1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990009574150403321

Titolo

NETTOX list of food plants : a resource generated by the EU-AIR NETTOX project (1995-1997) / by the NETTOX Plant Food Composition Human Exposure Research Group

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Søborg : Danish Veterinary and Food Administration, c1998

ISBN

8790599101

Descrizione fisica

128 p. : 24 cm

Collana

Inherent Food Plant Toxicants , Report ; 2

Locazione

FFABC

Collocazione

80 IX 85.2

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

In testa al front: EU-AIR concerted action CT 94 2185 information on inherent food plant toxicants



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462280003321

Autore

Dūrī ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz

Titolo

The historical formation of the Arab nation : a study in identity and consciousness / / A.A. Duri ; translated by Lawrence I. Conrad

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-283-58680-0

9786613899255

0-203-10496-X

1-136-25179-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (385 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions. The Arab nation

The historical formation of the Arab Nation : a study in identity and consciousness ; ; v. 1

Altri autori (Persone)

ConradLawrence I. <1949->

Disciplina

909.0974927

909/.0974927

953

Soggetti

Nationalism - Arab countries

Arabism

Electronic books.

Arab countries History 1798-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1987 by Croom Helm.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; The Historical Formation of the Arab Nation; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. The Arabs before Islam: Their Homeland, Location and Origins; The Arab homeland; The position of the Arabs; The origins of the Arab nation; 2. Islam and Arabic: The Formation of Arab- Islamic Society; The caliphate of early Islam; The transformation and decline of the political order; The formation of the Arab nation; Arab emigration and expansion; The Arabs and Islam in Egypt; Developments in the Maghrib; 3. The Arab Nation and its Sense of Identity; The rise of Arab culture

The concept of the Arab nation in actualityThe concept of the Arab nation in thought; The concept of the Arab nation in literature; The concept of the Arab nation in the popular consciousness; 4. The Arabs in the Age of the Tanzimat; Economic developments; Modernisation;



Socio-economic changes; Cultural revival; Beginnings of the modern consciousness; 5. The Arab-Islamic Consciousness: Beginnings of the Nationalist Awakening; Muhammad 'Abduh; Rashid Rida; Al-KawakibI; Al-Zahrawi; Rafiq al-'Azm; Shakib Arslan; 6. The Development of Arab Consciousness from 1908 until the First World War

The Committee of Union and ProgressArab activity in the societies; Intellectual features in periodical literature; The nationalist perspective; 7. The Arab Movement; The reform movement; The First Arab Congress; From decentralisation to independence; The Arab national awakening; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book is a comprehensive examination of the historical process of social formation that gave rise to the communal consciousness of the Arab nation and determined its sense of identity. It aims to provide a historical context for the assessment of prevailing concepts and suggests hypotheses for the development of modern Arab consciousness. The book firstly traces Arab origins and the formation of Arab societies after the emergence of Islam, assessing the perspectives and factors that shaped the rise of the Arab nation in both practical and intellectual terms. It then examines the



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910511754303321

Titolo

Making sovereign financing and human rights work / / edited by Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky, Jernej Letnar Černič

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, England ; ; Portland, Oregon : , : Hart Publishing, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-5099-0924-9

1-78225-393-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (392 p.)

Disciplina

343

343.037

343/.037

Soggetti

Debts, Public - Law and legislation

Debts, External - Law and legislation

Human rights - Economic aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Contributors; Table of Cases; Table of Legislation; 1 Placing Human Rights at the Centre of Sovereign Financing; I OBSERVING THE INTERLINKS BETWEEN SOVEREIGN DEBTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS; A Filling the Gap: Human Beings First; B A Bottom-up Approach; II PRESENTATION OF THE CONTENTS OF THE BOOK; Part I: Debt and Gross Violations of Political and Civil Rights; 2 Rational Choice and Financial Complicity with Human Rights Abuses: Policy and Legal Implications

I INTRODUCTION: WHY THIS INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH?II FINANCIAL COMPLICITY IN POLITICAL SCIENCE: FOREIGN INCOME AND AUTHORITARIAN RESILIENCE; III LEGAL DIMENSION: A RUDIMENTARY ANSWER; A Conventions and Customary International Law; B Jurisprudence; IV POLICY AND LEGAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE FINDINGS IN THE CONTEXT OF COMPLICITY; V ASSESSING THE VERISIMILITUDE OF THE IMPLICATIONS; 3 UN Sanctions that Safeguard, Undermine, or Both,



Human Rights; I INTRODUCTION; II UN SANCTIONS: LEGAL FRAMEWORK; III IMPACT ON HUMAN RIGHTS: THE IRANIAN CASE; IV TOWARDS AN OPERATIONAL METHODOLOGY; V CONCLUSION

4 The Significance of Human Rights for the Debt of Countries in TransitionI LINKAGES BETWEEN DEBT AND HUMAN RIGHTS; A Debt Forgiveness and Human Rights; II TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE AND ECONOMIC VIOLENCE; A Odious and Illegitimate Debt; III THE POLICY RELEVANCE OF A HUMAN RIGHTS PERSPECTIVE; 5 Establishing Liability for Financial Complicity in International Crimes; I INTRODUCTION; II CORPORATE COMPLICITY IN INTERNATIONAL CRIMES; A No Recognition of Corporate Complicity before International Criminal Tribunals; B The Notion of Corporate Complicity before Domestic Courts

III FINANCIAL COMPLICITY IN INTERNATIONAL CRIMESIV LESSONS FROM INTERNATIONAL LAW ON FINANCING TERRORISM; V CONCLUSION; Part II: Debt Crises and Social and Economic Rights; 6 Human Rights and Sovereign Debt Workouts; I THE ASYMMETRY BETWEEN DEBT AND HUMAN RIGHTS ENFORCEMENT: LEGAL AND DISCURSIVE HISTORY; II HUMAN RIGHTS AFFECTED IN SOVEREIGN DEBT WORKOUTS; A Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of People in the Debtor State; B Civil and Political Rights of People in the Debtor State; C Human Rights of Creditors; III JUSTIFICATION OF MEASURES AFFECTING HUMAN RIGHTS

A Retrogressive Measures Affecting Economic, Social and Cultural RightsB Measures Affecting Property Rights and Due Process Rights; IV RESPONSIBILITY; A Debtor State; B International Organisations; C Paris Club; D Bilateral Lenders; E Private Creditors; V RECTIFYING ASYMMETRIES THROUGH HUMAN RIGHTS IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; 7 A Sovereign Debt Overhang, Human Rights and the MDGs: Legal Problems through an Economist's Lens; I INTRODUCTION; II HUMAN RIGHTS OBLIGATIONS AND UNPAYABLE DEBTS; III SOVEREIGN DEBTS AND DEBTOR PROTECTION; IV CONCLUSIONS; 8 Debts and State of Necessity; I INTRODUCTION

II IS THERE A STATE OF NECESSITY DEFENCE AVAILABLE FOR ECONOMIC EMERGENCIES?

Sommario/riassunto

There is an urgent need for more systematic and robust legal and economic thinking about sovereign finance and human rights. This edited collection aims to contribute to filling this gap.