Publications
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Mana Māori. The Power of New Zealand’s First Inhabitants
(2010)
This book takes you on a journey exploring the histories of the country's first Polynesian discoverers, its encounters with Europeans and the subsequent settling by Westerners. Particular attention will be paid to the Dutch ...
Traditional Authorities in Africa. Resurgence in an Era of Democratisation
(2008)
Traditional authority is a distinguishing feature in the landscape of contemporary Africa. It remains important in organising the life of the people at the local level despite modern state structures. As a result, a large ...
Court Reform
(2008)
Three types of strategies have been common for court reform programmes: the ‘holistic’, the ‘tactical’, and the ‘strategic’ approach. This Research and Policy Note discusses strategic court reform and its underlying ideas. ...
Lawmaking for Development. Explorations into the Theory and Practice of International Legislative Projects
(2008)
This volume discusses how legislation (the product) and lawmaking (the process) function in developing countries, and how legislation contributes to development and how lawmaking and legislation can be improved either by ...
Contesting Land and Custom in Ghana. State, Chief and the Citizen
(2008)
The contributions to this essential volume critically examine ideas on customary land tenure in Ghana. They analyse the relations between the customary and statutory tenure and the institutional interactions between the ...
Sharia and National Law in Muslim Countries
(2008)
The relationship between 'Islam and the West' has become a central issue in international relations. Recently, an overwhelmingly negative view of sharia has developed in the West, in response to reported events, notably ...
Access to Justice and Legal Empowerment. Making the Poor Central in Legal Development Co-operation
(2008)
Reforms to improve poor people’s access to justice and to promote their legal empowerment comprise the latest trend in legal development cooperation. This volume answers a number of basic questions about this new trend, ...
Pollution Regulation in Development. System Design, Compliance and Enforcement
(2008)
Over the last decades, some non-OECD countries such as Brazil, Indonesia, Colombia, Mexico, India and China have been rapidly industrializing. While this has had positive effects on economic growth, it has also caused ...
Turning over a New Leaf
(2012)
Books before print – manuscripts – were modified continuously throughout the medieval period. Focusing on the ninth and twelfth centuries, this volume explores such material changes as well as the varying circumstances ...
Stemmen op berkenbast
(2012)
Stemmen op berkenbast offers a compilation of personal letters written on birchbarck. It is an introduction to medieval communication in Russian Novgorod.