This eleventh volume of proceedings of the annual Friends of Medieval Dublin Symposium has two important reviews of our state of knowledge on the archaeology of medieval Dublin: Linzi Simpson updates
Knowledge of nature may be common to all of humanity, yet it is written in many tongues. The story of the Tower of Babel is not only an etiology of the multitude of languages, it also suggests that a
Uganda, like elsewhere in the world, is experiencing a moral decline. Many are concerned that this necessitates acquainting the nation's young people with appropriate role models, beginning with an un
This third volume of the series Select Proceedings of the European Society of International Law contains the proceedings of the fourth biennial conference organized by the European Society of Internat
Bauernfeind (zoology, The Natural History Museum of Vienna) and Soldan (ecology of aquatic insects, Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic) present an overview of the present state of research on mayflie
The 21 research papers collected here reveal current thinking on India's growing engagement with Southeast Asia and Southeast Asia's reciprocal engagement strategy. Contributors are Indian academics,
Fundamental rights provisions are known for their relatively vague and general formulation. As a result, judges dealing with these provisions are confronted with many and often controversial interpret
Johannsen, who is not further identified, analyzes the European Union's Comprehensive Approach to Crisis Management, comparing the relevant policy with actual practice. Her case study is the crisis ma
How will a world with blogs, tweets, and online journalism affect the courts, court reporting, and journalism? How will these changes affect public confidence and trust in the judicial system? Author
This collection gathers twenty one articles published over the last thirty years in academic journals discussing Syria's relations with Israel. Rabinovich was formerly Israel's chief negotiator with S
This study deals with contemporary African American science fiction. It focuses on three texts by Derrick Bell, Octavia Butler, and Walter Mosley and examines the ways in which they convert the domina
This book examines key theoretical counselling perspectives and applies these specifically to work with young people. It establishes how to build counselling relationships in order to support young pe
Future healthcare services are changing to give patients more rights over their own healthcare. The NMC requires that nurses work in partnership with those in their care. This book provides a timely g
Mostly British veterinarians present a concise and clinically oriented textbook that provides students with a foundation in the parasitic diseases, discussing clinical features, laboratory findings, d
This volume "is a combination of teaching material, of summarized background information, and of presentation of essential facts and problems" of the socio-politico-economics of Germany following reun
The Pulitzer Prizes for Press Photography are latecomers within the prestigious award system. Established in 1942 during World War II, they started with a general category called "Photography," coveri
This book examines how counsellors and psychotherapists interact with those clients who may suffer from mental health issues. While practising counsellors and psychotherapists meet clients who have pr
Ethics and security may have an antagonistic relationship with one another. This book argues that they are always interconnected and that they may even mutually reinforce each other.The contributions
Murthy (economics, Osmania U., India) describes and analyzes India's experiences with bilateral, regional, and global trade agreements, assessing their impacts and exploring their place in India's ove
Mysticism, which transcends the boundaries of time and space and refers to a reality not grasped by means of ordinary human cognition, is one of the central sources of inspiration of religious thought
How have different governments dealt with terrorism in the past? How has the law developed after September 11, 2001? Which lessons can be learned? What can we expect in the future? This book deals wit
In recent decades, the debate among scholars, lawyers, politicians, and others about how societies deal with their past has been constant and intensive. Legal Institutions and Collective Memories situ
The book provides a specific guide to maritime arbitration rather than simply a commentary on the 1996 Act; in particular because significant practical issues are not dealt with directly by the Act, f
This eighth edition of the Collection of Conventions of the Hague Conference contains most of the multilateral treaties entered into, under the auspices of the Hague Conference on Private Internationa
It is a familiar and irrefutable fact that the world we live in today is marked with divisions. Border posts, frontier patrols, and elaborate fencing establish the dividing lines between the territory
Amnesty laws are political tools used since ancient times by states wishing to quell dissent, introduce reforms, or achieve peaceful relationships with their enemies. In recent years, they have become
Ten years after the Asian financial crisis, scholars are coming to a consensus about its causes. They understand it was caused primarily by weakness in the financial and corporate sectors, along with
The 1960 edition was published by the Devin-Adair Company, New York; this reprint appears in association with the King Abdul Aziz Foundation for Research and Archives. A public relations officer for
Legal Issues Relating to Time Charterparties addresses all the major questions and issues that arise in connection with time charterparties, examining them in a logical manner, progressively tracing t
The author, Antje Kampf - who received her PhD in Auckland, M.A. in Cincinnati, and is currently a Senior Lecturer ("Juniorprofessor") for gender aspects with the Institute for the History, Philosoph
Eight Australian and Indonesian academics and researchers contribute seven chapters examining how Indonesian Muslim women experience their religion and actively engage with it in the post-Suharto era.
This book investigates the relationship between learning disabilities and grade repetition in Kenyan primary schools. Particular consideration has been given to factors associated with poor performanc
In traditional comparative law studies, Nordic legal systems are dealt with only in passing. However, despite the geographically peripheral location, the Nordic societies have achieved a great deal. W
These ten papers, based on the conviction that texts and ideas moved in medieval societies from one author, era or context to another, transforming with each move, give case studies on how medieval cu
Collecting is a matter of authenticity, of creating new identities, both of the objects collected and, by extension, of the collector. Passion and Profit provides a range of ethnographic examples, bot
"Armed conflict has become the overarching challenge for foreign policy and puts development and humanitarian assistance at considerable risk. How to deal with the situation? What to do? A milestone
In the post '9/11' legal and political environment, Islam and Muslims have been associated with terrorism. Islamic civilization has increasingly been characterized as backward, insular, stagnant and u
Water bugs are familiar insects in aquatic habitats throughout the World. They belong to the order Hemiptera, the largest insect order with incomplete metamorphosis. There are basically two kinds: (1)
This detailed study of the lived experience of legal academics explores not only the culture of legal academia and the professional identities of law teachers, but also addresses some of the most pres
This book brings together thirteen of the leading historians of the period to investigate the political, social and cultural significance of the Irish Act of Union. Marking the bicentenary of the pass
