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The Boundaries of Meaning and the Formation of Law

Legal Concepts and Reasoning in the English, Arabic, and Chinese Traditions

By: Sharron Gu

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The Boundaries of Meaning and the Formation of Law

Legal Concepts and Reasoning in the English, Arabic, and Chinese Traditions

By: Sharron Gu

Different legal systems share some basic developmental tendencies that are rooted in the historical evolution of language and culture. In this comparative history of English common law, Islamic law, and Chinese imperialist law Sharron Gu describes the formation of three diverse legal systems in terms of their unique linguistic environments. She argues that the characteristics of each language define the nature of the common, statute, administrative, and religious laws associated with it and set the boundaries for its legal imagination.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773560025

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9780773560024

A Cultural History of the Arabic Language

By: Sharron Gu

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A Cultural History of the Arabic Language

By: Sharron Gu

This history of literary Arabic describes the evolution of Arabic poetry and prose in the context of music, ritual performance, the arts and architecture. The thousands-of-years-old language is perhaps more highly developed and refined than any other on earth. This book focuses on what is unique about Arabic compared to other major languages of the world (Greek, Latin, Hebrew, English and Spanish) and how the distinct characteristics of Arabic took shape at various points in its history. The book provides a cultural background for understanding social and political institutions and religious beliefs--more influenced by the rhythms and depths of poetic language than other cultures--in the Middle East today.

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McFarland

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1476602948

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Language and Culture in the Growth of Imperialism

By: Sharron Gu

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Language and Culture in the Growth of Imperialism

By: Sharron Gu

Political science interpretations of international relations tend to focus on abstract terms of economic interest, domination, rights and justice. Trapped within this limited horizon, the discipline fails to explain why nations of similar economic structure would have variant ideas for their foreign policies, and why nations with different economic structures and ideologies could develop a similar global posture during certain periods of their histories. This innovative study examines imperialism from a cultural and linguistic perspective, portraying the rise and fall of ancient Greek, Roman, medieval Islamic, modern British, Russian and American empires as a part of the natural life of world civilizations. As these imperial cultures matured through centuries of literary accumulation and interaction with other cultures, they finally found their confidence on the world stage and transitioned from an aggressive policy towards others to a more tolerant one.

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0786490934

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A Cultural History of the Chinese Language

By: Sharron Gu

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A Cultural History of the Chinese Language

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Chinese, one of the oldest active languages, evolved over 5,000 years. As such, it makes for a fascinating case study in the development of language. This cultural history of Chinese demonstrates that the language grew and responded to its music and visual expression in a manner very similar to contemporary English and other Western languages. Within Chinese cultural history lie the answers to numerous questions that have haunted scholars for decades: How does language relate to worldview? What would happen to law after its language loses absolute binding power? How do music, visual, and theatrical images influence literature? By presenting Chinese not as a system of signs but as the history of a community, this study shows how language has expanded the scope of Chinese imagination and offers a glimpse into the future of younger languages throughout the world.

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McFarland

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0786488271

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The Boundaries of Meaning and the Formation of Law

Legal Concepts and Reasoning in the English, Arabic, and Chinese Traditions

By: Sharron Gu

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Con destino a la comunicación: Oral and Written Expression in Spanish (Student Edition)

By: Paul Michael Chandler,Rafael Gómez,Constance Kihyet,Michael Sharron

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Con destino a la comunicación: Oral and Written Expression in Spanish (Student Edition)

By: Paul Michael Chandler,Rafael Gómez,Constance Kihyet,Michael Sharron

Con destino a la comunicación (Authors: Paul Chandler, Rafael Gómez, Constance Kihyet, Michael Sharron) is an innovative intermediate level (2nd or 3rd year) text and accompanying workbook. Throughout its 15 chapters, students work on the development of their conversation and composition skills in Spanish while exploring interesting themes and intriguing questions. An authentic reading in each chapter also helps students to develop reading skills. An audio component is integrated into both the core textbook and the workbook. This text is a collaboration with McGraw-Hill Higher Education, WGBH, and the Annenberg/CPB Project.

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McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

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0070593302

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9780070593305

Mosby's Workbook for Fundamentals of Medical Assisting

By: Sharron M. Zakus,Eggars

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Mosby's Workbook for Fundamentals of Medical Assisting

By: Sharron M. Zakus,Eggars

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0801652936

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A Cultural History of the Arabic Language

By: Sharron Gu

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0786470593

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Language and Culture in the Growth of Imperialism

By: Sharron Gu

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Law and Politics in Modern China

Under the Law, the Law, and Above the Law

By: Sharron Gu

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Law and Politics in Modern China

Under the Law, the Law, and Above the Law

By: Sharron Gu

This is an original interdisciplinary study of Chinese law, its language, and political institution. Evolving within a complex literary framework over thousands of years, Chinese language has lost its conceptual distinctiveness to its multilevel and overlapping meanings and connotations. Chinese law has become inflated with contrary rulings and exceptions. This mass of rules requires an extra-lingual (legal) authority to redefine boundaries and specify applications. This book follows and continues the author's, The Boundaries of Meaning and the Formation of Law (McGill University Press) by illustrating how language shapes the formation, application, and administration of law in various cultural environments. Law and Politics in Modern China is an important book for those interested in Chinese history, culture, law, and politics. It also provides refreshing insights about the way that law continues to function after its language matures and creates contradictions and loopholes within its system of rules--one of the most important issues facing Western legal administration in the immediate future.

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Cambria Press

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1604976047

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Book's by Sharron Gu

The Boundaries of Meaning and the Formation of Law

The Boundaries of Meaning and the Formation of Law

A Cultural History of the Arabic Language

A Cultural History of the Arabic Language

Language and Culture in the Growth of Imperialism

Language and Culture in the Growth of Imperialism

A Cultural History of the Chinese Language

A Cultural History of the Chinese Language

The Boundaries of Meaning and the Formation of Law

The Boundaries of Meaning and the Formation of Law

Con destino a la comunicación: Oral and Written Expression in Spanish (Student Edition)

Con destino a la comunicación: Oral and Written Expression in Spanish (Student Edition)

Mosby's Workbook for Fundamentals of Medical Assisting

Mosby's Workbook for Fundamentals of Medical Assisting

A Cultural History of the Arabic Language

A Cultural History of the Arabic Language

Language and Culture in the Growth of Imperialism

Language and Culture in the Growth of Imperialism

Law and Politics in Modern China

Law and Politics in Modern China

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