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Race & International Investment Law: On The Possibility Of Reform And Non-Retrenchment, Olabisi D. Akinkugbe Jan 2023

Race & International Investment Law: On The Possibility Of Reform And Non-Retrenchment, Olabisi D. Akinkugbe

Articles, Book Chapters, & Popular Press

The international investment regime is in flux. The mainstream practice of investment law and arbitration works on the basis of the regime’s foundations in contract and property law. However, critical scholarship in the field has unearthed the coloniality of power that permeates both the practice of international investment law and the current reform exercise led by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Working Group III. These critical scholars warn of the imminent reproduction and entrenchment of the systemic inequities, power asymmetries, and investment law’s investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) regime which is skewed against post-colonial host states. The …


Book Reviews, Various Authors Dec 2015

Book Reviews, Various Authors

Eleutheria: John W. Rawlings School of Divinity Academic Journal

Book Reviews


A Mirror Crack'd? The Rule Of Law In American History, Christopher L. Tomlins Jun 2015

A Mirror Crack'd? The Rule Of Law In American History, Christopher L. Tomlins

Christopher Tomlins

No abstract provided.


Review, Other Dreams Of Freedom: Religion, Sex, And Human Trafficking, By Yvonne C. Zimmerman, Brooke M. Beloso May 2015

Review, Other Dreams Of Freedom: Religion, Sex, And Human Trafficking, By Yvonne C. Zimmerman, Brooke M. Beloso

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

Review of Other Dreams of Freedom: Religion, Sex, and Human Trafficking, by Yvonne C. Zimmerman. Published May 2015 in The Journal of American Studies.


Review Of Amber Jamilla Musser's Sensational Flesh: Race, Power, And Masochism, Margot Weiss Dec 2014

Review Of Amber Jamilla Musser's Sensational Flesh: Race, Power, And Masochism, Margot Weiss

Margot Weiss

No abstract provided.


Part Of The Solution Rather Than Part Of The Problem: A Role For American Private Elementary And Secondary Schools In The 1990s, Stephen D. Sugarman Aug 2014

Part Of The Solution Rather Than Part Of The Problem: A Role For American Private Elementary And Secondary Schools In The 1990s, Stephen D. Sugarman

Stephen D Sugarman

No abstract provided.


The Advancement: A Book Review, Gary E. Silvers Ph.D. Jan 2014

The Advancement: A Book Review, Gary E. Silvers Ph.D.

Gary E. Silvers Ph.D.

Do you ever feel as if our culture is based on an illusion? Institutions can be redefined to whatever suits a particular interest and even gender can now be a matter of preference rather than a biological fact. All truth is now relative. The book "The Advancement: Keeping the Faith in an Evolutionary Age" may be of interest to you. L. Russ Bush explains how the Western Culture came adopt this current worldview. Please see my review. I highly recommend this book.


The Wired Northwest: The History Of Electric Power, 1870s-1970s, Eve Vogel Jan 2014

The Wired Northwest: The History Of Electric Power, 1870s-1970s, Eve Vogel

Eve Vogel

No abstract provided.


Nicole Constable. Born Out Of Place: Migrant Mothers And The Politics Of International Labor, Valerie Francisco Jan 2014

Nicole Constable. Born Out Of Place: Migrant Mothers And The Politics Of International Labor, Valerie Francisco

Faculty Publications, Sociology

No abstract provided.


Nicole Constable. Born Out Of Place: Migrant Mothers And The Politics Of International Labor, Valerie Francisco Jan 2014

Nicole Constable. Born Out Of Place: Migrant Mothers And The Politics Of International Labor, Valerie Francisco

Valerie Francisco

No abstract provided.


Review Of Sex In Consumer Culture: The Erotic Content Of Media And Marketing, Jean M. Grow Jul 2013

Review Of Sex In Consumer Culture: The Erotic Content Of Media And Marketing, Jean M. Grow

Jean Grow

No abstract provided.


Theorising Heterosexuality, 1996, Ed. D. Richardson, Virginia Rutter Feb 2013

Theorising Heterosexuality, 1996, Ed. D. Richardson, Virginia Rutter

Virginia Rutter

Reviews the book "Theorising Heterosexuality," edited by Diane Richardson.


