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UNINA9910463527403321 |
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Human rights and the arts : perspectives on global Asia / / edited by Susan J. Henders and Lily Cho ; contributors, Michael Bodden [and thirteen others] |
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Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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1-4985-0630-5 |
0-7391-8474-1 |
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1 online resource (276 p.) |
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Human rights - Social aspects - Asia |
Human rights in literature |
Human rights in art |
Arts, Asian |
Arts and society - Asia |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents; Figures; Acknowledgments; 1 Human Rights and the Arts in Global Asia; I: Freedoms and Democracies; 2 Love the Future; 3 "September"; II: War and Atrocity; 4 Impacts and Legacies of War on Human Rights; 5 Incendiary Material; III: Livelihoods, Place, and Ecologies; 6 Literary Lament on a Death Foretold; 7 Reading Peasants' Rights to Livelihood in Umar Kayam's "Sri Sumarah" and "Bawuk"; 8 The River, the People, and the State(s); IV: Minorities, Nations, States, and Empires; 9 Abuse and Its Aftermath; 10 Chasing the Monster; 11 Human Rights and Human Wrongs |
12 Intersectionality, Hybridity, and the Minority Rights SubjectV: Migrations, Transnationalisms, Universalisms; 13 Human Rights and the Poetics of "Migritude"; 14 Universal Rights and Separate Universes; VI: Afterword; 15 Confucius Institutes, Human Rights, and Global Asia; Index; About the Contributors |
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By shifting the discussion of human rights away from the binaries of |
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cultural relativism and political sovereignty, this book moves toward a new understanding of human rights that takes account of the diverse contexts central to being human and living a life of dignity. |
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UNINA9910688452303321 |
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Grand celebration : 10th Anniversary of the Human Genome Project / / edited by John Burn, [and three others] |
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Basel, Switzerland : , : MDPI, , [2016] |
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©2016 |
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1 online resource (276 pages) : illustrations |
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In 1990, scientists began working together on one of the largest biological research projects ever proposed. The project proposed to sequence the three billion nucleotides in the human genome. The Human Genome Project took 13 years and was completed in April 2003, at a cost of approximately three billion dollars. It was a major scientific achievement that forever changed the understanding of our own nature. The sequencing of the human genome was in many ways a triumph for technology as much as it was for science. From the Human Genome Project, powerful technologies have been developed (e.g., microarrays and next generation sequencing) and new branches of science have emerged (e.g., functional genomics and pharmacogenomics), paving new ways for advancing genomic research and medical applications of genomics in the 21st century. The investigations have provided new tests and drug targets, as well as insights into the basis of human development and diagnosis/treatment of cancer and several mysterious humans diseases. This genomic revolution is prompting a new era in medicine, which brings both |
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challenges and opportunities. Parallel to the promising advances over the last decade, the study of the human genome has also revealed how complicated human biology is, and how much remains to be understood. The legacy of the understanding of our genome has just begun. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the essential completion of the Human Genome Project, in April 2013 Genes launched this Special Issue, which highlights the recent scientific breakthroughs in human genomics, with a collection of papers written by authors who are leading experts in the field. |
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UNINA9910781098703321 |
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Consumer credit, debt and bankruptcy : comparative and international perspectives / edited by Johanna Niemi, Iain Ramsay and William C. Whitford |
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Oxford ; Portland, Oregon, : Hart Publishing, 2009 |
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1-4725-6050-7 |
1-282-44446-8 |
9786612444463 |
1-84731-522-4 |
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[1st ed.] |
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1 online resource (462 p.) |
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Consumer credit - Law and legislation |
Debtor and creditor |
Bankruptcy |
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Selected papers from the meeting of the Law and Society Association held in Berlin during July 2007 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Inequality and access to financial services / Gregory D Squires -- The political economy of consumer credit securitization : comparing predatory lending in home finance in the US, UK, Germany and Japan / Christopher L Peterson -- Consumer overindebtedness in Brazil and the need for new consumer bankruptcy legislation / Claudia Lima-Marques |
