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Zizek and Law (Nomikoi: Critical Legal Thinkers)
by Laurent De SutterThe very first book dedicated to Slavoj Zizek’s theoretical treatment of law, this book gathers widely recognized Zizek scholars as well as legal theorists to offer a sustained analysis of the place of law in Zizek’s work. Whether it is with reference to symbolic law, psychoanalytical law, religious law, positive law, human rights, to Lacan’s, Hegel’s, or Kant’s philosophies of law, or even to Jewish or Buddhist law, Zizek returns again and again to law. And what his work offers, this volume demonstrates, is a radically new approach to law, and a rethinking of its role within the framework of radical politics. With the help of Zizek himself – who here, and for the first time, directly engages with the topic of law – this collection provides an authoritative account of ‘Zizek and law’. It will be invaluable resource for researchers and students in the fields of law, legal theory, legal philosophy, political theory, psychoanalysis, theology, and cultural studies.
Zola and the Victorians: Censorship in the Age of Hypocrisy
by Eileen HorneLondon, 1888: Jack the Ripper stalks the streets of Whitechapel; national strikes and social unrest threaten the status quo; a grave economic crisis is spreading across the Atlantic . . . Yet Her Majesty's government is preoccupied with "a mere book" - or rather, a series of books: new translations of the Rougon-Macquart saga by French literary giant Émile Zola.In his time, Zola made his British contemporaries look positively pastoral; much of his work is considered shocking and transgressive even now. But it was his English publisher who bore the brunt of the Victorians' moral outrage at Zola's "realistic" depictions of striking miners, society courtesans and priapic, feuding farmers.Seventy years before Lady Chatterley's Lover broke the back of British censorship, Henry Vizetelly's commitment to publishing Zola, and to the nascent principle of free speech, not only landed him in the dock and thereafter in prison, but brought to ruin to the publishing house he had founded. Meanwhile, Zola was going from strength to strength, establishing his reputation as a literary legend and falling in love with a woman half his age.This lively, humorous and ultimately tragic tale is an exploration of the consequences of translation and censorship which remains relevant today for readers, publishers and authors everywhere.
Zola and the Victorians: Censorship in the Age of Hypocrisy
by Eileen HorneLondon, 1888: Jack the Ripper stalks the streets of Whitechapel; national strikes and social unrest threaten the status quo; a grave economic crisis is spreading across the Atlantic . . . Yet Her Majesty's government is preoccupied with "a mere book" - or rather, a series of books: new translations of the Rougon-Macquart saga by French literary giant Émile Zola.In his time, Zola made his British contemporaries look positively pastoral; much of his work is considered shocking and transgressive even now. But it was his English publisher who bore the brunt of the Victorians' moral outrage at Zola's "realistic" depictions of striking miners, society courtesans and priapic, feuding farmers.Seventy years before Lady Chatterley's Lover broke the back of British censorship, Henry Vizetelly's commitment to publishing Zola, and to the nascent principle of free speech, not only landed him in the dock and thereafter in prison, but brought to ruin to the publishing house he had founded. Meanwhile, Zola was going from strength to strength, establishing his reputation as a literary legend and falling in love with a woman half his age.This lively, humorous and ultimately tragic tale is an exploration of the consequences of translation and censorship which remains relevant today for readers, publishers and authors everywhere.
Zone
by Charlotte Mandell Mathias Énard Brian EvensonOne of the truly original books of the decade--written as a single, hypnotic, propulsive, physically irresistible sentence--Zone tells the story of a French Intelligence agent on his way to the Vatican to sell a briefcase of secrets. Over the course of his train ride, he thinks back over his life and all the damage he's caused in this violent century.
Zoned in the USA: The Origins and Implications of American Land-Use Regulation
by Sonia A. HirtWhy are American cities, suburbs, and towns so distinct? Compared to European cities, those in the United States are characterized by lower densities and greater distances; neat, geometric layouts; an abundance of green space; a greater level of social segregation reflected in space; and--perhaps most noticeably--a greater share of individual, single-family detached housing. In Zoned in the USA, Sonia A. Hirt argues that zoning laws are among the important but understudied reasons for the cross-continental differences. Hirt shows that rather than being imported from Europe, U.S. municipal zoning law was in fact an institution that quickly developed its own, distinctly American profile. A distinct spatial culture of individualism--founded on an ideal of separate, single-family residences apart from the dirt and turmoil of industrial and agricultural production--has driven much of municipal regulation, defined land-use, and, ultimately, shaped American life. Hirt explores municipal zoning from a comparative and international perspective, drawing on archival resources and contemporary land-use laws from England, Germany, France, Australia, Russia, Canada, and Japan to challenge assumptions about American cities and the laws that guide them.
