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This book explores how Islam can impact the structures and
performance of firms, financial institutions and capital markets
across a range of countries and industries. The Islamic finance
industry represents an important reality not only because of the
oil wealth of the Gulf states, which have fueled demand for such
financial services, but also for an increased demand from a growing
Muslim population in the West that aspires to express a full and
all-inclusive religious identity. The increased demand for Muslim
financial institutions has prompted Western non-Islamic firms to
begin providing these services in an interesting effort of
acculturation to the new plural scenario. By adopting a
multidisciplinary approach, which also takes into account the
theological, legal and geopolitical framework, the book offers a
comprehensive picture of Islamic financial tools, contracts and
business opportunities. Drawing on different fields of expertise,
it deals with various themes, such as the theological roots of
Islamic economics and finance and its geopolitical impact; the EU
policy of cooperation with MENA and GCC countries; the instruments
of Islamic finance, its legal principle and ability to become an
instrument for enhancing business opportunities; the functioning of
Islamic banks; the development of capital markets within a
financial model influenced by religious constraints and, finally,
the new relationships of this religious financial system with
Western legal systems. The book thus provides a complete and
extensive overview of the practice of Islamic finance through the
lenses offered by studies of economics and management. Providing a
careful analysis and an integrated framework of geo-economic and
political issues, the book will be a valuable resource for
academics, researchers and professionals in International Business,
Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management, Law and Religion
and Intercultural Studies.
Italy, seat of the Pope and Vatican City, has a long and difficult
relationship with religious freedom. Often identified as a Catholic
nation par excellence, Italy owes its unification to a political
class that advocated the separation of Church and State. Home of
the Concordat, contemporary Italy recognises a peculiar notion of
legal secularism (laicità ) as the supreme principle of its
constitutional order. Through the glasses of law, tracing the
history of the right to religious freedom from the Unification to
the present day, the nine chapters of the book allow an insight on
paradoxes and contradictions of a complex system made of unresolved
stratifications where a strong constitutional recognition of
religious freedom is accompanied by a weak legislative protection
of religious pluralism and, at the same time, a vigorous religious
agency in the public space. Religious freedom in Italy offers an
interpretation of a model of religious freedom that is not only a
paradigm for many European experiences but also a possible
interpretative parameter to better understand the dynamics of
religious freedom between the two shores of the Mediterranean.
This book investigates the role of Islam and religious freedom in
the constitutional transitions of six North African and Middle
Eastern countries, namely Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Turkey,
and Palestine. In particular, the book, with an interdisciplinary
approach, investigates the role of Islam as a political,
institutional and societal force. Issues covered include: the role
played by Islam as a constitutional reference - a "static force"
able to strengthen and legitimize the entire constitutional order;
Islam as a political reference used by some political parties in
their struggle to acquire political power; and Islam as a specific
religion that, like other religions in the area, embodies diverse
perspectives on the nature and role of religious freedom in
society. The volume provides insight about the political dimension
of Islam, as used by political forces, as well as the religious
dimension of Islam. This provides a new and wider perspective able
to take into account the increasing social pluralism of the
South-Mediterranean region. By analyzing three different topics -
Islam and constitutionalism, religious political parties, and
religious freedom - the book offers a dynamic picture of the role
played by Islam and religious freedom in the process of
state-building in a globalized age in which human rights and
pluralism are crucial dimensions.
In recent years, the wearing of the full-face veil or burqa/niqab
has proved a controversial issue in many multi-cultural European
societies. Focussing on the socio-legal and human rights angle,
this volume provides a useful comparative perspective on how the
issue has been dealt with across a range of European states as well
as at European institutional level. In so doing, the work draws a
theoretical framework for the place of religion between public and
private space. With contributions from leading experts from law,
sociology and politics, the book presents a comparative and
interdisciplinary approach to one of the most contentious and
symbolic issues of recent times.
