170 research outputs found
Customary law before the Conquest
No full textAn article on early English legal history
and customary law by Professor Derek Roebuck (Associate Senior
Research Fellow, IALS). The article is taken from a lecture given
by the author at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies on
February 1, 2006 and was 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)
[Letter from Christopher Morley to John Stahl]
No full textLetter signed by Chirstopher Morley declining an invitation by Mr. Stahl of the Sears Roebuck Agricultural Foundatio
Customary law before the Conquest
No full textAn article on early English legal history and customary law by Professor Derek Roebuck (Associate Senior Research Fellow, IALS). The article is taken from a lecture given by the author at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies on February 1, 2006 and was 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)
The future of Arbitration
No full textConsidering that the proper purpose of private alternative scheme of mediation and arbitration is to satisfy the needs of the parties, Derek Roebuck (Senior Associate Research Fellow, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies) outlines the aims and practice of mediation and arbitration in the reign of Elizabeth I (1558-1603) suggesting possible lessons from the 16th Century for a contemporary scheme. The author has developed this brief paper from a contribution to the debate at the London School of Economics on 13 February 2014 at the launch of Jan Paulsson’s The Idea of Arbitration (Oxford University Press, 2013)
Advances in large-scale mudflat surveying: The Roebuck Bay and Eighty Mile Beach, Western Australia examples
No full textThe shores of Roebuck Bay and Eighty Mile Beach in northwestern Australia are amongst the richest known intertidal mudflats worldwide. They are both listed as Wetlands of International Importance under the Ramsar Convention, primarily because of the high numbers of shorebirds that migrate to and from these sites every year. There are only a dozen or so areas in the world with extensive intertidal flats rich in shorebirds.Shorebird studies by a collaboration between The Department of Environment and Conservation, The University of Western Australia, The Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Central Washington University, Broome Bird Observatory, and local community volunteers in northwestern Australia have focused on understanding the geological and biological processes of coastal tidal mudflats. Studies have established that invertebrates are abundant and they are used for feeding by resident and migratory shorebirds.In addition to requiring equipment, software, and considerable organization, these labor intensive studies were only possible with the assistance of large numbers of community volunteers, professionals, and donated equipmen
The phanerozoic basin-fill history of the Roebuck Basin / author, Stuart A. Smith.
No full textBibliography: p.149-158.xxii, 198 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (chiefly col.) ; 30 cm.Aims to provide a structural and stratigraphic framework for the evolution of the Roebuck Basin, and to evaluate its future petroleum potential.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, National Centre for Petroleum Geology and Geophysics, 200
Identita v díle Zadie Smith Bílé Zuby
No full textThe bachelor work focuses on the question of maintaining a religious identity in a multicultural society, namely today's Britain. Using Zadie Smith's novel White Teeth, it explores the conflicts that can arise during the coexistence of both eastern and western culture. It also looks at the differences between the first and second generation family members portrayed in the novel. Particular attention is also paid to the religious identity of the ethnic and minority groups living in British society. The work also analyzes the changes in one's own perception of self identity whilst living in and experiencing the effects of British culture.Bakalářská práce se zaměřuje na otázku zachování náboženské identity v multikulturní společnosti, a to v současné Británii. Na základě knihy Zadie Smith Bílé zuby, práce zkoumá konflikty, které mohou vznikat ze vzájemného soužití západní a východní společností. Dále poukazuje na rozdíly mezi první a druhou generací členů tří rodin, přičemž zvláštní pozornost je věnována významu náboženské identity u etnických a menšinových skupin žijících v britské společnosti. Velká část práce je také věnována analýze změn ve vnímání vlastní identity pod vlivem britské kultury.Katedra anglistiky a amerikanistikyDokončená práce s úspěšnou obhajobo
Pain's Protest: Accounts of Chronic Pain from the Coordinated Homeless Outreach Center
No full textThis thesis is about chronic pain. Mysteries and intimacies of pain elude analysis. Through ethnographic fieldwork and public health initiatives at the Coordinated Homeless\ud
Outreach Center (CHOC) in Norristown, Pennsylvania, expressions of pain were ubiquitous. Biomedicine has inadequately addressed chronic pain, which resists biomedicine's objective\ud
framework. Drawing from Nancy Scheper-Hughes’s (1992) concept of "body praxis" which politicizes the body to reveal the social origins of suffering, pain critiques the social and medical\ud
etiologies and expressions of suffering. Responding to two homeless individuals in chronic pain, I argue that pain is a form of protest through which Joycelyn and Jack make their suffering known from within the walls of the CHOC located in the Main Line suburbs of Philadelphia
Roald Dahl: the Author for Two Audiences. A comparison of His Writings for Children and Adults
No full textKatedra anglistiky a amerikanistikyDokončená práce s úspěšnou obhajobo
Estimating pedestrian accident risk using conflict techniques and digital imaging.
No full textThesis (M.Sc.Eng.)-University of Natal, Durban, 2003.Accidents are a complex process involving many contributory factors. The understanding of the accident process has often been sought by the use of accident data. Although accident data provide a direct relationship to estimating accident risk, there are many drawbacks associated with the use of these data. The major drawback with the use of accident data is the very fact that traffic engineers have to wait for accidents to occur before any interventions can be made. This alone is significant as the time span required to collect a sample size is often a three-year period. The many deficiencies with accident data have led to alternative measures such as traffic conflict techniques (TCT's) to estimate accident risk.In this investigation. traffic conflict techniques were used to estimate accident risk. There are four basic traffic conflict concepts and the development of these techniques was based on the accident process. The aim of this investigation was to highlight the differences between these concepts and to assess the applicability of these concepts
to vehicle-pedestrian conflicts. The investigation was based on applying the various conflict techniques to data obtained at three intersections in the Durban CBD. In order to record the data an innovative method of using digital imaging was employed. This
led to the development of a computer program to analyse conflict events. Analysis of the intersections based on the conflict techniques indicates that the intersections of Pine-Field and Commercial-Grey have a high probability of road users being involved in a "serious event" once there is an interaction between them. However, the probability for Commercial-Albert intersection is low thus indicating a safe intersection for vehicle-pedestrian interactions. The number of "serious events" at these locations was found to be related to the interacting traffic volumes - the conflict rate increases with increasing traffic volume. The use of conflict-volume models and accident models together with the conflict concepts agree that the accident risk is related to the conflicting traffic volumes and speed of the road users
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