The Zoo on the Road to Nablus: A Story of Survival from the West Bank
by Amelia ThomasThe last Palestinian zoo stands on a dusty, dead-end street in the once prosperous farming town of Qalqilya, on the very edge of the West Bank. The zoo's bars are rusting; peacocks wander quiet avenues shaded by broad plane trees; a teenage baboon broods in solitary confinement; walls bear the pockmarks of gunfire. And yet the zoo is an extraordinary place, with a bizarre, troubling and inspiring story to tell. At the center of this story is Dr. Sami Khader, the only zoo veterinarian in the Palestinian territories. Family man, amateur inventor, and dedicated taxidermist, he is fiercely independent, apolitical, and resourceful in times of crisis. Dr. Sami dreams of transforming the zoo into one of an international caliber. In The Zoo on the Road to Nablus, Amelia Thomas brings the reader into a world rarely glimpsed from the outside, weaving the stories of the zoo's animals, its staff, and its visitors into a rich, colorful chronicle of the indomitability of the human-and animal-spirit.
Zoo Story: Life in the Garden of Captives
by Thomas French"Animals Make Us Human" meets "An Inconvenient Truth" as a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist goes behind the scenes at one of the country's most popular--and most controversial--destinations: a zoo. This meticulously reported and smartly written book will make you think in new ways about animals, human beings, and our respective places in the world. But far from being an "issues" book, "Zoo Story" describes a time of profound drama at Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa, the site of shocking and tragic events while author Tom French was there. This an unforgettable read, and every word is true.
Zoo Story: Life in the Garden of Captives
by Thomas French"This story, told by a master teller of such things, does more than take you inside the cages, fences, and walls of a zoo. It takes you inside the human heart, and an elephant's, and a primate's, and on and on. Tom French did in this book what he always does. He took real life and wrote it down for us, with eloquence and feeling and aching detail."-Rick Bragg, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author"An insightful and detailed look at the complex life of a zoo and its denizens, both animal and human."-Yann Martel, author of Life of Pi and Beatrice and VirgilWelcome to the savage and surprising world of Zoo Story, an unprecedented account of the secret life of a zoo and its inhabitants. Based on six years of research, the book follows a handful of unforgettable characters at Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo: an alpha chimp with a weakness for blondes, a ferocious tiger who revels in Obsession perfume, and a brilliant but tyrannical CEO known as El Diablo Blanco. The sweeping narrative takes the reader from the African savannah to the forests of Panama and deep into the inner workings of a place some describe as a sanctuary and others condemn as a prison. Zoo Story shows us how these remarkable individuals live, how some die, and what their experiences reveal about the human desire to both exalt and control nature.
Zoo Studies: A New Humanities
by Tracy McDonald Daniel VandersommersDo both the zoo and the mental hospital induce psychosis, as humans are treated as animals and animals are treated as humans? How have we looked at animals in the past, and how do we look at them today? How have zoos presented themselves, and their purpose, over time? In response to the emergence of environmental and animal studies, anthropologists, sociologists, philosophers, theorists, literature scholars, and historians around the world have begun to explore the significance of zoological parks, past and present. <P><P> Zoo Studies considers the modern zoo from a range of approaches and disciplines, united in a desire to blur the boundaries between human and nonhuman animals. The volume begins with an account of the first modern mental hospital, La Salpêtrière, established in 1656, and the first panoptical zoo, the menagerie at Versailles, created in 1662 by the same royal architect; the final chapter presents a choreographic performance that imagines the Toronto Zoo as a place where the human body can be inspired by animal bodies. From beginning to end, through interdisciplinary collaboration, this volume decentres the human subject and offers alternative ways of thinking about zoos and their inhabitants. This collection immerses readers in the lives of animals and their experiences of captivity and asks us to reflect on our own assumptions about both humans and animals. <P><P> An original and groundbreaking work, Zoo Studies will change the way readers see nonhuman animals and themselves.
