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In 1965 the UK enacted the Race Relations Act while the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) opened for signature and ratification. In the US, the changes that brought down the walls of segregation, conveying some equality to black people essentially began with the Civil Rights Act of 1964. These ground-breaking instruments marked a commitment—domestically and internationally by the state parties to the ICERD—to address racial injustice and inequality through legal means. Yet, the intervening years reveal the challenges of pursuing racial justice and equality through the medium of law. In recent years, allegations of institutional racism have been levelled against numerous public institutions in the UK, while the rise of populism globally has challenged the ability of law to effect change. This edited collection draws attention to the need to reflect on the persistence of racial inequalities and injustices despite law’s intervention and arguably because of its ‘unconscious’ role in their promotion. It does so from a multiplicity of perspectives ranging from the doctrinal, socio-legal, critical and theoretical, thereby generating different kinds of knowledge about race and law. By exploring contemporary issues in racial justice and equality, contributors examine the role of law—whether domestic or international, hard or soft—in advancing racial equality and justice and consider whether it can effect substantive change.

Spesso poco note, talvolta ancora inedite, le testimonianze di pittura rupestre medievale del Lazio e della Campania settentrionale sono numerose, come dimostrano le quarantadue schede del catalogo, corrispondenti ai monumenti presi in esame. L’ampio raggio di indagine ha permesso di enucleare due differenti tipologie di ambienti: la cavità artificiale, in corrispondenza del substrato tufaceo, utilizzata il più delle volte per esigenze funzionali, e la grotta naturale, fin dalla preistoria associata all’universo del sacro. Particolare attenzione è stata rivolta ai fenomeni religiosi che hanno concorso allo sviluppo dei santuari, quali la devozione all’arcangelo Michele, l’eremitismo e la venerazione delle reliquie. Queste ultime sono la causa della sopravvivenza dei santuari ubicati all’interno delle catacombe, luoghi di culto che molto hanno in comune con l’universo rupestre. Quanto alle tematiche di ambito artistico, il ricco corpus di dipinti ha consentito di soffermarsi sul dialogo fra roccia e immagine, sui diversi contesti della produzione pittorica campano-laziale fra VI e XIII secolo, sui problemi conservativi.

A insatisfação é como o impulso da ave que a lança pelos ares. Porém, para valer, há de gerar convicções e ser paradigma, motor, na sociedade. E na história. É isto que os autores interrogam. Na religião, na ciência, nas culturas. Com os seus conflitos desequilibradores e diálogos conciliadores. O que nos torna livres é a Verdade (Jo. 8, 32). Quanto mais ameaçador o desequilíbrio, mais competente, tem de ser a insatisfação cultural e social. E mais apurada a qualidade das utopias. Se a história actual cultiva ou não a Utopia, não é indiferente. Quanto mais abrasiva a crise da esperança, mais aguda se torna a pergunta. O livro prossegue a tetralogia anterior: 1. O brotar da Criação. Um olhar dinâmico pela ciência, a filosofia e a teologia; 2. A Pergunta de Job. O homem e o mistério do mal; 3. O Deus que não temos. Uma história de grandes intuições e mal entendidos; 4. A Dinâmica da Espiral. Uma aproximação ao mistério de tudo. Faltava esta temática. Em diálogo com leitores/as de cultura sustentável. E como homenagem a quantos acreditam na Esperança apesar dos contratempos da vida. Os obstáculos e espinhos não são realmente tudo. Mais forte que todas as dificuldades, é a força da Esperança.

The base of proposed reflections made from the perspective of cultural linguistics are private letters by Stanisław Chlebowski — Polish painter who worked at the sultan’s court in Stambul. The aim of the article is a reconstruction of the picture of Orient in lexis and phraseology of the letters. The analysis is conducted from two subiective points of view: the painter’s point of view and point of view of the citizen of the Turkish state. It turns out that Orient and Oriental people are constantly valued by Chlebowski. He uses colloquial Polish, choosing emotional lexemes and morphems. His opinion on Orient is ambivalent, but it is almost convergence with the findings of the researchers of stereotypes about nationality.

