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    Comparative Law and the Production of Space

    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This book invites readers to critically rethink the interrelations between geography and the law. Traditionally, legal-geographical interrelations have been dominated by scholars with backgrounds in geopolitics, economics, or geography. More recently, a new interdisciplinary approach has been developed with the aim of offering a fresh perspective on how law and geography intersect. There has been ... Read more

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    Series series Globalization: Law and Policy
    In recent times, comparative law has moved towards a new type of visualisation of the law, which is mainly based on indexes and indicators. Through these, legal scholars and practitioners measure legal systems against specific benchmarks; they no longer search for commonalities among legal systems but are interested in assessing how the law performs in economic terms. This book critically analyses ... Read more

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    Perspectives on Comparative Law and Legal History

    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This textbook provides clear, reliable, and comprehensive insights into key topics in comparative law and legal history. As fundamental pillars of modern legal education, comparative law and legal history play a crucial role in shaping a new generation of legal scholars and practicing lawyers who appreciate the significance of legal diversity while recognizing the shared foundations of legal ... Read more

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    Law and the First Folio

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    This collection celebrates the quadricentennial anniversary of Shakespeare's First Folio (1623), examining the intersection of law, literature, history, and performance through eight scholarly essays and an afterword. This volume explores how the First Folio serves as a crucial lens for understanding the politico-legal implications of Shakespeare's works, addressing themes of identity, authorship, ... Read more

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  • The Luminous Way to the East

    Texts and History of the First Encounter of Christianity with China

    Series series AAR Religion in Translation
    The Luminous Way to the East offers a comprehensive survey of the historical, literary, epigraphic, and archaeological sources of the first stage of the Christian mission to China. It explores the complex and multifaceted process of the interaction with the different cultural and religious milieux that the Church of the East experienced in its diffusion throughout Central Asia and into China ... Read more

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  • Christian Monks on Chinese Soil

    A History of Monastic Missions to China

    The contribution of monks to the evangelization of lands not yet reached by the preaching of the Gospel has certainly been remarkable. The specific witness that the monastic community gives is of a radical Christian life naturally radiating outward, and thus it is implicitly missionary. The process of inculturation of Christian monasticism in China required a bold spiritual attitude of openness to ... Read more

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  • Comparative Law and Legal Traditions

    Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    The primary aim of this book is to provide clear and reliable information on a number of central topics in comparative law. At a time when global society is increasingly mobile and legal life is internationalized, the role of comparative law is gaining importance. While the growing interest in this field may well be attributed to the dramatic increase in international legal transactions, this ... Read more

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  • Local Governance in Multi-Layered Systems

    A Comparative Legal Study in the Federal-Local Connection

    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    The book provides a comprehensive analysis of local government in federations. It fills the gap in current legal research and positions local government in federal studies through the lenses of comparative law, adopting a more nuanced approach to local government. The book considers the shortcomings between the black-letter constitution and its operational rules. Whether (and how) the regime of ... Read more

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    A Legal and Literary Discourse

    Series series Law, Language and Communication
    This collection focuses on how troubled times impact upon the law, the body politic, and the complex interrelationship among them. It centres on how they engage in a dialogue with the imagination and literature, thus triggering an emergent (but thus far underdeveloped) field concerning the ‘legal imagination.’Legal change necessitates a close examination of the historical, cultural, social, and ... Read more

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  • The Meanings of Rights

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