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Private Banking in Europe
For centuries private bankers owned and managed their banks, usually with unlimited liability.In the mid-19th century they faced increasing competition. This book traces the rise and decline of this original form of banking, and its revival in the late 20th century as a response to the development of a new market - the management of personal wealth.
International Economic Law and National Autonomy
International commitments may sit uneasily with national pressures in the best of times. This age of economic uncertainty brings these tensions into sharper relief. This volume draws together thirteen analyses of this tension in a wide array of contexts, including each of the three main pillars of the World Trade Organization, international investment law and arbitration, and the international financial institutions. The essays feature internationally recognised experts addressing topical examples of international economic law obligations clashing with domestic political interests. For example, Professor Robert Howse, of New York University Law School, addresses issues of globalization and whether international and national interests can in today's world be considered separate, while Ko-Yung Tung, the former Director-General of the World Bank, looks at trends in investment treaty arbitration and considers what the future may hold in light of the recent financial crisis, the rise of China as an economic powerhouse, and other factors.
Politics and the Histories of International Law
This book brings together 18 contributions by authors from different legal systems and backgrounds. They address the political implications of the writing of the history of legal issues ranging from slavery over the use of force and extraterritorial jurisdiction to Eurocentrism.
Indigenous Peoples' Land Rights under International Law
This book addresses the right of indigenous peoples to live, own and use their traditional territories, and analyses how international law addresses this. Through its meticulous examination of the interaction between international law and indigenous peoples’ land rights, the work explores several burning issues such as collective rights, self-determination, property rights, cultural rights and restitution of land. It delves into the notion of past violations and the role of international law in providing for remedies, reparation and restitution. It also argues that there is a new phase in the relationship between States, indigenous peoples and private actors, such as corporations, in the m...
Globalizing Sport
Barbara Keys offers a major study of the political and cultural ramifications of international sports competitions in the decades before World War II. She examines the transformations of events like the Olympic Games and the World Cup from relatively small-scale events to the globally popular events.
La natation
« Domaine du sport » présente, aujourd'hui, le XIe volume de sa collection, dont la somme représente une encyclopédie complète du sport moderne, sous un format agréable et commode. La natation, sport olympique de base, vous y sera contée du point de vue historique, anecdotique, biographique et technique, par le technicien français le plus éminent, François Oppenheim, dont la plume fait autorité sur le plan international.
Polemic and Literature Surrounding the French Wars of Religion
Polemic and Literature Surrounding the French Wars of Religion demonstrates that literature and polemic interacted constantly in sixteenth-century France, constructing ideological frameworks that defined the various groups to which individuals belonged and through which they defined their identities. Contributions explore both literary texts (prose, poetry, and theater) and more intentionally polemical texts that fall outside of the traditional literary genres. Engaging the continuous casting and recasting of opposing worldviews, this collection of essays examines literature's use of polemic and polemic's use of literature as seminal intellectual developments stemming from the religious and social turmoil that characterized this period in France.
Des nageurs et des records
Dans l'univers sportif, vit un "monde" très particulier, très séparé de celui des autres sports, c'est le "monde de la natation". Ce monde a son histoire, celle de ses courses. Cette histoire, François Oppenheim vous la raconte. Nageur, puis entraîneur de natation, enfin journaliste spécialisé, il a assisté - entre autres - à six Jeux olympiques (1924 à Paris, 1936 à Berlin, 1948 à Londres, 1952 à Helsinki, 1956 à Melbourne, 1960 à Rome), à six championnats d'Europe (1931 à Paris, 1934 à Magdebourg, 1938 à Londres, 1947 à Monte-Carlo, 1954 à Turin, 1958 à Budapest), aux Jeux du Commonwealth britannique, en 1958, à Cardiff. Cet ouvrage, très documenté, conduit le lec...
