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A Voyage to Arcturus (Hardcover)
David Lindsay; Illustrated by John O'Connor; Edited by Michael Everson
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R766
Discovery Miles 7 660
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Uncertain Risks Regulated compares various models of risk
regulation in order to understand how these systems shape the
relationship between law and science, and how they attempt to
overcome public distrust in science-based decision-making. The book
contributes to the ongoing debate relating to uncertainty and risks
- and the difficulties faced by the European Union in particular -
in regulating theses issues, taking account of both national and
international constraints. The term 'uncertain risk' is comparable
with notions of hazard and indeterminate risk, as deployed within
the social sciences; but it also aims to capture the modern
regulatory reality that a non-quantifiable hazard must still be
addressed by society, law and its regulators. Decisions must be
taken in the face of uncertainty. And, whilst it is not possible to
provide clear cut models of risk regulation, in focusing on
regulatory practices at a national, EU and international level, the
contributors to this volume aim to use fact finding as a core
instrument of learning for risk regulation.
This book examines the heritage of Victor Shklovsky in a variety of
disciplines. To achieve this end, Slav N. Gratchev and Howard
Mancing draw upon colleagues from eight different countries across
the world-the United States, Canada, Russia, England, Scotland, the
Netherlands, Norway, and China-in order to bring the widest variety
of points of view on the subject. Viktor Shklovsky's Heritage in
Literature, Arts, and Philosophy is more than just another
collection of essays of literary criticism: the editors invited
scholars from different disciplines-literature, cinematography, and
philosophy-who have dealt with Shklovsky's heritage and saw its
practical application in their fields. Therefore, all of these
essays are written in a variety of humanist academic and scholarly
styles, all engaging and dynamic.
Business networks consist of several independent businesses that
enter into interrelated contracts, conferring on the parties many
of the benefits of co-ordination achieved through vertical
integration in a single firm, without creating a single integrated
business such as a corporation or partnership. Retail franchises
are one such example of a network, but the most common instance is
a credit card transaction between a customer, retailer, and the
issuer of the card. How should the law analyse this hybrid economic
phenomenon? It is neither exactly a market relationship - because
that overlooks the co-ordination, relational qualities and
interdependence of the contracts - nor is it a type of business
association or company, since it lacks a centralised co-ordinating
authority that receives the residual profits. This book is a
translation of Gunther Teubner's classic work on networks, setting
out his novel legal concept of 'connected contracts'. In it he
explains how this concept addresses the problems posed by networks,
such as the question whether the network as a whole can be held
legally responsible for damage that it causes to third parties such
as customers. A substantial introduction by Hugh Collins explains
the analysis of networks in the context of German law and the
systems theory from which Teubner approaches the topic. The
introduction also explores how far the concept of connected
contracts might assist in the common law world, including the UK
and the USA, to address the same problems that arise in cases
involving networks. As well as making a contribution to comparative
law and legal theory, the book will be of interest to scholars
interested in contract law, commercial law and the law of business
associations.
The trade conflicts that the EU has faced within the EU or WTO
context demonstrate that the question of how to balance trade and
other societal values in situations of uncertainty has not been
solved by the regulatory model evolved by the EU in the aftermath
of the BSE crisis - one which privileges processes of
depoliticisation and scientification. This book addresses the
current key dilemmas around science, law and the regulation of
trade, both on a regime level and in the context of particular
industrial sectors, e.g pharmaceuticals, climate change and
nanotechnology. It will present possible future research avenues by
looking at both theory and practice and learning from various
disciplines (law and social sciences), legal realities (WTO, USA
and EU) and actors (regulators, stakeholders, courts).
The trade conflicts that the EU has faced within the EU or WTO
context demonstrate that the question of how to balance trade and
other societal values in situations of uncertainty has not been
solved by the regulatory model evolved by the EU in the aftermath
of the BSE crisis - one which privileges processes of
depoliticisation and scientification. This book addresses the
current key dilemmas around science, law and the regulation of
trade, both on a regime level and in the context of particular
industrial sectors, e.g pharmaceuticals, climate change and
nanotechnology. It will present possible future research avenues by
looking at both theory and practice and learning from various
disciplines (law and social sciences), legal realities (WTO, USA
and EU) and actors (regulators, stakeholders, courts).
Uncertain Risks Regulated compares various models of risk
regulation in order to understand how these systems shape the
relationship between law and science, and how they attempt to
overcome public distrust in science-based decision-making. The book
contributes to the ongoing debate relating to uncertainty and risks
- and the difficulties faced by the European Union in particular -
in regulating theses issues, taking account of both national and
international constraints. The term 'uncertain risk' is comparable
with notions of hazard and indeterminate risk, as deployed within
the social sciences; but it also aims to capture the modern
regulatory reality that a non-quantifiable hazard must still be
addressed by society, law and its regulators. Decisions must be
taken in the face of uncertainty. And, whilst it is not possible to
provide clear cut models of risk regulation, in focusing on
regulatory practices at a national, EU and international level, the
contributors to this volume aim to use fact finding as a core
instrument of learning for risk regulation.
