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| pictet meaning: Saussure and Sechehaye: Myth and Genius Pieter Seuren, 2018-08-13 In this book, Pieter Seuren argues that Ferdinand de Saussure has been grossly overestimated over the past century, while his junior colleague Albert Sechehaye has been undeservedly ignored. Saussure was anything but the great innovator he is generally believed to be. Sechehaye was a genius providing many trenchant analyses and anticipating many modern insights. The lives and works of both men are discussed in detail and they are placed in the cultural, intellectual and social environment of their day. Much attention is paid to the theoretical issues involved, in particular to the notion and history of structuralism, to the great subject-predicate debate that dominated linguistic theory at the time, and to questions of methodology in the theory of language. |
| pictet meaning: Introduction to Reformed Scholasticism Willem J. Van Asselt, 2011-04-01 This work supplies a long-standing need in the field of early modern studies by providing a basic introduction to Reformed Scholasticism. Although technical studies abound and interest in the subject continues to rise, until the appearance of this work by Willem van Asselt and his colleagues, students of history have lacked a concise guide to help them navigate the difficult waters of Reformed Scholasticism. This book carefully defines the phenomena of scholasticism and orthodoxy, concisely surveys the era, notes the most significant thinkers together with the various trajectories of thought, and references the relevant secondary scholarship. In short, this Introduction to Reformed Scholasticism surveys the topic and provides a guide for further study in early modern Reformed thought. Table of Contents: Introduction: What Is Reformed Scholasticism? – Willem J. van Asselt and Pieter L. Rouwendal The State of Scholarship: From Discontinuity to Continuity – Willem J. van Asselt and Pieter L. Rouwendal ‘As the Philosopher Says’: Aristotle – T. Theo J. Pleizier and Maarten Wisse The Teacher of the Ancient Church: Augustine – Maarten Wisse The Method of the Schools: Medieval Scholasticism – Pieter L. Rouwendal ‘Open Hand and Fist’: Humanism and Scholasticisim in the Reformation – Willem J. Van Asselt Distinguishing and Teaching: Constructing a Theological Argument in Reformed Scholasticism – Willem J. van Asselt and Pieter L. Rouwendal Scholasticism in the Time of Early Orthodoxy (ca. 1560-1620) – Willem J. van Asselt Scholasticism in the Time of High Orthodoxy (ca. 1620-1700) – Willem J. van Asselt Scholasticism in the Time of Late Orthodoxy (ca. 1700-1790) ‘The Abutment against Which the Bridge of All later Protestant |
| pictet meaning: The book of Moses or the Pentateuch in its authorship, credibility, and civilisation William Smith (of Inzievar.), 1868 |
| pictet meaning: Commentary on the Second Geneva Convention , 2017-12-21 The application and interpretation of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 have developed significantly in the sixty years since the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) first published its Commentaries on these important humanitarian treaties. To promote a better understanding of, and respect for, this body of law, the ICRC commissioned a comprehensive update of its original Commentaries, of which this is the second volume. Its preparation was coordinated by Jean-Marie Henckaerts, ICRC legal adviser and head of the project to update the Commentaries. The Second Convention is a key text of international humanitarian law. It contains the essential rules on the protection of the wounded, sick and shipwrecked at sea, those assigned to their care, and the vessels used for their treatment and evacuation. This article-by-article Commentary takes into account developments in the law and practice to provide up-to-date interpretations of the Convention. The new Commentary has been reviewed by humanitarian-law practitioners and academics from around the world, including naval experts. It is an essential tool for anyone working or studying within this field. |
| pictet meaning: Humanitarian Subsidiarity Dualta Roughneen, 2017-01-06 Subsidiarity is not a new idea, having been discussed either implicitly or explicitly for centuries. From Aristotle to the International Criminal Court, subsidiarity has been considered a means of framing the interacting spheres of sovereignty and levels of responsibility between individuals and the social and political order. The Catholic Church and the European Union have put forward the two clearest definitions of subsidiarity, representing the social order in the former and the political order in the latter. This book explores the possibility of a new humanitarian principle: subsidiarity, which means recognising that, in humanitarian response, local populations can and should be best placed to make decisions and take action. It argues that the humanitarian system should be designed to support this in the first instance and only to take action and make decisions at a higher level when this can be justified by a humanitarian imperative and the exigencies of the context. Subsidiarity as a humanitarian principle offers the possibility of a decision making framework that puts disaster affected populations at the centre of humanitarian response. |
