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Hallucinations and Smoke Screens: The Pseudo-Platonic ‘Laws of Nature’ (Nawāmīs) and Their Transmission [PDF]
If one masters the hidden laws of nature, there is no end to the wonders that these can produce. A particular group of such procedures that prescribe fumigations with dry, incense-like substances circulated in the Arabic mediaeval tradition, probably ...
Lucia Raggetti
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Frege, Peano and the Interplay between Logic and Mathematics
In contemporary historical studies, Peano is usually included in the logical tradition pioneered by Frege. In this paper, I shall first demonstrate that Frege and Peano independently developed a similar way of using logic for the rigorous expression and ...
Joan Bertran-San Millán
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Medieval Canon Lawyers and European Legal Tradition. A Brief Overview
The Roman Church was a leading public institution of the Middle Ages and its law, canon law, belonged to most powerful factors of European legal history.
Tomasz Giaro
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PENAL LAW IN THE 18TH CENTURY: CHANGING THE PLACE AND ROLE OF CATHOLICS IN IRISH SOCIETY
In the late XVII - early XVIII centuries, the English parliament passed a number of restrictive laws for Irish Catholics and dissenters. The penal laws were designed to maintain Protestant authority in Ireland and prevent rebellion against the English ...
N. Lagoshina
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Interpret / Experiment. About the concept of "loi" at Montesquieu
This paper analyzes the opposition between Montesquieu’s definition of laws as “necessary relations arising from the nature of things” and the classical conception of law in legal Western tradition. Through the critical examination of Jean Domat’s theory
Tommaso Gazzolo
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China’s Selection of Foreign Laws for Succession in the Late Qing Dynasty [PDF]
This article studies the selection of a target country for succession of foreign laws by China of the late Qing Dynasty as well as the channels and approaches based on documentation in the Chinese language.
Zhongqiu Zhang
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Models of Party Democracy : Patterns of Party Regulation in Post-War European Constitutions [PDF]
This article investigates the ways in which political parties are codified in modern democratic constitutions, providing a unique cross-sectional and longitudinal overview of the patterns of party constitutionalization in post-war Europe.
van Biezen, Ingrid +4 more
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Most Pacific Island countries which are members of the Pacific Islands Forum have a history as British colonies or protectorates. This delivers a legacy of transplanted British style public health laws from the first half of the twentieth century, which ...
HOWSE, Genevieve
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Trends in the development of ideas about just laws in Russian legal doctrines of the 18th century
This article reveals the conditions under which the philosophy of law developed in Russia, with the focus on its unique features and the role played by foreign thinkers in this process.
A.R. Gilmullin
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This book explores different theories of law, religion, and tradition, from both a secular and a religious perspective. It reflects on how tradition and change can affect religious and secular legal reasoning, identifying the patterns of legal evolution ...
Giles, Jessica. +2 more
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