The well-known challenges of international migration have triggered new departures in academic approaches, with 'diaspora studies' evolving as an interdisciplinary and even transdisciplinary field of study. Its emerging methodology shares concerns with another interdisciplinary field, the study of the relations between law and literature, which focuses on the ways in which the two cultural prac…
With Volume II, EWIC launches the first of four volumes dedicated to substantive topics of relevance to women and Islamic cultures globally. These four volumes, Volumes II–V (Volume VI is the cumulative index), are unusual in that each volume is topically organized. Within each volume, we maintain the conventional alphabetical listing of entries. Volume II brings together over 360 entries on …
This open access book provides a comprehensive analysis of the socioeconomic determinants of Covid-19. From the end of 2019 until presently, the world has been ravaged by the Covid-19 pandemic. Although the cause of this is (obviously) a virus, the extent to which this virus spread, and therefore the number of infections and deaths, was largely determined by socio-economic factors. From this, i…
The theoretical underpinnings of public international law have taken the sovereign status of the nation-state for granted since the beginning of the modern era. After centuries of evolution in legal and political thought, the state's definition as a bounded territorial unit has been strictly codified. The legal development of the nation-state was an ideological project informed by extra-legal c…
This handbook provides reliable guidance on what to do next and offers practical, no-frills advice about what to do to counter the day-to-day challenges and outright calamities that make up the first-line leader’s work life. Perhaps even more important, it offers time-proven recommendations on how to prevent a bothersome situation from escalating into crisis proportions in the first place. I…
The French Law of evidence is at the crossroad between procedural law and civil law. As part of the procedural law, it is governed by general principles set out by the Code de procédure civile, such as the contradictory principle, the principle of public hearing or the free disposition principle, which means that the parties define the framework of the proceeding and that the judge cannot base…
The Oxford Handbook of Medical Ethics and Law is the definitive guide to the legal and ethical issues around medical and surgical practice. It is written with the busy clinician in mind who will not have time to read lengthy and complex legal or philosophical documents but requires the key information presented without technical jargon in a handy quick-reference style. The handbook also include…
In this book, Maciej Mikuła analyses the extant texts of the Ius municipale Magdeburgense, the most important collection of Magdeburg Law in late medieval Poland. He discusses the different translation traditions of the collection; the application of Magdeburg Law in cities; how differences between the versions could affect the application of the rights; and how the invention of printing influ…
Buku Omnibus Law (Teori dan Penerapannya) ini berisi latar belakang pembentukan omnibus law di Indonesia, khususnya pembentukan omnibus law pada masa setelah orde Reformasi. Buku ini juga mengulas dampak banyaknya peraturan perundang-undangan yang berlaku sejak masa penjajahan Belanda dan ketika Indonesia merdeka pada tahun 1945. Salah satu aturan yang ada yaitu berdasarkan Pasal 2 Aturan Peral…
Buku ini mengulas secara komprehensif perjalanan hidup Sutomo, tokoh sentral dalam perjuangan kemerdekaan Indonesia yang dikenal luas sebagai Bung Tomo. Melalui narasi yang runtut dan mendalam, buku ini menggambarkan peran Bung Tomo sebagai orator ulung yang berhasil membangkitkan semangat perlawanan rakyat Surabaya dalam peristiwa bersejarah 10 November 1945. Selain membahas dinamika perjuanga…