“…Child witnesses pose unique challenges to the legal system, and courtrooms are daunting and alien to children. Timely and truly international in scope, this volume focuses on the techniques and procedures used to accommodate child witnesses in legal systems - and on research investigating the effectiveness and implications of those techniques - around the world: England, Scotland, The Netherlands, Israel, South Africa, Hong Kong, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United States and India. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction: What this book is about and why you might want to read it -- Prologue: Three orphans share a common paternity : professional science communication, popular journalism and literary fiction are not as separate as they seem -- Spreading the word : problems with publishing professional science -- Walk like an Egyptian : the alien feeling of professional science writing -- The future's bright? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…On the Political Economy of Transport -- 1.1 Division of Labour -- 1.2 Growth -- 1.3 Competition -- 1.4 Acceleration -- 1.5 Alienation -- 1.6 The Consequences of Alienation in Transport Policy -- 1.7 The Structural Interplay between the Economy and Transport -- 2. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Exploring the Fermi Paradox -- Chapter 11: The Monty Hall Problem -- Chapter 13: Simulating an Alien Volcano -- Chapter 16: Finding Frauds with Benford's Law -- INDEX…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Citron -- Nuremberg's legacy continues : the influence of the Nuremberg Trials on human rights litigation in U.S. courts under the Alien Tort Statute / Gwynne Skinner -- The International Criminal Court and the ethics of selective justice / Aaron Fichtelberg -- Addressing the major legal, political, and practical obstacles facing hybrid tribunals in post-conflict situations : learning from past experience and lessons for the future / Alberto Costi -- The International Criminal Court's antagonism to the United States Constitution and our need for President Bush to articulate an acceptable alternative / Steven T. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…285 "Whatever it takes" 24 und die Normalisierung des Ausnahmezustandes 305 (Im Namen des Volkes) versus House of Cards Polit-Serien als Legitimierungsinstrument aktueller chinesischer Reformpolitik 327 Sind Drachen, Zombies und Aliens politisch?! Das Politische in der Phantastik am Beispiel der SF-Serie The Expanse 345 Warum eigentlich nicht? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Scandinavian Neutrality, International Law and Great Power Politics in World War I / 7 Civil and Military Relations in Spain in the Context of World War I / 8 World War i and Its Impact on Catalonia / 9 Fabricating National Unity in Torn Contexts: World War I in the Multilingual Countries of Switzerland and Luxembourg / 10 Imperial Service, Alienation, and an Unlikely National “Rebirth”: The Poles in World War i / 11 The Ukrainian Moment of World War I / 12 Small War on a Violent Frontier: Colonial Warfare and British ­Intervention in Northern Russia, 1918–1919 / 13 Fighting for the Tsar, Fighting against the Tsar: The Use of Folk Culture to Mobilize the Tatar Population during World War I and the Russian Revolution (1914–1921) / 14 Continuing the Great Game: Turkestan as a German Objective in World War I / 15 Paths Not Taken: Mukhtar Al-Ayari and Alternative Voices in Post-War Tunisia / 16 Defining Imperial Citizenship in the Shadow of World War I: Equality and Difference in the Debates around Post-War Colonial Reform in Algeria / 17 German East Africa: A Territory and People in World War I / Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover; Contents; Introduction: Development, Action, and Intentionality; Part I - Development as a Personal and Social Construction; Chapter 1 - Revisiting Individuals as Producers of their Development: From Dynamic Interactionism to Developmental Systems; Chapter 2 - The Self in Action and Development: Cultural, Biosocial, and Ontogenetic Bases of Intentional Self-Development; Chapter 3 - Selectivity in Life-Span Development: Biological and Societal Canalizations and Individuals' Developmental Goals; Chapter 4 - Freedom isn't Free: Power, Alienation, and the Consequences of Action…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cloths of Heaven: Freud, Language, and the Negation in Pitjantjatjara Dreams / Aram Yengoyan; 10. From Empathy to Alienation: Problems in Human Belonging / George De Vos; PART III: RELIGION AND PERSONALITY; 11. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Rocky, Chuck Tryon; 10: Ghost Girls: Ghostbusters, Popular Feminism and the Gender-Swap Reboot, Claire Perkins; PART IV: FANS AND AUDIENCES; 11: Reboot, Requel, Legacyquel: Jurassic World and the Nostalgia Franchise, Kathleen Loock; 12: Worldbuilding, Retconning, and Legacy Rebooting: Alien and Contemporary Media Franchise Strategies, James Fleury; 13: Anticipating the Reboot: Teasing Top Gun 2, Paul Grainge; 14: A Dark Knight on Elm Street: Discursive Regimes of (Sub) Cultural Value, Paratextual Bonding, and the Perils of Remaking and Rebooting Canonical Horror Cinema, William Proctor; Contributors; Notes…”

