Academic press mai 2010 (3 risultati)

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Persecution, Polemic, and Dialogue follows the interaction between Jews and Christians through the ages in all its richness, complexity, and diversity. This collection of essays analyzes anti-Semitism, perceptions of the Other, and religious debates in the Middle Ages and proceeds to consider modern and contemporary interactions, which are marked by both striking continuity and profound difference. These include controversies among historians, the promise and challenge of interfaith dialogue, and the explosive exchanges surrounding Mel Gibson's film on the passion. This volume will engage scholars, students, and any reader intrigued by one of the longest and most fraught inter-group relationships in history.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - In the Jewish tradition, it is incumbent upon every generation to attempt to fi nd meaning in its history. Meaning is co-created within the context of the inter-subjective fi eld of a meeting of minds. Psychoanalysis, in somerespects like the Jewish tradition from which it emerged, represents a body of thought about man's relation to himself and to others, and places great value on the infl uence of memory, narrative, and history in creating meaningwithin the dyadic relationship of analyst and patient. In 'Answering a Question with a Question: Contemporary Psychoanalysis and Jewish Thought,' Editors, Aron and Henik, have brought together an international collection of contemporary scholars and clinicians to address the interface and mutual influence ofJewish thought and modern psychoanalysis.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -One of the main tasks of highest courts is the maintenance of legal coherency within the national legal system. Highest courts should also observe national legislation to be in conformity with the constitution and international treaties.In the internationalising world of today, societies and legal systems increasingly interact. This has consequences for highest national courts which also increasingly interact with each other. The authors in this book investigate the implications of these phenomena for theory and practice. As leading scholars and distinguished judges they offer a unique and unprecedented perspective on the issue of highest courts and globalisation.This book is therefore highly recommended to judges and practitioners in national and international courts, academics, parliamentarians and civil servants of national ministries of justice and the interior. Law of the Future Conferences'Law of the Future' is the top level international and multidisciplinary conference series initiated by The Hague Institute for the Internationalisation of Law (HiiL). These conferences explore how law is changing and should change under the pressure of globalisation and internationalisation, and how the roles of international actors and stakeholders will or must change as a consequence. The 'Law of the Future' conference series bridges practice and academia. The Changing Role of Highest Courts in an Internationalising World was the theme of the October 2008 Law of the Future Conference, which was held in The Hague, The Netherlands. 216 pp. Englisch.…