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Humanities & Social SciencesSeptember 2023International law in Europe, 700–1200
by Jenny Benham
Was there international law in the Middle Ages? Using treaties as its main source, this book examines the extent to which such a system of rules was known and followed in the period 700 to 1200. It considers how consistently international legal rules were obeyed, whether there was a reliance on justification of action and whether the system had the capacity to resolve disputed questions of fact and law. The book further sheds light on issues such as compliance, enforcement, deterrence, authority and jurisdiction, challenging traditional ideas over their role and function in the history of international law. International law in Europe, 700-1200 will appeal to students and scholars of medieval Europe, international law and its history, as well as those with a more general interest in warfare, diplomacy and international relations.
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Humanities & Social SciencesFebruary 2022International law in Europe, 700–1200
by Jenny Benham, Stephen Mossman, C. E. Beneš, T. J. H. McCarthy, Jochen Schenk
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Humanities & Social SciencesJune 2012The social construction of Swedish neutrality
Challenges to Swedish identity and sovereignty
by Christine Agius, Peter Lawler, Emmanuel Pierre Guittet, Martin Hargreaves
Since the end of the Cold War, and particularly in the post-9/11 international environment, neutrality has been conceptualised as a problematic subject. With the end of bipolarity, neutrality as a foreign and security policy lost much of its justification, and in the ongoing 'War on Terror', no state, according to the Bush Administration, can be neutral. However, much of this debate has gone unnoticed in IR literature. This book, newly available in paperback, examines the conceptualisation of neutrality from the Peloponnesian War to the present day, uncovering how neutrality has been a neglected and misunderstood subject in IR theory and politics. By rethinking neutrality through constructivism, this book argues that neutrality is intrinsically linked to identity. Using Sweden as a case study, it links identity, sovereignty, internationalism and solidarity to the debates about Swedish neutrality today and how neutrality has been central to Swedish identity and its world-view. ;
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June 2007Zum Dinner ohne Alibi
Ein Ratekrimi aus England
by Fischer-Hunold, Alexandra / Illustriert von Sohr, Daniel
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October 2001Bildungsbürger in der Defensive
Die akademische Beamtenschaft und der 'Reichsbund der höheren Beamten' in der Weimarer Republik
by Fattmann, Rainer
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March 2001Demokratie in der Defensive.
Funktionelle Abnutzung - soziale Exklusion - Globalisierung. Elemente einer Verfassungstheorie VII. Hrsg. von Ralph Christensen.
by Müller, Friedrich / Herausgegeben von Christensen, Ralph
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January 1994Umweltpolitik in der Defensive
Umweltschutz trotz Wirtschaftskrise
by Herausgegeben von Spelthahn, Sabine
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1990Frauen zwischen Macht und Mann - Männer in der Defensive
Führungskräfte in Zeiten des Umbruchs
by Bischoff, Sonja
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January 2017Selbstbewusstes Leben
Texte zu einer transformativen Theorie. der menschlichen Subjektivität
by Andrea Kern, Christian Kietzmann
Eine lange philosophische Tradition, die ihren Höhepunkt in der Philosophie des Deutschen Idealismus findet, vertritt die These, dass der Mensch sich grundlegend von den übrigen Tieren unterscheidet. Diese Position ist jedoch spätestens seit Darwin in die Defensive geraten, was vor allem daran liegt, dass ihre Anhänger oft genug nicht klar sagen können, worin die tiefe Differenz zwischen Mensch und Tier bestehen soll. Die in diesem Band versammelten Texte eint das Ziel, diese Differenz dagegen als eine Artikulation des Selbstbewusstseins derjenigen zu formulieren, deren Leben durch genau dieses Selbstbewusstsein einzigartig wird. Mit Beiträgen von u. a. James Conant, Andrea Kern, John McDowell, Terry Pinkard, Sebastian Rödl und Michael Thompson.
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Humanities & Social SciencesJanuary 2021Freedom of speech, 1500–1850
by Robert Ingram, Jason Peacey, Alex W. Barber
This collection brings together historians, political theorists and literary scholars to provide historical perspectives on the modern debate over freedom of speech, particularly the question of whether limitations might be necessary given religious pluralism and concerns about hate speech. It integrates religion into the history of free speech and rethinks what is sometimes regarded as a coherent tradition of more or less absolutist justifications for free expression. Contributors examine the aims and effectiveness of government policies, the sometimes contingent ways in which freedom of speech became a reality and a wide range of canonical and non-canonical texts in which contemporaries outlined their ideas and ideals. Overall, the book argues that while the period from 1500 to 1850 witnessed considerable change in terms of both ideas and practices, these were more or less distinct from those that characterise modern debates.
