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As-Salāmu `Alaykum? Humanitarian Law In Islamic Jurisprudence, Karima Bennoune Jan 1994

As-Salāmu `Alaykum? Humanitarian Law In Islamic Jurisprudence, Karima Bennoune

Michigan Journal of International Law

This Note examines Islamic legal doctrine in the field of humanitarian law and considers the historical contributions made by Islamic law to contemporary international humanitarian law. The goal of this Note is neither to unfairly attack nor to apologize for Islamic law, but rather to attempt an honest appraisal of Islamic humanitarian precepts, with an awareness of the way in which Islam has often been stereotyped as hostile and bloodthirsty in Western discourse. The intent is two-fold: First, to establish that scholars of modern international humanitarian law have often ignored its historical roots in Islamic law and second, to examine …


A Vision From Locksley Hall : American Air Power From Kitty Hawk To Schweinfurt, Leif H. Urseth Jan 1994

A Vision From Locksley Hall : American Air Power From Kitty Hawk To Schweinfurt, Leif H. Urseth

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Mormons In Wilhelmie Germany, 1870-1914: Making A Place For An Unwanted American Religion In A Changing German Society, Michael Mitchell Jan 1994

The Mormons In Wilhelmie Germany, 1870-1914: Making A Place For An Unwanted American Religion In A Changing German Society, Michael Mitchell

Theses and Dissertations

Between 1853 and 1914 the kingdom of Prussia and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Mormons, disagreed over the issue of Mormon missionaries proselyting in Prussia. In 1853 royal magistrates banished all Mormon missionaries from the kingdom for advocating emigration. A new church policy of preaching without seeking for official permission, in addition to an improved relationship between the Mormons in Utah and the United States government after the Manifesto of 1890, led to an increase in missionaries sent to Germany, including Prussia. By 1900 mormon success alarmed the Prussian Protestant clergy and a few Prussian governors …


False Witness: A Lawyer's History Of The Law Of Perjury, Richard H. Underwood Oct 1993

False Witness: A Lawyer's History Of The Law Of Perjury, Richard H. Underwood

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

From Cain to Potiphar's Wife to the pig and chicken laws of the Lex Salica of Clovis I, Professor Underwood examines the role of the false witness throughout history. Take a voyage extraordinaire and encounter some of history's most notorious perjurers.


Elizabeth Seton: Her World And Her Church, Judith Metz S.C. Oct 1993

Elizabeth Seton: Her World And Her Church, Judith Metz S.C.

Vincentian Studies

The first part of this article gives the political, social, economic, and religious context of the world in which Elizabeth Seton lived. The second part describes the establishment and work of the Sisters of Charity. Education for all was important to early Americans, largely because everyone was supposed to read the Bible. Women had more agency than their European counterparts, although their influence was still mostly confined to the home. They were charged with instilling morality in children, and through them, in society in general. This was reflected in the curriculum of Elizabeth Seton’s school, Saint Joseph’s Academy. The outlook …


Pacific Review Fall 1993, Pacific Alumni Association Aug 1993

Pacific Review Fall 1993, Pacific Alumni Association

Pacific Magazine and Pacific Review

No abstract provided.


Civil Liberties And Civil War: The Great Emancipator As Civil Libertarian, Paul Finkelman May 1993

Civil Liberties And Civil War: The Great Emancipator As Civil Libertarian, Paul Finkelman

Michigan Law Review

A Review of The Fate of Liberty: Abraham Lincoln and Civil Liberties by Mark E. Neely, Jr.


They Also Served : The Women Of Southwestern Virginia During The American Revolution, Rebecca A. Vaught May 1993

They Also Served : The Women Of Southwestern Virginia During The American Revolution, Rebecca A. Vaught

Master's Theses

This thesis looks at the legal status and the daily lives of the women living on the Virginia frontier in the counties of Augusta, Botetourt, Montgomery and Washington during the period of the American Revolution. All ages and all levels of society are given consideration in developing the theme that the service performed by the women who survived the rigors of frontier life during this crucial period in American history was as valuable in its own way as was the service performed by their male contemporaries. Court records give insight into the plight of servants and slaves. Court records also …


"What About The Poor?" Nineteenth-Century Paris And The Revival Of Vincentian Charity, Edward R. Udovic C.M., Ph.D. Apr 1993

"What About The Poor?" Nineteenth-Century Paris And The Revival Of Vincentian Charity, Edward R. Udovic C.M., Ph.D.

