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Authorship and the Hebrew Bible
Historical criticism of the Bible has long sought to uncover the human authors behind the text. But how might the "death of the author," so forcefully declared by Roland Barthes over fifty years ago, change the contours of this search? This volume brings together leading experts in the Hebrew Bib...
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Die unbegrenzte Auslegung
Bernd Ruthers provides a comprehensive description and analysis of the development of civil law during National Socialism.
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Notwendigkeit und Legitimation staatlichen Strafens
Der vorliegende Band enthalt mehr als 30 Abhandlungen von Wolfgang Frisch zur Legitimation staatlichen Strafens. Die einleitenden Beitrage gelten der historischen Entwicklung zu einem legitimationsorientierten Strafrecht. Der zweite Abschnitt ist Grundfragen staatlichen Strafens gewidmet: Welche ...
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Kommentar zur Zivilprozessordnung
Mit der 23. Auflage des funften Bandes werden die 328-510c ZPO auf den neuesten Stand von Gesetzgebung, Rechtsprechung und Literatur gebracht. Christian Berger hat in der Neukommentierung des Beweisrechts in den 355-494a ZPO die seit der Vorauflage veroffentlichte Rechtsprechung und Literatur g...
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Religion in den germanischen Provinzen Roms
English summary: The special structure of the German provinces makes it necessary to examine their 'provincial religion' as a number of regional organizations and not as a unified structure. In order to obtain a complete picture of a 'provincial religion', it is necessary to take a look at the es...
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The Pyramid Complex of Amenemhat I at Lisht
This new book in the series “Egyptian Expedition Publications of The Metropolitan Museum of Art” focuses on the architecture of the pyramid complex of King Amenemhat I at Lisht, 20 miles south of Cairo, which was built on a foundation using Old Kingdom blocks.
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Verfassungsrecht im Widerstreit
Der Gedachtnisband wurdigt den Gottinger Ordinarius Werner Heun. Er versammelt Beitrage von wissenschaftlichen Wegbegleitern und Schulern zu den Kernbereichen, in denen Werner Heun geforscht und gewirkt hat. Dazu zahlen die Verfassungsgeschichte, die Verfassungsvergleichung, das allgemeine Verfas...
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Voraussetzungen und Grenzen legitimen Wirtschaftsstrafrechts
English summary: Coping with the structural problems involved in the prosecution of white collar crimes continues to be of great relevance. The discussion surrounding this subject is primarily on the level of substantive law, but does however involve a multitude of issues related to procedural la...
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Struktur und Grenzen des Missbrauchsbegriffs
Christian Schonberger gives a basic definition of the determinants for the interpretation of the prohibition of abuse of a dominant position in antitrust law. What is the significance of a statutory violation within the framework of the established - competition-related - concept of abuse, and do...
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Childe Harold of Dysna
A masterpiece by one of Yiddish literature’s true virtuosi, this satiric poem appears here for the first time in a complete English translation. A celebration of Yiddish language and an indictment of capitalist excess, Kulbak's protagonist journeys from small town Eastern Europe to the metropolis...
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'Can These Bones Come to Life?'
This volume examines the depth and breadth in which experimental archaeology and textual analysis can come together to reveal the past. From glass beads to iron smelting, the profession of arms to chivalric virtues, this collection provides a unique insight into both the daily and intellectual li...
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Figurines and Other Clay Objects from Sarab and Cayonue
Human and animal figurines and other clay objects from the Oriental Institute's continuing work on Neolithic sites in Turkey and Iran.
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Nationale Rechtsinstitute als Bausteine europaischen Verwaltungsrechts
English summary: Since the beginning of European integration, Community law and the administrative law systems of the Member States have been linked by a constant exchange between legal institutions. In order to enable a more in-depth analysis of this ongoing process, which is the development of ...
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Ubersetzung des Talmud Yerushalmi
English summary: The first complete, critical translation into German of the Talmud Yerushalmi Tractate Horayot. The tractate treats the problems resulting from erroneous decisions. German description: Der vorliegende Band ist die erste vollstandige Ubersetzung des Traktats Horayot des Talmud Yer...