An original and innovative recasting of constitutionalism, written
by acknowledged experts in the field, this empirically grounded and
theoretically informed volume addresses the strategies and
philosophies that judges and lawyers bring to bear when creating
European constitutional jurisprudence; investigating and promoting
promotes the sustainability of a theory or praxis of 'procedural'
constitutionalism. Building upon European and American critical
legal scholarship, Michelle Everson and Julia Eisner argue that
constitutional adjudication has never been the neutral matter of a
mere judicial 'identification' of the values, norms and procedures
that each society seeks to concretise in its own body of
constitutional law. Instead, a 'mythology' of comprehensive
national constitutional settlement has obscured the primary legal
constitutional conundrum that is created by the requirement that a
judiciary must always adapt its constitutional jurisprudence to the
evolving values that are to be found within any society; but must
always, also, maintain the integrity and autonomy of the law
itself. European judges and lawyers, having been denied recourse to
all forms of constitutional mythology, provide us with an
alternative model of constitutionalism; one that does not require a
founding myth of constitutional settlement, and one which both
secures the autonomy of law, as well as ensures dialogue between
law and society. This occurs, however, not through grand theories
of 'constitutional adjudication' but, as The Making of a European
Constitution documents, rather through a practical process.
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Cornish Studies Volume 7 (Paperback)
Philip Payton; Contributions by Catherine Brace, Brian Elvins, Michael Everson, Jim Hall, …
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R895
Discovery Miles 8 950
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The seventh volume in the acclaimed paperback series . . . the
only county series that can legitimately claim to represent the
past and present of a nation.
Contributions by
Catherine Brace, Brian Elvins, Michael Everson, Jim Hall, John
Hurst, Patrick Laviolette, Jon Mills, William A. Morris, Philip
Payton, Ronald Perry, Sharron P. Schwartz, Garry Tregidga and
Nicholas Williams
This book aims to examine the heritage of Victor Shklovsky in a
variety of disciplines. To achieve this end, we drew upon
colleagues from eight different countries across the world - USA,
Canada, Russia, England, Scotland, the Netherlands, Norway, and
Hong Kong - in order to bring the widest variety of points of view
on the subject. But we also wanted this book to be more than just
another collection of essays of literary criticism: we invited
scholars from different disciplines - literature, cinematography,
and philosophy - who have dealt with Shklovsky's heritage and saw
its practical application in their fields. Therefore, all these
essays are written in a variety of humanist academic and scholarly
styles, all engaging and dynamic.
Esperanto, the most widely-spoken constructed international
auxiliary language, was the creation of Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof, who
first published it in 1887. Today Esperanto is estimated to have
between 100,000 and 2,000,000 speakers worldwide. The most complete
Esperanto dictionary is the "Plena Ilustrita Vortaro," which is
available both online and in printed format; but since the PIV is
entirely in Esperanto, the need for a modern Esperanto-to-English
dictionary remains keen for many Esperantists. Paul Denisowski's
"Esperanto-English Dictionary" can help fill a part of that need,
on the basis of its sheer size alone, with more than 52,000
headwords. This extensive dictionary was compiled both from
existing glossaries and from glossaries prepared by Denisowski
himself, and it contains many words not usually found in smaller
dictionaries, including an abundance of scientific terms,
especially from the fields of medicine and mathematics. It is hoped
that the publication of this dictionary will assist a new
generation of Esperanto learners in their enjoyment of this unique
language. -- Esperanto, la plej vaste parolata internacia
planlingvo, estis la krea o de Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof, kiu unue
publikigis in en 1887. Hodia Esperanto la takse havas inter 100.000
is 2.000.000 da parolantoj tutmonde. La plej kompleta Esperanta
vortaro estas la "Plena Ilustrita Vortaro," kiu estas disponebla
amba rete kaj en presita formato, sed ar la PIV estas tute en
Esperanto, la bezono por moderna Esperanta-angla vortaro restas
akra por multaj esperantistoj. La "Esperanta-Angla Vortaro" de Paul
Denisowski eble helpas plenigi parton de tiu bezono, almena surbaze
de sia grandega amplekso, kun pli ol 52.000 kapvortoj. i tiu vasta
vortaro estis kompilita uzante jam ekzistantajn glosarojn kaj anka
multajn glosarojn, kiujn Denisowksi mem preparis, kaj i enhavas
multe da vortoj malofte trovitaj en pli malgrandaj vortaroj,
inkluzive de granda nombro da sciencaj terminoj, precipe el la
fakoj de medicino kaj matematiko. Oni esperas ke la eldonado de i
tiu vortaro helpos novan generacion de Esperantolernantoj en ilia
uado de i tiu unika lingvo.
The two tales in this book are both responses to Lewis Carroll's
Wonderland, aimed at instilling an interest in grammar in young and
recalcitrant readers. Audrey Mayhew Allen wrote "Gladys in
Grammarland" in 1897. In this story, Gladys becomes sleepy after
class and finds that a Verb Fairy has taken an interest in her
education. Louise Franklin Bache's charming play "Alice in
Grammarland" was written in 1923 for "Better Speech Week" and was
published in "Junior Red Cross News" in that year. In it, Carroll's
Alice returns to meet old friends the Mad Hatter and the White
Rabbit, together with the King and Queen of Grammarland.
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