1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454027103321

Titolo

Diversity and tolerance in socio-legal contexts [[electronic resource] ] : explorations in the semiotics of law / / edited by Anne Wagner, Vijay K. Bhatia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Farnham, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, c2009

ISBN

1-317-14923-8

1-317-14922-X

1-282-09185-9

9786612091858

0-7546-9683-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (269 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WagnerAnne <1968->

BhatiaV. K <1942-> (Vijay Kumar)

Disciplina

340.14

340/.14

Soggetti

Semiotics (Law)

Law - Language

Law - Philosophy

Semantics (Law)

Toleration

Cultural pluralism

Discourse analysis - Social aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-241) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Table of Cases; Lists of Conventions, Legislation and Rules; Notes on Contributors; Foreword; Introduction: The International Dual Nature of Law: Tolerance and Diversity; Part I The Semiotic Foundation of Diversity and Tolerance; 1 Tolerance, Pluralism and 'Fighting Faiths': Seeking the Sources of US Constitutional Meaning; 2 'When the Law Speaks': Acts of Intolerance, Threats to Group-Identity, and Confidence in Law and Rights

3 Mediated Semiosis in the Courtroom: Non-Verbal Communicators



and the Usefulness of Audio Video Technology as a Tool by which to Oversee Justice 4 The Roma Way; 5 'Une Certaine Idée de l'Homme, une Certaine Idée de la France': the Rhetorical Construction of Tolerance in French Political Discourse; 6 Shifts in the Concept of War: New War Terminology and its Legal Consequences; Part II Case Analyses of Diversity and Tolerance; 7 Branding Barcelona: Semiotic Considerations in Contemporary Sovereignty; 8 Legality beyond the Scope of Policy

9 On Sight/On Site: Visuality in Native Title Claims: Can We Even Speak? 10 Race, Class and the Supreme Court: Rodriguez v. San Antonio Independent School District (1973); 11 Legal Terms across Communities: Divergence behind Convergence in Law; 12 Women as Legal Subjects and Objects in Contemporary China; Conclusion: Researching "Exploration" in the Semiotics of the Law; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores how the various disciplines of law and linguistics can help us understand the nature of 'Diversity and Tolerance' - both oral and written - and how it might be clarified to avoid fear, and conflicts. It presents and examines recent research and theories at national level and on the international scene.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910554493103321

Titolo

The rhetorical rise and demise of "democracy" in Russian political discourse . Volume 1 The path from disaster toward Russian "democracy" / / David Cratis Williams, Marilyn J. Young, and Michael K. Launer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, Massachusetts : , : Academic Studies Press, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

1-64469-734-3

1-64469-733-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (504 pages)

Disciplina

808

Soggetti

Korean Air Lines Incident, 1983

Conspiracy theories - Russia (Federation)

Democracy - Russia (Federation)

Rhetoric - Political aspects - Russia (Federation)

Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986

Essays.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Interviews -- Note to Readers -- Preface -- Introduction to Volume One. Image and Reality: The Declining Role of Evidence in Public Discourse -- Part One: KAL and Cracks in the Rhetorical Wall -- Route R-20—Terry Graves Illustration -- Takahashi—Novosti Satellite Map -- Ogarkov Double Loop Map—The New York Times -- 1. Did the United States Suppress Ground-to-Air Communications? -- 2. KAL 007 and the Superpowers: An International Argument -- 3. The KAL Tapes -- 4. BCAS Correspondence: “Flight 007: Was There Foul Play?” -- 5. The Need for Evaluative Criteria: Conspiracy Argument Revisited -- 6. Soviet Media Tactics and the Body Politic: Prevention and Treatment of Communicable Diseases -- 7. When the Shoe Is on the Other Foot: Comparative Treatments of the KAL 007 and Iran Air Shootdowns -- 8. Of Mighty Mice and Meek Men: Contextual Reconstruction of the Iranian



Airbus Shootdown -- 9. “007”—Conspiracy or Accident? -- 10. Flight 007 -- 11. Carlos the Jackal Attacks RFE/RL! -- Part Two: Chernobyl, Eco-Nationalism, and Loss of Rhetorical Control -- Plaque at the entrance to the Chernobyl AES administration building (1989) -- The Original Sarcophagus (1989) -- Interior access door to the sarcophagus at Chernobyl (1989) 202 -- A Billboard at the Rovno Nuclear Station (1996) -- The New Secure Confinement (2019) -- 12. Chernobyl in the Soviet Media: Unintentional Ironies, Unprecedented Events -- 13. Redefining Glasnost in the Soviet Media: The Recontextualization of Chernobyl -- 14. Chernobyl: From the Ashes a New Society? -- 15. Nuclear Power in the USSR -- 16. Civilian Nuclear Power in the Commonwealth of Independent States: A Case of Cognitive Dissonance -- 17. Soviet News Media: Uncertainty in the Throes of Change -- 18. Nuclear Power and Ecological Debates in the Soviet Press, Mid-1988 to Mid-1989 -- 19. The Final Days: The Development of Argumentative Discourse in the Soviet Union -- 20. Ukraine Nuclear Power Struggles for Survival -- 21. Nonrational Assessment of Risk and the Development of Civilian Nuclear Power -- 22. Ukraine, Russia, and the Question of Nuclear Safety -- 23. Soviet Bureaucracy and Nuclear Safety -- 24. Review of Two Books by David R. Marples -- 25. Review of Plutopia -- 26. Review of Plokhy, Chernobyl -- 7. Pseudo-Science and Potemkin-History -- 28. Confronting Climate Change: Assessing the Role of Nuclear Power -- Afterword -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The 1983shootdown of KAL 007 and the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident dramatically changedthe Soviet Union in unpredictable ways. The Communist Party, which struggled tomaintain control of political messaging after the KAL crisis, lost control inthe aftermath of Chernobyl.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910132728103321

Autore

Pinard Maurice

Titolo

À propos du vote créditiste au Québec / / Maurice Pinard, Vincent Lemieux

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicoutimi, Quebec : , : J.-M. Tremblay, , 2009

ISBN

1-4123-6916-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Classiques des sciences sociales ; ; 3753

Disciplina

320.971

Soggetti

Canada Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia