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The Negative Hypothesis: On Rights and Relations in Marxist Legal Thought (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hamzić, V. (2013, August). The Negative Hypothesis: On Rights and Relations in Marxist Legal Thought. Paper presented at The New Marxist Writing in International Law, City University London

This project reassesses various Marxist approaches to human rights, arguing for a return to the 'negative hypothesis' – one in which the liberal panacea of rights is eschewed in favour of various forms of syndicated action. It begins with Marx and En... Read More about The Negative Hypothesis: On Rights and Relations in Marxist Legal Thought.

Toward an Interruptive History of Islamic Law (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hamzić, V. (2013, January). Toward an Interruptive History of Islamic Law. Paper presented at Global Law and Economic Policy Workshop, Institute for Global Law and Policy (of Harvard Law School), Hamad bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar

This paper critically assesses the potentials and the limits of the two major streams of historiography of Islamic law - the 'scripturalist' and the 'new historian' stream - in order to account for many significant yet often overlooked factors that... Read More about Toward an Interruptive History of Islamic Law.

Rethinking Crime in Islamic Legal Tradition (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hamzić, V. (2012, November). Rethinking Crime in Islamic Legal Tradition. Paper presented at Crime, Justice and Society, City University London

This paper offers a critical historical overview of the varying concepts of crime in Islamic legal tradition, focusing on the four examples from the classical, postclassical and the contemporary eras of Islamic law. The first example presents a brief... Read More about Rethinking Crime in Islamic Legal Tradition.

Defenders and Enemies of the True Cross: The Sasanian Conquest of Jerusalem in 614 and Byzantine Ideology of Anti-Persian Warfare (2011)
Book
Stoyanov, Y. (2011). Defenders and Enemies of the True Cross: The Sasanian Conquest of Jerusalem in 614 and Byzantine Ideology of Anti-Persian Warfare. Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.1553/0x0028e87e

The Persian conquest of Jerusalem and the Holy Land in 614 represented one of the crucial episodes and high points of the last great war of antiquity between Sasanian Persia and the East Roman/Byzantine empires (603-628). The purpose of this monograp... Read More about Defenders and Enemies of the True Cross: The Sasanian Conquest of Jerusalem in 614 and Byzantine Ideology of Anti-Persian Warfare.

Etymology and Educational Implication of the Term of ‘Museum(博物館)’ in Europe and East Asia (2007)
Journal Article
Suh, W.-J. (2007). Etymology and Educational Implication of the Term of ‘Museum(博物館)’ in Europe and East Asia. Bagmulgwan gyo-yug yeon-gu, 1, 65-84

The purpose of this paper is to examine the educational implication in the term, ‘museum(博物館)’, in Europe and East Asia. This paper endeavours to trace the etymological history of the terms respectively. In Europe, the ‘museum’ was originated from... Read More about Etymology and Educational Implication of the Term of ‘Museum(博物館)’ in Europe and East Asia.

Europe's Commercial Relations with China (2007)
Book Chapter
Ash, R. (2007). Europe's Commercial Relations with China. In D. Shambaugh, E. Sandschneider, & Z. Hong (Eds.), China-Europe Relations. Perceptions, Policies and Prospects (189-130). Routledge

The "Thunderer" and the Coming of the Shoah: 1933-1942 (2003)
Book Chapter
Shindler, C. (2003). The "Thunderer" and the Coming of the Shoah: 1933-1942. In R. M. Shapiro (Ed.), Why Didn't the Press Shout? American and International Journalism During the Holocaust (151-173). Yeshiva University Press and KTAV Publishing House

The Other God: Dualist Religions from Antiquity to the Cathar Heresy (2000)
Book
Stoyanov, Y. (2000). The Other God: Dualist Religions from Antiquity to the Cathar Heresy. Yale University Press. https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300190144

This fascinating book explores the evolution of religious dualism, the doctrine that man and cosmos are constant battlegrounds between forces of good and evil. It traces this evolution from late Egyptian religion and the revelations of Zoroaster and... Read More about The Other God: Dualist Religions from Antiquity to the Cathar Heresy.