peter lang ltd international academic publishers aug 2006 (49 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Kernelement dieser rechtswissenschaftlichen Untersuchung ist der Vorschlag der Kommission für eine Verordnung zur Registrierung, Bewertung, Zulassung und Beschränkung chemischer Stoffe (REACH) vom 29. Oktober 2003. Aufgezeigt wird die unmittelbare Anwendung des europäischen Vorsorgeprinzips bei der konkreten Ausgestaltung der einzelnen REACH-Elemente. Neben den Umweltpolitiken und Handlungsgrundsätzen der Gemeinschaft werden die bedeutendsten Regelungen des europäischen und nationalen Chemikalienrechts überblicksartig dargestellt. Die Untersuchung des Verordnungsvorschlages auf seine Konformität mit gemeinschaftlichem Primärrecht und Europäischen Grundrechten kommt zu dem Ergebnis, dass vorbehaltlich einzelner Nachbesserungen Rechtsverstöße nicht zu beobachten sind. 276 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This collection brings into dialogue authors from a range of disciplines and perspectives to address the thorny question of how to balance the demands of «democratic dialogue» with the reality of a world in which each voice does not carry equal weight. Should rules be in place, for example, that correct for such imbalances by privileging some voices or muting others Should separate spaces be created for traditionally disadvantaged groups to speak only among themselves Is democratic dialogue in an inclusive sense even a possibility in a world divided by multiple dimensions of power and privilege Leading theorists from several countries share a concern for social justice and present radically different interpretations of what democracy means for educational practice. In a format unusual for such collections, the essays speak directly to each other about significant moral, philosophical, and practical differences regarding how to effectively engage students as critical participants in classrooms fraught with power and difference. The authors draw from philosophy, critical race theory, sociology, feminist, and poststructural studies to address topics including hate speech, freedom of expression, speech codes, the meanings of silence, conceptions of voice and agency, and «political correctness». They explore honestly and self-critically the troubling and disturbing dimensions of speech and silence that situate the classroom as a volatile microcosm of contemporary political contradictions. 165 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The Gospel According to Superheroes: Religion and Popular Culture offers an intriguing look at superheroes in light of the spiritual and mythological roles they play in our lives. B. J. Oropeza takes you through the adventuresome quest of three comic book eras as you read about the popular narratives of superheroes such as Batman, Superman, Spider-Man, X-Men, Hulk, Wonder Woman, the Fantastic Four, sci-fi film heroes, pulp heroes, antiheroes, and more. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in viewing the superheroes as both sinners and saints instead of mere good guys taking on the forces of evil. 298 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book has established itself as one of the most concise and authoritative guides to the institutional development of the European Union. Covering the evolution from the original European Communities to the Constitution for Europe, Youri Devuyst introduces the reader to the divisions and dilemmas that have resulted in today's European Union. In doing so, the book provides much-needed clarification of the principles and practice behind the Union's institutions, decision-making and external relations. This knowledge is of crucial importance in grasping not just the Union's way of doing business but also the current debate on the future of the enlarged European Union and its new Constitution. Written in a clear and comprehensible style throughout, The European Union Transformed includes 20 topic-specific guides to further reading, making it the ideal source for all those who wish to understand the functioning of the European institutions. 212 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The basic premise of this book is simple - it brings together early childhood and cultural-studies professionals who are willing to provide a kaleidoscope of views capable of challenging the sanctity of the early childhood western lens. Marianne Bloch, Hedy Chang, Amos Hatch, Henry Giroux, Jan Jipson, Joe Kincheloe, Shirley Kessler, Sally Lubeck, Shirley Steinberg, Beth Blue Swadener, Nila Rinehardt, and Lourdes Diaz Soto call for a move toward the critical, toward the multicultural, toward the dialogic, toward the feminist, toward the personal, with the others, with the silenced, and in solidarity with multiple players. 