1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910973382503321

Autore

Libby David J

Titolo

Affect and power : essays on sex, slavery, race, and religion in appreciation of Winthrop D. Jordan / / edited by David J. Libby, Paul Spickard, and Susan Ditto ; introduction by Sheila L. Skemp ; foreword by Charles Joyner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi for the Department of History, University of Mississippi, 2005

ISBN

1-282-94080-5

9786612940804

1-60473-062-5

1-4237-3200-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Classificazione

SOC000000

Altri autori (Persone)

JordanWinthrop D

LibbyDavid J. <1969->

SpickardPaul R. <1950->

DittoSusan

Disciplina

305.8/00973

Soggetti

Slavery - United States - History

Slavery - Political aspects - United States - History

Sex role - United States - History

Sex - United States - History

Christianity - United States

United States Race relations

United States Religion

United States Civilization

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. 183-221) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction; I. SEX; II. SLAVERY; III. RACE; IV. RELIGION; Notes; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In 1968, Winthrop D. Jordan published his groundbreaking work White Over Black: American Attitudes toward the Negro, 1550-1812 and opened up new avenues for thinking about sex, slavery, race, and religion in American culture. Over the course of a forty-year career at



the University of California and the University of Mississippi, he continued to write about these issues and to train others to think in new ways about interactions of race, gender, faith, and power. Written by former students of Jordan, these essays are a tribute to the career of one of America's great thinkers and perhaps the mo

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910961230603321

Autore

Peerenboom R. P (Randall P.), <1958->

Titolo

China's long march toward rule of law / / Randall Peerenboom

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002

ISBN

1-107-13445-5

1-280-42007-3

0-511-17783-6

1-139-14836-2

0-511-06101-3

0-511-05468-8

0-511-32581-9

0-511-49373-8

0-511-06947-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 673 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

340.30951

Soggetti

Rule of law - China

Law reform - China

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 599-652) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The evolution of rule of law in China: the role of law in historical context -- Post-Mao reforms: competing conceptions of rule of law -- Rule of law and its critics -- Retreat of the Party and State -- The legislative system: battling chaos -- The judiciary: in search of independence, authority and competence -- The legal profession: the quest for independence and professionalism -- The administrative law regime: reining in an unruly bureaucracy -- Rule of law and economic



development -- Rule of law, democracy and human rights -- Conclusion: the future of legal reform.

Sommario/riassunto

China has enjoyed considerable economic growth in recent years in spite of an immature, albeit rapidly developing, legal system, a system whose nature, evolution and path of development have been poorly understood by scholars. Drawing on his legal and business experience in China as well as his academic background in the field, Peerenboom provides a detailed analysis of China's legal reforms. He argues that China is in transition from rule by law to a version of rule of law, though most likely not a liberal democratic version as found in economically advanced countries in the West. Maintaining that law plays a key role in China's economic growth, Peerenboom assesses reform proposals and makes his own recommendations. In addition to students and scholars of Chinese law, political science, sociology and economics, this will interest business professionals, policy advisors, and governmental and non-governmental agencies as well as comparative legal scholars and philosophers.