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Land

How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World

by Simon Winchester ...

From the bestselling author Simon Winchester, a human history of land around the world: who mapped it, owned it, stole it, cared for it, fought for it and gave it back.In 1889, thousands of hopeful people raced southward from the Kansas state line and westward from the Arkansas boundary to stake claims on the thousands of acres of unclaimed pastures and meadows. Across the twentieth century, water ... Read more

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From the bestselling author Simon Winchester, a human history of land around the world: who mapped it, owned it, stole it, cared for it, fought for it and gave it back.In 1889, thousands of hopeful people raced southward from the Kansas state line and westward from the Arkansas boundary to stake claims on the thousands of acres of unclaimed pastures and meadows. Across the twentieth century, water
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The Book of Trespass

Crossing the Lines that Divide Us

by Nick Hayes ...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA GUARDIAN, I AND SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION 2021'Brilliant, passionate and political . . . The Book of Trespass will make you see landscapes differently' Robert Macfarlane'A remarkable and truly radical work, loaded with resonant truths' George Monbiot</p... ... Read more

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA GUARDIAN, I AND SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION 2021'Brilliant, passionate and political . . . The Book of Trespass will make you see landscapes differently' Robert Macfarlane'A remarkable and truly radical work, loaded with resonant truths' George Monbiot</p...
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Who Owns England?

How We Lost Our Green and Pleasant Land, and How to Take It Back

by Guy Shrubsole ...

‘A formidable, brave and important book’ Robert Macfarlane‘Absolutely brilliant…You cannot read this book and defend the establishment’ Alastair Campbell, The Rest is PoliticsWho owns England?Behind this simple question lies this country’s oldest and best-kept secret. This is the history of how England’s elite came to own our land, and an inspiring manifesto for how to open up our countryside once ... Read more

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‘A formidable, brave and important book’ Robert Macfarlane‘Absolutely brilliant…You cannot read this book and defend the establishment’ Alastair Campbell, The Rest is PoliticsWho owns England?Behind this simple question lies this country’s oldest and best-kept secret. This is the history of how England’s elite came to own our land, and an inspiring manifesto for how to open up our countryside once
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Recognizing Aboriginal Title

The Mabo Case and Indigenous Resistance to English-Settler Colonialism

by Peter Russell ...

Series series Heritage
A judicial revolution occurred in 1992 when Australia's highest court discarded a doctrine that had stood for two hundred years, that the country was a terra nullius – a land of no one – when the white man arrived. The proceedings were known as the Mabo Case, named for Eddie Koiki Mabo, the Torres Strait Islander who fought the notion that the Australian Aboriginal people did not have a system of ... Read more

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A judicial revolution occurred in 1992 when Australia's highest court discarded a doctrine that had stood for two hundred years, that the country was a terra nullius – a land of no one – when the white man arrived. The proceedings were known as the Mabo Case, named for Eddie Koiki Mabo, the Torres Strait Islander who fought the notion that the Australian Aboriginal people did not have a system of
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Unlocking Land Law

by Judith Bray ...

Series series Unlocking the Law
Unlocking Land Law will help you grasp the main concepts of the subject with ease. Containing accessible explanations in clear and precise terms that are easy to understand, it provides an excellent foundation for learning and revising land law.The information is clearly presented in a logical structure and the following features support learning, helping you to advance with confidence:clear ... Read more

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Unlocking Land Law will help you grasp the main concepts of the subject with ease. Containing accessible explanations in clear and precise terms that are easy to understand, it provides an excellent foundation for learning and revising land law.The information is clearly presented in a logical structure and the following features support learning, helping you to advance with confidence:clear
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Supreme Court Judgement On Ayodhya Issue

Ram Janmabhoomi Babri Masjid Land Title Dispute

by S. Padmavathi, D.G. Hari Prasath ...