228 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Many American educators are all too familiar with disengaged students, disenfranchised teachers, sanitized and irrelevant curricula, inadequate support for the neediest schools and students, and the tyranny of standardizing testing. This text invites teachers and would-be teachers unhappy with such conditions to consider becoming critical educators - professionals dedicated to creating schools that genuinely provide equal opportunity for all children. Assuming little or no background in critical theory, chapters address several essential questions to help readers develop the understanding and resolve necessary to become change agents. Why do critical theorists say that education is always political How do traditional and critical agendas for schools differ Which agenda benefits whose children What classroom and policy changes does critical practice require What risks must change agents accept Resources point readers toward opportunities to deepen their understanding beyond the limits of these pages. 170 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Although the fields of chaos and complexity are important in a number of disciplines, they have not yet been influential in education. This book remedies this dilemma by gathering essays by authors from around the world who have studied and applied chaos and complexity theories to their teaching. Rich in its material, recursive in its interweaving of themes, conversational in its relationships, and rigorous in its analysis, the book is essential reading for undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals who deal with these important topics. 329 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -If married in church, medieval women vowed before God and their husbands to be 'bonoure and buxum', that is, meek and obedient in bed and at table. This book is a study of wives in a variety of fourteenth- and fifteenth-century romance, fabliaux, cycle drama, life-writing, lyrics and hagiography. The volume examines key moments that defined life as a married woman: her eligibility to become a wife, the wedding ceremony, her conjugal rights and duties, childbirth and her contribution to the family economy. The book explores the way in which the literary representation of wives is in dialogue with discourses that strove to construct and regulate the role of 'wife'; canon and secular law, marriage liturgy, medical treatises on the female body, sermons, manuals of spiritual instruction, biblical paradigms, conduct books and misogamous writings. Moreover, the volume examines the possibilities for subversion of these paradigms by listening to literary wives speak both within and against these discourses. Real women's attitudes, and strategies of subversion, are woven into the volume throughout, as recorded in church and manorial court records, in their wills and in their writing. 239 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This study examines the relation of image and language as well as the relation of ethics and aesthetics through a discussion of the positions of Kierkegaard and Wittgenstein.In the Tractatus Wittgenstein pursues the idea that the image can show what language cannot express and defends an aesthetic unity of ethics and aesthetics. Is he right Is there not much to be said in favour of the opposite position, represented by Kierkegaard's pseudonymous author Judge William (in Either/Or ) William criticizes the image and argues in favour of language and of an ethical unity of aesthetics and ethics. William shows that the word has a decisive surplus when compared to the image. However, this position has its shortcomings too: language is not the only place of authentic communication.Looking for an alternative to 'logoclasm' (the early Wittgenstein) and 'iconoclasm' (William), Zijlstra explores Wittgenstein's later work and Kierkegaard's oeuvre as a whole and presents a new way of thinking about the relation of ethics and aesthetics. 188 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book deals with the identification of the aggressor state under International Law. This issue raises a deceptively easy question, that is, how does one distinguish the aggressor state from the victim state in situations involving the unilateral use of force In a straightforward situation where state A attacks state B without any provocation, it is clear that state A is the aggressor. However, confusion begins to arise when state A first attacks state B as a form of 'anticipatory' self-defence; or when state A first attacks state B as a form of 'pre-emptive' self-defence; or when state A attacks state B in order to prevent state B from committing gross human rights atrocities against its own nationals. In all of these latter situations, the current rules are unclear and therefore either make it impossible to distinguish between the aggressor state and the victim state or give the aggressor state an unfair advantage over the victim state. This book utilizes general principles of Criminal Law in an attempt to tackle these questions and ultimately to devise a solution for distinguishing between the aggressor and the victim state regardless of the circumstances. Attention has also been given to the field of international relations. 