153 research outputs found
Review of Calderwood, Eric. Colonial al-Andalus: Spain and the Making of Modern Moroccan Culture
No full textWacks, David A. Review of Calderwood, Eric. Colonial al-Andalus: Spain and the Making of Modern Moroccan Culture. Cambridge: The Belknap Press at Harvard University Press, 2018. ISBN 9780674980327. 400pp. Comparative Literature, vol. 72, no. 4, pp. 460-462
Fairies and pagan mythologies in the medieval Spanish ballad
No full textReading of two medieval Spanish ballads featuring fairies in light of ethnographic evidence of fairy consciousness in Spai
Romance of Evast and Blaquerna by Ramón Llull
No full textWacks, David A. “Romance of Evast and Blaquerna by Ramón Llull (Review).” La corónica: A Journal of Medieval Hispanic Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, vol. 47, no. 1, 2018, pp. 122–24. Project MUSE, doi:10.1353/cor.2018.0022
Review of Memorial de ida i venida hasta Maka: la peregrinación de ʿOmar Paṭōn ed. by Pablo Roza Candás
No full textVersion of academic record: Wacks, David A., Review of Roza Candás, Pablo, ed. Memorial de ida i venida hasta Maka: La peregrinación de ʿOmar Paṭōn. Oviedo, 2018. ISBN 978-84-16343-67-6. 482 pp. La corónica, vol 48, no. 2, pp. 177-180. doi:10.1353/cor.2020.001
Toward a History of Hispano-Hebrew Literature in its Romance Context
No full textWacks proposes a new, comprehensive look at the Romance context of the Hebrew Literature of Christian Iberia. He surveys the extant criticism and provides an overview of key texts and their relationship to vernacular literary and cultural practices. Along the way, he provides some explanation for the intellectual and institutional practices that, until recently, have discouraged such an approachHarvard Center for Jewish Studies, Harry Starr Fellowship in Judaic
Hong Kong's bill of rights: problems and prospects
No full textpublished_or_final_versionIntroduction Wacks, Raymond 1Seminar programme 95Bills of rights: comparative perspectives Ghai, Yash Ghai, Yash 7The bill of rights: some basic constitutional considerations Dykes, P.J. Dykes, P.J. 19International human rights law and domestic Hong Kong law Mushkat, Roda Mushkat, Roda 25The content of the bill of rights Jayawickrama, Nihal Jayawickrama, Nihal 39The iceman cometh? The government's proposal for a frozen bill of rights Byrnes, Andrew Byrnes, Andrew 49Entrenchment of the bill of rights Wesley-Smith, Peter Wesley-Smith, Peter 59Enforcement of the bill of rights Chen, Albert Chen, Albert 69Implementing the bill of rights: three modest proposals. Or taking the bill of rights seriously Clark, David Clark, David 7
Hong Kong, China and 1997 : essays in legal theory
No full textThe 12 essays in this volume, written from different theoretical standpoints, deploy the tools of legal theory to explore the development of Hong Kong's legal and social systems when Chinese sovereignty resumes in the territorypublished_or_final_versionPrefaceContributorsIntroduction / Raymond Wacks p1Index p367Ch. 1 The Common Law of England in the Special Administrative Region / Peter Wesley-Smith p5Ch. 2 Rights Without Anchors: Hong Kong Adrift / James Allan p41Ch. 3 Women and the Law in Hong Kong: A Feminist Analysis / Harriet Samuels p61Ch. 4 Economic Ideology and Hong Kong's Governance Structure After 1997 / David Campbell p87Ch. 5 Developing Theories of Rights and Human Rights in China / Albert H.Y. Chen p123Ch. 6 One Country, Two Grundnormen? The Basic Law and the Basic Norm / Raymond Wacks p151Ch. 7 The Ego and I and Ngo: Theoretical Problems in the Translation of the Common Law into Chinese / Derek Roebuck p185Ch. 8 Instrumental and Ideological Forms of Law: Implications for China's Transplants of Hong Kong Law / Edward J. Epstein p211Ch. 9 Sweep Before Your Own Door: The Legal Concept of Environmentalism in the Pearl River Delta / Bryan Bachner p229Ch. 10 Reproduction and Family Planning: Individual Right or Public Policy? / Carole J. Petersen p261Ch. 11 Hong Kong's Quest for Autonomy: A Theoretical Reinforcement / Roda Mushkat p307Ch. 12 The Rule of Law and Capitalism: Reflections on the Basic Law / Yash Ghai p34
Recensión: Hamilton, Michelle M. y Wacks, David A. (eds.). The Study of al-Andalus. The Scolarship and Legacy of James T. Monroe
No full textRecensión: Hamilton, Michelle M. y Wacks, David A. (eds.). The Study of al-Andalus.
The Scolarship and Legacy of James T. Monroe. Boston: Ilex Foundation; Washington,
D.C.: The Center for Hellenic Studies, 2018, distribuido por Cambridge
University Press, 260 págs
Hamilton Michelle M., Portnoy Sarah J., Wacks David A., Wine, Women and Song : Hebrew and Arabic Literature of Medieval Iberia. Newark, Delawere, Juan de la Cuesta, 2004
No full textZakharia Katia. Hamilton Michelle M., Portnoy Sarah J., Wacks David A., Wine, Women and Song : Hebrew and Arabic Literature of Medieval Iberia. Newark, Delawere, Juan de la Cuesta, 2004. In: Bulletin critique des annales islamologiques, n°22, 2006. pp. 4-5
Review of Wacks, David A., Review of Decter, Jonathan. Iberian Jewish Literature: Between al-Andalus and Christian Europe. Indiana UP, 2007.
No full textReview of Decter, Jonathan. Iberian Jewish Literature: Between al-Andalus and Christian Europe. Indiana UP, 2007. Originally published in Calíope 14.1 (2008): 139-42. https://ssl.uh.edu/class/spanish/caliope
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