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The Metaphysical Implications of Campanella's Notion of Fiction
No full textCampanella’s notion of fiction (fabula) hinges upon a multilayered view of reality based on a series of ontological divisions : ens rationis divinae, ens reale, ens rationis, ens irrationalitatis and non ens. They identify levels of being that span the full range of reality, from a minimum to a maximum degree (an ontological spectrum that in Campanella’s philosophy is closely connected to the Telesian criterion of self-preservation). According to Campanella, any human foray into the territories of ‘being of reason’, ‘being of unreason’ and even ‘non being’ is always balanced by a natural ‘return’ to being and reality. This article intends to contextualise Campanella’s views on fiction within the broader framework of his metaphysics
London and beyond: essays in honour of Derek Keene
No full textThis volume contains selected papers from a major conference held in October 2008 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the setting up of the Centre for Metropolitan History at the IHR, and the contribution of Professor Derek Keene to the Centre, the IHR and the wider world of scholarship.
'One of the pioneer volumes in the handsomely produced new Institute of Historical Research Conference series, this book serves as a fitting tribute to one of the most influential urban historians of our time.' - Ian Archer, Urban History, May 2013
She said she was in the family way': Pregnancy and infancy in modern Ireland
No full text'She said she was in the family way' examines the subject of pregnancy and infancy in Ireland from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. It draws on exciting and innovative research by early-career and established academics, and consider topics that have been largely ignored by historians in Ireland. The book will make an important contribution to Irish women’s history, family history, childhood history, social history, crime history and medical history, and will provide a reference point for academics interested in themes of sexuality, childbirth, infanthood and parenthood
A Commonwealth Free Trade Area is neither likely nor desirable
No full textThe idea of a Commonwealth Free Trade Area (FTA) which resurfaces from time to time is, argues Sir Ronald
Sanders, ‘an idea whose time has long passed’. Born of a nostalgia for a time when Commonwealth countries
enjoyed trade preferences with Britain (before it joined the EU in 1973), he explains that an FTA is neither politically
possible nor desirable: it is not possible for the UK, Cyprus and Malta to join a formal Commonwealth trade
arrangement unless they leave the EU, and the benefits of improved preferential access would be exploited by the
major emerging economies. The Commonwealth’s 36 small states ‘would not get much of a look-in’. In this Opinion,
Sir Ronald Sanders explains why the existence of a ‘Commonwealth factor’ – supposedly residing in English as a
common language, similar laws and shared history – is doubtful. Instead, physical proximity, competitive prices and ease of transport explain higher levels of trade between (often neighbouring) Commonwealth countries. Instead,
Sanders calls on Commonwealth Foreign Ministers to reconsider their recent decision not to convene a meeting
of Commonwealth Trade Ministers, supported by an Expert Group, to consider the future of the post-Doha trading
system (as proposed recently by the Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group). In this way, Sanders argues, the
Commonwealth could be a catalyst for expanding world trade through rules that are fairer and more equitable
Constitutional jurisprudence
No full textJustice Markandey Katja (Judge, Supreme Court of India) explains and illustrates the concept of 'constitutional jurisprudence' - as a kind of philosphy of constitutional law, seeking to explain in general terms ideas such as: What is a constitution? What is its purpose? What is its position in the legal system of the country
Creeping legitimacy of corporate social responsibility
No full textA consideration of the evolving international legal framework surrounding a company's ethical and social responsibilities to its employees. Article by Professor A.F. Maniruzzaman, University of Portsmouth published in Amicus Curiae – Journal of the Society for Advanced Legal Studies at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies. The Journal is produced by SALS at the IALS (Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London)
OLAF - a view from inside: a typology of investigative cultures
No full textThis paper discusses a conceptualisation of investigative cultures based on experience at the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and general policing culture. It draws on five months work as a trainee at OLAF, including interviews with 17 investigators, and the literature on the organisation of policing, combined with work done at the Universities Police Science Institute in Cardiff University's School of Social Sciences
Globalization and Legal Information Management
No full textDraft of Chapter 2 of the IALL International Handbook of Legal Information Management by Jules Winterton, Associate Director and Librarian, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London. This chapter is a relatively brief survey of what globalization means in the field of legal information management and what effect it has had and will have on a range of activities and policy areas relevant to the practice of legal information management. There are firstly some comments towards a definition of globalization for the purposes of this chapter and then a survey of the following in the light of that definition: legal systems, information consumers, legal information needs, information and management, legal publishing, digitization, intellectual property rights, lobbying and advocacy on policy issues (the politics of law librarianship), international networking, and legal information managers and law librarians of the future