211 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Theory of Film Music strives to explain how music functions in film, how it is perceived by viewers, and which meanings and values it represents in the dramaturgy of a film work. The book points out the scope of expressive potentials of music in film and arranges them in systems. It draws upon the knowledge of psychology of perception, acoustics, aesthetics of music and film, and it explains film music through concepts, and terms of semiotics. It is concerned with music in relation to film space and time, music's incorporation in film montage, and music's impressiveness in relation to the graphic nature of film pictures. It points out the expression and symbolism of individual historical and genre types of music. Trying to provide a more vivid account of the extent of theoretically outlined propositions, the book offers more than 200 examples of verbal description of certain moments in films ranging from the beginnings of the sound film up to the present. They also manifest typical creative tendencies in the history of film music. The book is supplemented with score excerpts, analyses, photographs, and registers. 191 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Poverty and dependence constitute the two sides of the same coin. Both can be seen as a result of the 'terrors of nature' or the 'horrors of history.' They are obstacles to maturity and personal responsibility; they rob their victims of their sense of inner worth and dignity. And they instill in them the unhealthy feelings of inferiority and inner worthlessness that lead to greater poverty of the mind and powerlessness. This book is a study in Christian social ethics within the context of communio ecclesiology. It deals with the entrenched systems of domination that create and maintain material poverty and systemic dependence on the part of the Churches in Africa. The image of the umbilical cord depicts this form of life-or-death dependence on external structures and resources. Having identified the 'terrors of nature' and the 'horrors of history' responsible for the African predicaments that result in acute poverty and shameless dependence, this study sees the principles of the social order in their diverse understandings as the criteria capable of effectively blazing the trail of Self-reliance for the Churches in Africa. 354 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This volume reflects the results of a workshop on the investigation of specialized discourse in a diachronic perspective, held within the 15th European Symposium on Language for Special Purposes ('New Trends in Specialized Discourse', Bergamo 2005). The articles deal with developments from the late medieval period to the present day, and the book encompasses studies in which the long-established tradition of domain-specific English is highlighted. The fields of contributions range from scientific to legal to political and business discourse. Special attention is given to argumentation, in an attempt to assess the time-depth of typical rhetorical strategies. Some methodological innovations are introduced in corpus linguistics. Numerous contributions bring new materials to scholarly discussion, as recently released or in-progress 'second-generation' corpora are used as data. Recent changes in present-day legal and scientific writing are also discussed as they witness fast adaptation to new requirements, due to the advent and growing familiarity of new technologies, international law and changes in academia. 288 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Samuel Beckett's works have spawned a great variety of critical - sometimes contradictory - interpretations, most recently ones stemming from postmodern theories of literature. In keeping with this trend, this book probes the relationship between Beckett's fiction and the work of a number of contemporary French thinkers, such as Maurice Blanchot and Gilles Deleuze, which demonstrates how concepts such as «the thought of the outside» and «the simulacrum» also generate Beckett's transgressive narrative. Beckett and French Theory provides valuable new knowledge and understanding to teachers and students of both Beckett's fiction and recent French critical theory. 144 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In the context of cultural and economic globalization, intercultural communication is of central importance for the study of social and educational processes and practices. This volume contains contributions on conceptual issues as well as case studies on intercultural communication and education in Finland. Some of the contributions were first presented at the conference 'Enhancing the Visibility and Collaboration of Researchers in Intercultural Communication and Education in Finland' which took place at the University of Turku, Finland, in October 2004. The other collected articles offer various contrasting perspectives on issues related to interculturality.Dans le contexte de la mondialisation culturelle et économique, la recherche en communication interculturelle est d'une importance capitale pour l'étude des pratiques et des processus sociaux et éducatifs. Les contributions de ce volume relèvent tant du traitement de problèmes conceptuels que de l'étude de cas, réunies autour du thème de la communication et de l'éducation interculturelles en Finlande. Certaines d'entre elles ont été présentées lors de la conférence intitulée ' Visibilité et collaboration des chercheurs en communication et en éducation interculturelles en Finlande ', qui s'est déroulée en octobre 2004 à l'Université de Turku. D'autres viennent s'ajouter à l'ouvrage, offrant ainsi des éclairages à la fois complémentaires et différents sur les problématiques de l'interculturalité. 