1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990000447640203316

Autore

CALVINO, Italo

Titolo

Sulla fiaba / Italo Calvino ; a cura di Mario Lavagetto

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Torino, : G. Einaudi, c1988

ISBN

88-06-11417-4

Descrizione fisica

XXX, 158 p. ; 17 cm

Collana

Saggi brevi ; 1

Disciplina

858.914

Collocazione

IV.1. 1084(VARIE COLL 969/1)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910790011603321

Autore

Oldham James

Titolo

Trial by Jury : The Seventh Amendment and Anglo-American Special Juries / / James Oldham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [2006]

©2006

ISBN

0-8147-6259-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (365 p.)

Disciplina

347.73/752

Soggetti

Constitutional law - United States

Jury - England - History

Jury - United States - History

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. 229-312) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. The Scope of



the Seventh Amendment Guarantee -- 2. The “Complexity Exception” -- 3. Law versus Fact -- 4. Determining Damages -- 5. The Jury of Matrons -- 6. The Self-Informing Jury -- 7. The English Origins of the Special Jury -- 8. Special Juries in England -- 9. Special Juries in the United States and Modern Jury Formation Procedures -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Appendix 3 -- Appendix 4 -- Notes -- Table of Statutes -- Table of Cases -- Index -- About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

While the right to be judged by one's peers in a court of law appears to be a hallmark of American law, protected in civil cases by the Seventh Amendment to the Constitution, the civil jury is actually an import from England. Legal historian James Oldham assembles a mix of his signature essays and new work on the history of jury trial, tracing how trial by jury was transplanted to America and preserved in the Constitution. Trial by Jury begins with a rigorous examination of English civil jury practices in the late eighteenth century, including how judges determined one's right to trial by jury and who composed the jury. Oldham then considers the extensive historical use of a variety of “special juries,” such as juries of merchants for commercial cases and juries of women for claims of pregnancy. Special juries were used for centuries in both English and American law, although they are now considered antithetical to the idea that American juries should be drawn from jury pools that reflect reasonable cross-sections of their communities. An introductory overview addresses the relevance of Anglo-American legal tradition and history in understanding America's modern jury system.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910255449603321

Autore

Umamaheshwari R

Titolo

Reading History with the Tamil Jainas [[electronic resource] ] : A Study on Identity, Memory and Marginalisation / / by R. Umamaheshwari

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Delhi : , : Springer India : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

81-322-3756-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXX, 326 p. 106 illus., 58 illus. in color.)

Collana

Sophia Studies in Cross-cultural Philosophy of Traditions and Cultures, , 2211-1115 ; ; 22

Disciplina

294.409

Soggetti

Religion - History

Philosophy, Modern

Ethnology - Asia

Culture

History of Religion

Philosophical Traditions

Asian Culture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. On Reading History, and a Community -- 2. Jaina Studies: A Historical Overview -- 3. Recovery of Self? 3.Community Narratives, Inscriptional Records: A Chronicle of Journeys through Tamil Jaina Villages -- 4.‘Retrieving’, Seeking, the Tamil Jaina Self: The Politics of Memory, Identity and Tamil Language -- 5. On Mapping the Layers of Community Histories: Some Concluding Remarks. Annexures. Bibliography. General Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a social history of the Tamil Jainas, a minority community living in Tamil Nadu in south India. It holds special significance in the method of studying the community, living in villages of Tamil Nadu and retrieving their perspectives on their past. This is a new approach in terms of historiography from extant works on Jainism in south India. A major feature of this book is the hitherto uncovered aspect of the question of language and identity, caste and the modern socio-political movements in Tamil Nadu, such as the Self-Respect Movement (initiated by ‘Periyar’), in which some Tamil Jainas were



active participants. Special features in the book include photographs of the community and monuments, maps, and a unique style, which combines a journalistic approach and academic historical research. This book is of interest to readers of Tamil language and history, and to anyone working on the idea of politics of marginalisation of religious identities, ide as of memory, and community narratives of shared history in the face of religious persecution. .