This work present seven papers and an LL.M thesis by contributors affiliated with the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, and several other research institutions. So
Alexander the Great s military campaign to conquer the Achaemenid empire included a propaganda campaign to convince the Iranians his kingship was compatible with their religious and cultural norms. Th
Studies of cultural tourism and indigenous identity are fraught with questions concerning exploitation, entitlement, ownership and authenticity. Unease with the idea of leveraging a group identity for
"Old Tibetan Studies," edited by Cristina Scherrer-Schaub, is an inquiry into secular and religious Old Tibetan documents from Central Asia and Tibet. The volume is written with the intent to confront
The Holy Wars of King Wladislas and Sultan Murad comprises the first detailed treatment of the pivotal conflict between the Ottomans and Christendom from 1438-1444. Beginning with the Council of Flore
Sociologists and other social scientists explore the resurgence of religion in a modern world that many thought was incompatible with it. Their topics include Italian Catholicism and the differentiati
This is the first volume of a planned four-volume set surveying legal and legislative measures against discrimination and promoting equality around the world, with this first volume covering Europe an
Engstrom (constitutional and international law, Abo Akademi U., Finland) explores the legal reasoning underlying arguments about implied and attributed powers in international organizations, with the
The period between the end of WWI in 1918 and the war launched against China in 1937 has been called a "pluralizing moment" for Japan of great intellectual diversity compared with the preceding Meiji
With governments often incentivized to deny that conflict in their countries amount to war and with the contrasting situation of the United States claiming that it is in a global war against those who
In French and English, this volume contains cases numbered 16, 17, and 18 presented before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, concerned, respectively, with a dispute concerning delimit
The emphasis of the workshop was the textual transmission history of the Greek version of the first five books of the Bible in the Hellenistic and Roman periods, with special attention given to varian
The celebrated religious and archaeological site of Ellora, its sculpture and the rituals performed at the site, are described in careful detail in this volume. Heavily illustrated with b&w plates
The direct background and context for the emergent Old Testament, says Gerstenberger (Old Testament, Philipps-U. Marburg), was the Persian Empire, an immense global, multinational state with its cultu
This volume constitutes a commentary on Article 33 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, dealing with the right to the protection from narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances
Nine essays grace the fourth and final volume celebrating the centennial of the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome, which was founded in 1909 to keep up with Protestant scholarship and to counter t
The World Trade Organization's agreement regarding trade-related intellectual property rights (TRIPS) is potentially in conflict with the right to health and human rights. The example given in the pre
Within the larger study of warfare in ancient Israel, the 23 papers here examine the exile of ancient Israel and Judah in conjunction with the general phenomenon of exile in its various ancient and mo
Anglican eucharistic theology varies between the different philosophical assumptions of realism and nominalism. Whereas realism links the signs of the Eucharist with what they signify in a real way, n
Guiding readers through the byzantine politics of the 11th- and 12th-century papacy, Stroll lays out in detail the political to and fro of all of the popes of the period, with attention to the roles p
A historian of Judaism, Heger challenges common scholarly interpretations of 1 Enoch and the Dead Sea Scrolls with respect to two related problems. The first concerns the imposition of modern concepts
Presented in two volumes, roughly 50 pieces and an introductory essay comprise a reference of extraordinary depth, breadth, and authority. Stockwin was affiliated with the Australian National U., Canb
Kuokkanen (Karkku Evangelical College, Finland) begins with introductory material pertaining to the Declaration of Global Ethics in Chicago, Hans Kung, and the structure and methods of his study. Subs
Jacobs (Asian languages and studies, Monash U., Australia) examines the processes of Taiwan's democratization (drawing an important distinction between democratization and liberalization--with the lat
Papers from a 2003 conference in Pennsylvania have been updated and augmented with papers by other linguists and scholars of Central Asia to explore past and present language policy in the region. Amo
This essential reference, updated yearly, offers readers multiple avenues for research, with volumes that group all the networks according to type, country, and alphabetically by name and other volume
This impressive history details for the first time in English the political activities of the Bulgars and their relationship with the Byzantines in the Middle Ages. Sophoulis (history, U. of Athens, G
This edition of The Palestine Yearbook of International Law begins with five articles that are largely focused on the 2008-9 Israeli assault on Gaza and associated issues, including the United Nations
Biblical scholars present 15 papers, seven in English and eight in French, looking at research into the texts of the four gospels and the Psalms, with an emphasis on versions in Georgian. The topics i
The college was founded, says Chou (history, Lingnan U., Hong Kong) with the goal of representing, rejuvenating, promoting, and sustaining Chinese culture in the British colony while China was undergo
In English and French, this major resource on the European Convention on Human Rights for 2010 begins with general information on the Convention's articles on human rights, establishment of the Europe
A bibliography of books, articles and reviews on Islam and the Muslim world which were published in the year 2010 with additions from 1993-2009. This annual volume is published as part of the 2011 sub
Arranged alphabetically by subject and/or concept and richly illustrated, the present vademecum deals with various aspects of Arabic manuscript studies. A companion volume to Gacek's The Arabic Manusc
Continuing the series of philological and historical commentaries on Ammianus' Res Gestae this volume deals with Book 28, which is devoted primarily to the deplorable events in Rome during the reign o
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,