Vincentian Studies

During the Industrial Revolution, poor persons constituted up to half the population of Paris. They were considered to be criminal, and their poverty was seen as a punishment for this. The Church believed the traditional social order was divinely ordained. The rich were to be charitable and the poor were to be resigned to their status; these conditions were necessary for the salvation of both groups. In the Church’s eyes, the rich and the poor each contributed to the gap between them, and they could only be reconciled by returning to Christian values and the traditional social hierarchy. It was …


Spectrum, Volume 9, Number 19, Sacred Heart University Mar 1993

Spectrum, Volume 9, Number 19, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Highlights include: SHU students braved the bitter cold and pouring rain to march in the New York City St. Patrick's Day parade, followed by members of the 50-piece Connecticut Hurricane Marching Band --The Scott Browning Memorial Scholarship will be awarded each year to a computer science major and, if possible, a graduate of Notre Dame High School in Fairfield --Part time undergrad Laurie Hiller has published her first illustrated book of poetry, Visions of Wonder --Men's lax racks big Division I win --Women's basketball reaches new heights.


Sfra Review, March/April 1993, Science Fiction Research Association Mar 1993

Sfra Review, March/April 1993, Science Fiction Research Association

SFRA Newsletter (Science Fiction Research Association)

The March/April 1993 issue of the SFRA Review.


Presidential Systems In Stress: Emergency Powers In Argentina And The United States, William C. Banks, Alejandro D. Carrió Jan 1993

Presidential Systems In Stress: Emergency Powers In Argentina And The United States, William C. Banks, Alejandro D. Carrió

Michigan Journal of International Law

This article offers three comparative insights. First, it concludes that comparative inquiries into presidential systems may be useful for those interested in constitutional government, regardless of historical, cultural, or other contextual differences among nations. Thus, nations with presidentialist constitutional systems may have common problems because of the institutional presidency. The article maintains that our presidential systems are in such states of disrepair that a fundamental reinvigoration of the legislative and judicial branches is required, so that government may better serve important constitutional values in our nations.


Education Censorship And Teachers, Larry Lowther, Earl Glauert, Karen Blair Jan 1993

Education Censorship And Teachers, Larry Lowther, Earl Glauert, Karen Blair

History Faculty Scholarship

This volume, produced by three members of the Central Washington University Department of History, on the occasion of the school's centennial, can­not document all the stories of the many thousands of students who have earned degrees here. The lists of courses they took, clubs they joined, professors who introduced them to new subjects for consideration, administrators who shaped the programs and policies, staff people whose services supported their progress, build­ings that housed their residential and scholarly activities, would be interminable. Still, the chapters here succeed at recovering a wide variety of evocative images. Some material deals with the earliest days …


History, Organization And Belief Among Cuban "Plantado" Political Prisoners, 1959-1993, William Raymond Yaworsky Jan 1993

History, Organization And Belief Among Cuban "Plantado" Political Prisoners, 1959-1993, William Raymond Yaworsky

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Anti-Castro activists began organizing guerrilla groups in the early 1960's to oppose the revolutionary government of Cuba. The perception that the new regime posed a threat to religion and pre-existing cultural values were among the motives for this activity. This thesis presents three case studies of individuals who due to their beliefs, became guerrillas, were imprisoned for that activity, and who subsequently refused to participate in the prison reeducation program. The findings of this study indicate that ideology and beliefs function to provide meaningful explanations to social life, and are not necessarily thin veils for self interest masquerading as principle. …


Sfra Review, November 1992, Science Fiction Research Association Nov 1992

Sfra Review, November 1992, Science Fiction Research Association

SFRA Newsletter (Science Fiction Research Association)

The November 1992 issue of the SFRA Review.


Sfra Review, October 1992, Science Fiction Research Association Oct 1992

Sfra Review, October 1992, Science Fiction Research Association

SFRA Newsletter (Science Fiction Research Association)

The October 1992 issue of the SFRA Review.


