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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457700303321

Titolo

Definitions for the law of the sea [[electronic resource] ] : terms not defined by the 1982 Convention / / general editor, George K. Walker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2012

ISBN

1-283-32688-4

9786613326881

90-04-21161-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (354 p.)

Collana

Report of the International Law Association American Branch Law of the Sea Committee

Altri autori (Persone)

WalkerGeorge K. <1938->

Disciplina

341.4/503

Soggetti

Law of the sea

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.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / George K. Walker -- Introduction to the Report / George K. Walker -- Table of Abbreviated (Short) Citations and Terms; Conventions for Citations / George K. Walker -- Commentaries on Formulating Definitions for the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention / George K. Walker -- Definitions for the Law of the Sea: Terms Not Defined by the 1982 Convention / George K. Walker -- Conclusions / George K. Walker.

Sommario/riassunto

Definitions for the Law of the Sea elucidates undefined terms and phrases used in The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) itself, as well as terms used in its analysis. Based on nearly a decade of work by the American Branch of the International Law Association’s Law of the Sea Committee, the volume provides clear definitions based on usage in the Convention, rather than geographical or geological concepts. Over 200 terms are defined in the text, alongside analyses and commentary prepared by prominent experts in the field of oceans law. Abbreviated citation forms used throughout the volume are clarified, and relevant documents are included with updated references. Definitions for the Law of the Sea is an indispensable source for governmental officials, academics and practitioners of oceans law, and serves as a supplement to the multi-volume United Nations



Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982: A Commentary .

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996391604403316

Autore

Brady Nicholas <1659-1726.>

Titolo

A sermon preached at the funeral of Thomas Shadwell, Esq. late Poet-Laureat, and Historiographer-Royal, who was interred at Chelsea, November 24, 1692 [[electronic resource] /] / by Nicholas Brady .

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Londoon [sic], : Printed for James Knapton ..., 1693

Descrizione fisica

26, [2] p

Soggetti

Funeral sermons

Sermons, English - 17th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Published at the earnest request of the friends of the deceased."

Advertisement: p. [1]-[2] at end.

Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0113



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910962111303321

Autore

Chancer Lynn S. <1954->

Titolo

High-profile crimes : when legal cases become social causes / / Lynn S. Chancer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2005

ISBN

9786612537493

9781282537491

1282537490

9780226101132

0226101134

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (332 p.)

Disciplina

364.1

Soggetti

Crime - United States - Sociological aspects

Crime - United States - Public opinion

Trials - United States - Public opinion

Crime and the press - United States

Crime in mass media

Mass media and public opinion - United States

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. 303-306) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface: The Larger Symbolism of Symbolic Cases -- Acknowledgments -- Part One. Presenting Provoking Assaults. From New York to Los Angeles -- Part Two. Exemplifying a Genre. A Tale of Two Crimes -- Part Three. From Differing Vantage Points. "Smith," "Tyson," "King," "Denny," and "Simpson" -- Part Four. Stepping Back -- Appendix A: Dates and Descriptions of Provoking Assaults -- Appendix B: Identifying the Top Twenty High-Profile Crimes, 1985-1996 -- Appendix C: Acknowledging Intellectual Debts and Distinctions -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

O. J. Simpson. The Central Park jogger. Bensonhurst. William Kennedy Smith. Rodney King. These are more than crimes and criminals, more than court cases. They are cultural events that, for better or worse, gave concrete expression to latent social conflicts in American society.



In High-Profile Crimes, Lynn Chancer explores how these cases became conflated with larger social causes on a collective level and how this phenomenon has affected the law, the media, and social movements. An astute and incisive chronicle of some of the most polarizing cases of the 1980s and 1990s, High-Profile Crimes shows that their landmark status results from the overlapping interaction of diverse participants. The merging of legal cases and social causes, Chancer argues, has wrought ambivalent effects on both social movements and the law. On the one hand, high-profile crimes offer important opportunities for emotional expression and raise awareness of social issues. But on the other hand, social problems cannot be resolved through the either/or determinations that are the goals of the legal system, creating frustration for those who look to the outcome of these cases for social progress. Guilt or innocence through the lens of the media leads to either defeat or victory for a social cause-a confounding situation that made the O. J. Simpson case, for example, unable to resolve the issues of domestic violence and police racism that it had come to symbolize. Based on nearly two hundred interviews, Chancer's discussions of the infamous Central Park jogger and Bensonhurst cases-as well as the rape trials of William Kennedy Smith and Mike Tyson, the assault cases of Rodney King and Reginald Denny, and, finally, the O. J. Simpson murder trial-provide a convincing, multidimensional and innovative analysis of the most charged public dramas of the last two decades.