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While scholarly writing has dealt with the role of law in the
process of European integration, so far it has shed little light on
the lawyers and communities of lawyers involved in that process.
Law has been one of the most thoroughly investigated aspects of the
European integration process, and EU law has become a
well-established academic discipline, with the emergence more
recently of an impressive body of legal and political science
literature on 'European law in context'. Yet this field has been
dominated by an essentially judicial narrative, focused on the role
of the European courts, underestimating in the process the
multifaceted roles lawyers and law play in the EU polity, notably
the roles they play beyond the litigation arena. This volume seeks
to promote a deeper understanding of European law as a social and
political phenomenon, presenting a more complete view of the
European legal field by looking beyond the courts, and at the same
time broadening the scholarly horizon by exploring the ways in
which European law is actually made. To do this it describes the
roles of the great variety of actors who stand behind legal norms
and decisions, bringing together perspectives from various
disciplines (law, political science, political sociology and
history), to offer a global multi-disciplinary reassessment of the
role of 'law' and 'lawyers' in the European integration process.
Drawing from recent streams of scholarship, Democratizing Europe
provides a renewed portrait of EU government that point at the
enduring leading role of independent powers (the European Court,
Commission and Central Bank). Vauchez suggests that we recognize
this centrality and adjust our democratization strategies
accordingly.
The book takes stock of the on-going 'methodological turn' in the
field of EU law scholarship. Introducing a new generation of
scholars of the European Court of Justice from law, history,
sociology, political science and linguistics, it provides a set of
novel interdisciplinary research strategies and empirical materials
for the study of the Court of Justice of the European Union. The
twelve case studies included challenge the usual top-down approach
to EU law and the CJEU and instead suggest a more localized and
fine-grained observation of the socio-legal actors and practices
involved in the making of CJEU case-law. Moving beyond mainstream
legal scholarship and the established 'grand narratives' of legal
integration, the volume provides a more historically-informed and
sociologically-grounded account of the EU law's uneven embeddedness
in Europe's economies and societies.
To what extent is the legal subject gendered? Using illustrative
examples from a range of jurisdictions and thematically organised
chapters, this volume offers a comprehensive consideration of this
question. With a systematic, accessible approach, it argues that
law and gender work to co-produce the legal subject. Cumulatively,
the volume's chapters provide a systematic evaluation of the key
facets of the legal subject: the corporeal, the functional and the
communal. Exploring aspects of the legal subject from the ways in
which it is sexed and sexualised to its national and familial
dimensions, this volume develops a complete account of the various
processes through which legal orders produce gendered subjects.
Across its chapters, each theoretically ambitious in its own right,
this volume outlines how the law not only acts on the social world,
but genders it.
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How to Democratize Europe (Hardcover)
Stephanie Hennette, Thomas Piketty, Guillaume Sacriste, Antoine Vauchez; Contributions by Jeremy Adelman, …
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An all-star cast of scholars and politicians from Europe and
America propose and debate the creation of a new European
parliament with substantial budgetary and legislative power to
solve the crisis of governance in the Eurozone and promote social
and fiscal justice and public investment. The European Union is
struggling. The rise of Euroskeptic parties in member states,
economic distress in the south, the migrant crisis, and Brexit top
the news. But deeper structural problems may be a greater long-term
peril. Not least is the economic management of the Eurozone, the
nineteen countries that use the Euro. How can this be accomplished
in a way generally acceptable to members, given a political system
whose structures are routinely decried for a lack of democratic
accountability? How can the EU promote fiscal and social justice
while initiating the long-term public investments that Europe needs
to overcome stagnation? These are the problems a distinguished
group of European and American scholars set out to solve in this
short but valuable book. Among many longstanding grievances is the
charge that Eurozone policies serve large and wealthy countries at
the expense of poorer nations. It is also unclear who decides
economic policy, how the interests of diverse member states are
balanced, and to whom the decision-makers are accountable. The four
lead authors-Stephanie Hennette, Thomas Piketty, Guillaume
Sacriste, and Antoine Vauchez-describe these and other problems,
and respond with a draft treaty establishing a parliament for
economic policy, its members drawn from national parliaments. We
then hear from invited critics, who express support, objections, or
alternative ideas. How to Democratize Europe offers a chance to
observe how major thinkers view some of the Continent's most
pressing issues and attempt to connect democratic reform with
concrete changes in economic and social policies.
