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The UN War Crimes Commission and International Law: Revisiting World War II Precedents and Practice (2016)
Book Chapter
Weiss, T. G., Plesch, D., & Owen, L. (2016). The UN War Crimes Commission and International Law: Revisiting World War II Precedents and Practice. In G. Ziccardi Capaldo (Ed.), Global Community: Yearbook of International Law and Jurisprudence 2015 (71-109). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780190647759.003.0005

The history of international legal institutions has largely ignored the early activities of the United Nations, specifically of the UN War Crimes Commission (UNWCC). Based on an assessment of its work and with access to new archival evidence, contemp... Read More about The UN War Crimes Commission and International Law: Revisiting World War II Precedents and Practice.

Questioning Methods of Nollywood Studies (2016)
Book Chapter
Agina, A. (2016). Questioning Methods of Nollywood Studies. In O. Okome, & M. Okhakhu (Eds.), Media Studies in Nigeria: Genesis and Detours (295-310). Stirling-Horden Publishers

The Triple Dividend of Resilience—A New Narrative for Disaster Risk Management and Development (2016)
Book Chapter
Tanner, T., Surminski, S., Wilkinson, E., Reid, R., Rentschler, J., Rajput, S., & Lovell, E. The Triple Dividend of Resilience—A New Narrative for Disaster Risk Management and Development. In S. Surminski, & T. Tanner (Eds.), Realising the 'Triple Dividend of Resilience': A New Business Case for Disaster Risk Management (1-29). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40694-7_1

To secure development gains and help eradicate poverty in the long run, it is critical to strengthen ex-ante disaster risk management (DRM) measures that build resilience at the household, firm and macro level. Decision-makers however often view DRM... Read More about The Triple Dividend of Resilience—A New Narrative for Disaster Risk Management and Development.

Interrogating and reviewing legal and policy frameworks governing acid mine drainage in South Africa (2016)
Book Chapter
Lwabukuna, O. (2016). Interrogating and reviewing legal and policy frameworks governing acid mine drainage in South Africa. In M. Mujuru, & S. S. Mutanga (Eds.), Management and Mitigation of Acid Mine Drainage in South Africa: Input for Mineral Beneficiation in Africa (123-148). Africa Institute of South Africa. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvh8r359.15

Mining is South Africa’s historical breadbasket and it has brought great economic wealth to the nation. It has equally been accompanied by giant environmental and social baggage in the form of social inequalities and ills, the apartheid machinery and... Read More about Interrogating and reviewing legal and policy frameworks governing acid mine drainage in South Africa.

Use of mimetics in motion event descriptions by English and Korean learners of L2 Japanese: Does typology make a difference? (2016)
Book Chapter
Iwasaki, N. (2016). Use of mimetics in motion event descriptions by English and Korean learners of L2 Japanese: Does typology make a difference?. In N. Iwasaki, P. Sells, & K. Akita (Eds.), The grammar of Japanese mimetics: Perspectives from structure, acquisition and translation (193-218). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315646695-10

This chapter addresses the issues by examining how first language (L1) English or Korean speakers of second language (L2) Japanese describe Motion events depicted in animated cartoons, by first selecting Motion events for which many L1 Japanese speak... Read More about Use of mimetics in motion event descriptions by English and Korean learners of L2 Japanese: Does typology make a difference?.

Christianity (2016)
Book Chapter
Laamann, L. (2016). Christianity. In M. Dillon (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Chinese History (118-119). Routledge

Presupposition triggers (2016)
Book Chapter
Jiang, Y. (2016). Presupposition triggers. In R. Sybesma (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Chinese Language and Linguistics. Brill

Scalar implicature (2016)
Book Chapter
Jiang, Y. (2016). Scalar implicature. In R. Sybesma (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Chinese Language and Linguistics. Brill

Contemporary Cambodian Buddhist Traditions: Seen from the Past (2016)
Book Chapter
Thompson, A. (2016). Contemporary Cambodian Buddhist Traditions: Seen from the Past. In M. Jerryson (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Buddhism. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199362387.013.32

Attentive to the oxymoron of its title, this chapter looks for insight into the contemporary moment through an extended examination of traditions, or symptoms, rooted in the past. Accordingly, the chapter explores a series of transformative periods o... Read More about Contemporary Cambodian Buddhist Traditions: Seen from the Past.

Life and Work of Johannes Klatt (2016)
Book Chapter
Flügel, P. (2016). Life and Work of Johannes Klatt. In P. Flügel, & K. Krümpelmann (Eds.), Jaina-Onomasticon (9-164). Harrassowitz. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvc770vn.4

The name of Johannes Emil Otto Klatt (1852-1903), Classical and Oriental philologist, Custodian at the Königliche Bibliothek in Berlin, and pioneer of Jaina Studies, has almost entirely disappeared from the records of 19th century intellectual histor... Read More about Life and Work of Johannes Klatt.

Watching the Forbidden: Reception of Banned Films in Iran (2016)
Book Chapter
Zeydabadi-Nejad, S. Watching the Forbidden: Reception of Banned Films in Iran. In M. Hagener, V. Hediger, & A. Strohmaier (Eds.), The State of Post-Cinema: Tracing the Moving Image in the Age of Digital Dissemination (99-113). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-52939-8_6

This chapter traces the reception of banned films in Iran from the 1979 revolution to the latest developments in digital technology. It examines censorship in film exhibition before discussing the reception of banned foreign films and its impact on m... Read More about Watching the Forbidden: Reception of Banned Films in Iran.

The Pyu: an ancient civilization of upper Myanmar (2016)
Book Chapter
Murphy, S. A., & Kyaing, U. W. (2016). The Pyu: an ancient civilization of upper Myanmar. In S. A. Murphy (Ed.), Cities and Kings: Treasures from Ancient Myanmar (22-33). Asian Civilisations Museum