234 pp. Englisch, Französisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book is one of the first systematic studies to describe the linguistic repertoire and the communicative strategies adopted by Ghanaian immigrants in Italy.The linguistic repertoire of the Ghanaian community in Bergamo (Northern Italy) is described with a special focus on the different codes composing it. The author analyzes the role that each code plays in expressing the community members' ethnic and linguistic identity, and the speakers' attitudes towards each code. She draws on the results of qualitative analysis - adopting both a macro-sociolinguistic and a micro-sociolinguistic perspective - of a database of face-to-face interactions and of formal interviews involving a selected group of Ghanaian immigrants. 290 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This work is a sedulous enquiry into the intertextual practice of Maryse Condé in Moi, Tituba, sorcière. noire de Salem (1986), Traversée de la mangrove (1989) and La Migration des coeurs (1995), the texts of her oeuvre in which the practice is the most elaborate and discursively significant. Arguing that no satisfactory reading of these novels is possible without due intertextual reference and interpretation, the author analyses salient intertexts which flesh out and, in the case of Traversée de la mangrove, shed considerable new light on meaning and authorial discourse. Whether it be in respect of canonical (William Faulkner, Emily Brontë, Nathaniel Hawthorne), postcolonial (Aimé Césaire, Jacques Roumain) or other (Anne Hébert, Saint-John Perse) writers, the author explores Condé's intertextual choices not only around such themes as identity, resistance, métissage and errance, but also through the dialectics of race-culture, male-female, centre-periphery, and past-present. As both textual symbol and enactment of an increasingly creolised world, intertextuality constitutes a pervasively powerful force in Condé's writing the elucidation of which is indispensable to evaluating the significance of this unique fictional oeuvre. 336 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Pedagogical theory arising from general education has long dominated discourse in both research and policy-making in education: this is also evident in vocational studies. Today, both locally and internationally, the complex processes of vocational pedagogy play a central role in the discussions. Work-based learning, the master-apprenticeship learning tradition, and the pedagogy of vocations and professions are all important concepts in on-going education policy debates. Contradictions between different learning traditions are clearly evident in vocational pedagogy: learning according to the workshop traditions or learning in the classroom, vocational theory and general theory, learning at school and learning in a work situation. This book is based on research in Norway and examines problems of teaching and learning in relation to vocational curricula of upper secondary schooling, apprentices' experiences and masters thesis-writing in the field of vocational pedagogy. The book also explores the question of vocational education and gender, today and in the past. 230 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The volume features a selection of new work presented at the 2004 meeting of the International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (ICEHL). Main conference themes reflected in this volume are: the maturation and broadening of historical corpus linguistics, a new interest in English for Specific Purposes as a diachronic phenomenon, and the role of grammar writing in the process of change. A further thematic strand of this book is the significance of functional aspects in the development of grammar and discourse, especially in domains beyond phonology and morphology. Several contributions focus on the operation of socio-pragmatic and functional factors in historically identifiable social networks, especially in the 18th century. Apart from that there is also a strong emphasis on developments in the 19th and 20th centuries. 258 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -From Child to Elder explores the personal growth that can arise when a middle-aged adult loses his or her last living parent. Based on an empirical phenomenological study, this book details the complex ways in which the adult orphan's ongoing relationship to the deceased parents, combined with the unique meanings of the loss, leads to a deepening of individual autonomy and spiritual awakening. Confrontation with mortality and fundamental aloneness promotes, among other things, an increased sense of existential responsibility toward self and others as the adult orphan psychologically assumes its new role as an elder. These and many other themes are structured into an integrated whole and amplified through developmental, existential, and Jungian perspectives. The result is a compelling portrait of the processes by which the death of one's parents can accelerate psychospiritual development. 