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Saint Francis of Assisi (Hardcover)
Gabriele Finaldi, Joost Joustra; Contributions by Susanna Avery-Quash, Ayla Lepine, Laura Llewellyn, …
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Exploring the life, imagery and lasting appeal of Saint Francis of
Assisi (1182–1226), this landmark book features a core of
important historic paintings representing the saint by Giotto,
Sassetta, Caravaggio, Zurbarán and El Greco. From his native
Umbria, Saint Francis’s image spread rapidly to become a global
phenomenon and a continuous source of artistic fascination. His
commitment to the poor, powerful appeals for peace, openness to
dialogue with other religions and embryonic environmentalism
radically impacted the Church and society of his time, and still
hold great interest today. Â Spanning seven centuries and
ranging from the earliest, relic-like objects to contemporary art
in a variety of media, including works by Antony Gormley, Giuseppe
Penone and a new commission from Richard Long, Saint Francis of
Assisi reflects on the lasting legacy of Saint Francis – an
inherently modern figure who retains a universal appeal. Published
by National Gallery Global/Distributed by Yale University
Press Exhibition Schedule: The National Gallery, London, 6
May–30 July 2023 Â
Ever since the 1960s onwards, the nature and the future of the
European Union have been defined in legal terms. Yet, we are still
in need of an explanation as to how this entanglement between Law
and EU polity-building emerged and how it was maintained over time.
While most of the literature offers a disembodied account of
European legal integration, Brokering Europe reveals the
multifaceted roles Euro-lawyers have played in EU polity, notably
beyond the litigation arena. In particular, the book points at
select transnational groups of multipositioned legal entrepreneurs
which have been in a situation to elevate the role of law in all
sorts of EU venues. In doing so, it draws from anew set of
intellectual resources (field-theory) and empirical strategies only
very recently mobilized for the study of the EU. Grounded on an
extensive historical investigation, Brokering Europe provides a
revised narrative of the 'constitutionalization of Europe'.
Essays on medieval history inspired by, and engaging with, the work
of Jacques Le Goff. The essays in this volume arise from the
proceedings of a conference held in 1994 to celebrate the life and
work of the eminent French medievalist Jacques Le Goff. Set within
thematic sections -popular religion and heresy, the body, royalty
andits mystique, intellectuals in medieval society, and others
-many of the challenges raised by Le Goff are reassessed and
reapproached. There is an explicit historiographical focus in a
section on the reception and influence of Le Goff, with particular
reference to the Annales school of history with which he is
strongly identified; the volume also indicates the problems which
animate current research in medieval studies, especially in certain
areas of social and cultural history. MIRI RUBIN is Professor of
History, Queen Mary, University of London. Contributors: ALEXANDER
MURRAY, PETER BILLER, ANDRE VAUCHEZ, R.I. MOORE, OTTO GERHARD
OEXLE,LESTER K. LITTLE, WALTER SIMONS, ADELINE RUCQUOI, ALAIN
BOUREAU, JEAN DUBABIN, WILLIAM CHESTER JORDAN, PETER LINEHAN, MIRI
RUBIN, GABOR KLANICZAY, AARON GUREVICH, ROBIN BRIGGS, STUART CLARK
The Neoliberal Republic traces the corrosive effects of the
revolving door between public service and private enrichment on the
French state and its ability to govern and regulate the private
sector. Casting a piercing light on this circulation of influence
among corporate lawyers and others in the French power elite,
Antoine Vauchez and Pierre France analyze how this dynamic, a
feature of all Western democracies, has developed in concert with
the rise of neoliberalism over the past three decades. Based on
interviews with dozens of public officials in France and a unique
biographical database of more than 200
civil-servants-turned-corporate-lawyers, The Neoliberal Republic
explores how the always-blurred boundary between public service and
private interests has been critically compromised, enabling the
transformation of the regulatory state into either an ineffectual
bystander or an active collaborator in the privatization of public
welfare. The cumulative effect of these developments, the authors
reveal, undermines democratic citizenship and the capacity to
imagine the public good.