Book Review Forum On Nicholas Thomas's Out Of Time: History And Evolution In Anthropological Discourse, Richard J. Parmentier, Jonathan Friedman, David Hanlon, Bradd Shore Jun 1992

Book Review Forum On Nicholas Thomas's Out Of Time: History And Evolution In Anthropological Discourse, Richard J. Parmentier, Jonathan Friedman, David Hanlon, Bradd Shore

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


The Influences At Work On The Old Mennonite Church Which Caused The Various Groups Of The Missionary Church To Come Into Existence, William J. Hyndman Mar 1992

The Influences At Work On The Old Mennonite Church Which Caused The Various Groups Of The Missionary Church To Come Into Existence, William J. Hyndman

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


A Brief History Of Providence College, Donna T. Mccaffrey Jan 1992

A Brief History Of Providence College, Donna T. Mccaffrey

History & Classics Faculty Publications

A New York City native drawn to Providence College by the love and example of her uncle, Rev. Cornelius P. Forster, O.P., Dr. Donna T. McCaffrey ’73G, ’83 Ph.D., and ’87G was a seminal figure in the history of the College — the same history she chronicled so fondly and scrupulously. Her 522-page doctoral dissertation, “The Origins and Early History of Providence College Through 1947,” described in vivid detail the people and the events that aligned a century ago to realize the bold vision of the Right Rev. Matthew Harkins, D.D., bishop of Providence, to build a Catholic college in …


The Shanachie Volume 4, Connecticut Irish-American Historical Society Jan 1992

The Shanachie Volume 4, Connecticut Irish-American Historical Society

The Shanachie (CTIAHS)

No abstract provided.


Review Of Kingship, Law And Society: Criminal Justice In The Reign Of Henry V, Thomas A. Green Jan 1992

Review Of Kingship, Law And Society: Criminal Justice In The Reign Of Henry V, Thomas A. Green

Reviews

Edward Powell's splendid study of Henry V's strategy for keeping peace among magnate and gentry factions represents an important contribution to the history of criminal justice. After providing a panoramic view of the machinery of criminal justice, Powell analyzes the extent to which that machinery was effective as between the Crown, at the center, and the upper echelons of society in the provinces. His conclusion, not surprisingly, is that the regular processes of common-law criminal administration could not easily be deployed at those levels. But Powell does not let the matter drop there. Kingship, Law, and Society presents a lucid …


Politics, The Nationality Problem, And The Habsburg Army, 1848-1914. (Volumes I And Ii)., Lohr Eugene Miller Jr Jan 1992

Politics, The Nationality Problem, And The Habsburg Army, 1848-1914. (Volumes I And Ii)., Lohr Eugene Miller Jr

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The army of the Habsburg Monarchy was the central institution of the Habsburg state, and it embodied the ideal of non-national, dynastic rule. The army leadership was aware of the dangers of nationalism, but in the period between the end of the Napoleonic Wars and the revolutions of 1848, no attempt was made to overcome the danger of national disaffection. The revolutions of 1848 caused the army to remove Hungarian and Italian units from their homelands, but, despite the suspicion in which they were held, these troops fought well in the wars of 1859 and 1866. The financial weakness of …


"Caritas Christi Urget Nos": The Urgent Challenges Of Charity In Seventeenth Century France, Edward R. Udovic C.M., Ph.D. Oct 1991

"Caritas Christi Urget Nos": The Urgent Challenges Of Charity In Seventeenth Century France, Edward R. Udovic C.M., Ph.D.

Vincentian Studies

A 1656 royal decree outlawed begging and private almsgiving in Paris and forcibly confined persons who were poor in various institutions of the General Hospital. These measures were later mandated throughout France until 1715. The poor were treated as enemies of the state because of their numbers and the violence, crime, and social unrest that accompanied poverty. This was a radical shift in society’s perspective. During the Age of Faith, poverty was a sign of election since Christ chose to be poor. The poor had a right to seek charity and the rich were obligated to give it. In the …


Unification Of A Slave State: The Rise Of The Planter Class In The South Carolina Backcountry, 1760-1808, By Rachel N. Klein, Lacy K. Ford, Jr. Jul 1991

Unification Of A Slave State: The Rise Of The Planter Class In The South Carolina Backcountry, 1760-1808, By Rachel N. Klein, Lacy K. Ford, Jr.