Zoo Studies: A New Humanities
by Tracy McDonald and Daniel VandersommersDo both the zoo and the mental hospital induce psychosis, as humans are treated as animals and animals are treated as humans? How have we looked at animals in the past, and how do we look at them today? How have zoos presented themselves, and their purpose, over time? In response to the emergence of environmental and animal studies, anthropologists, sociologists, philosophers, theorists, literature scholars, and historians around the world have begun to explore the significance of zoological parks, past and present. Zoo Studies considers the modern zoo from a range of approaches and disciplines, united in a desire to blur the boundaries between human and nonhuman animals. The volume begins with an account of the first modern mental hospital, La Salpêtrière, established in 1656, and the first panoptical zoo, the menagerie at Versailles, created in 1662 by the same royal architect; the final chapter presents a choreographic performance that imagines the Toronto Zoo as a place where the human body can be inspired by animal bodies. From beginning to end, through interdisciplinary collaboration, this volume decentres the human subject and offers alternative ways of thinking about zoos and their inhabitants. This collection immerses readers in the lives of animals and their experiences of captivity and asks us to reflect on our own assumptions about both humans and animals. An original and groundbreaking work, Zoo Studies will change the way readers see nonhuman animals and themselves.
Zoo Veterinarians: Governing Care on a Diseased Planet (Law, Science and Society)
by Irus BravermanDespite their centrality to the operation of contemporary accredited zoo and aquarium institutions, the work of zoo veterinarians has rarely, if ever, been the focus of a critical analysis in the social science and humanities. Drawing on in-depth interviews and observations of zoo and aquarium veterinarians in Europe and North America, this book highlights the recent transformation that has occurred in the zoo veterinarian profession during a time of ecological crisis, and what these changes can teach us about our rapidly changing planet. Zoo vets, Braverman instructs us with a wink, have "gone wild." Originally an individual welfare-centered profession, these experts are increasingly concerned with the sustainability of wild animal populations and with ecological health. In this sense, the story of zoo vets "going wild"—in their subjects of care, their motivations, and their ethical standards, as well as in their professional practices and scientific techniques—is also a story about zoo animals gone wild, wild animals encroaching the zoo, and, more generally, a wild world that is becoming "zoo-ified." Such transformations have challenged existing norms of veterinary practice. Exploring the regulatory landscape that governs the work of zoo and aquarium veterinarians, Braverman traverses the gap between the hard and soft sciences and between humans and nonhumans. At the intersection of animal studies, socio-legal studies, and Science and Technology Studies, this book will appeal not only to those interested in zoos and in animal welfare, but also to scholars in the posthumanities.
Zukunftsfragen des deutschen Steuerrechts III (MPI Studies In Tax Law And Public Finance #8)
by Wolfgang Schön Christian SternbergBehandelt verschiedenste aktuelle Fragestellungen aus dem deutschen SteuerrechtMethodische Bandbreite der UntersuchungenMit Beiträgen führender.<P><P>Steuerrechtswissenschaftler der jüngeren Generation. <P>Das vorliegende Werk enthält Abhandlungen führender Steuerrechtswissenschaftler der jüngeren Generation zu aktuellen Fragen des deutschen Steuerrechts. Die Aufsätze gehen auf Vorträge zurück, die im Rahmen der dritten Veranstaltungsreihe des Max-Planck-Instituts für Steuerrecht und Öffentliche Finanzen zu „Zukunftsfragen“ des deutschen Steuerrechts präsentiert worden sind. Der Inhaltsreichtum und die methodische Bandbreite der Untersuchungen zeichnen sich durch eine hohe Vielfalt aus. So reichen die behandelten Themen von der Zukunft der Zinsschranke und einer Renaissance der Soll-Ertragsbesteuerung über die Privatisierung der Steuerverwaltung sowie die Zukunft des Steuerstrafrechts bis hin zu Fragen des Insolvenzsteuerrechts und der internationalen Kapitaleinkommensbesteuerung. Bereits die Vorgängerpublikationen haben hohe Beachtung in Wissenschaft und Praxis gefunden.
Zukunftsfragen des Steuerrechts IV (MPI Studies in Tax Law and Public Finance #10)
by Wolfgang Schön Johanna StarkDer vorliegende Band enthält Abhandlungen führender Steuerrechtswissenschaftler der jüngeren Generation zu aktuellen Fragen des deutschen, europäischen und internationalen Steuerrechts. Die Beiträge gehen auf Vorträge zurück, die im Rahmen der vierten Veranstaltungsreihe des Max-Planck-Instituts für Steuerrecht und Öffentliche Finanzen zu „Zukunftsfragen des Steuerrechts“ präsentiert worden sind. Sowohl inhaltlich wie auch methodisch sind die Beiträge vielfältig und spiegeln die große Bandbreite gegenwärtiger steuerwissenschaftlicher Forschung im deutschsprachigen Raum wider. Die behandelten Themen reichen von den Reformentwicklungen im Bereich der Personengesellschaftsbesteuerung und der steuerverfassungsrechtlichen Rechtfertigungsprüfung bei Art. 3 Abs. 1 GG über verschiedene Perspektiven auf das Leistungsfähigkeitsprinzip bis hin zu Zukunftsfragen der Ansässigkeitsbesteuerung und der Rolle von Schiedsverfahren im internationalen Steuerrecht. Bereits die Publikationen zu den bisherigen Vortragsreihen haben große Beachtung in Wissenschaft und Praxis gefunden.
