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Cutting freedom down to size Liberté calibrée
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.Freedom, as a concept and a value, presents limited prospects for anthropological comparison. The study of enslavement, much neglected in attempts to develop an anthropology of freedom, shows that freedom has been imagined by the enslaved as the opposite of their condition only under particular circumstances.
Harri Englund
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Kidnapping : A Lucrative Crime in 21st Century Nigeria [PDF]
, 2019 The rising incidence and prevalence of kidnapping in Nigeria have continually generated concern in both academic and non-academic circles The phenomenon of kidnapping constitutes a serious threat to life and serves as a major drawback to the nation s ...
Odoma, Samuel U., Akor, Linus Y.
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Partitioned Desires: Female Agency and Interfaith Relationships Around the Partition of India
Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Through an examination of the phenomenon of abduction, I suggest that the preoccupation with women's violation during the 1947 Partition of India has obfuscated a history of female desire. Considering accusations of kidnapping made by women's families against men belonging to a different religion in instances of interfaith desire, I ...
Angad Singh
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, 1959 Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a kidnapping in ...
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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The impact of unemployment on the rise of banditry and kidnapping in Osun State, Nigeria
Diversitas JournalThe rise of banditry and kidnapping in Osun State in recent time is worrisome. The paper assesses socio-economic factors that contribute to banditry and kidnapping; it examines the socio-economic factor that is most influential in driving individuals ...
Segun Lakin Oderinde
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إختطاف الأشخاص فى القانونين المصرى , والفرنسى : دراسة مقارنة فى المفهوم والطبيعة القانونية وتمييزها عن غيرها من الجرائم المشابهة . [PDF]
مجلة البحوث القانونية و الاقتصاديةتعد الحرية الشخصية من أقدس الحقوق التي كرستها الشرائع السماوية ، وأكدتها المواثيق الدولية ، وحمتها الدساتير الوطنية بوصفها الأساس الذي تبنى عليه كرامة الإنسان ووجوده القانوني .
أحمد محمد جاد أحمد صبح البنا
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Causes, consequences and control of kidnapping in Nigeria [PDF]
, 2023 Kidnapping is one of the oldest crimes in human history. It is a violent crime. It was one of the ways used in the past to get slaves during the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade era. The most common form of kidnapping is the economic/ransom kidnapping. Payment
ANTHONIA Chidiebele Okeke +2 more
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History, EarlyView.Abstract On 2 June 1442, Alfonso V of Aragon seized the throne of Naples after twenty years of violence, rivalry and warfare between the houses of Anjou and Trastámara over control of the Italian Regno. Over the span of his sixteen‐year reign, Alfonso used Naples as a tool to build his reputation as a new Roman and Imperial ruler in the Italian south ...
Jessica L. Minieri
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An Analysis of the Causes and Consequences of Kidnapping in Nigeria [PDF]
, 2017 Kidnapping is a serious crime and has potential for transforming into other felonious offenses, such as physical violence, financial victimisation, and murder.
Ibrahim Mukhtar, Jamilu +3 more
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