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The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Volume LXXIX
This volume presents unpublished Oxyrhynchus papyri on public games, showcasing the city's diverse spectacles, including theatre plays, mimes, athletic and musical competitions, chariot racing, and circus entertainment.
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Der Kolosserbrief im Kontext des paulinischen Erbes
English summary: The Epistle to the Colossians as a Pauline pseudepigraphon provides the earliest example of intertextual modification of authentic Pauline texts through fictitious self-references. By adapting Pauline language, motifs and letter formulas, the author of Colossians not only establi...
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Parallelverfahren und Justizgewahrung
English summary: First and foremost, torpedo actions delay the legal action of the opposing party. Can or must these procedural tactics be prevented? How does this fit in with the right to the granting of justice? Christine Schmehl examines the issues pertaining to the coordination of parallel pr...
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Sotira
Excavations by the author at the site of Sotira on the Limassol Coast in Cyprus were carried out between 1947 and 1956. Includes a detailed account of the acutal excavations and thorough description of each structure with its finds, dating to the second half of the fourth millennium B.C., the Neo...
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Die Konsequenzen des Brexits fur das Internationale Privat- und Zivilverfahrensrecht
Welches Schicksal erleidet das EU-Recht nach dem Wirksamwerden des Brexits im Vereinigten Konigreich? Welche Konsequenzen lost der Brexit auf dem Gebiet des Internationalen Privat- und Zivilverfahrensrechts aus? Welche Regelungen treten an die Stelle derjenigen, die bis zum Austritt des Vereinigt...
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Urheber- und Urhebervertragsrecht
Haimo Schack hat sein Lehrbuch fur die nun vorliegende Neuauflage umfassend aktualisiert und uberarbeitet, auch die Randzahlen wurden neu durchnummeriert. Die Umsetzung der DSM-RL brachte umfangreiche Anderungen mit sich, vor allem zur freien Benutzung, zur Parodie, zum Leistungsschutzrecht fur P...
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Das europaische Umweltmanagementsystem EMAS als Element gesellschaftlicher Selbstregulierung
English summary: EMAS is generally regarded as a classic example of social self-regulation. However, the widespread lack of EMAS certification shows that in the discussion surrounding the governmental instruments of environmental policy on the one hand and forms of social self-regulation on the o...
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Auslandsprioritäten im Patentrecht
How do patent applicants (ab)use the patent system's registration options? Based on application figures, patent applications and priority disputes, Zora Graef examines how patent applicants make strategic use of the right of priority.
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Der Anspruch auf das stellvertretende commodum
English summary: According to section 285 of the German Civil Code, a debtor who is relieved of his obligation to perform due to the impossibility of the performance has to make over to the creditor whatever he has acquired as a substitute for the object he was supposed to provide. The claim to t...
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Christ's Love (Re)Moves Borders
This book brings together scripture, theology and social science into a single compilation to facilitate intercultural academic study, ecumenical learning and sharing. Derived from the WCC 11th Assembly theme, "Christ's Love Moves the World to Reconciliation and Unity", it locates love and reconc...
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Preisfreiheit als Bedingung der Sozialen Marktwirtschaft
The monetary and economic reform of June 1948 is considered the birth of the social market economy in Germany. Melvin John examines the history of ideas that led to the liberalisation of consumer goods prices at that time, probing in particular the theoretical works of Ludwig Erhard.
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Richard the Redeless and Mum and the Sothsegger
The texts, both anonymous, are "Richard the Redeless," concerning the governmental style of Richard II, and "Mum and the Sothsegger," addressing social issues in the reign of Henry IV. Both works reveal that alliterative poetry continued to be the chief vehicle for political and social criticism ...
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To Fix Torah in Their Hearts
From a study of astronomical observations in the ancient Near East, to an exploration of the excesses of obedience and sacrifice as recounted in the stories of Abraham and Isaac and the Buddhist Vessantara Jataka; from Talmud, to modern Bibles for children, to the evolution of the Dead Sea Scroll...
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Außer sich sein
What does it mean to hope or to hope in faith? And what precisely does change when theology is developed based on hope as its center? Hartmut von Sass aims at addressing both questions by not dissolving the tension between them, but in productively retaining it.