| pictet meaning: The World's Parliament of Religions John Henry Barrows, 1893 |
| pictet meaning: The World's parliament of religions, an illustrated story of the parliament, held in connection with the Columbian exposition of 1893 [followed by the addresses delivered there] ed. by J.H. Barrows World's parliament of religions, 1893 |
| pictet meaning: History of the Parliament of Religions and Religions Congresses at the World's Columbian Exposition Walter Raleigh Houghton, 1893 |
| pictet meaning: Neely's History of The Parliament of Religions and Religious Congresses at the World's Columbian Exposition Walter Raleigh Houghton, 1893 |
| pictet meaning: An Illustrated and Popular Story of the World's First Parliament of Religions ... , 1893 |
| pictet meaning: The 1949 Geneva Conventions Andrew Clapham, Paola Gaeta, Marco Sassòli, 2015-10-15 The four Geneva Conventions, adopted in 1949, remain the fundamental basis of contemporary international humanitarian law. They protect the wounded and sick on the battlefield, those wounded, sick or shipwrecked at sea, prisoners of war, and civilians in time of war. However, since they were adopted warfare has changed considerably. In this groundbreaking commentary over sixty international law experts investigate the application of the Geneva Conventions and explain how they should be interpreted today. It places the Conventions in the light of the developing obligations imposed by international law on states, armed groups, and individuals, most notably through international human rights law and international criminal law. The context in which the Conventions are to be applied and interpreted has changed considerably since they were first written. The borderline between international and non-international armed conflicts is not as clear-cut as was once thought, and is complicated further by the use of armed force mandated by the United Nations and the complex mixed and transnational nature of certain non-international armed conflicts. The influence of other developing branches of international law, such as human rights law and refugee law has been considerable. The development of international criminal law has breathed new life into multiple provisions of the Geneva Conventions. This commentary adopts a thematic approach to provide detailed analysis of each key issue dealt with by the Conventions, taking into account both judicial decisions and state practice. Cross-cutting chapters on issues such as transnational conflicts and the geographical scope of the Conventions also give readers a full understanding of the meaning of the Geneva Conventions in their contemporary context. Prepared under the auspices of the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, this commentary on four of the most important treaties in international law is unmissable for anyone working in or studying situations of armed conflicts. |
| pictet meaning: Internationalized Armed Conflicts in International Law Kubo Macak, 2018-07-19 This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of factors that transform a prima facie non-international armed conflict (NIAC) into an international armed conflict (IAC) and the consequences that follow from this process of internationalization. It examines in detail the historical development as well as the current state of the relevant rules of international humanitarian law. The discussion is grounded in general international law, complemented with abundant references to case law, and illustrated by examples from twentieth and twenty-first century armed conflicts. In Part I, the book puts forward a thorough catalogue of modalities of conflict internationalization that includes outside intervention, State dissolution, and recognition of belligerency. It then specifically considers the legal qualification of complex situations that feature more than two conflict parties and contrasts the mechanism of internationalization of armed conflicts with the reverse process of de-internationalization. Part II of the book challenges the conventional wisdom that members of non-State armed groups do not normally benefit from combatant status. It argues that the majority of fighters belonging to non-State armed groups in most types of internationalized armed conflicts are in fact eligible for combatant status. Finally, Part III turns to belligerent occupation, traditionally understood as a leading example of a notion that cannot be transposed to armed conflicts occurring in the territory of a single State. By contrast, the book argues in favour of the applicability of the law of belligerent occupation to internationalized armed conflicts. |
