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Litigating disputes in international civil and commercial cases
presents a number of special challenges. Which country’s courts
have jurisdiction, and where is it advantageous to sue? Given the
international elements of the case, which country’s law will the
court apply? Finally, if a successful plaintiff cannot find enough
local assets, what does it take to have the judgement recognized
and enforced in a country with assets? This extensively updated
second edition Advanced Introduction addresses these questions,
providing a concise overview of the field.
Litigating disputes in international civil and commercial cases
presents a number of special challenges. Which country’s courts
have jurisdiction, and where is it advantageous to sue? Given the
international elements of the case, which country’s law will the
court apply? Finally, if a successful plaintiff cannot find enough
local assets, what does it take to have the judgement recognized
and enforced in a country with assets? This extensively updated
second edition Advanced Introduction addresses these questions,
providing a concise overview of the field.
A long-awaited re-issue, beautifully redesigned, of Jane Draycott's
'Tideway', a mesmeric sequence of poems about London's working
river in a time of transition, with paintings by Peter Hay
specifically created for the first edition as companion pieces to
the poems. The River Thames can be a dangerous place to work:
powerful tides, strong winds, difficult bridges and paralysingly
cold water. At the turn of the millennium, Jane Draycott spent
several weeks with the London watermen on the city's tugs, barges,
and salvage vessels - a community of highly skilled men and women
watching their working landscape and their futures change around
them week by week: docklands transformed, slipways built over,
warehouses converted to luxury apartments. 'Tideway' brings the
poems written during that time together with Hay's light-filled
paintings and the transcribed words of the watermen themselves.
"What Draycott manages in two sentences contains a world. It isn't
just the concise audacity of the imagery created here that is
persuasive... [her] confidence secures the registers and makes a
fine, clear lyric. Moreover, she makes significance out of
insignificance. Say it out loud; you'll want to sing it in time.
Time's the theme." David Morley
Saint Christina the Astonishing was born into a poor Belgian family
in 1150. She 'died' aged 22 but at her requiem she rose from her
coffin and flew away like a bird, wanting to escape the smell of
sinful humanity. This was the first of many mad, disobedient
exploits in her long and remarkable life. Jane Draycott and Lesley
Saunders retell - through their own poems as well as brief extracts
from medieval religious writers - Christina's story as a woman's
search for selfhood. The book includes artworks from Peter Hay,
which he created for the original edition in direct response to the
poetry. First published in 1998 and long out of print, this new
edition makes Jane Draycott and Lesley Saunders' sensual and
exhilarating poetic collaboration available once more. 'Ascetic and
excessive, exasperating, sometimes absurd, the life of the
little-known St Christina provokes fantasies and questions. Was she
a wonder worker? Or an anorexic, fuelled by hatred of the flesh? Or
a powerful woman whose legendary flights set her free from her time
and her place? Rather than offering pieties or diagnoses, Lesley
Saunders and Jane Draycott, invite us to a feast of soul food.
Their two distinctive voices meet the voices of the Middle Ages in
an extraordinary blend of the sacred and the profane, the rapt and
the irreverent, playful, sensual and deeply felt.' Philip Gross
'Poetry as exciting as this is rare: fusing an earthy sensuality
with the spiritual, it lets us hear Christina's voice ringing
clearly from the rafters.' Robyn Bolam
In May of 1895 Oscar Wilde, the century's most dazzling man of
letters, was sentenced to two years with hard labour for 'acts of
gross indecency with another male person.' On his release he moved
to France, where he wrote The Ballad of Reading Gaol: an indictment
of the prison system and the death penalty, an anguished plea for
prison reform, and a passionate expression of sympathy for his
fellow prisoners, those 'souls in pain'. The Ballad of Reading Gaol
was a success from its first publication, and to this day some of
its lines are among the most famous in the English language. Peter
Hay's powerful images are retained in this new edition which
contains an Afterword by Peter Stoneley, drawing on unpublished
material in the prison archives.