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Der ausubende Musiker im Recht Deutschlands und der USA
English summary: The rights of the performing artist to his interpretation are restricted in Germany and in the USA in relation to those of the work's creator. Using the performing musician as an example, Simon Apel shows that from the perspective of legal history or legal theory this discriminat...
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Vorschlage und Gutachten zur Umsetzung des EU-Ubereinkommens uber Insolvenzverfahren im deutschen Recht
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Entscheidungen des Bundesverfassungsgerichts (BVerfGE)
Die Sammlung der Entscheidungen des Bundesverfassungsgerichts gehort zu den einflussreichsten und meistzitierten Periodika der deutschen Jurisprudenz. Sie enthalt alle Senatsentscheidungen des Bundesverfassungsgerichts (BVerfG) in ungekurzter Fassung. Begonnen mit Grundung des Gerichts im Jahr 1...
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Methodenfragen der Romanistik im Wandel
Das Buch gibt einen Uberblick der zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts gefuhrten Diskussion uber die methodologischen Ansatze der Romanistik und berucksichtigt dabei insbesondere die von Paul Koschaker 1938 vorgeschlagene "Aktualisierung" des romischen Rechts. Die damaligen Kontroversen umfassten die F...
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Neues Testament und fruhrabbinisches Judentum
English summary: This volume contains significant published and unpublished essays written by the Judaism and New Testament scholar Friedrich Avemarie, who died unexpectedly in October 2012. Set against the background of an excellent knowledge of the rabbinic literature and with a decidedly theol...
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Mangelfolgeschaden im deutschen und ungarischen Recht
English summary: Defective performances and the damage resulting from these are a constant problem for which lawmakers thought they had found a certain solution. Adam Fuglinszky questions this and examines whether or not the desirable extent of compensation for consequential damages has been foun...
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Anthropologie des Alten Testaments
Seit der klassischen Darstellung H.W. Wolffs von 1973 gibt es keinen Gesamtentwurf einer alttestamentlichen Anthropologie mehr. Diese Lucke versucht Bernd Janowski mit seinem Lehr- und Studienbuch zu schliessen, das sich von Wolffs Lehrbuch nicht nur durch einen anderen Ansatz, sondern auch durch...
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Festschrift fur Karl Loewenstein
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La Arqueología de los Animales de Mesoamérica
En respuesta a un creciente interés en el campo de la zooarqueología, este libro presenta investigaciones que representan a las múltiples culturas y regiones de Mesoamérica, tratando específicamente los aspectos más recurrentes en la literatura zooarqueológica.
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Studies in the Art of China and South-East Asia, Volume II
Volume 2 of Professor Sullivan's collected essays covers Chinese art evolution from traditional to 20th-century European influence, exploring conflicts between tradition and Marxism. Its topics include South-East Asian art and the influence of Chinese porcelain, highlighting regional uniqueness a...
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Studies in Medieval Irish Metalwork
This book showcases the excellence of early-medieval Irish fine metalwork, a pinnacle in European decorative arts. Masterpieces of goldsmith's art, both personal ornaments and items for religious use, from the 7th to the 10th centuries, are featured. Recent discoveries and international exhibitio...
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Heroic Women from the Old Testament in Middle English Verse
Verses about heroic women from the Old Testament. These poems exhibit the attitudes of Late Medieval England towards heroic women, and offer an unusually positive depiction of Judiasm. With extensive notes, glosses, and introductions, invaluable to teachers and students of Middle English.
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Das sakrale Asyl in der Alten Welt
English summary: Religious asylum is one of the few legal institutions in which religion and the law overlap. Thus in this legal institution religiousness and the spirit are reflected especially impressively in differing forms through the ages. Christian Traulsen examines the history of religious...
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Mark and Matthew I
The study of Mark and Matthew from a comparative perspective has a long history. Ever since the theory of Markan priority became firmly established in the 19th century however, many studies, especially commentaries on either Mark or Matthew, make observations related primarily to one of the Gospe...
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Heimliche Grundrechtseingriffe
Der investigative Staat versucht mit vielen Mitteln und in guter Absicht, Informationen uber Einzelne durch heimliche Ausforschung zu gewinnen. Nicht selten macht sich der Gesetzgeber dabei allzu leicht einen kurzfristigen Sicherheitsutilitarismus zu eigen und entledigt sich seiner Verantwortung....
