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The place of human rights in EU law has been a central issue in
contemporary debates about the character of the European Union as a
political organisation. This Research Handbook explores the
principles underlying fundamental rights norms and the way such
norms operate in the case law of the Court of Justice. Leading
scholars in the field discuss both the effect of rights on
substantive areas of EU law and the role of EU institutions in
protecting them. Organised into three parts, their contributions
examine the current state of the law as well as the direction of
future developments in the field. The first part discusses the
normative and doctrinal framework for the protection of human
rights in the EU. The second part focuses on EU external relations
and on the interaction between EU law and other sources of human
rights rules such as the European Convention on Human Rights and
international law. Finally, the third part considers the influence
of human rights in areas where the EU takes action. Timely and
astute, this Research Handbook will appeal to students and scholars
of European law and human rights law. It will also prove a valuable
and comprehensive resource for practitioners, policymakers, NGO and
government officials. Contributors include: M. Bobek, S. Bogojevic,
M. Cartabia, S.A. de Vries, S. Douglas-Scott, A. Egan, M. Fichera,
J. Fraczyk, X. Groussot, E. Guild, N. Hatzis, L. Khadar, T. Lock,
S. Ninatti, A. O'Neill, L. Pech, S. Peers, N.N. Shuibhne, S.
Smismans, V. Smith, K. Tuori, A.H. Turk, A. Ward, S. Weatherill, L.
Woods, A.L. Young, K.S. Ziegler
How can we characterise law and legal theory in the twenty-first
century? Law After Modernity argues that we live in an age 'after
Modernity' and that legal theory must take account of this fact.
The book presents a dynamic analysis of law, which focusses on the
richness and pluralism of law, on its historical embeddedness, its
cultural contingencies, as well as acknowledging contemporary law's
global and transnational dimensions. However, Law After Modernity
also warns that the complexity, fragmentation, pluralism and
globalisation of contemporary law may all too easily perpetuate
injustice. In this respect, the book departs from many postmodern
and pluralist accounts of law. Indeed, it asserts that the quest
for justice becomes a crucial issue for law in the era of legal
pluralism, and it investigates how it may be achieved. The approach
is fresh, contextual and interdisciplinary, and, unusually for a
legal theory work, is illustrated throughout with works of art and
visual representations, which serve to re-enforce the messages of
the book.
The place of human rights in EU law has been a central issue in
contemporary debates about the character of the European Union as a
political organisation. This Research Handbook explores the
principles underlying fundamental rights norms and the way such
norms operate in the case law of the Court of Justice. Leading
scholars in the field discuss both the effect of rights on
substantive areas of EU law and the role of EU institutions in
protecting them. Organised into three parts, their contributions
examine the current state of the law as well as the direction of
future developments in the field. The first part discusses the
normative and doctrinal framework for the protection of human
rights in the EU. The second part focuses on EU external relations
and on the interaction between EU law and other sources of human
rights rules such as the European Convention on Human Rights and
international law. Finally, the third part considers the influence
of human rights in areas where the EU takes action. Timely and
astute, this Research Handbook will appeal to students and scholars
of European law and human rights law. It will also prove a valuable
and comprehensive resource for practitioners, policymakers, NGO and
government officials. Contributors include: M. Bobek, S. Bogojevic,
M. Cartabia, S.A. de Vries, S. Douglas-Scott, A. Egan, M. Fichera,
J. Fraczyk, X. Groussot, E. Guild, N. Hatzis, L. Khadar, T. Lock,
S. Ninatti, A. O'Neill, L. Pech, S. Peers, N.N. Shuibhne, S.
Smismans, V. Smith, K. Tuori, A.H. Turk, A. Ward, S. Weatherill, L.
Woods, A.L. Young, K.S. Ziegler
In vivid and engaging style, Douglas Brookes uses the royal tomb of
Sultan Mahmud II as a window onto the past, exploring the insights
the tomb reveals about Ottoman culture in its splendid last
decades. Woven into the tale are the life stories of the Turkish
royals and harem concubines interred in the mausoleum, and the
illustrious Ottomans buried in the tomb's garden: the statesmen,
admirals, generals, and palace eunuchs who ran the Ottoman Empire,
but also the musicians, artists, and poets who shaped its cultural
life. The first in-depth study of Istanbul's most prestigious
burial ground, Harem Ghosts leads the reader through the enchanting
site that began as the tomb for one monarch but evolved into the
national pantheon of the Ottoman Empire- "the Ottoman Westminster
Abbey"-at the heart of the city.
