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Between Now and Future Sovereignty: Indigenous Forestry in the Conjuncture
Abstract The participation of Indigenous nations in the industrial logging of their own territories has received scant attention in academic literature despite the challenges it poses for decolonial critiques of extractive industries and efforts of non‐Indigenous land defenders to build solidarity with Indigenous nations. Taking as a point of departure
Michael Simpson+2 more
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The Habeas Corpus Act of 1867: The Supreme Court as Legal Historian
Lewis Mayers
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A Reserve Army of Timber: The Racialised Regime of Private Forest Lands in British Columbia
Abstract This article tells the story of how a massive belt of private forest land located on the eastern seaboard of Vancouver Island has functioned as a “reserve army” of timber that private capital has drawn on when they have found themselves increasingly constrained in their operations on Crown land.
Michael Ekers
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Abstract This article links the proposal to establish a deportation centre on the island of Lindholm off the coast of Zealand, Denmark, and its extensive media coverage, with the implementation and media portrayal of the “Ghetto Law” aimed at neighbourhoods of racialised Danish citizens.
Erling Björgvinsson
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Abstract Around the globe, peasants, migrants, companies, and governments, even the land itself, are doing things that agrarian studies scholars are not anticipating. The changes in the countryside seem increasingly dramatic, challenging Marxist vocabulary and analysis.
Christian Lund, Hilary Faxon
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Abstract One of the primary mechanisms used to regulate short‐term rentals (STRs) is the creation of a registry. However, far from being a measure to mitigate the impact of this market, we argue that by issuing licences, governments have effectively transformed STRs into legally protected assets, giving landlords and investors the stability to operate ...
Gianluca Bei, Agustín Cocola‐Gant
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ABSTRACT With this contribution, an attempt is being made to chart the timeline of the invention of the European hard‐paste porcelain based on historical documents. They were evaluated to trace the development lines from Tschirnhaus's early experiments with burning mirrors and lenses in the 1680s to finding ‘wax porcelain’ around 1694 to the ...
Robert B. Heimann
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Considering the Developing Entity in an Artificial Womb as a Patient
ABSTRACT Artificial womb (AW) prototypes are currently being developed with the aim of improving the medical care of extremely premature infants. Despite the seemingly imminent reality of partial ectogenesis (i.e., gestation partially outside a human womb), there is persisting debate about the moral status of the fetus transferred in an AW—henceforth ...
Frédérique Drouin+3 more
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Expecting the Next Coup? The Unchallenged Brazilian Military's Bargaining Power
The civil‐military relations in Brazil have faced criticism due to weak political institutions and significant military autonomy, resulting in a regression of democratisation. This article posits that the shortcomings in Brazilian civil‐military relations have historical roots, with military prerogatives established in the early twentieth century and ...
Érico Esteves Duarte
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