Competing Norms

Competing Norms
Author: Mamadou Diawara
Publisher: Campus Verlag
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2016-10-13
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 3593434792

Meist wird der Staat in Afrika, wie auch anderswo, als Träger von Ordnung, Fortschritt und Disziplin gesehen, da er über die Autorität verfügt, Gesetze zu erlassen und deren Einhaltung zum Wohl der Gesellschaft zu sanktionieren. Dieser Band untersucht die Bedeutung der staatlichen Gesetzgebung für die Bevölkerungen im subsaharischen Afrika und setzt diese in Beziehung zu bereits existierenden lokalen Normen, mit denen die neuen Gesetze konkurrieren müssen.

Competing Norms in the Law of Marine Environmental Protection

Competing Norms in the Law of Marine Environmental Protection
Author: Henrik Ringbom
Publisher: Kluwer Law International B.V.
Total Pages: 286
Release: 1997-10-01
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9041106995

The number of global instruments affecting the law of marine environmental protection--both `soft' and `hard' law--grows constantly. Regional organizations have become increasingly concerned with matters affecting traditional freedoms of the seas. As a result, the law in this area has rapidly expanded, often creating competing or conflicting rules. Competing Norms in the Law of Marine Environmental Protection contains edited versions of the papers presented at a conference in the andÅland Islands, Finland, in August 1996, convened by the Department of Law of andÅbo Akademi University, Finland. It provides a detailed examination of current legal issues relating to the variety of rules and rule-makers in the field of marine environmental protection. It then goes further, relating the recent developments to international law in a wider context. The legal regime regulating ship safety and pollution prevention provides an excellent illustration of contemporary trends of international law in general and of the law of the sea and international environmental law in particular.

After the Internet, Before Democracy

After the Internet, Before Democracy
Author: Johan Lagerkvist
Publisher: Peter Lang
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2010
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9783034304351

China has lived with the Internet for nearly two decades. Will increased Internet use, with new possibilities to share information and discuss news and politics, lead to democracy, or will it to the contrary sustain a nationalist supported authoritarianism that may eventually contest the global information order? This book takes stock of the ongoing tug of war between state power and civil society on and off the Internet, a phenomenon that is fast becoming the centerpiece in the Chinese Communist Party's struggle to stay in power indefinitely. It interrogates the dynamics of this enduring contestation, before democracy, by following how Chinese society travels from getting access to the Internet to our time having the world's largest Internet population. Pursuing the rationale of Internet regulation, the rise of the Chinese blogosphere and citizen journalism, Internet irony, online propaganda, the relation between state and popular nationalism, and finally the role of social media to bring about China's democratization, this book offers a fresh and provocative perspective on the arguable role of media technologies in the process of democratization, by applying social norm theory to illuminate the competition between the Party-state norm and the youth/subaltern norm in Chinese media and society.

Reconstructing Jihad amid Competing International Norms

Reconstructing Jihad amid Competing International Norms
Author: H. Rane
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 239
Release: 2009-04-26
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0230620981

This book examines the Israel-Palestine conflict from a constructivist perspective. It argues that in the context of international norms and identity factors, a contemporary methodology for the reconstruction of jihad is essential for achievement of a just peace.

Exploring Future Paths for Historical Sociolinguistics

Exploring Future Paths for Historical Sociolinguistics
Author: Tanja Säily
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Total Pages: 341
Release: 2017-12-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027264813

This volume explores potential paths in historical sociolinguistics, with a particular focus on the inter-related areas of methodological innovations, hitherto un- or under-explored textual resources, and theoretical advancements and challenges. The individual chapters cover Dutch, Finnish and different varieties of English and are based on data spanning from the fifteenth century to the present day. Paying tribute to Terttu Nevalainen’s pioneering work, the book highlights the wide range and complexity of the field of historical sociolinguistics and presents achievements and challenges of interdisciplinary collaboration. The book is of interest to a wide readership, ranging from scholars of historical linguistics, sociolinguistics, corpus linguistics and digital humanities to (advanced) graduate and postgraduate students in courses on language variation and change.

Translation and Norms

Translation and Norms
Author: Christina Schäffner
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Total Pages: 148
Release: 1999
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9781853594380

Whether the judgements translators of different language works make are normative and somehow wrapped up in societal values that change with time or social positioning is the subject of these contributions. Two main contributions from English and Israeli scholars are presented which argue that the concept of norms should be the primary analytical tool for understanding everything from the choices of words to regularly appearing patterns in writing. Seven brief responses and counter-responses follow. Also included are the transcripts of two debates on the topic. Distributed by Taylor and Francis. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Explaining Norms

Explaining Norms
Author: Geoffrey Brennan
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2013-09-05
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0199654689

This book presents the concept of norms by four different philosophers. They discuss how norms emerge, persist, change, and how they serve to explain what we do.

Jurisdictional Immunities of States and International Organizations

Jurisdictional Immunities of States and International Organizations
Author: Edward Chukwuemeke Okeke
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 409
Release: 2018-05-03
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0190611251

This book covers the relationship between the jurisdictional immunities of States and international organizations, addressing their similarities and dissimilarities. Their relationship with diplomatic immunity is also examined. It considers that the immunity of international organizations was historically conceived in terms of State immunity. The major aim of this book is to clarify the conceptual confusion that has often marred the understanding of the law of the, different but interrelated, jurisdictional immunities of both States and international organizations. The approach is to holistically analyze and synthesize select and relevant opinions of international and national courts. To achieve this, the book focuses more on what the law is than on what it should be. An understanding of the law is more useful to a practitioner than a criticism of it. The book is not an exegesis on everything immunity. The jurisdictional immunities of heads of State and of diplomats are beyond the scope of this book, and are only tangentially examined. The book concludes by making the case that the jurisdictional immunities of States and international organizations are not only sustainable but also necessary for international relations and cooperation. The author intends to position the book to be of use both to scholars and practicing lawyers and legal advisers in government and international organizations, as well as to lawyers whose practice concerns issues and laws of privileges and immunities.

Philosophy of the Social Sciences

Philosophy of the Social Sciences
Author: C. Mantzavinos
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 345
Release: 2009-09-10
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0521517745

A unique discussion between philosophers and social scientists which extends the frontiers of the philosophy of the social sciences.