The Neoliberal Republic traces the corrosive effects of the
revolving door between public service and private enrichment on the
French state and its ability to govern and regulate the private
sector. Casting a piercing light on this circulation of influence
among corporate lawyers and others in the French power elite,
Antoine Vauchez and Pierre France analyze how this dynamic, a
feature of all Western democracies, has developed in concert with
the rise of neoliberalism over the past three decades. Based on
interviews with dozens of public officials in France and a unique
biographical database of more than 200
civil-servants-turned-corporate-lawyers, The Neoliberal Republic
explores how the always-blurred boundary between public service and
private interests has been critically compromised, enabling the
transformation of the regulatory state into either an ineffectual
bystander or an active collaborator in the privatization of public
welfare. The cumulative effect of these developments, the authors
reveal, undermines democratic citizenship and the capacity to
imagine the public good.
Defining spirituality as 'the dynamic unity between the content
of a faith and the way in which it is lived by historically
determined human beings', Vauchez steps outside the clerical world
usually studied to trace the religious mentality of the laity, the
ordinary and often illiterate majority of Christians.
In these lively and incisive essays André Vauchez explores the
religious beliefs and devotional practices of laypeople in medieval
Europe and grapples with some of the most difficult issues in
medieval history: the nature of popular devotion, the role of
religion in civic life, the sociology of religious attitudes and
practices, and the relationship between the intersecting spheres of
lay and clerical culture.
First published in France, where it was awarded the Prix
Chateaubriand, this masterful new biography of Francis is now
available in English In this towering work, Andre Vauchez draws on
the vast body of scholarship on Francis of Assisi produced over the
past forty years as well on as his own expertise in medieval
hagiography to tell the most comprehensive and authoritative
version of Francis's life and afterlife published in the past half
century. After a detailed and yet engaging reconstruction of
Francis's life and work, Vauchez focuses on the myriad
texts-hagiographies, chronicles, sermons, personal testimonies,
etc.-of writers who recorded aspects of Francis's life and movement
as they remembered them, and used those remembrances to construct a
portrait of Francis relevant to their concerns. We see varying
versions of his life reflected in the work of Machiavelli, Luther,
Voltaire, German and English romantics, pre-Raphaelites, Italian
nationalists, and Mussolini, and discover how peace activists,
ecologists, or interreligious dialogists have used his example to
promote their various causes. Particularly noteworthy is the
attention Vauchez pays to Francis's own writings, which strangely
enough have been largely overlooked by later interpreters. The
product of a lifetime of study, this book reveals a historian at
the height of his powers.
"In The Laity in the Middle Ages Andre Vauchez explores the
contribution of the laity to medieval religious life between 1050
and 1450 Each essay offers a vivid introduction to some aspect of
the lay contribution, from crusading confraternities...Taken
together, these essays of an invaluable approach to the religious
life of medieval Europe". -- John Van Engen, author Devotio Moderna
To what extent is the legal subject gendered? Using illustrative
examples from a range of jurisdictions and thematically organised
chapters, this volume offers a comprehensive consideration of this
question. With a systematic, accessible approach, it argues that
law and gender work to co-produce the legal subject. Cumulatively,
the volume's chapters provide a systematic evaluation of the key
facets of the legal subject: the corporeal, the functional and the
communal. Exploring aspects of the legal subject from the ways in
which it is sexed and sexualised to its national and familial
dimensions, this volume develops a complete account of the various
processes through which legal orders produce gendered subjects.
Across its chapters, each theoretically ambitious in its own right,
this volume outlines how the law not only acts on the social world,
but genders it.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields
in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as
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++++ La Terre: evolution De La Vie A Sa Surface; Son Passe, Son
Present, Son Avenir, Volume 2; La Terre: evolution De La Vie A Sa
Surface; Son Passe, Son Present, Son Avenir; Emmanuel Vauchez
Emmanuel Vauchez C. Reinwald & cie, 1893 Science; Life
Sciences; Evolution; Earth; Evolution; Geology; Science / Earth
Sciences / Geology; Science / Life Sciences / Evolution
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