This book provides a critical analysis of Brexit, placing it in the
broader context of the historical development of the British
Constitution and earlier disputes as to the meaning of statehood,
sovereignty, and territorial boundaries. Some of the greatest
challenges posed by the UK's withdrawal from the EU are those it
places on the British Constitution, which is already 'unsettled'
and under strain. This book investigates this impact, but also
uniquely locates Brexit in the broader context of historically
significant British 'acts of union or disunion' – such as the
loss of former US colonies and British Empire, and the place of
Scotland and Ireland in the Union. These precedents help us
understand how a British constitutional identity has been shaped or
dismantled by legal concepts of union or sovereignty.
"Catch Fire" is a financial freedom manual. Starting out with
the backdrop of the author's story; how Doug Nelson survived a
horrendous gas explosion that put him in a coma for 6 weeks and
rehabilitation for 9 months and how during that time money was
never an issue. From there Doug explains the problem; the current
economic systems and busts some commonly held financial myths to
expose the urgency of taking control of your financial life. That
is when he teaches the solutions; The offense and defense
strategies in the financial Freedom playbook. Both are necessary to
secure a financial life that will set your time free and allow you
to live out your life's purpose.
This is an important account of the development of the
'field-theory' approach in the social sciences. Harald Mey
concentrates on the writers from the 1930s to the present day who
have used this approach to the study of the individual and of
society, and gives a clear exposition of such 'field-theory'
application in its many differing forms. In addition, the author
shows how a concept which was initially useful in the physical
sciences came to be used first by psychologists, and subsequently
by sociologists and others in related disciplines, in their search
for answers to the problems presented by the study of society. Mey
describes how the use of the 'field-theory' perspective has fared
when applied to specific areas of social research - education,
personal relationships, group behaviour. He also compares the
'field-theory' approach to the study of societies with the
structural/functional approach, and explains why he believes
'field-theory' has a number of advantages over the
structural/functional approach, especially when it comes to the
dynamic problem of social change.
As the size and complexity of a company change in the course of
its evolution it experiences predictable stages of growth. During
these stages, a company discovers that what worked in the past no
longer works. At such times, managers have to juggle the three
variables of organizational evolution--the firM's purpose, its
business and management processes, and its human resource
issues--and keep them in balance as they reinvent new ways of
structuring the firm. Typically, tension develops as one variable
is stressed at the expense of the others. Managers need to know how
to delegate decision making without abdicating overall control of
the organization. The model developed here derives from the
authors' understanding of how successful firms have managed these
tensions.
Fletcher and Taplin deal with teamwork, leadership, and the
nature of dynamic change while successfully avoiding the cliches to
which many experts in those areas are prone. They discuss teamwork
in the context of wider performance and process issues. They
address leadership not by talking about personality traits but by
examining the tensions within authority structures as senior
managers attempt to reconcile organizational logics (history and
past practices that have sustained the firm) and their own
definition of the challenges that face the firm. The authors argue
that such contradictions follow a predictable pattern. Managers can
either ignore the underlying instability or confront it in ways
that will ease the transition and sustain the organization's
dynamic growth.
This is an important account of the development of the
'field-theory' approach in the social sciences. Harald Mey
concentrates on the writers from the 1930s to the present day who
have used this approach to the study of the individual and of
society, and gives a clear exposition of such 'field-theory'
application in its many differing forms. In addition, the author
shows how a concept which was initially useful in the physical
sciences came to be used first by psychologists, and subsequently
by sociologists and others in related disciplines, in their search
for answers to the problems presented by the study of society. Mey
describes how the use of the 'field-theory' perspective has fared
when applied to specific areas of social research - education,
personal relationships, group behaviour. He also compares the
'field-theory' approach to the study of societies with the
structural/functional approach, and explains why he believes
'field-theory' has a number of advantages over the
structural/functional approach, especially when it comes to the
dynamic problem of social change.