276 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This volume reflects the emerging interest in cross-disciplinary variation in both spoken and written academic English, exploring the conventions and modes of persuasion characteristic of different disciplines and which help define academic inquiry. This collection brings together chapters by applied linguists and EAP practitioners from seven different countries. The authors draw on various specialised spoken and written corpora to illustrate the notion of variation and to explore the concept of discipline and the different methodologies they use to investigate these corpora. The book also seeks to make explicit the valuable links that can be made between research into academic speech and writing as text, as process, and as social practice. 320 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The mutual enrichment and tolerance between Christianity and Hinduism should be an important theme in any discussion of interreligious co-existence, because of the influence of both religions in the present day world. But is there a meeting point between Christian absolutism and Hindu universalism Can pluralism be a solution If the claim of one religion does not contradict the claim of the other, why should a mutual recognition, tolerance and co-existence be impossible Why cannot the followers of different religions live together as brothers and sisters of one single loving Father These and many other similar questions are dealt with in this book. 434 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Georges Pompidou n'appartient pas au panthéon des fondateurs de régime et n'occupe donc pas une place de choix dans l'histoire constitutionnelle de la France. Pourtant, succéder au très charismatique fondateur de la V e République, Charles de Gaulle, était un véritable défi.En accédant à la présidence de la République en 1969, le gaulliste Georges Pompidou entendait assumer pleinement l'héritage constitutionnel du général de Gaulle et l'enraciner dans la tradition politique française. Mais il savait également qu'il devrait l'adapter aux temps nouveaux et qu'il lui faudrait opérer en ce sens ce que Jean Charlot qualifiait de passage du ' gaullisme héroïque et gaullien au gaullisme quotidien et pompidolien '.Les ajustements apportés à la pratique des institutions par le second Président de la V e République furent aussi largement tributaires de sa personnalité et de sa science politique, et au premier chef de son expérience de Premier ministre du général de Gaulle, pendant plus de six ans. ' Car, en définitive - écrivait Georges Pompidou -, les institutions sont ce que les hommes les font '.En mettant en lumière et en commentant une sélection unique d'écrits, de discours et d'interviews de Georges Pompidou de 1962 à 1974, cet ouvrage retrace avec précision la conception et la pratique des institutions de ce dernier, de Matignon à l'Élysée. 286 pp. Französisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Este estudio explora textos literarios, fílmicos y visuales de los siglos XIX y XX centrados en la temática de la emigración española de carácter interior, continental y transoceánico. Indaga acerca del papel del cuerpo como metáfora de la alienación, desarraigo y crisis de identidad propias del proceso migratorio. ¿Por qué a pesar de la existencia de un corpus literario considerable, la literatura de la emigración española ha quedado prácticamente excluida del canon español ¿Cuál es su relación con el imaginario nacional y con otras narrativas de contacto alimentadas por discursos imperialistas El análisis de textos de la emigración en contraste con las crónicas de indias o la figura del indiano evidencia una inversión de la disposición colonial centro-periferia al situar al súbdito español en el margen social, cultural y discursivo. 210 pp. Spanisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Una vez superada la centralidad de la palabra en la descripción lingüística, el estudio de la fraseología de las lenguas se ha convertido en una de las tareas fundamentales de la investigación. La fraseología teórica ha experimentado un gran desarrollo científico a partir del enfoque y los planteamientos de la lingüística moderna: ha logrado configurarse como disciplina autónoma en torno a un objeto de estudio del que no se ocuparon convenientemente la morfología, la sintaxis, la lexicología, etc. Sin embargo, se ha centrado casi exclusivamente en la fraseología de carácter léxico (locuciones verbales, adverbiales, sustantivas, etc.). La fraseología gramatical (es decir, las locuciones prepositivas, conjuntivas y marcadoras), por el contrario, ha quedado en tierra de nadie y ha sido injustamente olvidada. Este libro contribuye a paliar su desamparo teórico al tiempo que reformula varios de los presupuestos en los que está anclada esta joven disciplina. 