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The Act of Settlement 1701
No full textFor those concerned with the law and legal profession, the Act of Settlement 1701 may be best known for establishing security of tenure for judges and thus ensuring that senior judges could not be dismissed simply because they had earnt the displeasure of the monarch. Whilst the statutory protection of judicial independence is and remains significant and was, of course, an important issue for those drafting the legislation, it was the succession to the English Crown that was the chief concern in the final years of William III’s reign. This chapter will consider why and how Parliament sought to legislate to amend the order of succession, to exclude Catholics from the throne, and to disinherit the natural successor to James II, his son Prince James Edward. Significantly, the Act of Settlement assured a Protestant monarchy, the Hanoverian accession, and in turn, led to the creation of the office of Prime Minister, the development of cabinet government, and the constitutional monarchy. It is an Act that continues to discriminate against Catholics, as a Catholic still cannot become monarch. Nonetheless, despite its clear discriminatory language, it is apparent that the Act of Settlement has played a pivotal role in securing judicial independence and ensuring meaningful security of tenure for judges and the development of the rule of law. Thus, it is a ‘leading work’ in British constitutional history
Interview with Nicholas Christopher, author of Somewhere in the Night: Film Noir and the American City
No full textInterview with Nicholas Christopher, author of Somewhere in the Night: Film Noir and the American Cit
Jane Austen in a social context /
No full textIncludes bibliographical references and index.Introduction, Jane Austen as a social novelist / David Monaghan -- Jane Austen and Romantic imprisonment / Nina Auerbach -- The influence of place : Jane Austen and the novel of social consciousness / Ann Banfield -- Disregarded designs : Jane Austen's sense of the volume / Marilyn Butler -- Sex and social life in Jane Austen's novels / Jan S. Fergus -- "Real solemn history" and social history / Christopher Kent -- Jane Austen and the position of women / David Monaghan -- Jane Austen and the problem of leisure / Jane Nardin -- Mansfield Park : the revolt of the "feminine" woman / Leroy W. Smith -- Muted discord : generational conflict in Jane Austen / Patricia Meyer Spacks -- In between : Anne Elliot marries a sailor and Charlotte Heywood goes to the seaside / Tony Tanner
Matt Christopher Papers - Accession 1309
No full textThe collection includes letters written by the children’s book author, Matt Christopher, to his son, Marty Christopher. Many of the letters also contain newspaper articles of interest to Matt Christopher, which deal with local sports teams, his writing career, his participation in an exhibition baseball game against the New York Giants in 1938, and other of general interest. Most of the letters are personal in nature, however, a majority of the letters delve into Matt Christopher’s writing career, personal interests, the author’s health, as well as his family life.https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/2649/thumbnail.jp
Matt Christopher Papers - Accession 1221
No full textMatt Christopher (1917-1997) was a prolific author of children’s books having written over 100 books as well as over 300 short stories, articles, poems, and screenplays. Most of his writings dealt with sports themes, but he also wrote fantasy and mystery themed stories as well. The Matt Christopher Papers consist of both published and unpublished manuscripts, articles, and short stories. Also included are personal and business correspondence, biographical information, scrapbooks, photographs, and memorabilia.https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/1976/thumbnail.jp
Dr. Christopher von Rueden – Faculty Author Interview
No full textDr. Christopher von Rueden, an anthropologist and Assistant Professor in the Jepson School of Leadership Studies, discusses a recent article entitled, “Men’s status and reproductive success in 33 non-industrial societies: Effects of subsistence, marriage system, and reproductive strategy,” which he co-authored with Dr. Adrian Jaeggi, an anthropologist at Emory University. Their findings were recently published in the journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
'To raise the banner in the remote North': politics in County Monaghan, 1868-1883.
No full textThis study examines the evolution of the political process
in the Ulster county of Monaghan during the period 1868-1883.
Considerable attention has been given to the social, economic
and geographic features from the end of the sixteenth century.
In addition, a survey of the parliamentary representation of
Monaghan from the Act of Union to the general election of 1865
has been undertaken. This extended treatment of the socioeconomic
and political background is regarded as essential to a
clear appreciation of political behaviour at constituency level
in the later nineteenth century.
