a theatrical imagination in res
This is the first comprehensive bibliography on the Karaites and Karaism. Including over 8,000 items in twenty languages, this bibliography, with its extensive annotations, thoroughly documents the pr
The essays in this volume deal with the (re)construction of the history of Ancient Israel and how that historywriting is influenced by ideology and informed by the evidence.
Democratic polities continue to be faced with politics of resentment. The first comparative study of its kind, this book rigorously examines the contemporary relevance of antisemitism and counter-cosm
Drawing on natural history, theology and philosophy, this book retraces the shifting foundations of the order of things that characterizes the period between Descartes and Kant with respect to three q
This volume of conference proceedings investigates the various ways and patterns with which esoteric writings and groups establish their own tradition. This involves concepts of origin and memory, way
This book deals with the relation between the Malian state and the Tuareg people in the late 20th century, which has been characterized by three violent uprisings against Malian authority by Tuareg na
This book is a new study of one of the masterpieces of ancient Egyptian literature, offering new readings and translations, along with an analysis of the text’s grammar and versification, and a comple
Excavations at H3, Kuwait, throw important new light on the economy of the Arabian Neolithic, the early history of seafaring and boat-building, and relations with Ubaid Mesopotamia. It is now clear th
Concerned with the history of scholarly production, book markets and trans-Saharan exchanges in Muslim African (primarily western and northern Africa), as well as the creation of manuscript libraries,
This volume reviews and critiques efforts to recast governance of marine fisheries on the basis of sustainability principles (e.g., precautionary and ecosystem approaches), with a focus on Canada’s tr
This book offers a comprehensive theory of Arabicization in the Middle East and Egypt in the early period of the Arab conquests. It thereby draws on old Arab grammarians coupled with modern research i
Jews, Christians and Muslims describe elements of their origins with close reference to the narrative of Abraham, including the complex story of Abraham's relations with Hagar. This volume sketches th
