Comparative category: 2220 books
Religious Freedom and the Australian Constitution
Origins and Future
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2018
This book examines the origins of Australia’s constitutional religious freedom provision. It explores, on the one hand, the political activities and motives of religious leaders seeking to give the Australian Constitution a religious character and, on the other, the political activities and motives...
The Diffusion of Law
The Movement of Laws and Norms Around the World
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2016
In considering diffusion from a global perspective, this book provides timely new insights into its application in a variety of fields and at many levels of both legal and non-legal orderings. This collection contributes to the wider theoretical debate concerning the movement of law and legal norms...
by Abdelfattah Kilito
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2016
A playful and erudite look at the origins of language
In the beginning there was one language—one tongue that Adam used to compose the first poem, an elegy for Abel. “These days, no one bothers to ask about the tongue of Adam. It is a naive question, vaguely embarrassing and irksome, like...
Selecting Europe's Judges
A Critical Review of the Appointment Procedures to the European Courts
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2015
The past decade has witnessed change in the ways judges for the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Court of Human Rights are selected. The leitmotif has been securing greater professional quality of the judicial candidates, and, for this purpose, both European systems have put...
State Security Regimes and the Right to Freedom of Religion and Belief
Changes in Europe Since 2001
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2013
The question of to what extent, manifestations of religious beliefs should be permitted in the European public sphere has become a salient and controversial topic in recent years. Despite the increasing interest however, debates have rarely questioned the conventional wisdom that an increase in the...
Church, Cosmovision and the Environment
Religion and Social Conflict in Contemporary Latin America
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2018
Though currently only partially understood, evolving interactions among Latin American communities of faith, governments, and civil societies are a key feature of the popular mobilizations and policy debates about environmental issues in the region. This edited collection describes and analyses multiple...
Rediscovering the vedas
Science and Vedas
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2012
Exegesis from the year 2012 in the subject Theology - Comparative Religion Studies, Indian Institute of Science (Bhaktivedanta Institute ), course: Vedic Science, language: English, abstract: The Vedas is the essence of everything. All is explained in Vedas and if we analyse properly, most profound...
The Twin Horse Gods
The Dioskouroi in Mythologies of the Ancient World
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015
The twin deities known by the ancient Greeks as the Dioskouroi, and by the Romans as the Gemini, were popular figures in the classical world. They were especially connected with youth, low status and service, and were embraced by the common people in a way that eluded those gods associated with regal...
Asia-Pacific Judiciaries
Independence, Impartiality and Integrity
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2017
Judicial independence, integrity and impartiality are crucial to public trust in the judiciary. Justice must also be seen to be dispensed fairly and without fear or favour. In the context of themes and perspectives as well as comparative theories of independence, this book provides a contemporary...
Regulatory Waves
Comparative Perspectives on State Regulation and Self-Regulation Policies in the Nonprofit Sector
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2016
All governments, in various ways, regulate and control nonprofit organizations. Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), while hopeful of supportive regulatory environments, are simultaneously seeking greater autonomy both to provide services and to advocate for policy change. In part to counter increasing...
Privacy and Power
A Transatlantic Dialogue in the Shadow of the NSA-Affair
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2017
Edward Snowden's leaks exposed fundamental differences in the ways Americans and Europeans approach the issues of privacy and intelligence gathering. Featuring commentary from leading commentators, scholars and practitioners from both sides of the Atlantic, the book documents and explains these differences,...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2012
Preventing acts of terrorism remains one of the major tasks of domestic governments and regional and international organisations. Terrorism transcends borders, so anti-terrorism law must cross the boundaries of domestic, regional and international law. It also crosses traditional disciplinary boundaries...
Making We the People
Democratic Constitutional Founding in Postwar Japan and South Korea
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2015
What does it mean to say that it is 'We the People' who 'ordain and establish' a constitution? Who are those sovereign people, and how can they do so? Interweaving history and theory, constitutional scholar Chaihark Hahm and political theorist Sung Ho Kim attempt to answer these perennial questions...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
The new series Stellenbosch Handbooks in African Constitutional Law will engage with contemporary issues of constitutionalism in Africa, filling a notable gap in African comparative constitutional law. Separation of Powers in African Constitutionalism is the first in the series, examining one of the...