1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910459984703321

Titolo

Bringing power to justice? [[electronic resource] ] : the prospects of the International Criminal Court / / edited by Joanna Harrington, Michael Milde, and Richard Vernon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal ; ; Ithaca [N.Y.], : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2006

ISBN

1-282-86631-1

9786612866319

0-7735-7584-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (279 p.)

Collana

Studies in nationalism and ethnic conflict ; ; 3

Altri autori (Persone)

MildeMichael

VernonRichard <1945->

HarringtonJoanna <1968->

Disciplina

345/.01

Soggetti

Criminal justice, Administration of

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Papers presented at a conference held, Mar. 22-23, 2003 at the University of Western Ontario, London, Ont.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction / Joanna Harrington, Michael Milde, and Richard Vernon -- The legacy of the Milosevic trial / Michael P. Scharf -- The application of international law immunities in prosecutions for international crimes / Dapo Akande -- Exaggerating the ICC / David Wippman -- The US, the ICC, and the demands of impartiality / Alex Tuckness -- Individual responsibility for collective wrongs / Tracy Isaacs -- The International Criminal Court as an institution of moral regeneration: problems and prospects / Catherine Lu -- Serving the interests of justice: amnesties, truth commissions, and the International Criminal Court / Darryl Robinson -- Global(izing) justice? The International Criminal Court / Antonio Franceschet.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910463740403321

Autore

Gray Matthew <1970->

Titolo

Qatar : politics and the challenges of development / / Matthew Gray

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boulder, Colorado ; ; London, [England] : , : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

1-62637-078-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Disciplina

953.63

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Qatar Politics and government

Qatar Economic conditions

Qatar Strategic aspects

Qatar Foreign relations

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Book Title""; ""Contents""; ""List of Tables and Figures""; ""Figure 2.1 Abridged Genealogy of Qatar�s Rulers Since 1868""; ""Table 2.1 Qatari Oil Production and Export, 1949�1971""; ""Table 2.2 Qatari GDP, Oil Revenue, and State Spending, 1970�1982""; ""Table 2.3 Expansion of Onshore Gas Production and Utilization in Qatar, 1971�1981""; ""Table 2.4 Expansion of Electricity and Water Production in Qatar,1971�1980""; ""Table 2.5 Expansion of Education in Qatar, 1960�1981""; ""Table 2.6 Expansion of Trade, Industry, and Service Firms in Qatar, 1971�1980""

""Table 3.1 State Capitalism at Work: State Ownership in Key Qatar Exchange Index�Listed Firms, 2011""""Table 4.1 Qatar�s Oil Reserves and Production, 1972�2011""; ""Table 4.2 Qatar�s Gas Production, 1972�2011""; ""Table 4.3 Qatari Rentierism: The Oil and Gas Sectors as a Share of GDP, 2000�2011""; ""Table 4.4 Qatari Government Finances as Evidence for Rentier-State Characterization, 2004�2011""; ""Table 4.5 Qatari Oil Field Production, mid-2012""; ""Table 4.6 Qatari Liquefied Natural Gas Export Contracts, 2005�2015""



""Table 4.7 Qatargas and RasGas Production and Contracts, 2005�2014""""Table 5.1 Qatari Employment by Sector, 1997�2009""; ""Table 5.2 Higher Education Dynamics in Qatar, 1995�2000""; ""Table 5.3 Higher Education Dynamics in Qatar, 2008�2011""; ""Table 5.4 The Qatari Banking Sector: Comparative Financial Standing and Statistics, 2011""; ""Table 5.5 The Qatari Finance Sector: Performance Indicators, 2006�2011""; ""Table 6.1 Hotel and Tourism Expansion in Qatar, 2000�2011""; ""Table 7.1 GCC Military Capabilities Compared, 2010""

""Table 7.2 Qatar�s Trade with China and India, 2001�2010""""Table 8.1 Qatar�s GDP, Real GDP Growth Rate, and Inflation Rate, 1999�2011""; ""Table 8.2 Qatar�s External Debt: Composition and Value, 2005�2012""; ""A Note on Transliteration and Terminology""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1-The Transformation of Qatar""; ""Why a Book on Contemporary Qatar?""; ""Explaining Qatar�s Political Economy""; ""About This Book""; ""2-The Historical Context""; ""The Rise of the Al Thani Family""; ""The Political Economy After Oil""; ""Qatar Under Khalifa, 1972�1995""

""Hamad, the 1995 Coup, and the New Qatar""""3-The Political Order""; ""An “Energy-Driven� Economy: The State as Chauffeur""; ""The Royal Family""; ""State Mechanisms and State-Owned Firms""; ""The Business Families, Tribes, and Social Linkages""; ""International Business Actors""; ""4-Oil, Gas, and Rents""; ""Qatar�s Energy Resources and Political Economy""; ""The Scope and Future of the Oil Sector""; ""The Centrality of Gas""; ""Petrochemicals and Energy Integration""; ""Rents Reinvested: Qatar�s Sovereign Wealth Fund""; ""The Place of Energy""

""5-Energy-Driven Economic Diversification""



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910830097603321

Titolo

Electron transfer-- from isolated molecules to biomolecules . Part 2 / / edited by Joshua Jortner, School of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel and M. Bixon, School of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , [1999]

©1999

ISBN

1-282-68200-8

9786612682001

0-470-14166-2

0-470-14219-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (758 p.)

Collana

Advance in chemical physics ; ; volume 107

Disciplina

539.72112

541.305

541/.08

Soggetti

Oxidation-reduction reaction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

ELECTRON TRANSFER FROM ISOLATED MOLECULES TO BIOMOLECULES; CONTENTS TO VOLUME 107; INTERPLAYBETWEENULTRAFASTPOLAR SOLVATION AND VIBRATIONAL DYNAMICS IN ELECTRON TRANSFER REACTIONS: ROLE OF HIGH-FREQUENCY VIBRATIONAL MODES; SOLVENT CONTROL OF ELECTRON TRANSFER REACTIONS; THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF ULTRAFAST SOLVATION DYNAMICS BY TRANSIENT FOUR-PHOTON SPECTROSCOPY; COHERENCE AND ADIABATICITY IN ULTRAFAST ELECTRON TRANSFER; ELECTRON TRANSFER AND SOLVENT DYNAMICS IN TWO- AND THREE-STATE SYSTEMS; ULTRAFAST INTERMOLECULAR ELECTRON TRANSFER IN SOLUTION

ELECTRON TRANSFER IN MOLECULES AND MOLECULAR WIRES:GEOMETRY DEPENDENCE, COHERENT TRANSFER, AND CONTROLELECTRON TRANSFER AND EXCIPLEX CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON-TRANSFER TUBES; COPPER PROTEINS AS MODEL SYSTEMS FOR



INVESTIGATING INTRAMOLECULAR ELECTRON TRANSFER PROCESSES; APPLYING MARCUS'S THEORY TO ELECTRON TRANSFER IN VIVO; SOLVENT-FLUCTUATION CONTROL OF SOLUTION REACTIONS AND ITS MANIFESTATION IN PROTEIN FUNCTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL ELECTRON TRANSFER KINETICS IN A DNA ENVIRONMENT; AUTHOR INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

an integrated approach to electron transfer phenomenaThis two-part stand-alone volume in the prestigious Advances in Chemical Physics series provides the most comprehensive overview of electron transfer science today. It draws on cutting-edge research from diverse areas of chemistry, physics, and biology-covering the most recent developments in the field, and pointing to important future trends. This second volume offers the following sections:* Solvent control, including ultrafast solvation dynamics and related topics* Ultrafast electron transfer and coherence effects* Mol