Legal Practice and Cultural Diversity considers how contemporary
cultural and religious diversity challenges legal practice, how
legal practice responds to that challenge, and how practice is
changing in the encounter with the cultural diversity occasioned by
large-scale, post-war immigration. Locating actual practices and
interpretations which occur in jurisprudence and in public
discussion, this volume examines how the wider environment shapes
legal processes and is in turn shaped by them. In so doing, the
work foregrounds a number of themes principally relating to
changing norms and practices and sensitivity to cultural and
religious difference in the application of the law. Comparative in
approach, this study places particular cases in their widest
context, taking into account international and transnational
influences on the way in which actors, legal and other, respond.
This book investigates the role of Islam and religious freedom in
the constitutional transitions of six North African and Middle
Eastern countries, namely Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Turkey,
and Palestine. In particular, the book, with an interdisciplinary
approach, investigates the role of Islam as a political,
institutional and societal force. Issues covered include: the role
played by Islam as a constitutional reference - a "static force"
able to strengthen and legitimize the entire constitutional order;
Islam as a political reference used by some political parties in
their struggle to acquire political power; and Islam as a specific
religion that, like other religions in the area, embodies diverse
perspectives on the nature and role of religious freedom in
society. The volume provides insight about the political dimension
of Islam, as used by political forces, as well as the religious
dimension of Islam. This provides a new and wider perspective able
to take into account the increasing social pluralism of the
South-Mediterranean region. By analyzing three different topics -
Islam and constitutionalism, religious political parties, and
religious freedom - the book offers a dynamic picture of the role
played by Islam and religious freedom in the process of
state-building in a globalized age in which human rights and
pluralism are crucial dimensions.
In recent years, the wearing of the full-face veil or burqa/niqab
has proved a controversial issue in many multi-cultural European
societies. Focussing on the socio-legal and human rights angle,
this volume provides a useful comparative perspective on how the
issue has been dealt with across a range of European states as well
as at European institutional level. In so doing, the work draws a
theoretical framework for the place of religion between public and
private space. With contributions from leading experts from law,
sociology and politics, the book presents a comparative and
interdisciplinary approach to one of the most contentious and
symbolic issues of recent times.
Legal Practice and Cultural Diversity considers how contemporary
cultural and religious diversity challenges legal practice, how
legal practice responds to that challenge, and how practice is
changing in the encounter with the cultural diversity occasioned by
large-scale, post-war immigration. Locating actual practices and
interpretations which occur in jurisprudence and in public
discussion, this volume examines how the wider environment shapes
legal processes and is in turn shaped by them. In so doing, the
work foregrounds a number of themes principally relating to
changing norms and practices and sensitivity to cultural and
religious difference in the application of the law. Comparative in
approach, this study places particular cases in their widest
context, taking into account international and transnational
influences on the way in which actors, legal and other, respond.
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Moana (Hardcover)
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Fuel injection systems and performance is fundamental to combustion
engine performance in terms of power, noise, efficiency, and
exhaust emissions. There is a move toward electric vehicles (EVs)
to reduce carbon emissions, but this is unlikely to be a rapid
transition, in part due to EV batteries: their size, cost,
longevity, and charging capabilities as well as the scarcity of
materials to produce them. Until these isssues are resolved,
refining the spark-ignited engine is necessary address both
sustainability and demand for affordable and reliable mobility.
Even under policies oriented to smart sustainable mobility,
spark-ignited engines remain strategic, because they can be applied
to hybridized EVs or can be fueled with gasoline blended with
bioethanol or bio-butanol to drastically reduce particulate matter
emissions of direct injection engines in addition to lower CO2
emissions. In this book, Alessandro Ferrari and Pietro Pizzo
provide a full review of spark-ignited engine fuel injection
systems. The most popular typologies of fuel injection systems are
considered, with special focus on state-of-the-art solutions.
Dedicated sections on the methods for air mass evaluation, fuel
delivery low-pressure modules, and the specific subsystems for
idle, cold start, and warm-up control are also included. The
authors pay special attention to mixture formation strategies, as
they are a fundamental theme for SI engines. An exhaustive overview
of fuel injection technologies is provided, and mixture formation
strategies for spark ignited combustion engines are considered.
Fuel Injection Systems illustrates the performance of these systems
and will also serve as a reference for engineers who are active in
the aftermarket, offering detailed information on fuel injection
system solutions that are mounted in older vehicles.
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