Book Review: Indigenous African Warfare, By Col. Festus Boahen Aboagye, Emmanuel Kotia Dec 2012

Book Review: Indigenous African Warfare, By Col. Festus Boahen Aboagye, Emmanuel Kotia

Emmanuel Wekem Kotia

A review of the book Indigenous African Warfare (Its Concept and Art in the Gold Coast, Asante and the Northern Territories, Up to the Early 1900s), by Colonel Festus Boahen Aboagye. Pretoria, South Africa: Ulinzi Africa Publishing Solutions.


“On Marriage Equality” (Review Of Jay Cee Whitehead's The Nuptial Deal: Same-Sex Marriage And Neo-Liberal Governance [University Of Chicago Press, 2011]), Margot Weiss Dec 2012

“On Marriage Equality” (Review Of Jay Cee Whitehead's The Nuptial Deal: Same-Sex Marriage And Neo-Liberal Governance [University Of Chicago Press, 2011]), Margot Weiss

Margot Weiss

Jaye Cee Whitehead’s book The Nuptial Deal is a sociological study of a marriage equality organization (given the pseudonym Marriage Rights Now, or MRN) in the western United States


Collaborating Across The Campus: Librarians And Faculty Create A Course-Specific, Online Research Guide For Students, Ann Agee Apr 2012

Collaborating Across The Campus: Librarians And Faculty Create A Course-Specific, Online Research Guide For Students, Ann Agee

Ann Agee

Discover how librarians and faculty collaborated at San Jose State University to create a course-specific online tutorial and research guide designed to meet the growing demands of a popular GenEd (General Education) course, Health Science 1.Learning Outcomes*Understand the elements necessary in a successful online learning tool.*Identify courses that could be good candidates for web-based library instruction.*Recognize the steps essential to successful collaboration with campus faculty.


Book Review: Law And Society (Fourth Edition: 1994), By Steven Vago, Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall., Ahmad Ali Ghouri Jan 2012

Book Review: Law And Society (Fourth Edition: 1994), By Steven Vago, Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall., Ahmad Ali Ghouri

Ahmad Ali Ghouri

My primary interest in Sociology of Law is to analyse the interconnection between social and legal orders, and understand how the socio-legal environment reflects and influences different legal structures. I take up Vago’s book “Law & Society” with this avowed purpose, and also to refine, or perhaps to realign, my sociological imagination. I am also interested to learn research techniques employed in the socio-legal context, and possible uses of such techniques in the area of law I work in. Therefore, my review of Vago’s book would not offer any critique, at least from the sociological perspectives. However, I have made …


Sources: Movies In American History: An Encyclopedia (Review), Robin L. Imhof Dec 2011

Sources: Movies In American History: An Encyclopedia (Review), Robin L. Imhof

Robin L. Imhof

No abstract provided.


[Review Of The Book Forecasting Retirement Needs And Retirement Wealth], Gary Fields Nov 2011

[Review Of The Book Forecasting Retirement Needs And Retirement Wealth], Gary Fields

Gary S Fields

[Excerpt] This volume enables researchers to learn about some of the latest research findings on specific issues. It is not the place to seek an introduction to current thinking on retirement, pensions, and Social Security—the papers are too narrowly focused for that. But for current or would-he pension specialists, this volume and the larger series of which it is a part are indispensable resources.


[Review Of The Book Private Pension Policies In Industrialized Countries: A Comparative Analysis], Gary S. Fields Nov 2011

[Review Of The Book Private Pension Policies In Industrialized Countries: A Comparative Analysis], Gary S. Fields

Gary S Fields

[Excerpt] John Turner and Noriyasu Watanabe have written numerous articles and books on pensions and employee benefits. In this collaborative effort, they synthesize a great deal of institutional and analytical material on a wide range of countries, including those typically regarded as industrialized (most of the OECD countries are the subjects of case studies and illustrations) and those that would probably be happy to learn that they now fall into that category (in particular, Chile and Argentina). The book is both accessible (there are no equations in sight) and analytical.