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Enforcement im Gesellschafts- und Kapitalmarktrecht 2015
Dieser Band dokumentiert die Referate und Diskussionen des funften Jahrestreffens von Gesellschafts- und Kapitalmarktrechtlern aus Deutschland, Osterreich und der Schweiz. Er behandelt aus verschiedenen Blickwinkeln grundlegende und aktuelle Fragen des Enforcements im Gesellschafts- und Kapitalma...
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Die Griechischen Gotter
English summary: Lucius Annaeus Cornutus, who hailed from Leptis Magna in Libya, was a Stoic philosopher living in Rome during the reign of the Emperor Nero. Of his works (writings on rhetoric and philosophy; commentaries on works of the poet Virgil) only the Epidrome ton kata ten Helleniken theo...
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Ungeschriebene Korrekturinstrumente im Zivilprozessrecht
Rechtsschutzbedurfnis und Treu und Glauben haben als ungeschriebene Normen des Zivilprozessrechts eine uberragende Bedeutung in Praxis und Wissenschaft erlangt. Umso misslicher ist es, dass im Zusammenhang mit diesen Regelungen viele Fragen und Probleme ungeklart sind. So ist nicht nur zweifelhaf...
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Ramesses II, Egypt's Ultimate Pharaoh
Peter Brand reveals Ramesses the Great as a gifted politician, canny elder statesman, and tenacious warrior; a compelling portrait of this legendary Pharaoh who ruled over Imperial Egypt during its Golden Age.
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Religionsgemeinschaften in Israel
English summary: Angelika Gunzel analyzes the legal status of religious communities in Israel. Within this framework her study aims at defining different legal categories for these communities, in order to determine whether Israel is a religious state or a secular state which cooperates to a cert...
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Power and Patronage in Medieval Syria
This book investigates Tankizs building program by identifying the works that he commissioned, exploring the nature of his participation in these works, and situating them within the broader contexts of architectural development in the region and patronage during the Mamluk period.
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Studies in Byzantine and Serbian Medieval Art
This book examines the interplay between art, theology, and culture in Byzantium, with a particular focus on Serbia's unique artistic expressions influenced by Byzantine art and theology. The well-preserved church decorations in Serbia provide valuable insights into Byzantine art's historical con...
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Translation Theory and Practice in the Middle Ages
Collection of essays derived from a symposium conducted as part of the Twenty-Eighth International Congress on Medieval Studies (Kalamazoo, May 6-9,1993
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Religionsfreiheit im liberalen Rechtsstaat
The promise that each individual shall live freely in accordance with their religion or belief lies at the heart of the human right to freedom of religion. Using classical philosophical texts, Marco Schendel analyses this core promise in the context of the rule of law.
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Becoming a Doctor
Becoming a Doctor is an intimate account of one person’s transformation from naïve student to professorial physician. Packed with unforgettable anecdotes and surprising insights, the book is far more than a memoir of medical education. Chapter by chapter, it exposes the challenging issues that do...
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Traditional African Bonesetters and Western Medical Practitioners
This unique interdisciplinary study of biosocial medicine examines how traditional African bonesetter practices inexorably, and relentlessly, clash with ‘Western’ care protocols. These long-standing traditional vs. contemporary patient-care collisions in Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, and Zimbabwe we...
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Transformation of Indigenous North America
This is a book about the adaptation of Indigenous groups in North America (Mexico, USA, Canada) and their interrelatedness to each other and outside influences over time.
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Reverberating Past
Reverberating Past: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Art of Nostalgia provides a fresh lens on nostalgia by blending artistic and academic explorations, highlighting how cultural artifacts and personal memories shape collective identities. The anthology introduces a unique viewpoint on how t...
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Decolonial Metal Music in Latin America
Nelson Varas-Díaz engages in ethnographic work throughout Latin America to explore how heavy metal music is used to challenge the region’s colonial past and present. Through extensive research in nine countries, his work documents how this musical genre allows listeners and musicians to engage in...