Ayodhya tussle - For Hindus, Ram Janma Bhoomi is a “Place of Veneration” and for Muslims, Babri Masjid is a “Place of Ritual Prostration”. The Babri Masjid (Mosque of Babur), the Tughlaq-style mosque, was built in 1528 by General Mir Baqi on the orders of Zahir-ud-din Muhammad Babur, the founder and first emperor of the Mughal dynasty in the Indian subcontinent. The building is facile with Islamic ... Read more

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Ayodhya tussle - For Hindus, Ram Janma Bhoomi is a “Place of Veneration” and for Muslims, Babri Masjid is a “Place of Ritual Prostration”. The Babri Masjid (Mosque of Babur), the Tughlaq-style mosque, was built in 1528 by General Mir Baqi on the orders of Zahir-ud-din Muhammad Babur, the founder and first emperor of the Mughal dynasty in the Indian subcontinent. The building is facile with Islamic
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El desequilibrio procesal y probatorio del "opositor víctima o sujeto vulnerable" en el proceso de restitución de tierras

by Federica Del Llano Toro ...

Series Book 2 - Colección Opera Prima
"Esta obra se enmarca en la Ley de Víctimas, Ley 1448 del año 2011, y aborda específicamente los casos en que se presenta oposición de una víctima o de un sujeto vulnerable de especial protección frente a la reclamación de restitución de un predio por una víctima. No aborda la generalidad de los casos de oposición. Se indaga la posición procesal y las capacidades probatorias del opositor víctima o ... Read more

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"Esta obra se enmarca en la Ley de Víctimas, Ley 1448 del año 2011, y aborda específicamente los casos en que se presenta oposición de una víctima o de un sujeto vulnerable de especial protección frente a la reclamación de restitución de un predio por una víctima. No aborda la generalidad de los casos de oposición. Se indaga la posición procesal y las capacidades probatorias del opositor víctima o
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Perspectives for Agronomy

Adopting Ecological Principles and Managing Resource Use

Edited by M.K. van Ittersum, S.C. van de Geijn ...

Series Book 25 - Developments in Crop Science
During the 4th ESA-Congress, held in the Netherlands, 7-11 July 1996, a new perspective for agronomy emerged. Various contributions demonstrate the need for a new role of agronomy and its tools. In recent decades, agriculture has evolved from an activity with mainly productivity aims, into an issue conciliating environmental, agricultural, and economic and social objectives. Placing agriculture in ... Read more

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During the 4th ESA-Congress, held in the Netherlands, 7-11 July 1996, a new perspective for agronomy emerged. Various contributions demonstrate the need for a new role of agronomy and its tools. In recent decades, agriculture has evolved from an activity with mainly productivity aims, into an issue conciliating environmental, agricultural, and economic and social objectives. Placing agriculture in
... Read more
Racconti di schiavitù e lotta nelle campagne

by Sara Manisera ...

Seguendo il ciclo delle stagioni, Sara Manisera ha raccolto le storie di braccianti impiegati nelle campagne italiane, spesso immigrati, e di quanti attraverso associazioni e cooperative propongono un modello di lavoro agricolo, rispettoso dei diritti e dell'ambiente, fuori dalla Grande Distribuzione Organizzata. Dalla Calabria al Piemonte, passando per la Puglia e la Sicilia, le donne e gli ... Read more

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Seguendo il ciclo delle stagioni, Sara Manisera ha raccolto le storie di braccianti impiegati nelle campagne italiane, spesso immigrati, e di quanti attraverso associazioni e cooperative propongono un modello di lavoro agricolo, rispettoso dei diritti e dell'ambiente, fuori dalla Grande Distribuzione Organizzata. Dalla Calabria al Piemonte, passando per la Puglia e la Sicilia, le donne e gli
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Disability Law for Property, Land Use, and Zoning Lawyers

by Robin Paul Malloy ...