The Law of the United States offers an introduction and overview of
the American legal system. With an emphasis throughout on
up-to-date case law and current literature, it is an ideal first
point of entry for students and practitioners alike, and a starting
point for further independent research. Professor Hay provides a
concise and straightforward explanation of the law and legal
vocabulary, as well as an introduction to the different types of
law and legal techniques. He explains the role of Congress, the
Executive and the Courts, and clarifies the mechanisms behind the
branches of public and private law in the United States. He
introduces the reader to the complexities of federal and state law,
emphasizing that the many areas of public law and virtually all
areas of private law are the separate law of the 50 States, the
District of Columbia, and the (U.S.-dependent) Territories in which
common language, legal tradition, and culture have served to bring
about a basic legal unity. Several private law areas (contract law,
torts, family law, succession) receive detailed treatment, as do
criminal law and procedure. The book provides detailed references
to legislation, case law, and the literature, up-to-date through
early 2016. Four appendices present a detailed case study with
commentary to aid the civil law reader in understanding of the case
law system; the text of the U.S. Constitution (referred to in
several contexts throughout the book); a geographic map of the U.S.
federal court system; and information on the Legal Profession in
the United States.
Assessment has widely been acknowledged as a central element of
institutional education, shaping curriculum and pedagogy in
powerful ways and representing a critical reference point in
political, professional and public debates about educational
achievement and policy directions. Within physical education there
remains significant debate regarding the subject knowledge, skills
and understandings that should be assessed, in what ways and at
what points in students education this should occur.
Divided into three parts, Assessment in Physical Education makes
an important contribution to our understanding of the
socio-cultural issues associated with assessment in physical
education, in terms of its systemic development as well as at the
level of pedagogic relations between physical education teachers
and their students. It provides readers with an insightful critique
and theoretically informed ideas for rethinking assessment policies
and practices in physical education.
This book will be of interest to advanced students and
researchers in physical education and youth sport studies, as well
as those involved in initial teacher education and teacher
professional development.
China has been undergoing enormous changes in the past decade. This
book provides an excellent overview of the transformation of the
Chinese state and society, giving a detailed and nuanced picture of
the fascinating and complex country as it begins the 21st century.
Subjects covered include: The prospects for democracy Relationship
between state and society Popular culture Religion Nationalism
Ethnic Minorities Young People Protest and resistance The Role of
the Communist Party The future viability of the People's Republic
Broad in sweep and rich in empirical detail, this is an excellent
account of contemporary China. With contributions from leading
experts in the field, it will appeal to students of East Asian and
Chinese history, politics and society.
China has been undergoing enormous changes in the past decade. This
book provides an excellent overview of the transformation of the
Chinese state and society, giving a detailed and nuanced picture of
the fascinating and complex country as it begins the 21st century.
Subjects covered include: The prospects for democracy Relationship
between state and society Popular culture Religion Nationalism
Ethnic Minorities Young People Protest and resistance The Role of
the Communist Party The future viability of the People's Republic
Broad in sweep and rich in empirical detail, this is an excellent
account of contemporary China. With contributions from leading
experts in the field, it will appeal to students of East Asian and
Chinese history, politics and society.
The Law of the United States offers an introduction and overview of
the American legal system. With an emphasis throughout on
up-to-date case law and current literature, it is an ideal first
point of entry for students and practitioners alike, and a starting
point for further independent research. Professor Hay provides a
concise and straightforward explanation of the law and legal
vocabulary, as well as an introduction to the different types of
law and legal techniques. He explains the role of Congress, the
Executive and the Courts, and clarifies the mechanisms behind the
branches of public and private law in the United States. He
introduces the reader to the complexities of federal and state law,
emphasizing that the many areas of public law and virtually all
areas of private law are the separate law of the 50 States, the
District of Columbia, and the (U.S.-dependent) Territories in which
common language, legal tradition, and culture have served to bring
about a basic legal unity. Several private law areas (contract law,
torts, family law, succession) receive detailed treatment, as do
criminal law and procedure. The book provides detailed references
to legislation, case law, and the literature, up-to-date through
early 2016. Four appendices present a detailed case study with
commentary to aid the civil law reader in understanding of the case
law system; the text of the U.S. Constitution (referred to in
several contexts throughout the book); a geographic map of the U.S.
federal court system; and information on the Legal Profession in
the United States.