| pictet meaning: The Routledge Handbook to Rethinking Ethics in International Relations Birgit Schippers, 2020-05-21 Discussing cutting-edge debates in the field of international ethics, this key volume builds on existing work in the normative study of international relations. It responds to a substantial appetite for scholarship that challenges established approaches and examines new perspectives on international ethics, and that appraises the ethical implications of problems occupying students and scholars of international relations in the twenty-first century. The contributions, written by a team of international scholars, provide authoritative surveys and interventions into the field of international ethics. Focusing on new and emerging ethical challenges to international relations, and approaching existing challenges through the lens of new theoretical and methodological frameworks, the book is structured around five themes: • New directions in international ethics • Ethical actors and practices in international relations • The ethics of climate change, globalization, and health • Technology and ethics in international relations • The ethics of global security Interdisciplinary in its scope, this book will be an important resource for scholars and students in the fields of politics and international relations, philosophy, law and sociology, and a useful reference for anyone who wishes to acquire ‘ethical competence’ in the area of international relations. |
| pictet meaning: Necessity in International Law Jens David Ohlin, Larry May, 2016-09-09 Necessity is a notoriously dangerous and slippery concept-dangerous because it contemplates virtually unrestrained killing in warfare and slippery when used in conflicting ways in different areas of international law. Jens David Ohlin and Larry May untangle these confusing strands and perform a descriptive mapping of the ways that necessity operates in legal and philosophical arguments in jus ad bellum, jus in bello, human rights, and criminal law. Although the term necessity is ever-present in discussions regarding the law and ethics of killing, its meaning changes subtly depending on the context. It is sometimes an exception, at other times a constraint on government action, and most frequently a broad license in war that countenances the wholesale killing of enemy soldiers in battle. Is this legal status quo in war morally acceptable? Ohlin and May offer a normative and philosophical critique of international law's prevailing notion of jus in bello necessity and suggest ways that killing in warfare could be made more humane-not just against civilians but soldiers as well. Along the way, the authors apply their analysis to modern asymmetric conflicts with non-state actors and the military techniques most likely to be used against them. Presenting a rich tapestry of arguments from both contemporary and historical Just War theory, Necessity in International Law is the first full-length study of necessity as a legal and philosophical concept in international affairs. |
| pictet meaning: Saussure John E. Joseph, 2012-03-22 In a language there are only differences without positive terms. Whether we take the signified or the signifier, the language contains neither ideas nor sounds that pre-exist the linguistic system, but only conceptual differences and phonic differences issuing from this system. (From the posthumous Course in General Linguistics, 1916.) No one becomes as famous as Saussure without both admirers and detractors reducing them to a paragraph's worth of ideas that can be readily quoted, debated, memorized, and examined. One can argue the ideas expressed above - that language is composed of a system of acoustic oppositions (the signifier) matched by social convention to a system of conceptual oppositions (the signified) - have in some sense become Saussure, while the human being, in all his complexity, has disappeared. In the first comprehensive biography of Ferdinand de Saussure, John Joseph restores the full character and history of a man who is considered the founder of modern linguistics and whose ideas have influenced literary theory, philosophy, cultural studies, and virtually every other branch of humanities and the social sciences. Through a far-reaching account of Saussure's life and the time in which he lived, we learn about the history of Geneva, of Genevese educational institutions, of linguistics, about Saussure's ancestry, about his childhood, his education, the fortunes of his relatives, and his personal life in Paris. John Joseph intersperses all these discussions with accounts of Saussure's research and the courses he taught highlighting the ways in which knowing about his friendships and family history can help us understand not only his thoughts and ideas but also his utter failure to publish any major work after the age of twenty-one. |