Faculty Publications

A review of Unification of a Slave State: The Rise of the Planter Class in the South Carolina Backcountry, 1760-1808, by Rachel N. Klein


Spectrum, Volume 7, Number 21, Sacred Heart University Apr 1991

Spectrum, Volume 7, Number 21, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Highlights include: Sacred Heart plans to build an athletic field house in the near future -- SHU sponsored Debate Tournament was a major success according to Debate Coach Dr. Gary Rose --Opinions about the Persian Gulf War, by Grant Walker, Ph.D. --In conjunction with a grant from Digital Equipment Corporation, installation of computer hardware and software began, allowing not only for people in one area of a building to share information with others in another part of the same building, but will allow for inter-building communications to take place as well --Student Voice: What do you think needs to be …


Spectrum, Volume 7, Number 18, Sacred Heart University Mar 1991

Spectrum, Volume 7, Number 18, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Highlights include: The Presidential Cabinet has been reorganized to include the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dr. Thomas Trebon, the Vice President for Finance and Administration, Dr. Paul Madonna, the Vice President for Enrollment Planning and Student Affairs, James Barquinero, and the Vice President for Institutional Advancement, John Gerlach --Tara Mehegan led a Peace program, dedicating it to Dr. Joseph Grau, an author, peace activist and highly respected faculty member --SHU athletic divisional status to be decided by a panel of SHU administrators, professors, coaches, and students --The Polish Cultural Events Committee is presenting Muzyka “Polonia”, a musical …


Feminizing Unions: Challenging The Gendered Structure Of Wage Labor, Marion Crain Mar 1991

Feminizing Unions: Challenging The Gendered Structure Of Wage Labor, Marion Crain

Michigan Law Review

In this article, I argue that labor unions can be an effective, central tool in a feminist agenda targeting the gendered structure of wage labor. Collective action is the most powerful and expedient route to female empowerment; further, it is the only feasible means of transforming our deeply gendered market and family structure. Others have laid the groundwork by showing how existing individual-model challenges have been unable to accomplish such broad-based reform. I begin where they leave off.


Spectrum, Volume 7, Number 13, Sacred Heart University Jan 1991

Spectrum, Volume 7, Number 13, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Highlights include: As the Persian Gulf War rages Campus ministry is gearing up to help conscientious objectors register their beliefs in case of a national draft --The newly formed Students Encouraging Troop Support (SETS) is sponsoring a “Tie a Yellow Ribbon Day” --Results of student survey --25th Anniversary Basketball team announced.


Spectrum, Volume 7, Number 12, Sacred Heart University Jan 1991

Spectrum, Volume 7, Number 12, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Highlights include: As the United Nations’ set deadline for Saddam Hussein to remove his troops from occupied Kuwait approached, student protest of U.S. policy in the Middle East crisis has spread --A sex education program designed by Health Services to train peer counselors how to deal with issues such as rape and sexually transmitted diseases faces restrictions imposed by Catholicism --In celebration of Black History Month, Ujammaa, the SHU Black Heritage Association, is sponsoring “Gospel Jamboree Night” --Student Voice: What is your reaction to the war in the Persian Gulf? --Interview with David A. Rodriguez, a student of SHU, who …


Spectrum, Volume 7, Number 11, Sacred Heart University Jan 1991

Spectrum, Volume 7, Number 11, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Highlights include: SHU prepares to submit second dorm application --Sacred Heart is in the process of creating an exchange program with the Czech Technical University of Prague, John T. Gerlach, special assistant to president Dr. Cemera announced --Sacred Heart University Library has received a $45,000 grant to purchase a second set of computer hardware—personal computer, printer and a CD-ROM player—to be used with the Wilson CD-Rom data bases that the library already owns, says Mary Rogers, assistant University librarian --The best of 1990: Movies, Music --Coach MacGuigan and scoring machine Daniel Dos Santos display the award Dos Santos received for …