Zulässigkeit einer umwandlungsrechtlichen Direktabspaltung: Durchgangserwerb oder unmittelbarer Erwerb (Business, Economics, and Law)
by Holger van OoyDie als sog. „Direktabspaltung“ diskutierte Form der Abspaltung ist ein besonderer Fall der theoretischen Diskussion einer umwandlungsrechtlichen Gestaltung, die in der Praxis allerdings - so scheint es - tatsächlich nicht aufgegriffen wird. Mit dieser Gestaltungsidee sollen in Anwendung des Umwandlungsrechts Anteile der Muttergesellschaft an einer Tochtergesellschaft direkt und unmittelbar an die Gesellschafter der Muttergesellschaft ausgeschüttet werden. Soweit sich die Rechtsliteratur mit diesem Thema befasst, bejaht es die Zulässigkeit einer Direktabspaltung. Allerdings drängt sich die Frage auf, warum ein gemäß der theoretischen Rechtsdiskussion angeblich zulässiger Transaktionsweg tatsächlich dennoch gemieden wird, welche Unsicherheiten die Praxis von einer Verwendung abhält und ob eine Direktabspaltung bei genauer Betrachtung rechtlich wirklich zulässig ist. Diesen Fragen will die vorliegende Arbeit nachgehen, um die wahren Gründe für die praktische Zurückhaltung bei der Anwendung der Direktabspaltung zu erkennen
Zwischenlagerung hoch radioaktiver Abfälle: Randbedingungen und Lösungsansätze zu den aktuellen Herausforderungen (Energie in Naturwissenschaft, Technik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft)
by Dennis Köhnke Manuel Reichardt Franziska SemperIn diesem Buch findet der Leser die technischen, rechtlichen und ethischen Hintergründe zur Lagerung radioaktiver, Wärme entwickelnder Abfälle. <P>Die Rolle der Oberflächenlagerung in einer Entsorgungsstrategie ist ebenso besprochen wie Arten und prognostizierte Mengen an hoch radioaktiven Reststoffen, der Transport und die Lagerbehälter oder die Anforderungen an ein Zwischenlagerbauwerk als langfristig wirksame, vollwertige mechanische Barriere. Die Rechtslage ist erörtert und das Thema Gerechtigkeit wird thematisiert. Abschließend wird ein Überblick über die Managementstrategie für radioaktive Abfälle in den Niederlanden gegeben.
Zwischenmenschliche Beziehungen im Zeitalter des Digitalen: Ethische und interdisziplinäre Perspektiven (Techno:Phil – Aktuelle Herausforderungen der Technikphilosophie #7)
by Gottfried Schweiger Michael ZichyDigitalisierung ist eine Schlüsseltechnologie im 21. Jahrhundert und prägt heute das private Leben und den Alltag durch Internet, Laptop, Smartphone, KI oder Soziale Medien. Das gilt insbesondere auch für zwischenmenschliche Beziehungen – zum Beispiel in Familie, Beruf, Freundschaft, Liebe, Therapie. Solche Beziehungen sind für Menschen von großer Bedeutung, sie sind wichtig für die psychische und physische Gesundheit, für Erfahrungen der Anerkennung und für ein gutes Leben – dahinter steht die anthropologische These des Menschen als animal sociale. Die Veränderung von Beziehungen – und zwar nicht nur ihrer Form, sondern auch ihres Inhalts und ihrer Wertigkeit – durch die Digitalisierung bedarf daher der eingehenden ethischen und interdisziplinären Reflexion. In diesem Band werden ausgewählte Beziehungsformen unter den Bedingungen der Digitalisierung aus unterschiedlichen disziplinären Perspektiven reflektiert, um Chancen, Potentiale, aber auch Risiken und Herausforderungen sichtbar zu machen.