| pictet meaning: Prehistoric Antiquities of the Aryan Peoples Otto Schrader, 1890 |
| pictet meaning: Scientific American , 1899 |
| pictet meaning: The Month , 1881 |
| pictet meaning: Equality and Non-Discrimination in Armed Conflict George Dvaladze, 2023-11-03 In this important book George Dvaladze unpacks the complexity of the international legal regulation of guarantees of equality and non-discrimination applicable in armed conflict. The book provides a general overview of the guarantees of equality and non-discrimination under both International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and human rights, demonstrating key principles and notions with illustrative examples from contemporary armed conflicts. This book will be a beneficial resource for legal audiences interested in international law, namely law of armed conflict or IHL, human rights, and non-discrimination. |
| pictet meaning: Starvation as a Weapon Simone Hutter, 2015-09-29 In Starvation as a Weapon Simone Hutter explores, within the framework of international law, the legality of using deliberate starvation as a means to an end. A close look at modern famine shows that, in many cases, food scarcity is not the product of coincidence, but a side effect or result of a deliberate strategy. Starvation is an efficient instrument when used to exert pressure and power, in times of war and peace. Simone Hutter demonstrates how international human rights law and international humanitarian law prevent deliberate starvation as a means of achieving political goals. She focuses on highly divisive and under-discussed instances in which states deploy deliberate starvation domestically, i.e. within the state’s own national territory. |
| pictet meaning: Anthropological Review , 1863 |
| pictet meaning: Transactions of the Anthropological Society of London Anthropological Society of London, 1863 |
| pictet meaning: The Anthropological Review , 1863 |
| pictet meaning: Yashts in Roman Script, with Translation T. R. Sethna, 1988 |
| pictet meaning: Prosecution of War Crimes before the ICC Ondřej Svaček, Martin Faix, 2025-04-28 This book draws inspiration from existing practices of the ICC and analyzes some of these achievements and challenges concerning the prosecution of war crimes/enforcement of IHL before the ICC. The common denominator of all contributions is therefore twofold: (i) war crimes, and (ii) the ICC. All contributions identify and unfold issues that present obstacles on the way to the desired aforementioned goal of a successful prosecution of war crimes. Upon assessment of particular issues, the book reveals whether the stance adopted by the ICC either makes reaching this goal easier (achievement), more difficult (challenge), or potentially both. |
| pictet meaning: Best Work of Charles Darwin: The Origin of Species Means of Natural Selection and On the Origin of Species Means of Natural Selection Charles Darwin, 2024-07-16 Explore the Revolutionary Ideas of Charles Darwin with The Origin of Species (Means of Natural Selection) and On the Origin of Species (Means of Natural Selection) - A Landmark Duo of Evolutionary Theory Embark on a voyage of discovery with this groundbreaking 2 Ebook combo, featuring the seminal works of Charles Darwin that forever changed our understanding of the natural world. Book 1: The Origin of Species (Means of Natural Selection) by Charles Darwin: A Landmark Treatise on Evolutionary Biology. Journey back in time to the dawn of evolutionary theory as Darwin presents his groundbreaking ideas on the origin of species. In The Origin of Species, Darwin meticulously lays out his theory of natural selection, revolutionizing our understanding of life on Earth. With its meticulous research and persuasive arguments, this seminal work remains one of the most influential scientific treatises ever written. Book 2: On the Origin of Species (Means of Natural Selection) by Charles Darwin: The Definitive Exploration of Evolutionary Principles. Delve into the intricacies of Darwin's evolutionary theory as he elucidates the mechanisms of natural selection and adaptation. In On the Origin of Species, Darwin presents a compelling case for the gradual evolution of species over time, challenging prevailing notions of divine creation and laying the foundation for modern biology. With its blend of meticulous observation and bold hypothesis, this timeless work continues to shape our understanding of the natural world. Experience the Evolutionary Genius of Charles Darwin, Where Science and Discovery Collide to Illuminate the Wonders of Life on Earth. Join the Expedition through the Annals of Natural History and the Frontiers of Scientific Inquiry! As you immerse yourself in The Origin of Species (Means of Natural Selection) and On the Origin of Species (Means of Natural Selection), ponder this: What secrets lie hidden within the intricate tapestry of life, and what mysteries await those who dare to explore the depths of evolutionary theory? Let Darwin's pioneering insights inspire you to marvel at the wonders of the natural world and contemplate the endless possibilities of scientific discovery. Don't miss this Unforgettable 2 Ebook Combo - Your Journey into the Heart of Darwin's Theory Begins Now! |