This book provides a critical analysis of Brexit, placing it in the
broader context of the historical development of the British
Constitution and earlier disputes as to the meaning of statehood,
sovereignty, and territorial boundaries. Some of the greatest
challenges posed by the UK's withdrawal from the EU are those it
places on the British Constitution, which is already 'unsettled'
and under strain. This book investigates this impact, but also
uniquely locates Brexit in the broader context of historically
significant British 'acts of union or disunion' – such as the
loss of former US colonies and British Empire, and the place of
Scotland and Ireland in the Union. These precedents help us
understand how a British constitutional identity has been shaped or
dismantled by legal concepts of union or sovereignty.
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The Trial (Hardcover)
Franz Kafka; Introduction by David Stuart Davies; Translated by Douglas Scott, Chris Waller
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R282
Discovery Miles 2 820
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Through tight dialogue and absurd settings Franz Kafka creates a
maze-like prose to mimic the bureaucracy of early twentieth-century
Germany, trapping his protagonist in an unlawful conviction that
alters the path of his life. Part of the Macmillan Collector's
Library, a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics
with gold-foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books
make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is
translated from German by Douglas Scott and Chris Waller, and
features an afterword by David Stuart Davies. On the morning of his
thirtieth birthday, a young bank official named Joseph K is
arrested although he has done nothing wrong and is never told what
he's been charged with. The Trial is the chronicle of his fight to
prove his innocence, of his struggles and encounters with the
invisible Law and the untouchable Court where he must make regular
visits. It is an account, ultimately, of state-induced
self-destruction presenting in a nightmarish scenario the
persecution of the outsider and the incomprehensible machinations
of the state. Using the power of simple, straightforward language
Kafka draws the reader into this bleak and frightening world so
that we too experience the fears, uncertainties and tragedy of
Joseph K.
This book reveals multiple aspects of life in the Ottoman palace,
in both its public space (the chancery) and private space (the
royal household and the harem). It does so by exploring the Sultan
Abdulhamid I Tomb in Istanbul, investigating the paths that open to
us through the graves of the royalty in the mausoleum and those of
the courtiers, eunuchs, concubines and female harem managers in the
garden graveyard around it. The treasure of information at this
graveyard allows us to piece together a wide spectrum of details
that illuminate the court funerary culture of the era, from
architecture and calligraphy to funerals and epitaphs to turbans
and fezzes and poetry, as we come to an understanding of the role
of royal cemeteries in strengthening the bonds between the reigning
House and the populace and enhancing the legitimacy of the
dynasty's rule. The book first introduces the tomb complex to the
reader, interpreting its architecture, art and poetry, before
exploring the lives and careers of 65 of the 86 people interred
here between the first burial, in 1780, and the last, in 1863.
Along the way, it reveals intriguing stories - from that of Sultan
Abdulhamid's daughter Zeyneb, born (against the dynasty's rules)
when he was a prince and raised in secrecy outside the palace until
he came to the throne, to that of Prince Murad, exhumed and
reburied late one night in 1812. By exploring the history revealed
through these life stories, the book sheds light on Ottoman palace
life and culture in an era that witnessed the most wrenching
changes of modern Ottoman history seen until then - the reforms
forcibly introduced by Sultan Mahmud II after 1826 - and uncovers
manifestations of these changes in this graveyard.
In the Western imagination, the Middle Eastern harem was a place of
sex, debauchery, slavery, miscegenation, power, riches, and sheer
abandon. But for the women and children who actually inhabited this
realm of the imperial palace, the reality was vastly different. In
this collection of translated memoirs, three women who lived in the
Ottoman imperial harem in Istanbul between 1876 and 1924 offer a
fascinating glimpse "behind the veil" into the lives of Muslim
palace women of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
The memoirists are Filizten, concubine to Sultan Murad V; Princess
Ayse, daughter of Sultan Abdulhamid II; and Safiye, a schoolteacher
who instructed the grandchildren and harem ladies of Sultan Mehmed
V. Their recollections of the Ottoman harem reveal the rigid
protocol and hierarchy that governed the lives of the imperial
family and concubines, as well as the hundreds of slave women and
black eunuchs in service to them. The memoirists show that, far
from being a place of debauchery, the harem was a family home in
which polite and refined behavior prevailed. Douglas Brookes
explains the social structure of the nineteenth-century Ottoman
palace harem in his introduction. These three memoirs, written
across a half century and by women of differing social classes,
offer a fuller and richer portrait of the Ottoman imperial harem
than has ever before been available in English.
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Charles Henry Montagu Douglas Scott
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R789
Discovery Miles 7 890
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