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Words that govern and other essays on law and politics
- Title
- Words that govern and other essays on law and politics / Bereket Habte Selassie.
- Author
- Bereket H. Selassie
- Publication
- Trenton, New Jersey : The Red Sea Press, [2018]
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Details
- Description
- x, 246 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- "This book is a collection of essays that cover a range of topics on law and politics, culled from a long and rich experience of writing and continual participation in public affairs. The essays were, for the most part, delivered as key-note lectures given at international meetings in different venues in Africa, America and Europe. The lead essay on which the book's title is anchored--crime and punishment in America--is concerned with a persistently recurring social (and legal) problem in the United States that has eluded satisfactory resolution for generations"--
- Uniform Title
- Essays. Selections
- Alternative Title
- Essays.
- Subjects
- Eritrea
- Criminal justice, Administration of
- United States
- Politics and government
- Humanitarian law
- Law > Political aspects
- Democracy
- Eritrea > Politics and government
- Black author
- Self-determination, National
- Human rights
- Criminal justice, Administration of > United States
- Africa > Politics and government
- Crime > United States
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Democracy and peace in the age of globalization: old problems, new challenges for Africa -- Words that govern: aspects of language, law and politics -- Between two worlds: making sense of national boundaries -- Crime and punishment in America: The race-based conflict between "order" and "human rights" -- The elusive treasure: human rights and humanitarian law-a focus on the Horn of Africa -- Self determination: the adventures of an idea and its impact on national and international politics -- Unity for the greater good: reflections of an elder on his nation's predicament -- When the protector becomes predator: the critical challenge facing Eritreans today -- Religion and nationalism in Eritrea's politics: Imperial Ethiopian rule and the defiance it faced by Eritreans.
- Call Number
- Sc E 19-1363
- ISBN
- 9781569025949
- 1569025940
- 9781569025956
- 1569025959
- LCCN
- 2017057239
- 40028756932
- OCLC
- 1029805165
- Author
- Bereket H. Selassie, author.
- Title
- Words that govern and other essays on law and politics / Bereket Habte Selassie.
- Publisher
- Trenton, New Jersey : The Red Sea Press, [2018]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40028756932
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 19-1363