The 1920s often called the “Golden 20s” because the equity markets were booming but there were a series of structural issues. Only a few years after the 1st World War the global economy was still suffering from the consequences of the brutal war. The market crash of 192...

The French stock market crisis of 1961-1967 was the biggest of the twentieth century after that of the 1930s. By using the new stock index (historical CAC 40), we have been able to get a fair idea of its amplitude and detail its chronology. We consider the possibility t...

Based on the findings of an urban legal anthropology project in Toronto, Canada that tracked municipal decision-making practices in relation to development, redevelopment, and heritage preservation in the city and the often unforeseen and unacknowledged effects these ca...

In verschiedenen wissenschaftlichen Disziplinen, besonders den Wirt-schafts- und Ingenieurwissenschaften, wird das Entstehen und Verschwinden von Produkten aus unterschiedlicher Perspektive betrachtet jedoch haufig unter dem gemeinsamen Stichwort Produktlebenszyklus (PL...

Italian Abstract: In Italia, la tutela del patrimonio culturale e sempre stata demandata principalmente allo Stato o, piu in generale, al settore pubblico, soprattutto alla luce della naturale vocazione degli attori pubblici a perseguire interessi generali. Tuttavia, og...

Ten-year long war led by Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) [hereafter CPN (M)] from February 1996 to November 2006 has been understood as one of the most violent times in Nepali history. The armed wing of CPN (M), People’s Liberation Army (PLA) formed in 2001, was the a...

If there is a body of law that is ripe for reappraisal in light of changing times, it is defamation law. Changes in how news is reported and entertainment is produced have blurred some of the traditional legal rules regarding the distinction between actionable fact and ...

2011 marked the centennial of Naguib Mahfouz’s birth. Celebrating in the shadow of the Arab Spring, it was a fitting coincidence for fans of the late great master, as Mahfouz was undoubtedly the most prolific chronicler of social transformation in modern Egyptian histor...

Arabic Abstract: قطع فن التصوير خلال العقود الأخيرة مدى بعيدا من التطور والتجديد على المســــــــــــــــتويات الفكرية والتقنية والجمــــــــــــالية. وتعتبر اللغة ومفرداتها من العناصر التي استرعت أنظار الفنانين المصــــــورين، واستلهامها كنواة فنية يتم البناء عليها بأس...