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Analyzing NES Music
Explores a core challenge of early video game composition: how to disguise repetition in music that repeats extensively. It develops a theory of harmony and form for Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) music and uses this theory to analyze five landmark scores: Super Mario Bros., Dragon Warrior, ...
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Digital Consumers
There is a need for a fresh belief system that will help information professionals survive and engage in a ubiquitous information environment, where they are no longer the dominant players, nor, indeed, the suppliers of first choice. This book intends to provide that overarching vision, built on ...
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Changing Roles and Contexts for Health Library and Information Professionals
Examines the evolving role of health professionals and explores the role they play in the context of where they work. This title aims to encourage and inspire health information professionals worldwide to take on new opportunities and ensure their continued development and recognition as valuable...
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Essential Thesaurus Construction
Many information professionals fail to find the published tools for subject-based organization that are appropriate to their local needs. This text describes the characteristics of some types of subject tool, and takes through the process of creating a system. The methodology employed is a techni...
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The Future of Archives and Recordkeeping
With increasing interest from outside of the profession, the idea of archives as the static, impartial carriers of truth and the archivist as a guardian of records has been questioned: how can society take greater control over its own written memory? This book offers a clearly organized approach ...
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Is Digital Different?
A landmark edited collection bringing together global experts on the impact of new technology on information services.
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Leadership
Leadership skills are required at all levels of the profession. Using theoretical concepts and models, coupled with practical tools, this book encourages readers to think about their own leadership and the leadership provided by others around them as the basis for continuing improvement in manage...
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Dynamic Research Support for Academic Libraries
This inspiring book will enable academic librarians to develop excellent research and instructional services and create a library culture that encompasses exploration, learning and collaboration.
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The Information Society
The latest edition of this standard work has been fully updated to take account of the changing landscape and technological developments since 2008. The Information Society explores the information revolution that continues to gather pace, as the understanding and management of information become...
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Organizing Exhibitions
This ground-breaking book is the first to provide librarian's, archivists and museum staff with practical guidance to creating and organizing successful exhibitions. Drawing on international museum practice but applicable to any exhibition or display, the book sets out a time-line from the initia...
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Participatory Heritage
This book provides a wide range of international guidance and perspectives on the complexity of issues surrounding the preservation of local cultural heritage, ranging from formal cultural heritage institutions to individual community members in the associated processes of creation, organization,...
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Managing Electronic Records
For records management courses, this book covers the theory and practice of managing electronic records as business and information assets. It focuses on the strategies, systems and procedures necessary to ensure that electronic records are appropriately created, captured, organized and retained ...
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Records, Information and Data
This dynamic book considers whether and how the management of records (and archives) differs from the management of information (and data).
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Using Web 2.0 for Health Information
Since it was first formally described in 2004, what is known as Web 2.0 has affected every library and information sector. Web 2.0 has tremendous potential to transform health information delivery. This book offers a cohesive overview of how Web 2.0 is changing health and medical information work.
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Practical Ontologies for Information Professionals
Practical Ontologies for Information Professionals provides an introduction to ontologies and their development, an essential tool for fighting back against information overload.
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The Public Library
Examines the role and services of the UK public library in the 21st century context. This book discusses the nature and functions of the modern public library service, from its beginnings as the street-corner university, through its delivery of various services and beyond. It is of interest to st...
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Directory of Rare Book and Special Collections in the UK and Republic of Ireland
This directory is a handy on-volume discovery tool that will allow readers to locate rare book and special collections in the British Isles and has been fully updated since the second edition was published in 1997.
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Information Literacy in the Workplace
This book explains how information literacy is essential to the contemporary workplace and is fundamental to competent, ethical and evidence-based practice.
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The Future of Scholarly Communication
This book draws together the informed commentary of internationally-renowned experts from all sectors and backgrounds on the future of scholarly communication
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E-books in Libraries
Providing a practical appraisal of e-books, this book addresses the key questions: Where do e-books come from and what are the key business models that support them? What needs to change before e-books become universally and easily used? What will the e-book landscape look like in ten years' time...
