A collection of previously published articles on problems posed by transactions that transcend state and national borders, organized in sections on conflicts history, jurisdiction, choice of law, judg
Offered here for the first time, the essays represent the most recent formulations of a wide variety of specialists within their own areas of expertise, while collectively contributing to the current
Although Leiden, the second largest city of the early modern Dutch Republic, officially became Protestant in 1572, it took fifty years before the Reformed Church was completely settled. This book shed
Pacific Forest explores the use of the forest of the Solomon Islands from the pre-historic period up to the end of 1997, when much of the indigenous commercial forest had been logged. It is the first
While not neglecting military dimensions, comprehensive security incorporates other aspects vital to national stability, such as food, energy, environment, communication, and social security. It has b
Medieval Jewish literature from the 10th century onwards drew heavily on Arabic literary models. This important new study first discusses the introduction of fictionality into Classical Arabic Literat
This major new contribution to the history of women examines the special status accorded to women in the Jewish communities of the Eastern Mediterranean provinces of the Ottoman Empire in the early mo
First publication in English of Soseki’s travels through Manchuria on the then recently-acquired South Manchurian Railway. 6-week travelogue including boat from Osaka to Dairen, railway up the Liaodon
Abbott (education, Manchester U.) and Han, retired from teaching English in Burmese universities, first survey folk-tale studies and present a broad functional classification of Burma's tales. Then th
Most of the contributors are Middle Eastern by name, but many now hold academic posts in Europe or North America. The 22 essays are arranged chronologically to reflect the evolution of Arabic literatu
This book is an analysis of the legal theories of two classical Shi‘i Muslim writers: one an Akhbari, the other an Usuli. It provides insight, not only into Islamic jurisprudence, but also the Akhbari
This illustrated collection of interdisciplinary essays addresses the transformation of the city of Rome from late antiquity to the middle ages, evaluates Rome's place in early medieval Italian politi
This volume is the adjunct proceedings on methodology from the XVIIth Congress of the International Association for the History of Religions, held in Mexico City in 1995. Taken together, the essays pr
This book claims that Aristotle followed an aspect theory of predication. On it statements make a basic assertion of existence that can be more or less qualified. It is claimed that the aspect theory
The author notes in his introduction that although "lexicography has not ignored the languages of the Samaritans, including their Aramaic dialect" (work was done in the late Middle Ages by members of
The Gnostic Library continues where the Dead Sea Scrolls left off. It is based on the Nag Hammadi codices, which were unearthed in 1945 -- a discovery considered as significant as the Dead Sea Scrolls
The first modern study of Nicholas of Lyra, immensely influential fourteenth-century Franciscan biblical commentator. Fifteen essays on his masterpiece, the Postillae super totam Bibliam, illuminate t
In this book, the medieval development of Aristotle's theory of the modal syllogistic is studied for the first time. The book shows how this previously ignored part of medieval logic may give new insi
Molen (U. of Amsterdam) provides a dictionary to the seven-volume text of Egyptian coffin texts compiled by A. de Buck, which completed publication in 1961. Convinced that the original hieroglyphics a
An examination of the portraits of female members of Rome's ruling family, from the end of the republic, when such images first appear, through the end of the Julio-Claudian dynasty.
The principal cause of the 1930s depression in Southeast Asia lay outside the region—through a sharp contraction in demand for the region's major commodity exports. But it had important internal cause
Ancient Building Technology is the first modern English-language survey of building technology in a period from prehistory to the end of the Classical World in the region of Europe, the Middle East an
A selection of reports on the Japanese army fighting the Chinese during World War II. The reports were commissioned by the general staff of the Royal Netherlands Indies Army out of Dutch concern that
During the nineteenth century the art of photography in the Netherlands Indies, now Indonesia, was mainly in European hands. Gradually, members of other ethnic groups moved into the field. Among indig
This volume includes a critical edition and annotated translation of Evliya Celebi's descriptions of Albania and adjacent regions, extracted from his Seyahatname or Book of Travels. It is a source of
Kansu (history, Middle East Technical U.) examines the domestic politics from the opening of the Parliament in late 1908 to the re-capture of constitutional government in early 1913. Most accounts, he
This volume investigates the Jewish cultural matrix that gave rise to the veneration of Jesus in the early Christianity. Specifically, this study examines Christian origins, the context of Jewish mono
Twice in the first decades of the seventeenth century the Julich-Kleve succession crises placed Europe on the verge of war. The triumph of diplomacy in the face of international enmities, suspicions,
Translated and extensively revised from Eldem's dissertation Le commerce francais d'Istanbul au XVIIIe siFcle for which neither date nor institution are noted. He considers facts and figures, cloth an
Microlepidoptera of Europe is intended to be a tool for identifying the European micro-moths. Each volume will treat a systematic unit comprising about 100-300 species. This will usually mean a family
This book is composed of a series of studies in the history of political thought from late antiquity to the early-eighteenth century. They range broadly across theories of kingship, political theology
A study of three epinicia of Pindar, which have in common that they celebrate victories of Aeginetan athletes. The primary objective of this book is to provide an interpretation of each of the three o
The peoples of Madagascar are renowned for the prominence they give to the dead. In this edited volume, regional specialists reassess the significance of ancestors for changing relations of power, eme
This book gives an insight into Ka??aikkuttu, a living Tamil theatre tradition. Taking the perspective of performers as a starting point, it analyses how this theatre tradition has been able to adjust
The author offers a reconstruction of regional variations in the growth of the indigenous population of Indonesia from 1880 till the Japanese invasion in 1942. The demographic components of population
Statistics speak of a decline of faith in God. Sometimes, however, a renascence seems to take place. Are we witnessing the (re)creation of God images, or the (re)discovery of God, as the title of this
What is Religion? consists of fourteen essays written by a selection of scholars who represent a wide spectrum of approaches to the academic study of religion. The volume includes a critical introduct
This is the first systematic study of the cults of the Bosporan Kingdom, which existed in South Russia in the first centuries AD. The research is based on a variety of sources: archaeological evidence
This volume consists of a carefully edited version of the General Course on Public International Law delivered at the Hague Academy of International Law to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the
Western Palestine is extremely rich in Arabic inscriptions, whose dates range from as early as ce 150 until modern times.Most of the inscriptions date from the Islamic period, for under Islam the coun