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and Antonio Benjamin -- 'Wannabe WAGS' and 'credit binges' : the constructions of overindebtedness in the UK / Iain Ramsay -- Overindebted households and law : prevention and rehabilitation in Europe / Johanna Niemi -- 'A call to arms' : for regulation of consumer lending / Udo Reifner -- The political economy of the EC consumer credit directive / Sefa M Franklin -- Disclosure as an imperfect means for addressing overindebtedness : an empirical assessment of comparative approaches / Susan Block-Lied ... [et al.]. -- Prevention of overindebtedness and mechanisms for resolving overindebtedness of South African consumers / Michelle Kelly-Louw -- The myth of the cautious consumer : law, culture, economics and politics in the rise and partial fall of unsecured lending in Japan / Souichirou Kozuka and Luke Nottage -- Making sense of nation-level bankruptcy filing rates / Ronald J Mann -- Overindebtedness and financial stress : a comparative study in Europe / Catarina Frade and Claudia Abreu Lopes -- Bankruptcy in Germany : filing rates and the people behind the numbers / Wolfram Backert ... [et al.] -- Elderly consumer weakness in 'withholding credit' / Johannes Doll -- Two decades, three key questions, and evolving answers in European consumer insolvency law : responsibility, discretion, and sacrifice / Jason Kilborn -- A law-in-action approach to comparative study of repayment forms of consumer bankruptcy / Jean Braucher -- Debt agreements from down under / John Duns and Rosalind Mason -- Personal bankruptcy in Korea / Soogeun Oh --New labour : more debt : the political response / Michael Green -- Debt counseling in the shadow of the court : the Dutch experience / Nadja Jungmann and Nick Huls |
Introduction -- Johanna Niemi, Iain Ramsay, William C Whitford -- I Changing Consumer Credit Markets -- 1. Inequality and Access to Financial Services Gregory D Squires -- 2. The Political Economy of Consumer Credit Securitization: Comparing Predatory Lending in Home Finance in the US, UK, Germany and Japan Christopher L Peterson -- 3. Consumer Overindebtedness in Brazil and the Need for New Consumer Bankruptcy Legislation Cláudia Lima-Marques and Antoˆnio Benjamin -- 4. 'Wannabe WAGS' and 'Credit Binges': The Construction of Overindebtedness in the UK Iain Ramsay -- II Topics in Consumer Credit Regulation -- 5. Overindebted Households and Law: Prevention and Rehabilitation in Europe Johanna Niemi -- 6. 'A Call to Arms'-For Regulation of Consumer Lending Udo Reifner -- 7. The Political Economy of the EC Consumer Credit Directive Sefa M Franken -- 8. Disclosure as an Imperfect Means for Addressing Overindebtedness: An Empirical Assessment of Comparative Approaches Susan Block-Lieb, Richard Wiener, Jason A Cantone and Michael Holtje -- 9. Prevention of Overindebtedness and Mechanisms for Resolving Overindebtedness of South African Consumers Michelle Kelly-Louw -- 10. The Myth of the Cautious Consumer: Law, Culture, Economics and Politics in the Rise and Partial Fall of Unsecured Lending in Japan Souichirou Kozuka and Luke Nottage -- III Consumer Overindebtedness and Insolvencies -- 11. Making Sense of Nation-Level Bankruptcy Filing Rates Ronald J Mann -- 12. Overindebtedness and Financial Stress : A Comparative Study in Europe Catarina Frade and Claudia Abreu Lopes -- 13. Bankruptcy in Germany: Filing Rates and the People behind the Numbers Wolfram Backert, Ditmar Brock, Götz Lechner and Katja Maischatz -- 14. Elderly Consumer Weakness in 'Withholding Credit' Johannes Doll -- 15. Two Decades, Three Key Questions, and Evolving Answers in European Consumer Insolvency Law: Responsibility, Discretion, and Sacrifice Jason Kilborn -- IV Repayment Plans -- 16. A Law-in-Action Approach to Comparative Study of Repayment Forms of Consumer Bankruptcy Jean Braucher -- 17. Debt Agreements Down |
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Under John Duns and Rosalind Mason -- 18. Personal Bankruptcy in Korea Soogeun Oh -- 19. New Labour: More Debt-The Political Response Michael Green -- 20. Debt Counselling in the Shadow of the Court: The Dutch Experience Nadja Jungmann and Nick Huls |
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After a long period of prosperity and steady economic growth, the world's leading economies are now in crisis, and although there will be debate about its origins, the scale and seriousness of the crisis is in no doubt. There is also no doubt that excessive amounts of consumer credit, allied to a weak understanding of how globalised credit markets might react to a crisis, have played a significant part. This book, which is primarily about credit, debt and the trouble they have led to, is written by authors who have specialised in researching into over-indebtedness, that is, situations in which an individual's debt burden has become overwhelming. For these authors the plight of individuals is a primary concern, but the wider issue is how credit is used and how it changes societies. The essays in this volume, addressing topics which are fundamental to our understanding of the current crisis, range widely across the whole sector of consumer finance, including mortgages, 'credit-binges', the regulation of consumer lending, insolvency, repayment plans, debt counselling and much more besides. The conclusions drawn from the book are equally wide-ranging, but above all the lesson learned from these essays is that the financialisation of contemporary life ensures that issues of the appropriate role of credit remain of critical importance in society |
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