| pictet meaning: The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection Charles Darwin, 1902 |
| pictet meaning: On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection Charles Darwin, 1870 |
| pictet meaning: The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, Or, The Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life Charles Darwin, 1872 |
| pictet meaning: On the Origin of Species by the Means of Natural Selection, Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life Charles Darwin, 1923 |
| pictet meaning: The Authority of the International Committee of the Red Cross Linus Jannek Mührel, 2024-02-12 This book conducts the first ever comprehensive study of the ICRC’s interpretations and law-ascertainments. It analyses in detail their impact on the development of international humanitarian law and international law in general as well as the reasons for their impact. This analysis involves the discussion of the ICRC’s authority. Is it legal or just factual authority? The analysis also illuminates the direction that IHL – and international law in general – develops. This insight sheds light on the question of the current type of international law, i.e., what international law is and who makes it. |
| pictet meaning: The American Gas Light Journal , 1901 |
| pictet meaning: Means of Transportation and Registration of Nationality Vincent P. Cogliati-Bantz, 2015-05-22 This book examines the concept of nationality of means of transportation in terms of jurisdiction in international law. It reassesses the definition of nationality and explores how it is conferred. The book first places nationality in the broader perspective of jurisdiction in international law, and examines the historical development and necessity of the nationality of means of transportation. It goes on to investigate whether and under which conditions international organizations may confer a ‘nationality’ on means of transportation, examining the law of the sea conventions and air and space treaties. The book finally explores several questions relating to international registration of means of transportation, building a regime of international registration. Vincent Cogliati-Bantz introduces a necessary distinction between transport internationally registered and transport registered in a State but fulfilling a mission for an international organization. As a work that proposes the ability for international organisations to access international spaces without reliance on State-registered means of transport, this book will be of great use and interest to scholars and students of public international law, international organisations, and maritime, space, and aviation law. |
| pictet meaning: The Teaching of the Vedas Maurice Phillips, 1895 |
| pictet meaning: Humanitarians on the Frontier Alasdair Gordon-Gibson, 2021-11-17 The book explores the humanitarian sector's relationship with authority and humanitarian responses to situations of complex emergency. |
| pictet meaning: The United Service Magazine , 1852 |
| pictet meaning: Substantive and procedural aspects of international criminal law. 1. Commentary Gabrielle Kirk MacDonald, Olivia Q. Swaak-Goldman, 2000-03 Vol. II, Part 1. |
| pictet meaning: Colburn's United Service Magazine and Naval and Military Journal , 1852 |
| pictet meaning: Weighing Lives in War Jens David Ohlin, Larry May, Claire Finkelstein, 2017-08-04 The chief means to limit and calculate the costs of war are the philosophical and legal concepts of proportionality and necessity. Both categories are meant to restrain the most horrific potential of war. The volume explores the moral and legal issues in the modern law of war in three major categories. In so doing, the contributions will look for new and innovative approaches to understanding the process of weighing lives implicit in all theories of jus in bello: who counts in war, understanding proportionality, and weighing lives in asymmetric conflicts. These questions arise on multiple levels and require interdisciplinary consideration of both philosophical and legal themes. |
| pictet meaning: Principles of Greek Etymology Georg Curtius, 1876 |
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