More importantly, the author focuses on clearing up the confusion that is often associated with thinking that disability law is really just about designing doorways, bathrooms, and office space. While design issues are important to accessibility, there are many legal issues involved with knowing when certain elements of the law are applicable to a situation and in knowing what needs to be done to ... Read more

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More importantly, the author focuses on clearing up the confusion that is often associated with thinking that disability law is really just about designing doorways, bathrooms, and office space. While design issues are important to accessibility, there are many legal issues involved with knowing when certain elements of the law are applicable to a situation and in knowing what needs to be done to
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New Perspectives on Land Registration

Contemporary Problems and Solutions

Edited by Amy Goymour, Dr Stephen Watterson, Dr Martin Dixon ...

The Land Registration Act 2002 has been in force for almost fifteen years. When enacted, the legislation, which replaced the Land Registration Act 1925, was intended to offer a clear and lasting framework for the registration of title to land in England and Wales. However, perhaps confounding the hopes of its drafters, the legislation's interpretation and application has since generated many ... Read more

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The Land Registration Act 2002 has been in force for almost fifteen years. When enacted, the legislation, which replaced the Land Registration Act 1925, was intended to offer a clear and lasting framework for the registration of title to land in England and Wales. However, perhaps confounding the hopes of its drafters, the legislation's interpretation and application has since generated many
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Schnittfelder von Bauleitplanung und raumbezogenen Fachplanungen

Fach- und Rechtsfragen in der Planungspraxis

by Stephan Mitschang ...

Series Book 31 - Berliner Schriften zur Stadt- und Regionalplanung
Dieser Sammelband enthält die schriftlich ausgearbeiteten Vorträge der am 19. und 20. September 2016 an der Technischen Universität Berlin unter der Themenstellung «Schnittfelder von Bauleitplanung und raumbezogenen Fachplanungen – Fach- und Rechtsfragen in der Planungspraxis» stattgefundenen wissenschaftlichen Fachtagung. Im Mittelpunkt der Ausführungen stehen aktuelle Fragestellungen zu ... Read more

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Dieser Sammelband enthält die schriftlich ausgearbeiteten Vorträge der am 19. und 20. September 2016 an der Technischen Universität Berlin unter der Themenstellung «Schnittfelder von Bauleitplanung und raumbezogenen Fachplanungen – Fach- und Rechtsfragen in der Planungspraxis» stattgefundenen wissenschaftlichen Fachtagung. Im Mittelpunkt der Ausführungen stehen aktuelle Fragestellungen zu
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Regulating Coastal Zones

International Perspectives on Land Management Instruments

Edited by Rachelle Alterman, Cygal Pellach ...

Series series Urban Planning and Environment
Regulating Coastal Zones addresses the knowledge gap concerning the legal and regulatory challenges of managing land in coastal zones across a broad range of political and socio-economic contexts.In recent years, coastal zone management has gained increasing attention from environmentalists, land use planners, and decision-makers across a broad spectrum of fields. Development pressures along ... Read more

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Regulating Coastal Zones addresses the knowledge gap concerning the legal and regulatory challenges of managing land in coastal zones across a broad range of political and socio-economic contexts.In recent years, coastal zone management has gained increasing attention from environmentalists, land use planners, and decision-makers across a broad spectrum of fields. Development pressures along
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Che cosa c’è sotto

Il suolo, i suoi segreti, le ragioni per difenderlo

by Paolo Pileri ...

Series series Saggio
Capire che cosa c’è sotto, per diventare partigiani del suolo. Nuova edizione 2016Che cosa c’è sotto i nostri piedi? Questo libro spiega che cos’è il suolo e perché noi – gli “inquilini del piano di sopra” – dobbiamo difenderlo. Perchè il suolo è bello. Perché è una risorsa straordinaria e non rinnovabile (per generare 2,5 centimetri di suolo ci vogliono 500 anni). Perché è un bene comune che ci ... Read more

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Capire che cosa c’è sotto, per diventare partigiani del suolo. Nuova edizione 2016Che cosa c’è sotto i nostri piedi? Questo libro spiega che cos’è il suolo e perché noi – gli “inquilini del piano di sopra” – dobbiamo difenderlo. Perchè il suolo è bello. Perché è una risorsa straordinaria e non rinnovabile (per generare 2,5 centimetri di suolo ci vogliono 500 anni). Perché è un bene comune che ci
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I semi e la terra

Manifesto per la cultura contadina

by Davide Ciccarese ...

