The Rotterdam Rules represent the most comprehensive overhaul of the law of carriage of goods by sea in more than fifty years. To coincide with the signing ceremony, six members of the Institute of Ma
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 book deals with a broad range of shamanic activities in contemporary Europe. Based on fieldwork in France, Germany, Sweden and Switzerland, it provides a comprehensive overview of European neo-sh
This book deals with the rights of persons, both children and adults, who feel a strong wish to find out who their biological parents are. Although most people know who their parents are, a minority d
Introducing the discipline of social epidemiology, contributors identified only by name explore how health in Japan varies with several economic and social factors. They consider first poverty, income
With reform of warranties, utmost good faith and insurable interest underway, Reforming Marine and Commercial Insurance Law provides a timely and essential analysis of this changing area of marine ins
An interim outline edition of the European Commissiona??s Common Frame of Reference (CFR) has recently been published. Over one hundred outstanding European scholars have been engaged with this CFR pr
Landmark Cases in the Law of Contract offers 12 original essays by leading UK contract scholars. As with the essays in the companion volume, Landmark Cases in the Law of Restitution (Hart, 2006), each
Explores the extraordinary relationship the Irish have with alcohol from the point of view of the group who were intent on reducing alcohol consumption through membership in the Pioneer Total Abstinen
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 Arbitration Law Handbook collects together in one volume the laws in force in more than twenty countries, with the main procedural rules used in each of those countries. Each section has a short o
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
Dante's relationship with his Church, as one of the faithful and as an artist, can most simply be described as complicated. He may have put a pope in the inferno, but his Monarchia is a part of the ap
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
The main theme of this book is the process by which late twentieth-century Irish-America engages with Irishness, especially focusing upon the ways in which the diaspora relates to aspects of Ireland a
This book is the first comprehensive, as well as impartial, account of the various ways the people of the state of Israel, beginning with their social integration in the 1950s, grappled with the still
'How should we deal with religious pluralism in contemporary Europe from a human rights perspective and where should we draw the line, if any?' This was the central question of an expert seminar held
The global spread of transnational mining investment, which has been taking place since the 1990s, has often led to volatile conflicts with local communities. This book examines the regulation of thes
The first analysis in Russian international legal doctrine of the legal status of the waters surrounding the Spitsbergen Archipelago, together with a consideration of the land territories of the vario
The Wollaston Journals: Volume 3, 1845-1856 is the final volume of a revised edition of the journals of John Ramsden Wollaston, an Anglican clergyman who migrated to Australia with his family in 1841.
This book's publication fittingly coincides with the 100th anniversary of the discovery of "Spirochaeta pallida" (Treponema palladium), the cause of syphilis. Radolf (U. of Connecticut Health Center,
Irish and English scholars of Italian culture present 15 essays that consider broadly how Italian culture, particularly Italian literary culture, has interacted with other cultures and with itself. A
When Britain was compelled to introduce conscription in 1916, the question arose of what to do with its 'friendly aliens'a??its 30,000 Russian-Jewish refugees of military age. The Tsar didn't want the
The title of this volume was supplied by a Hungarian villager, who made use of a popular idiom to express his disillusionment with the results of rural privatisation. Chris Hann draws on his own ethno
This book is a collection of papers from the 15th Giorgio Levi Della Vida Conference which explore the meaning of Islamic art in liminal contexts. The volume opens with an extended essay on various mo
This book is a collection of essays dealing with issues of contemporary significance in the law of treaties. It neither purports nor aspires to provide a general overview of all aspects of the law of
Introduced into European Community law by the Court of Justice through its case law in the field of free movement of workers, the legal concept of indirect discrimination has evolved into one with far
Globalization holds out a promise of improvement for developing nations, but at the same time it threatens whether they can remain "nation-states," with national politics, a national economy, and a na
Frawley (Irish studies, Queen's U., Belfast) includes eighth century poems and writings critical of Irish ways by seventeenth century English planters in her evaluation of the Irish preoccupation with
A History of the Holocaust is a detailed, factual account of what happened across Europe during the Holocaust, with balanced coverage of each country. The Holocaust was unique within the context of th
The Yemen Civil War of 1962-1965 was largely ignored or misunderstood by the rest of the world. To them, it was yet another tribal war, with royalists of the moment fighting republicans of the moment
The essays compiled in this book take issue with some of the directions of human rights politics in the immediate post-apartheid period. They look at the relationship between different sets of rights
Merchant Shipping Legislation provides a user-friendly approach to this area of law and offers more concise information with easy-to-use referencing. The book includes: ‧ Additional commentary in cert
Based on fieldwork spanning two decades, this book presents a longitudinal study of deviance and crime among youths in Kanagawa-ken, with a focus upon two groups of young people a?? a working class gr
How effective is judicial review in securing compliance with administrative law? This book presents an empirically-based study of the influence of judicial review on government agencies. In doing so,
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)
A major task in contemporary anthropology is the creation of dialogic space among all the people concerned with the culture studied, without privileging one kind of discourse over another. Seen global
In order to vest some traditional questions regarding identities in Ireland with new contexts, historians from Ireland, elsewhere in Europe, and North America identify and trace a number of individual
This volume of essays by prominent researchers in Israeli history and society is the second of two interconnected volumes engaging with the concept of 'women's time'. It brings a feminist gaze to a wi
