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A Thousand Judgements: Festschrift for Maria Macuch (2019)
Book
Hintze, A., Durkin-Meisterernst, D., & Naumann, C. (Eds.). (2019). A Thousand Judgements: Festschrift for Maria Macuch. Harrassowitz. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvh4zgqx

This volume in honour of Maria Macuch brings together twenty-six articles by friends and colleagues to celebrate the academic work of the foremost living expert of Sasanian law. The subjects covered here include Iranian linguistics and philology, Jud... Read More about A Thousand Judgements: Festschrift for Maria Macuch.

Maria Macuch and Iranian Studies (2019)
Book Chapter
Hintze, A. (2019). Maria Macuch and Iranian Studies. In D. Durkin-Meisterernst, C. Naumann, & A. Hintze (Eds.), A Thousand Judgements: Festschrift for Maria Macuch (175-192). Harrassowitz

The social life of technicalities: 'Terrorist' lives in Delhi's courts (2019)
Journal Article
Suresh, M. (2019). The social life of technicalities: 'Terrorist' lives in Delhi's courts. Contributions to Indian Sociology, 53(1), 72-96. https://doi.org/10.1177/0069966718812523

How do we imagine the place of courtrooms in relation to society? There have been two dominant ways that ethnographers have viewed trials. The first treats trials as ways of understanding social structures and political power. In relation to terroris... Read More about The social life of technicalities: 'Terrorist' lives in Delhi's courts.

The Right to Sanitation in India: Critical Perspectives (2019)
Book
Cullet, P., Koonan, S., & Bhullar, L. (Eds.). (2019). The Right to Sanitation in India: Critical Perspectives. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199489855.001.0001

Sanitation has received little attention from law and policy makers, and implementers for a long time although it was not completely outside the purview of laws and policies in India. The past couple of decades have witnessed a significant change in... Read More about The Right to Sanitation in India: Critical Perspectives.

The Right to Sanitation – Multiple Dimensions and Challenges (2019)
Book Chapter
Cullet, P. (2019). The Right to Sanitation – Multiple Dimensions and Challenges. In P. Cullet, S. Koonan, & L. Bhullar (Eds.), Right to Sanitation in India – Critical Perspectives (75-110). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199489855.003.0004

The right to sanitation has been recognized for many years by the Supreme Court of India and high courts. Its recognition is not in question but there is a lack of a comprehensive legal framework that can contribute to making the right a reality on t... Read More about The Right to Sanitation – Multiple Dimensions and Challenges.

Epigraphical and Iconographical Analysis of a Parthian Bas-relief from Javanroud, Western Iran with a Note on the Inscriptions by Seiro Haruta (2019)
Journal Article
Moradi, Y. (2019). Epigraphical and Iconographical Analysis of a Parthian Bas-relief from Javanroud, Western Iran with a Note on the Inscriptions by Seiro Haruta. Parthica: Incontri di culture nel mondo antico, 21, 153-158. https://doi.org/10.19272/201903501010

The bas-relief of Javanroud, a free-standing roughly rectangular stone, displays three standing figures performing a ceremony. The figures are dressed in Parthian fashion each with a short-sleeved tunic, and a pair of loose-fitting trousers with curv... Read More about Epigraphical and Iconographical Analysis of a Parthian Bas-relief from Javanroud, Western Iran with a Note on the Inscriptions by Seiro Haruta.

A Sasanian Figured Relief Plaque from Taq-e Bostan (2019)
Journal Article
Moradi, Y. (2019). A Sasanian Figured Relief Plaque from Taq-e Bostan. Parthica: Incontri di culture nel mondo antico, 21, 179-188. https://doi.org/10.19272/201903501012

The present paper brings to light a new Sasanian or Sasanian-inspired relief from Taq-e Bostan, which has been escaped from the attention of scholarly discourse for two decades now. This figured relief plaque was likely to have been applied to archit... Read More about A Sasanian Figured Relief Plaque from Taq-e Bostan.

Price discovery and volatility spillover with price limits in Chinese A-shares market: A truncated GARCH approach (2019)
Journal Article
Adcock, C., Ye, C., Yin, S., & Zhang, D. (2019). Price discovery and volatility spillover with price limits in Chinese A-shares market: A truncated GARCH approach. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 70(10), 1709-1719. https://doi.org/10.1080/01605682.2018.1542973

The use of price limits by a stock exchange means that the distribution of returns is truncated. By considering a GARCH model in conjunction with a truncated distribution for the residuals, this study investigates whether price limits have an effect... Read More about Price discovery and volatility spillover with price limits in Chinese A-shares market: A truncated GARCH approach.

Palm oil and dietary change: Application of an integrated macroeconomic, environmental, demographic, and health modelling framework for Thailand (2019)
Journal Article
Jensen, H. T., Keogh-Brown, M. R., Shankar, B., Aekplakorn, W., Basu, S., Cuevas, S., Dangour, A. D., Gheewala, S. H., Green, R., Joy, E. J., Rojroongwasinkul, N., Thaiprasert, N., & Smith, R. D. (2019). Palm oil and dietary change: Application of an integrated macroeconomic, environmental, demographic, and health modelling framework for Thailand. Food Policy, 83, 92-103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2018.12.003

Palm oil is a cooking oil and food ingredient in widespread use in the global food system. However, as a highly saturated fat, palm oil consumption has been associated with negative effects on cardiovascular health, while large scale oil palm product... Read More about Palm oil and dietary change: Application of an integrated macroeconomic, environmental, demographic, and health modelling framework for Thailand.

Mirrored Loss: A Yemeni Woman's Life Story (2019)
Book
Vom Bruck, G. (2019). Mirrored Loss: A Yemeni Woman's Life Story. Hurst and Co. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190917289.001.0001

Mirrored Loss tells the story of Amat al-Latif al-Wazir, only daughter of ‘Abdullah al-Wazir, the leader of Yemen’s constitutional movement of the mid-twentieth century for democratisation of the autocratic imamate. Her relationship with her adored f... Read More about Mirrored Loss: A Yemeni Woman's Life Story.

Economic Policy and Food Security in Ethiopia (2019)
Book Chapter
Johnston, D., & Walls, H. (2019). Economic Policy and Food Security in Ethiopia. In F. Cheru, C. Cramer, & A. Oqubay (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the Ethiopian Economy (383-398). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198814986.013.20

Ethiopia has an integrated approach to addressing nutrition. However, greater clarity is needed on the wider impact of policy on food and nutrition. We focus on the interrelationship between economic policy and nutrition policy (defined as including... Read More about Economic Policy and Food Security in Ethiopia.