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Seeing Sense
Foreword by Sir Philip Pullman, CBE, FRSL Illustrated foreword by Chris Riddell, OBEThe burgeoning field of visual literacy can be universally understood across a wide variety of cultural backgrounds, regardless of traditional literacy levels. A key tool for navigating digital devices, there is ...
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Creating a School Library with Impact
Creating a School Library with Impact: A Beginners Guide is an introductory manual for anyone entering or looking to enter the exciting world of school librarianship in primary or secondary school settings.
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Practical Cataloguing
Written at a time of transition in international cataloguing, this book provides cataloguers and students with a background in general cataloguing principles, the code (AACR2) and format (MARC 21) and the new standard (RDA). It provides library managers with an overview of the development of RDA ...
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Information Law
This fully up-to-date guide adopts a practical hands-on approach to information law, which is viewed from both an operational and strategic perspective.
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Interactive Information Seeking, Behaviour and Retrieval
Information retrieval (IR) is a complex human activity supported by sophisticated systems. This book covers the whole spectrum of information retrieval, including: history and background information; behaviour and seeking task-based information; searching and retrieval approaches to investigating...
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Managing Information Resources in Libraries
The management of information resources in libraries is of greater importance in the digital world. This book encompasses different areas of collection management and cover topics, such as: collection management in the organizational context; collection development policies; selection principles ...
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Building an Electronic Resource Collection
Guides the information professional step-by-step through building and managing an electronic resource collection. It outlines the range of electronic products currently available in abstracting and indexing, bibliographic, and other services and then describes how to effectively select, evaluate ...
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Information Users and Usability in the Digital Age
Gives an overview of the necessary issues relating to information users and the usability of information services in the digital world, including user-centred design, and the characteristics and behaviour of information users. This book helps readers understand why information users and the usabi...
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A Handbook for Media Librarians
Media librarians - information workers employed by media organizations such as broadcasters and publishers of newspapers, magazines and websites - often seem to have a low profile in both the information profession and among their employers. This book explores the issues of central importance fac...
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Portals
First applied to internet gateways such as Yahoo, the concept of the "portal" has evolved in a number of directions. How can information services best take advantage of internet portals to improve access to resources? This collection seeks answers to such questions, providing an overview of how p...
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Digital Archives
This landmark edited collection offers a wide-ranging overview of how rapid technological changes and the push for providing wide access to digitized cultural heritage holdings are changing the landscape of archives.
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Archiving Websites
The world wide web is an important, and the largest, cultural and commercial information resource in existence. The requirements to preserve selected parts of it, and the problems of archiving it, are beginning. This book offers guidance to information-management professionals seeking to implemen...
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Altmetrics
This book gives an overview of altmetrics, its tools and how to implement them successfully to boost and measure research outputs.
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Home-School Learning Resources
Home-School Learning Resources is a practical guide that will help teachers, parents, home educators and librarians to locate useful, quality-tested websites that offer resources for enhanced curriculum learning and related fun activities for children and young people aged 4-16.
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Visual Research Methods
Visual Research Methods: An Introduction for Library and Information Studies is the first book to focus on visual methods in LIS, providing a comprehensive primer for students, educators, researchers and practitioners in the field. Contributed chapters in the book showcase examples of VRM in acti...
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Critical Literacy for Information Professionals
This edited collection explores critical literacy theory and provides practical guidance to how it can be taught and applied in libraries.
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Facilitating Effective Sixth Form Independent Learning
Facilitating Effective Sixth Form Independent Learning is a stage-by-stage guide for educators who are interested in setting up a teaching programme to facilitate the independent learning of Sixth Form students.
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Museum Collections Management
A guide to collections management. It addresses the key principles and strategies for looking after culturally significant objects and their associated information as well as the relevant laws and codes of ethics. It covers the information a collections manager needs to know, whatever the size an...
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Preserving Archives
A brand new and fully updated edition of this seminal work on archival preservation. This book considers the causes of threats to the basic material, outlines the preservation options available and offers flexible solutions applicable in a variety of situations. It offers a wide range of case stu...
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Information Resource Description
'Hider’s text provides a fulsome understanding of metadata standards, how they differ, how they are employed, and how vocabularies shape our access to the full spectrum of information about a topic. It is an accessible, well-written and almost conversational overview of information resources des...
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