Pocos temas han apasionado tanto al público mexicano como el endeudamiento externo de su país. ¿Es verdad que la deuda contraída en Londres después de la independencia hundió a México en la penuria hacendaria y la guerra civil? ¿Qué papel desempeñó la deuda externa en las invasiones extranjeras? Los empréstitos de la época porfiriana ¿fueron benéficos o funestos para México? ¿Qué tan atinados fueron los diversos arreglos de la deuda pública exterior hechos por los gobiernos mexicanos entre la revolución y el fin de la segunda guerra mundial? Éstas y otras preguntas discute la obra presente, publicada por primera vez a fines de 1968 y ahora cuidadosamente corregida y actualizada. El libro tiene 45 cuadros estadísticos en el texto, 15 apéndices igualmente estadísticos y una bibliografía.

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Linguistics Olympiad: Training Guide represents a unique and complex work aimed to help students and teachers alike prepare for the national and international Linguistics Olympiads. This guide identifies the most common types of problems and, for each of them, proposes a theoretical framework (basic linguistics concepts, as well as language typology data) together with a methodological approach, tailored for each type of problems, and, in the end, a selection of practice problems from past editions of national and international Linguistics Olympiads. This work is breaking new ground, being the first of its kind, featuring a large number of languages and problems, centered around the concept of problem-based learning.

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The time around 1910 has entered art history as the moment when «abstraction was invented». However, where and when works of non-figurative art became present in the public eye has been afforded little attention to date. Exhibiting Abstraction is the first publication to be devoted entirely to the presentation of abstract art between 1908 and 1915 and as such uncovers strategies for the dissemination of early abstract painting in exhibitions.

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Anna Ratke-Majewska explores how the Law and Justice Party’s rule (2005–2010, 2015–2025) shaped a specific vision of Polish national identity through the politics of memory. Focusing on the Warsaw Uprising, the Cursed Soldiers, and Polish–Jewish relations during World War II, she reveals how state-endorsed narratives elevated selected interpretations of the past while marginalizing others. The rising conflicts of memories reflected and intensified political and social divisions, turning history into a contested space of identity, legitimacy, and ideological struggle in contemporary Poland. These struggles influenced public debate, education, and the international image of the Polish state.

The Mishna Berura is, without a doubt, Rabbi Israel Meir Kagan's greatest and most complex contribution to the canon of Orthodox Jewish Law; it is a singular work that synthesizes Jewish traditions, laws, and mores into a practical halakhic guide to daily religious life. For all of his traditionalism, Rabbi Kagan was an iconoclast, and the Mishna Berura broke from many of the traditional approaches of deciding halakhic directives. Instead, he favored studying, engaging, and asserting decisions in a nuanced, almost natural approach to how ethical people should live their daily lives consistent with Jewish law. Today, the Mishna Berura has gained widespread recognition and is considered authoritative by essentially all of contemporary Orthodox Jewry, a measure of greatness that few works of Halakha have attained. Michael J. Broyde and Ira Bedzow here investigate this seminal text and explore its background and decision-making process.

Sélection de Documents-Clé de l’Union Africaine Relatifs aux Droits de l’Homme Edited by Norman Taku and Frans Viljoen 2006 ISBN: 0-9585097-1-9 Pages: 285 Print version: Available Electronic version: Free PDF available

Building, or re-building, states after war or crisis is a contentious process. But why? Sabaratnam argues that to best answer the question, we need to engage with the people who are supposedly benefiting from international ‘expertise’. This open access book challenges and enhances standard ‘critical’ narratives of statebuilding by exploring the historical experiences and interpretive frameworks of the people targeted by intervention. Drawing on face-to-face interviews, archival research, policy reviews and in-country participant-observations carried out over several years, the author challenges assumptions underpinning external interventions, such as the incapacity of ‘local’ agents to govern and the necessity of ‘liberal’ values in demanding better governance. The analysis focuses on Mozambique, long hailed as one of international donors’ great success stories, but whose peaceful, prosperous, democratic future now hangs in the balance. The conclusions underscore the significance of thinking with rather than for the targets of state-building assistance, and appreciating the historical and material conditions which underpin these reform efforts. Click on the Features Tab for Open Access to this title. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by SOAS, University of London; London School of Economics (LSE); Economic and Social Research Council of the UK (ESRC)