Series series Guru. Guide responsabili e utili
Un contadino ci salverà!La piccola agricoltura è l’unica garanziadi cibo per tutti. Questo libro spiega perchéQuesto libro traccia il solco per difendere l’agricoltura contadina e i piccoli agricoltori: quelli che coltivano la terra -da sempre, in tutto il mondo- per vivere dei suoi frutti e non per farne commercio.Un libro che dissoda numerosi luoghi comuni: ci ricorda quali danni abbia prodotto ... Read more

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Un contadino ci salverà!La piccola agricoltura è l’unica garanziadi cibo per tutti. Questo libro spiega perchéQuesto libro traccia il solco per difendere l’agricoltura contadina e i piccoli agricoltori: quelli che coltivano la terra -da sempre, in tutto il mondo- per vivere dei suoi frutti e non per farne commercio.Un libro che dissoda numerosi luoghi comuni: ci ricorda quali danni abbia prodotto
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Feminist Governance and International Law

A Critical Legal History from Mandate Palestine

by Paola Zichi ...

Series series Feminist and Queer International Law
Documenting the intertwined history of international institutions and transnational feminism through the lens of Mandate Palestine in the inter-war period, this book elicits the historical formation of an early form of feminist governance at the international level. It is commonly accepted that ‘International Women’s Rights’ entered the halls of international institutions with the 1979 passage of ... Read more

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Documenting the intertwined history of international institutions and transnational feminism through the lens of Mandate Palestine in the inter-war period, this book elicits the historical formation of an early form of feminist governance at the international level. It is commonly accepted that ‘International Women’s Rights’ entered the halls of international institutions with the 1979 passage of
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Construction Contracts

Questions and Answers

by David Chappell ...

This fully revised and updated edition of Construction Contracts: Questions and Answers includes 300 questions and incorporates 42 new judicial decisions, the JCT 2016 updates and the RIBA Building Contracts and Professional Services Contracts 2018 updates.Construction professionals of all kinds frequently need legal advice that is straightforward as well as authoritative and legally rigorous. ... Read more

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This fully revised and updated edition of Construction Contracts: Questions and Answers includes 300 questions and incorporates 42 new judicial decisions, the JCT 2016 updates and the RIBA Building Contracts and Professional Services Contracts 2018 updates.Construction professionals of all kinds frequently need legal advice that is straightforward as well as authoritative and legally rigorous.
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The Routledge Pocket Guide to Legal Latin

by Jon R. Stone ...

The Routledge Pocket Guide to Legal Latin is an invaluable legal reference tool, providing a quick and informative guide to Latin words and phrases commonly used in legal settings.This useful guide offers readers an extensive collection of over 4700 Latin words and phrases, 500 Latin abbreviations, and hundreds of informative legal maxims, principles, and interesting quotations drawn from the ... Read more

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The Routledge Pocket Guide to Legal Latin is an invaluable legal reference tool, providing a quick and informative guide to Latin words and phrases commonly used in legal settings.This useful guide offers readers an extensive collection of over 4700 Latin words and phrases, 500 Latin abbreviations, and hundreds of informative legal maxims, principles, and interesting quotations drawn from the
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Law and Society in Later Medieval England and Ireland

Essays in Honour of Paul Brand

Edited by Travis R. Baker ...

Law mattered in later medieval England and Ireland. A quick glance at the sources suggests as much. From the charter to the will to the court roll, the majority of the documents which have survived from later medieval England and Ireland, and medieval Europe in general, are legal in nature. Yet despite the fact that law played a prominent role in medieval society, legal history has long been a ... Read more

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Law mattered in later medieval England and Ireland. A quick glance at the sources suggests as much. From the charter to the will to the court roll, the majority of the documents which have survived from later medieval England and Ireland, and medieval Europe in general, are legal in nature. Yet despite the fact that law played a prominent role in medieval society, legal history has long been a
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Ratio and Voluntas

The Tension Between Reason and Will in Law

by Kaarlo Tuori ...