The period 1865-1883 saw a most significant change in the
parliamentary representation of the county. Monaghan had always
been regarded as a stronghold of Irish Conservatism, albeit with
occasional Whig interludes. In 1865 one of the seats was captured
from the Tories by a member of the local Liberal ascendancy.
Our period, then, opened with the representation of Monaghan split
between the two major British parties.
The 'Disestablishment Election' of 1868 saw the Conservatives
regain control of the county's second seat. Thereafter that
party's hegemony was threatened first by the conservative constitutional
nationalism of the Home Government Association and later,
in 1880, by the Ulster Liberals. Advocating strong tenant right
principles, the Liberal party nominees defeated both Conservative
members. The result appeared to be a vindication of non-sectarian
class politics. The key to victory had been held by a relatively
small number of Liberal Presbyterian tenant farmers.
In 1883 one of the M. Ps. resigned, and the ensuing by-election
pitted a local Liberal Presbyterian against a Conservative
and Tim Healy, the nominee of Charles Stewart Parnell and
the Irish National Party. The result saw a narrow victory for the
Nationalist candidate over his Conservative counterpart with the
Liberal receiving an embarrassingly small vote.
The massive decline in the Liberal vote between the contests
of 1880 and 1883 looks anomalous. However, it is argued here
that the 1880 result reflected an anti-Conservative rather than a
pro-Liberal vote on the part of the Catholics. In other words,
the sectarian nature of politics in Monaghan which had been such
a prominent feature of the county had not been interrupted.
The thesis narrates the story of Irish politics during this
most formative period, and relates it to a local study. By so
doing it illustrates the strongly sectarian dimension to Irish
politics. In the late nineteenth century few, if any, public
issues could be fully divorced from the religious factor. The
rhetorical expression of political ideals might appear nonsectarian
at Westminster, but in the Monaghan region their
true nature was indicated by the manner in which the population
reacted to them. Thus the real significance of the political
activities of the representatives of the two traditions can
often by more fully appreciated when related to constituency
level.
Monaghan occupied a peripheral position on the borders of
Ulster. Its population was around 75% Catholic during the second
half of the nineteenth century. This means that Monaghan
offers an illuminating example of the interaction of Protestant
Ulster and Catholic Ireland. The activities of the county's
Protestant and Catholic populations, its Orangemen and its
Fenians, its various groups of clergy, its Protestant landlords
and its Catholic Bishop, all constituted the political life of
'the county of the little hills'.
Today Monaghan's geographic position places it in the front
line of an assault upon Northern Ireland. Once again the people
of the county are strategically placed in relation to national
and sectarian confrontations on the island - plus ca change plus
la reste meme
Teaching of Rights and Justice in the Law School: Challenges and Opportunities for Research Led Teaching
No full textThis book examines the challenges of bringing cutting-edge research in often controversial areas into the law syllabus and explores how academics can effectively adopt a holistic approach to research and pedagogy when teaching rights and justice. The collection brings together experts from all areas of legal scholarship to discuss how they fuse often controversial aspects of rights and justice into their teaching in a way that responds to and is ultimately led by academic research. As such, it advances legal education through the opportunity to explore the interplay between rights and justice and how scholars both ensure that their teaching is research-led, whilst responding to the needs and views of students and issues such as generational differences in viewpoints on controversial issues. This topical volume will appeal to academics and researchers interested in academic freedom, the challenges of research-led teaching and the pedagogy around the teaching of rights and justice
ESP Across Cultures
No full textThis present volume constitutes the third online edition of ESP Across Cultures.
The decision to change from a paper-based to an online edition has undoubtedly
been beneficial in terms of enjoying greater visibility within the international academic
community. One thing that has not changed over the years, however, since
the inception of the journal in 2004, has been the policy of double-blind peer reviewing,
which means that only a selected number of the papers submitted end up as
being published.
There are seven papers in the current issue, each one analysing a particular aspect
of English for Specific Purposes from a cross-cultural perspective.
The first paper, by Hmoud S. Alotaibi, focuses on research article introductions
in Arabic, analysing the extent to which scholars writing in Arabic in the sphere of
education adhere to the CARS (Create A Research Space) model delineated by John
Swales which was elaborated in particular with regard to the academic conventions
widely adopted in the English-speaking world. Instead of restricting the investigation
to the introductory section as past studies in this field did, the author examines
all of the subheadings and he concludes that all introductions include Move 2 in a
subheading entitled the Problem of the Study, a result that contradicts previous
findings where the paucity of Move 2 was common in non-English RAs, and especially
in Arabic ones.