“…This second edition discusses major new developments, including phase shifts in many coastal and estuarine ecosystems dominated by suspension-feeding bivalves, the invasion or introduction of alien bivalve species, the rapid growth of environmental restoration focused on bivalves, and the examination of geological history with regard to global climate change and its impact on bivalve-dominated systems…”

“…?I felt like an alien who fell down to earth, not understanding the rules of the game, making all the possible mistakes, saying all the wrong things.? …”

“…In many senses, viewers have cut their teeth on the violence in American cinema: from Anthony Perkins slashing Janet Leigh in the most infamous of shower scenes; to the 1970's masterpieces of Martin Scorsese, Sam Peckinpah and Francis Ford Coppola; to our present-day undertakings in imagining global annihilations through terrorism, war, and alien grudges. Transfigurations brings our cultural obsession with film violence into a renewed dialogue with contemporary theory. …”

“…Using a refined definition of colonial, less as ‘foreign’ or ‘alien’ but more ‘imposed and dominating’, the author shows us how colonialism is domesticated and how those who have been oppressed by dominant/hegemonic discourses may find it difficult to step out of them, let alone challenge or resist them. …”

“…A colleague asks if you think the FBI was in on 9/11. An alien abductee on the Internet claims extra-terrestrials have planted a microchip in her left buttock. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- 6 Legal Issues Concerning the Migrant Crisis -- 6.1 European Integration Process -- 6.2 The Schengen Area -- 6.2.1 The Schengen Convention -- 6.2.2 The Schengen Borders Code -- 6.2.3 Recommendation of the Council of 12 May 2016. 6.3 Frontex - European Border Management6.3.1 Frontex Operations -- 6.3.1.1 Indalo and Joint Operation EPN Indalo -- 6.3.1.2 Poseidon Sea, Mare Nostrum and Triton -- 6.3.1.3 Criticism on Frontex Operations -- 6.3.2 European Refugee Crisis - Migratory Routes -- 6.4 Aliens Law in the European Union -- 6.4.1 German Aliens Law and Asylum Law -- 6.4.2 The German Immigration Act -- 6.4.3 Legal Basis of German Immigration and Residence Law -- 6.4.3.1 Entry and Residence Title -- 6.4.3.1.1 Granted Residence Title due to International Reasons(22+23 AufenthG). 6.4.3.1.2 Granted Residence Title for Temporary Protection(24 AufenthG)6.4.3.1.3 Granted Residence Title on the Basis of Humanity (25 AufenthG) -- 6.4.3.2 General Regimentation and Procedure for Residence Titles -- 6.4.3.2.1 Family Asylum, Reunion and Reunification of Spouses -- 6.4.3.2.2 Termination of Residence and Expulsion -- 6.4.4 General Asylum Procedure in the Federal Republic of Germany -- 6.4.5 Lacking Harmonization and Failure of Dublin III -- 6.5 Legal Recommendations -- 7 The Global Threat of Terrorism -- 7.1 Terror - Classification and Distinction. 7.2 Terrorist Organizations as Global Threat7.3 Terror 2.0 - Unpredictable and Anonymous -- 7.4 Recommendations -- 9. …”

“…Not only do borrowing and assimilation, interaction between the familiar and the alien, constitute a venerable tradition in Russian culture, but during the two last post-Soviet decades a notable Western influence has become apparent. …”

“…Bennett and Kruger also call for more interdisciplinary research and greater emphasis on integrated policies and management plans for forestry, invasive alien plants, water conservation, and biodiversity preservation…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- An inclusive mindset -- Alien attack! -- An abundance mindset -- What are you scared of? …”