Assessment has widely been acknowledged as a central element of
institutional education, shaping curriculum and pedagogy in
powerful ways and representing a critical reference point in
political, professional and public debates about educational
achievement and policy directions. Within physical education there
remains significant debate regarding the subject knowledge, skills
and understandings that should be assessed, in what ways and at
what points in students education this should occur.
Divided into three parts, Assessment in Physical Education makes
an important contribution to our understanding of the
socio-cultural issues associated with assessment in physical
education, in terms of its systemic development as well as at the
level of pedagogic relations between physical education teachers
and their students. It provides readers with an insightful critique
and theoretically informed ideas for rethinking assessment policies
and practices in physical education.
This book will be of interest to advanced students and
researchers in physical education and youth sport studies, as well
as those involved in initial teacher education and teacher
professional development."
This authoritative text covers jurisdiction and interstate and
international private litigation in torts, contracts, business
planning, family law (marriage, same-sex relationships, property
rights, support, child custody), property, succession and estate
administration, and the recognition of sister-state and foreign
judgments. The text examines in depth the development and current
state of approaches to choice of law. It also addresses issues of
jurisdiction and applicable law in private litigation in federal
court.
Changing critical views of Hemingway's great novel of the Lost
Generation, from publication to the present. In the eight decades
since its publication, Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises, like a
Rorschach blot, has measured not only critics' opinions of
Hemingway but also the critical temper of the times. An initial
reviewer saw thebook as a satire on American expatriates, an
unflattering portrait of wastrels and a nymphomaniac wandering
Europe. Other critics of the time saw it as a reflection of
post-First World War malaise, inscribing for history the
LostGeneration - those critics, that is, who took it as a serious
literary effort and did not simply dismiss it as pornographic, as
Hemingway's own parents did. Since then the novel has been
interpreted, variously, as a study of an impotent man's existential
dilemma, re-read as a modern-day version of the Fisher King myth,
attacked by feminist critics as the macho diatribe of a misogynist,
and, most recently, seen as a study of gender roles and the
performanceof masculinity. There is no other book that surveys the
entire span of The Sun Also Rises criticism, documents the
fashionable waves in which criticism has traveled, and points out
how each age interprets the novel to suititself, reflecting the
cultural concerns of the moment. Peter Hays is Emeritus Professor
of English at the University of California, Davis.
Black Letter Outlines are designed to help a law student recognize
and understand the basic principles and issues of law covered in a
law school course. Black Letter Outlines can be used both as a
study aid when preparing for classes and a review of the subject
matter when studying for an examination. Conflict of Laws deals
with the resolution of interstate and foreign country private law
cases. This outline covers: overview of litigational matters;
domestic relations; problems of what law applies in particular
types of cases; and issues of federalism.
"This book admirably fills a glaring gap in our understanding of
how to think intelligently about China. Grounding his insights in
an extensive survey of recent American and Chinese portrayals of
the other country, the author demonstrates convincingly how even
specialists can feed the 'fears and fantasies' that shape and
distort our respective perceptions and reinforce the stereotypes
that complicate the formulation of sound policy. Remarkably, the
lessons are as valuable for Chinese readers as for American, for
the general public as for the foreign policy expert."--J. Stapleton
Roy, former U.S. ambassador to the People's Republic of China"At
the heart of the volatile Sino-American relationship is the
interaction of perceptions, identities, and mass nationalism.
Exploring multiple media, Peter Gries captures the caricatures,
stereotypes, and mutual portrayals that demonize the 'other.' This
book uncovers troubling implications about the 'inner structure' of
U.S.-China relations and should be read by scholars, analysts, and
policymakers alike."--David Shambaugh, George Washington University
& The Brookings Institution, author of "Modernizing China's
Military "Gries, in full command of the Chinese media, has given us
a lively and lucid interdisciplinary study of Chinese
self-perception, bringing forward images of the US that have mostly
worked to complicate communications in Sino-American relations. An
excellent contribution to Chinese foreign-relations
studies."--Allen Whiting, University of Arizona, author of "The
Chinese Calculus of Deterrence"Provides an indispensable
psychological dimension to the analysis of China's relations with
America-especially important today when demonizingthe other side
has become commonplace on both sides of the Pacific Ocean."--Peter
Van Ness, editor of "Debating Human Rights: Critical Essays from
the United States and Asia
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