Between Law and Custom
Title | Between Law and Custom PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Karsten |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 584 |
Release | 2002-03-18 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780521792837 |
Drawing on extensive archival and library sources, Karsten explores these collisions and arrives at a number of conclusions that will surprise.
Aftermath
Title | Aftermath PDF eBook |
Author | Dan Kanstroom |
Publisher | OUP USA |
Pages | 259 |
Release | 2012-06-29 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 0199742723 |
Examines the current deportation system in the United States, the aftermath effects, and the political, social and legal issues.
Land and Freedom
Title | Land and Freedom PDF eBook |
Author | Andrew Buck |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 203 |
Release | 2020-07-24 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 1000152235 |
Conflicts caused by competing concepts of property are the subject of this book that reshapes study of the relationship between law and society in Australasia and North America. Chapters analyse decisions made by governments and courts upon questions of policy and law in terms of their consequences for rights and models of personhood. Late twentieth-century decisions concerning native title in Canada and Australia demonstrate the relevance of historical case studies of communal and fee-simple land holding in colonial and post-colonial societies. An international team of contributors draw on their experience from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds and jurisdictions.
Development and the African Diaspora
Title | Development and the African Diaspora PDF eBook |
Author | Doctor Claire Mercer |
Publisher | Zed Books Ltd. |
Pages | 326 |
Release | 2013-07-18 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1848136447 |
There has been much recent celebration of the success of African 'civil society' in forging global connections through an ever-growing diaspora. Against the background of such celebrations, this innovative book sheds light on the diasporic networks - 'home associations' - whose economic contributions are being used to develop home. Despite these networks being part of the flow of migrants' resources back to Africa that now outweighs official development assistance, the relationship between the flow of capital and social and political change are still poorly understood. Looking in particular at Cameroon and Tanzania, the authors examine the networks of migrants that have been created by making 'home associations' international. They argue that claims in favour of enlarging 'civil society' in Africa must be placed in the broader context of the political economy of migration and wider debates concerning ethnicity and belonging. They demonstrate both that diasporic development is distinct from mainstream development, and that it is an uneven historical process in which some 'homes' are better placed to take advantage of global connections than others. In doing so, the book engages critically with the current enthusiasm among policy-makers for treating the African diaspora as an untapped resource for combating poverty. Its focus on diasporic networks, rather than private remittances, reveals the particular successes and challenges diasporas face in acting as a group, not least in mobilising members of the diaspora to fulfill obligations to home.
A Law Book for the Diaspora
Title | A Law Book for the Diaspora PDF eBook |
Author | John Van Seters |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 262 |
Release | 2002-11-21 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780198034957 |
The foundation for all study of biblical law is the assumption that the Covenant Code is the oldest legal code in the Hebrew Bible and that all other laws are revisions of that code. This book sets forth the radical hypothesis that those laws in the covenant code that are similar to Deuteronomy and the Holiness Code are in fact later than both of these, and therefore can't be taken as the foundation of Hebrew Law.
The Yoruba Diaspora in the Atlantic World
Title | The Yoruba Diaspora in the Atlantic World PDF eBook |
Author | Toyin Falola |
Publisher | Indiana University Press |
Pages | 472 |
Release | 2005-05-02 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0253003016 |
This innovative anthology focuses on the enslavement, middle passage, American experience, and return to Africa of a single cultural group, the Yoruba. Moving beyond descriptions of generic African experiences, this anthology will allow students to trace the experiences of one cultural group throughout the cycle of the slave experience in the Americas. The 19 essays, employing a variety of disciplinary perspectives, provide a detailed study of how the Yoruba were integrated into the Atlantic world through the slave trade and slavery, the transformations of Yoruba identities and culture, and the strategies for resistance employed by the Yoruba in the New World. The contributors are Augustine H. Agwuele, Christine Ayorinde, Matt D. Childs, Gibril R. Cole, David Eltis, Toyin Falola, C. Magbaily Fyle, Rosalyn Howard, Robin Law, Babatunde Lawal, Russell Lohse, Paul E. Lovejoy, Beatriz G. Mamigonian, Robin Moore, Ann O'Hear, Luis Nicolau Parés, Michele Reid, João José Reis, Kevin Roberts, and Mariza de Carvalho Soares. Blacks in the Diaspora -- Claude A. Clegg III, editor Darlene Clark Hine, David Barry Gaspar, and John McCluskey, founding editors
Trials of the Diaspora
Title | Trials of the Diaspora PDF eBook |
Author | Anthony Julius |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 870 |
Release | 2012-02-09 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0199600724 |
The first ever comprehensive history of anti-Semitism in England, from medieval murder and expulsion through to contemporary forms of anti-Zionism in the 21st century.