Series series Applied Legal Philosophy
From the ancient beginnings of Western legal tradition, law has been conceived as traversed by a fundamental tension between power (will) and reason. This volume examines the tension between these two poles, 'ratio and voluntas' in modern law. Part I focuses on three instructive phases in the history of the law's ratio. Part II examines the way legal scholarship, especially doctrinal research ... Read more

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From the ancient beginnings of Western legal tradition, law has been conceived as traversed by a fundamental tension between power (will) and reason. This volume examines the tension between these two poles, 'ratio and voluntas' in modern law. Part I focuses on three instructive phases in the history of the law's ratio. Part II examines the way legal scholarship, especially doctrinal research
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Global Perspectives in Urban Law

The Legal Power of Cities

Edited by Nestor M. Davidson, Geeta Tewari ...

Series series Juris Diversitas
The growing field of urban law demands a collaborative scholarly focus on comparative and global perspectives. This volume offers diverse insights into urban law, with emerging theories and analyses of topics ranging from criminal reform and urban housing, to social and economic inequality and financial crises, and democratization and freedom for individual identity and space. Particularly now, ... Read more

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The growing field of urban law demands a collaborative scholarly focus on comparative and global perspectives. This volume offers diverse insights into urban law, with emerging theories and analyses of topics ranging from criminal reform and urban housing, to social and economic inequality and financial crises, and democratization and freedom for individual identity and space. Particularly now,
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Legal Lexicography

A Comparative Perspective

by Máirtín Mac Aodha ...

Series series Law, Language and Communication
Legal lexicography or jurilexicography is the most neglected aspect of the discipline of jurilinguistics, despite its great relevance for translators, academics and comparative lawyers. This volume seeks to bridge this gap in legal literature by bringing together contributions from ten jurisdictions from leading experts in the field. The work addresses aspects of legal lexicography, both ... Read more

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Legal lexicography or jurilexicography is the most neglected aspect of the discipline of jurilinguistics, despite its great relevance for translators, academics and comparative lawyers. This volume seeks to bridge this gap in legal literature by bringing together contributions from ten jurisdictions from leading experts in the field. The work addresses aspects of legal lexicography, both
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Cultures of Conflict Resolution in Early Modern Europe

Edited by Stephen Cummins, Laura Kounine ...

Disputes, discord and reconciliation were fundamental parts of the fabric of communal living in early modern Europe. This edited volume presents essays on the cultural codes of conflict and its resolution in this period under three broad themes: peacemaking as practice; the nature of mediation and arbitration; and the role of criminal law in conflicts. Through an exploration of conflict and ... Read more

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Disputes, discord and reconciliation were fundamental parts of the fabric of communal living in early modern Europe. This edited volume presents essays on the cultural codes of conflict and its resolution in this period under three broad themes: peacemaking as practice; the nature of mediation and arbitration; and the role of criminal law in conflicts. Through an exploration of conflict and
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Miners' Lung

A History of Dust Disease in British Coal Mining

by Arthur McIvor, Ronald Johnston ...

Arthur McIvor and Ronald Johnston explore the experience of coal miners' lung diseases and the attempts at voluntary and legal control of dusty conditions in British mining from the late nineteenth century to the present. In this way, the book addresses the important issues of occupational health and safety within the mining industry; issues that have been severely neglected in studies of health ... Read more

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Arthur McIvor and Ronald Johnston explore the experience of coal miners' lung diseases and the attempts at voluntary and legal control of dusty conditions in British mining from the late nineteenth century to the present. In this way, the book addresses the important issues of occupational health and safety within the mining industry; issues that have been severely neglected in studies of health
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