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Re-envisioning the Local:Spatiality, Land and Law in Botswana
No full textBased on an ethnographic study located in Botswana, I move beyond conceptions of the local as physically or territorially grounded to one that examines how it is constituted through links between persons and land derived from life histories extended over several generations. This not only takes account of a specific site in which social relations are bounded and locally constituted but also how perceptions of locality are discursively and historically constructed. Viewing land as both a tangible and intangible universe constructed through social relationships, I highlight ways in which individuals, as part of a ‘local’ community, find their life courses shaped by wider transnational and global processes, including law, that have an impact on their everyday lives. For some, this provides opportunities for upward mobility and future gains, while others find scope for action severely curtailed. In documenting these uneven, diverse effects of globalisation what emerges are processes of ‘internalisation’ and ‘relocalisation’ of global conditions allowing for the emergence of new identities, alliances and struggles for space and power within specific populations. Thus what exists in the here and now as a form of temporality is constantly remade, drawing on the past while fashioning new prospects for the future
SLWUTAH, L.C v. Jerry W. Griffiths and Juna E. Griffiths : Reply Brief
No full textSLW/UTAH, L.C., Plaintiff/Appellee, vs JERRY W. GRIFFITHS and JUNA E. GRIFFITHS, Defendants/Appellants. Case No. 970497-CA
APPEAL FROM SUMMARY JUDGMENT OF THIRD DISTRICT COURT JUDGE ANNE M. STIRB
Family law: 2nd edition
No full textFamily Law is a welcome addition to the Greens Concise Scots Law Series, giving practical and authoritative analysis on this key area of Scots Law. Taking full account of all important recent legislation this new edition will bring this popular text full up to date
Griffiths/Cunningham Family Fonds, 1667-2013, n.d. (non-inclusive)
No full textThe Griffiths Family history began in Wales. Extensive research was done by Margaret Cunningham regarding her ancestors. Interviews were conducted and subsequently, photographs and information were passed on from generation to generation. Margaret Cunningham maintained a connection to relatives through correspondence. Information on the DeCew/DeCou house is included. The house belonged to the Griffiths Family.
The Cunningham Family immigrated from Ireland. They were descendants of James Cunningham and Anne Switzer. The Cunninghams were part of the Peter Robinson settlers. They were said to be among the first white settlers in Ops Township, Ontario. Laurence Dunbar Cunningham served in World War I. His correspondence details his day to day life as a soldier. Gwladys Griffiths and Laurence Cunningham married on October 1, 1925. Laurence and Gwladys both attended Linlahr Sanitorium in Illinois as students. Laurence became a chiropractic doctor, dietetic specialist and itinerant healer. The Cunninghams were very involved in the Farmer’s Co-operative and the New Democratic Party.Family records comprised of correspondence, clippings, photographs, postcards and other items pertaining to the Griffiths and Cunningham Families
Quantum Griffiths Inequalities
No full textWe present a general framework of Griffiths inequalities for quantum systems. Our approach is based on operator inequalities associated with self-dual cones and provides a consistent viewpoint of the Griffiths inequality. As examples, we discuss the quantum Ising model, quantum rotor model, Bose-Hubbard model, and Hubbard model. We present a model-independent structure that governs the correlation inequalities
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Gaming addiction in adolescence (revisited)
No full textGaming addiction has become a topic of increasing research interest. Over the last 25 years, I have written many articles on adolescent video gaming for Education and Health as it is one of the research fields that is constantly evolving. In fact, over the last decade, there has been a significant increase in the number of scientific studies examining various aspects of online addiction particularly among adolescents and young adults (Kuss & Griffiths, 2012; Kuss, Griffiths, Karila & Billieux, 2014). Although the amount and the quality of research in the field has progressed much over this period, it is still in its infancy compared to other more established behavioural addictions (such as pathological gambling). This article briefly examines (i) how adolescent gaming addiction research has changed over the last three decades, (ii) how online gaming addiction has gained genuine psychiatric status, (iii) excessive gaming as an addiction, and (iv) where the gaming addiction field is going
Pursuing Legal Pluralism:The Power of Paradigms in a Global World
No full textThe Jubilee Congress of the Commission on Legal Pluralism took place at the University of Cape Town in September 2011, and celebrated thirty years of the Commission’s role in understanding legal pluralism worldwide. Members have engaged in many debates over what constitutes legal pluralism and how it is to be perceived. From its inception in 1981, in Bellagio, Italy there was heated discussion about what to call law other than state law and how to identify its characteristics. Such debates continue today, and this paper highlights some arenas in which contestations over law and legal pluralism have particular salience. It highlights a number of domains in which the highly mobile and contingent nature of law is revealed, through the ways in which law is spatialized, representing multi-faceted dimensions of legal pluralism that are constantly in the making. Such a vision is at odds with the more traditional views of legal pluralism that are framed in terms of a state centred paradigm
A Systematic Review of Online Sex Addiction and Clinical Treatments Using CONSORT Evaluation
No full textResearchers have suggested that the advances of the Internet over the past two decades have gradually eliminated traditional offline methods of obtaining sexual material. Additionally, research on cybersex and/or online sex addictions has increased alongside the development of online technology. The present study extended the findings from Griffiths’ (2012) systematic empirical review of online sex addiction by additionally investigating empirical studies that implemented and/or documented clinical treatments for online sex addiction in adults. A total of nine studies were identified and then each underwent a CONSORT evaluation. The main findings of the present review provide some evidence to suggest that some treatments (both psychological and/or pharmacological) provide positive outcomes among those experiencing difficulties with online sex addiction. Similar to Griffiths’ original review, this study recommends that further research is warranted to establish the efficacy of empirically driven treatments for online sex addiction
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