1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910955704403321

Autore

Boxberger Linda <1951->

Titolo

On the edge of empire : Hadhramawt, emigration, and the Indian Ocean, 1880s-1930s / / Linda Boxberger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany : , : State University of New York Press, , 2002

ISBN

9780791489352

0791489353

9780585476193

0585476195

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (313 pages)

Collana

SUNY series in Near Eastern Studies

SUNY series in Near Eastern studies

Disciplina

953.3

Soggetti

Ḥaḍramawt (Yemen : Province) History

Ḥaḍramawt (Yemen : Province) History 19th century

Ḥaḍramawt (Yemen : Province) History 20th century

Ḥaḍramawt (Yemen : Province) Social life and customs 19th century

Ḥaḍramawt (Yemen : Province) Social life and customs 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-286) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Aspects of Social Identity in Hadhramawt and Abroad -- Identity in Hadhrami Society -- Hadhrami Emigration and the Mahjar -- The Ordering of Life in Town and Country -- Urban and Rural Life in the Interior -- Urban and Rural Life on the Coast and Its Hinterland -- Social Institutions and the Emergence of Social Criticism -- Rites of Passage, Ceremonies, and Social Critique -- Religious Belief, Practice, and Education: Tradition, Revival, and Critique -- Politics, Power, and Conflict -- The Two Sultanates: Rivals from Inception to Union (1880s to 1918) -- The Sultanates: Challengers and Reformers (1918 to 1936) -- Conclusion -- Rulers of Hadhramawt, Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries -- Qu‘ayti-Kathiri Agreement of 1918 (the Aden Agreement) -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Selected Bibliography -- Index



Sommario/riassunto

Offering a new perspective on a little-studied society, On the Edge of Empire examines the gradual incorporation of the Qu`ayti and Kathiri sultanates of Hadhramawt in the southern Arabian Peninsula into the British Empire during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Boxberger shows how changes in political and social institutions fostered contestation at all levels, from rivalries over territory and political power, to heated debates over religious and educational reform, to efforts to regulate wedding customs and women's dress. Based on extensive fieldwork, this ethnographic and historical narrative draws upon a wide variety of sources, including British documents and accounts; local documents, manuscripts and rare printed materials; extensive interviews with Hadhrami elders from all walks of life; and proverbs, poetry, and tribal lore. Clearly written and richly textured, this book is a welcome contribution to the study of Yemen, the historical ethnography of the Middle East, and the literature on the Islamic societies of the Indian Ocean littoral.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910254891603321

Titolo

Emerging Issues in Sustainable Development : International Trade Law and Policy Relating to Natural Resources, Energy, and the Environment / / edited by Mitsuo Matsushita, Thomas J. Schoenbaum

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tokyo : , : Springer Japan : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIX, 402 p. 3 illus., 2 illus. in color.)

Collana

Economics, Law, and Institutions in Asia Pacific, , 2199-8620

Classificazione

16.20.24

Disciplina

333.7

Soggetti

Commercial law

International law

Commerce

Environmental law, International

Business Law

International Economic Law, Trade Law

International Environmental Law

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Part I Law and Policy on Natural Resources in Selected Asian Countries -- 1 Natural Resources and Energy Regulation in Australia–the Energy White Paper in context (Andrew D. Mitchell and Jessica Casben)  -- 2 Legal System of Natural Resources Protection in China: GATT 20 and China’s Export Limits on Resources (Liu Jingdong) -- 3 Law and Policy on Mineral Resources in Mongolia: Seeking Inescapable Stability (Batbold Amarsanaa) -- 4 Natural Resources Regime in India: Impact on Trade and Investment (R.V. Anuradha and Piyush Joshi) -- Part II Export Restrictions and WTO Agreements -- 5 A Note on the China Rare Earths Case (Mitsuo Matsushita / Thomas J. Schoenbaum) -- 6 The World Trade Organization and Export Restrictions (Gabrielle Marceau) -- 7 Reforming WTO Discipline on Export Duties: Sovereignty over Natural Resources, Economic Development and Environmental Protection (Julia Ya Qin) -- Part III Free Trade Agreements and Natural Resources -- 8 Free Trade Agreements and Natural Resources (Junji Nakagawa) -- 9 Comment to “Free Trade Agreements and Natural Resources” (Yuka Fukunaga) -- Part IV Competition Law Issues Relating to Exportation of Natural Resources -- 10 The Iron Ore Production Joint Venture between Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton: The European Angle of a Multinational Antitrust Review (Jean-François Bellis) -- 11 Putting Limits on Extra-Territorial Coverage of Competition Laws in the Age of Global Supply Chains: Comparison of the US and Japan. Comments to “The Iron Ore Production Joint Venture between Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton“ (Toshiaki Takigawa) -- Part V Special Agreements and Energy -- 12 Special Agreements and Energy: Filling the gaps (Michael Hahn and Kateryna Holzer) -- 13 Energy Charter Treaty: Standing out beside the WTO (Noriko Yodogawa) -- 14 Changes in Cycles and Risks of Circumvention? Comments to “Special Agreements and Energy” (Tomohiko Kobayashi) -- Part VI Subsidy Issues in Renewable Energy Trade -- 15 The Climate-Trade Conundrum: A Critical Analysis of the WTO’s Jurisprudence on Subsidies to Renewable Energy (Huaxia Lai) -- 16 Export Restraints of Natural Resources and the SCM Agreement (Jaemin Lee) -- 17 Subsidies Issues in Renewable Energy Trade. Comments to “Export Restraints of Natural Resources and the SCM Agreement” (Heng Wang) -- Part VII Energy Trade and Investment Treaties -- 18 International Energy Trade and Investor-State Arbitration: What Role for Sustainable Development? (Susan L. Karamanian) -- 19 Comment to “International Energy Trade and Investor-State Arbitration” (Shotaro Hamamoto). Part IIX Environmental Issues: Climate Change and Trade/Investment -- 20 Climate Change, Trade, and Investment Law: What Difference would a Real Responsibility to Protect Make? (Krista Nadakavukaren Schefer) -- 21 Comments to “Climate Change, Trade, and Investment Law” (Shinya Murase).

Sommario/riassunto

This book seeks to answer the questions: how do the rules of international treaties on trade and investment apply to the new laws and policies relating to energy-related trade, and do the rules of the multilateral system contribute to or detract from sustainable development? An emerging set of new problems in the law of international trade is how to reconcile the rules of the multilateral trading system with shortages of certain natural resources and the necessity to develop renewable energy resources. The chapters in this book provide a comprehensive analysis of the international trade issues presented by national trade laws and policies with regard to natural resources and energy. This book is about the extent to which we are interpreting existing rules to cover emerging problems and how the rules of the multilateral trading system can be adapted to achieve sustainable development in natural resources and energy. The book



begins with a survey of selected national laws relating to recent restrictions on the export of natural resources, both resources used to produce energy as well as natural resources essential for industrial production. After examining the range of such laws in selected important countries, we turn to the application of the rules of the multilateral trading system to such export restrictions. We discuss the major rules of the World Trade Organization (WTO) as well as the natural resources rules in selected regional preferential free trade agreements. While there is not a comprehensive global legal regime on competition law, we believe it is also important to examine how selected national competition laws impact export restrictions on natural resources. This book will be a major contribution to the international dialogue on international economic law issues with respect to trade in natural resources and energy.