Law – December 2013 to July 2015

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|August 10, 2015|Law|

Books Africa The Moroccan women’s rights movement / Amy Young Evrard. Commercial Law Comparative commercial contracts : law, culture and economic development / by Boris Kozolchyk, Evo DeConcini Comparative Law Comparative law / Mathias Siems. An introduction to comparative law theory and method / Geoffrey Samuel. The method and culture of comparative law : essays in honour of Mark Van Hoecke / edited by Maurice Adams and Dirk Heirbaut. East

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Trial Access to Armed Conflict Database from the International Institute of Strategic Studies

By Bob Burns|January 23, 2015|Africa, Development Studies, History, Law, Middle East, Central Asia & Islamica, Politics and International Relations, Religions, South Asia, South East Asia|0 comments

We currently have trial access (until 20 Feb 2015) to the Armed Conflict Database (ACD) from the International Institute for Strategic Studies. The Armed Conflict Database monitors armed conflicts worldwide, focusing on political, military and humanitarian trends in current conflicts, whether they are local rebellions, long-term insurgencies, civil wars or inter-state conflicts. In addition to the comprehensive historical background for each conflict, the weekly timelines and the monthly updates, the

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Law – November 2012 to November 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|January 9, 2014|Law|0 comments

Social and legal norms : towards a socio-legal understanding of normativity / by Matthias Baier. Property : meanings, histories and theories / Margaret Davies. Challenging diversity : rethinking equality and the value of difference / Davina Cooper. Normal life : administrative violence, critical trans politics, and the limits of law / Dean Spade. Foreign direct liability and beyond : exploring the role of tort law in promoting international corporate social

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Development Studies – April 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|May 6, 2013|Development Studies|0 comments

Coffee and power : revolution and the rise of democracy in Central America / Jeffery M. Paige The art of coercion : the primitive accumulation and management of coercive power / Antonio Giustozzi. The new protectorates : international tutelage and the making of liberal states / James Mayall, Ricardo Soares De Oliveira, editors. Understanding economic growth in China and India : a comparative study of selected issues / Yanrui Wu.

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History – February 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|March 5, 2013|History|0 comments

The second Ottoman Empire: political and social transformation in the early modern world / Baki Tezcan. Fighting the Mau Mau: the British army and counterinsurgency in the Kenya Emergency India in the world economy: from antiquity to the present / Tirthankar Roy. Indigo plantations and science in colonial India / Prakash Kumar. Writing the history of the global: challenges for the twenty-first century / edited by Maxine Berg. Seleucid dissolution:

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Law – June to November 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|December 17, 2012|Law|0 comments

The Cambridge Companion to Comparative Law Making Legal History : Approaches and Methodologies / edited by Anthony Musson and Chantal Stebbings. [Available as an e-book from Dawsonera] Ottoman Nizamiye courts : law and modernity / Avi Rubin. Financial regulation in Africa : an assessment of financial integration arrangements in African emerging and frontier markets / Iwa Salami. Feminist perspectives on equity and trusts / edited by Susan Scott-Hunt and Hilary

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Law – August 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|September 3, 2012|Law|0 comments

Journals/Law Reports Family Law Online Access to the Family Law Reports (FLR), Family Law Journal (Fam LJ), Child and Family Law Quarterly (CFLQ) and International Family Law (IFL). LawAfrica Includes LawAfrica Law Reports (LLR) a comprehensive database of reports from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. Digest on Civil Case Law & Procedure deals with cases arising from judicial review and constitutional matters. The East Africa Law Reports (EALR) contains full text of

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GlobaLex – new research guides added

By |August 3, 2012|Law|0 comments

GlobaLex is an electronic legal publication dedicated to international and foreign law research. It is published by the Hauser Global Law School Program at NYU School of Law. The guides are useful starting points in researching particular subjects and regional law. New and updated guides have been published on the site. These include: Researching League of Nations Documents by Gabriela Femenia The new guide provides the researcher with a starting point

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Tokyo War Crimes Trial – Digital Exhibition

By |July 24, 2012|Law|0 comments

Virginia Law Library has provided free access to a wealth of material on the Tokyo War Crimes Trial. The site includes background information on the purpose and organisation of the court and includes biographies of the accused, videos of questioning and links to research guides and references. To access visit http://lib.law.virginia.edu/imtfe/

Law – May 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|June 14, 2012|Law|0 comments

A guide to European Union law : as amended by the Treaty of Lisbon / by P.S.R.F. Mathijsen. Charlesworth’s company law 18th ed. Confessions of a eurosceptic / David Heathcoat-Amory Access to justice / ed. by Rebecca L. Sandefur Criminology, civilisation and the new world order / Wayne Morrison. Hard Bargains: The Politics of Sex Marginalized communities and access to justice / edited by Yash Ghai and Jill Cottrell. Procedural

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