Freedom Bound: Law, Labor, And Civic Identity In Colonizing English America, 1580–1865. By Christopher Tomlins. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. Pp. Xvi, 617. $115.00, Cloth; $36.99, Paper., Joshua L. Rosenbloom Jun 2011

Freedom Bound: Law, Labor, And Civic Identity In Colonizing English America, 1580–1865. By Christopher Tomlins. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. Pp. Xvi, 617. $115.00, Cloth; $36.99, Paper., Joshua L. Rosenbloom

Joshua L. Rosenbloom

For proponents of institutional economics, laws are one of the humanly devised constraints that structure human interactions. Like other formal and informal constraints, they define the incentive structure of societies and economies. In Freedom Bound, Christopher Tomlins subtly shifts the emphasis, suggesting that we think of laws not simply as constraints but as a “technology” that provides “. . . a means by which designs, structures, institutions might be imagined, created, implemented, andimplanted” (p. 506). Viewed as technology, legal thought is both a tool enabling action and a constraint, channeling that action in specific directions.


The Ideas Of Man And Woman In Renaissance France: Print, Rhetoric, And Law The Ideas Of Man And Woman In Renaissance France: Print, Rhetoric, And Law By Lyndan Warner, Julie Campbell Jan 2011

The Ideas Of Man And Woman In Renaissance France: Print, Rhetoric, And Law The Ideas Of Man And Woman In Renaissance France: Print, Rhetoric, And Law By Lyndan Warner, Julie Campbell

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

No abstract provided.


The Ideas Of Man And Woman In Renaissance France: Print, Rhetoric, And Law By Lyndan Warner, Julie Campbell Jan 2011

The Ideas Of Man And Woman In Renaissance France: Print, Rhetoric, And Law By Lyndan Warner, Julie Campbell

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

No abstract provided.


The Ideas Of Man And Woman In Renaissance France: Print, Rhetoric, And Law By Lyndan Warner, Julie Campbell Jan 2011

The Ideas Of Man And Woman In Renaissance France: Print, Rhetoric, And Law By Lyndan Warner, Julie Campbell

Julie Campbell

No abstract provided.


Book Review Of A Companion To Media Studies, Edited By A. Valdivia, Sumana Chattopadhyay Dec 2010

Book Review Of A Companion To Media Studies, Edited By A. Valdivia, Sumana Chattopadhyay

Sumana Chattopadhyay

No abstract provided.


Book Review Of A Companion To Media Studies, Edited By A. Valdivia, Sumana Chattopadhyay Nov 2010

Book Review Of A Companion To Media Studies, Edited By A. Valdivia, Sumana Chattopadhyay

Sumana Chattopadhyay

No abstract provided.


Building A Case Against Neoliberalism In Lis From The Ground Up: An Essay Review Of John Budd’S Self Examination: The Present And Future Of Librarianship And Knowledge And Knowing In Library And Information Science: A Philosophical Framework, John Buschman Jan 2010

Building A Case Against Neoliberalism In Lis From The Ground Up: An Essay Review Of John Budd’S Self Examination: The Present And Future Of Librarianship And Knowledge And Knowing In Library And Information Science: A Philosophical Framework, John Buschman

John Buschman

No abstract provided.


Review Of Lynching Photographs And Witnessing Lynching, Koritha Mitchell Dec 2009

Review Of Lynching Photographs And Witnessing Lynching, Koritha Mitchell

Koritha Mitchell

No abstract provided.


Review Of L. Chouliaraki’S (2007) The Soft Power Of War, Adam Hodges Dec 2009

Review Of L. Chouliaraki’S (2007) The Soft Power Of War, Adam Hodges

Adam Hodges

No abstract provided.


Refiguring Rhetorical Education: Women Teaching African American, Native American, And Chicano/A Students, 1865–1911, Kathleen F. Mcconnell Nov 2009

Refiguring Rhetorical Education: Women Teaching African American, Native American, And Chicano/A Students, 1865–1911, Kathleen F. Mcconnell

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Refiguring Rhetorical Education: Women Teaching African American, Native American, And Chicano/A Students, 1865–1911, Kathleen F. Mcconnell Nov 2009

Refiguring Rhetorical Education: Women Teaching African American, Native American, And Chicano/A Students, 1865–1911, Kathleen F. Mcconnell

Kathleen F McConnell

No abstract provided.