Patrizia Anesa analyses the websites of the main arbitration centres operating in
Asia from a textual perspective to define how they are discursively constructed and
can be used as promotional tools, thereby helping us to evaluate the importance assumed
by internationalization processes or by local cultural elements in promoting a
particular centre as a seat for international arbitration. She concludes that while
some scholars argue that we are witnessing the ‘Asianization’ of arbitration, with
the increasing bargaining power of Asian parties, on the other hand a phenomenon
of ‘Universal Arbitration’ is also emerging, i.e. a form of convergence of how disputes
are resolved so that parties of any nationality can operate in the same way
with ever fewer language barriers.
In their paper, Mahmood Reza Atai and Fatemeh Asadnia examine the communicative
and promotional function of university homepages by looking at the ‘university
overview’, ‘university mission statement’, and ‘university introduction at a
glance’ genres, using a corpus of 210 texts selected from homepages of the top 500
universities ranked by the Academic Ranking of World Universities. The findings
demonstrated that the three genres shared communicative purposes, functional
units, certain moves and steps, socio-academic contexts, and discourse community
members that led to the formation of a genre set.
Gaetano Falco explores ways of using comics in an MA course on translation of
economic texts as a means of stimulating the interest of language students with no
economics skills in order to introduce economics-related lexis and improve thematic
competence in general. He observes that empirical research has shown that films
and comics can indeed be useful resources to teach economic translation to students
with no skills in economics. However, the author warns that the use of comics for
educational purposes may have its drawbacks, e.g. when students deal with complex
sign systems which embody complex economic concepts, where often the humorous
element is lost.
In her paper, Irina Khoutyz describes the differences in how scholars present
their findings in research articles (RA) in international journals in English and in
Beyza Björkman
Christian Burgers
Jan Chovanec
Anda-Elena Cretiu
Erika Dalan
John Douthwaite
Hanem El-Farahaty
Said Faiq
Silvia Ferreri
Inmaculada Fortanet-Gómez
Pedro Fuertes-Olivera
Giuliana Garzone
Christoph Hafner
Ruba Khamam
Anna Loiacono
Geraldine Ludbrook
John McRae
Susan Petrilli
Silvia Pireddu
Tarja Salmi-Tolonen
Jeffrey Segrave
Charlotte Taylor
Margherita Ulrych
John Kenneth White
Jessica Williams
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local journals in Russian. She then looks into the reasons for these differences, seeking
explanations from the sociocultural contexts in which these RAs were written,
as well as providing advice to local authors as to how to make their RAs more competitive
at the international level. The differences include the apparent lack of
structure of Russian RAs with respect to English RAs; the tendency in Russian authors
not to specify the purpose in writing a paper; and the tendency of Russian authors
to present the methodology used in less detail compared with English RAs.
Luisella Leonzini investigates the use of verbal and visual metaphors in economic-
media discourse within the context of the euro crisis by studying the correlation
between linguistic and pictorial metaphors and text-image intersemiotic relations.
The research is based on a cross-analysis of English and Italian editorial
articles published between 2009 and 2012. In both corpora, metaphorical realizations
frame the economic crisis which hit the single currency and the eurozone in
2009 as a partial collapse and hint at a possible return to stability in the form of a
recovery. The aim of this paper is to analyse the collapse/caduta and
recovery/ripresa metaphors across languages in the press.
Ian Robinson reports on using corpus linguistics to aid students in writing a creative
text. He looks at the available literature to help understand what is meant by
‘creativity’. A worksheet was prepared using a corpus linguistic analysis of modern,
English versions of the stories of the Brothers Grimm. This worksheet was constructed
with the use of a specialized corpus, and a stop-list was created which contained
single words as well as word clusters found in the tales. Students were then
asked to select some of these words and phrases to help them write stories which
were then analysed, and a follow-up questionnaire was used to elicit the students’
perceptions concerning creativity. The author concludes that creativity is essential
in EFL and that it is something to be fostered in students
Book review: The theatrical public sphere, by Christopher B. Balme
No full textBook review of: The theatrical public sphere, by Christopher B. Balme. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014; ISBN 9781107006836 (£60.00)Publisher PD
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