306 pp. Spanisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Les textes présentés dans ce volume sont issus des communications faites lors du colloque international organisé les 8 et 9 octobre 2004 à l'université Paris X par le CRIPMA/CRIPLEA. Le souci des intervenants a été d'apporter un éclairage nouveau sur certaines crises importantes de la période de la guerre froide et sur les relations qu'entretenaient ses protagonistes. Leur travail s'appuie sur des documents d'archives récemment publiés ou mis à la disposition des chercheurs. Ils espèrent ainsi répondre à des questions restées jusqu'ici sans réponse et revenir sur des jugements inexacts parce que mal informés. 232 pp. Französisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Comment éviter que les finalités du programme Erasmus, visant à renforcer les interactions dans l'espace pluriculturel de la citoyenneté européenne, ne se dissolvent dans une routine de gestion d'hôtes passagers sur les territoires universitaires nationaux Cet ouvrage développe et élabore l'hypothèse que les ' dispositifs d'accompagnement ' de la mobilité doivent sortir des paradigmes de l'assistance, de l'inculcation ou d'une simple délégation à l'expérience. Dans cette optique, il est nécessaire d'établir des objectifs définis, susceptibles de reconnaissance dans un cursus académique qui acquiert ainsi une véritable ' dimension européenne '. Il ne s'agit pas de juxtaposer les séjours à l'étranger mais de créer méthodiquement des lieux tiers d'échange et de confrontation où se co-construisent et s'exercent les compétences interculturelles des sujets de la rencontre.L'analyse rend compte d'une recherche-action de petite échelle, menée à l'Université de Macerata (Italie) sur la base d'une enquête contextuelle et d'un état des lieux de ce nouveau champ pédagogique au niveau international. Un laboratoire transversal sur la mobilité s'est constitué pour l'expérimentation de parcours didactiques originaux visant à complexifier la dynamique identitaire par intégration de la différence. 342 pp. Französisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Kann Geschichtsschreibung objektiv und wahr sein Oder ist sie nur Zerrbild der Vergangenheit - geprägt von den Interessen und Blindheiten ihrer Zeit und ihrer Verfasser Historiker neigen zu einer realistischen Perspektive auf ihr Fach. Ihr Ringen um richtige Darstellungen und Interpretationen vergangenen Geschehens wäre sinnlos, würden sie diese vollständig aufgeben. Geschichtstheoretiker singen - zumal in den letzten Jahrzehnten - gern das Lied des historischen Relativismus. Dabei räumen sie mit allerlei naiv-realistischen Vorstellungen von Geschichtswissenschaft auf. Doch vielfach wird darüber hinaus das Konzept einer wissenschaftlichen Erforschung der menschlichen Vergangenheit überhaupt verabschiedet. Unter Betonung ihres narrativen Charakters wird Geschichtswissenschaft in die Nähe von fiktionaler Literatur gerückt. Die Grenzen zwischen Geschichtswissenschaft, Geschichtspolitik oder gar Propaganda verschwimmen. Dieses Buch untersucht die Argumente für den radikalen historischen Relativismus und weist seine wesentlichen Schlussfolgerungen zurück. Weiter entwickelt der Autor ein positives Verständnis von historischer Objektivität. Geschichtsdarstellungen werden hierbei nicht als Erzählungen, sondern als kausale Theorien über historische Veränderungsprozesse verstanden. Als solche lassen sie sich empirisch rechtfertigen - wie andere wissenschaftliche Theorien. 224 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Am Beispiel des Fernabsatzvertrages untersucht die Arbeit, inwieweit der Verbraucherschutz im Internationalen Privatrecht dem heutigen Stand der Kommunikationstechnik und den modernen europäischen Verbraucherschutzvorstellungen noch gerecht wird und wo Reformbedarf besteht. Wo das Verbraucherschutzkollisionsrecht der Art. 29 und Art. 29a EGBGB keinen Schutz gewährt, wird geprüft, ob die weiteren Bestimmungen des Internationalen Vertragsrechts zu verbrauchergünstigen Ergebnissen führen können. Ungeklärt ist dabei bislang insbesondere der internationale Geltungswille des europäischen bzw. des deutschen Fernabsatzrechts. 230 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Haftungsfragen sind im Recht gemeinhin, vor allem aber im Arbeits- und Sozialrecht seit jeher von großer Bedeutung. Von den zahlreichen hier strittigen Problemen behandelt die Darstellung die derzeit zwei bedeutsamsten Problemkonstellationen: Im Bereich des Schmerzensgeldausschlusses in der Unfallversicherung zeigt die Arbeit die verfassungsrechtlichen Bedenken auf und kommt angesichts gestiegener Schmerzensgeldsummen und der rechtlichen Änderungen infolge des 2. SchadRÄndG zum Ergebnis der Verfassungswidrigkeit der derzeitigen gesetzlichen Regelung. Als zweitem Aspekt widmet sich die Arbeit der arbeitsrechtlichen Eigenschadensproblematik des Arbeitnehmers bei verschuldensunabhängig entstandenen Schäden. Nach Darstellung der (verfassungs-)rechtlichen Erforderlichkeit einer arbeitgeberseitigen Einstandspflicht werden die bisherigen Lösungsansätze kritisch diskutiert. Hierbei gelangt der Verfasser zu der Ansicht, dass ein Tätigwerden des Gesetzgebers unumgänglich ist und unterbreitet einen entsprechenden Gesetzentwurf, welcher insbesondere die Parallelen zur beschränkten Arbeitnehmerhaftung verdeutlicht sowie ebenfalls zur Disposivität einer solchen Regelung Stellung bezieht. 270 pp. Deutsch.