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EUP75: Our Publishing in Law
Read more: EUP75: Our Publishing in LawDiscover the story of Law at Edinburgh University Press – the first publications, the books that changed the field and what you can expect to see in future
Should we compare the violence of rape, war, racism, and ecocide?
…pacifist feminists have long argued we must by Selina Gallo-Cruz Content warning: mentions of rape and sexual harassment Rape, war, racism, ecocide: a litany of violence. Are they comparable—and, if so, should they be compared? Across generations, feminist pacifists have…
Q&A with Leandro Losada on ‘Machiavelli in the Spanish-Speaking Atlantic World’
by Leandro Losada Tell us a bit about your book. Machiavelli in the Spanish-Speaking Atlantic World, 1880-1940 pursues two comparative approaches. One is the history of liberal and anti-liberal political thinking. The other is the reception of Machiavelli’s works in…
‘Believers in Biology’: a coordinated effort to disrupt the 2022 census
by Sarah Pederson On the night of 2 April 1911, around 100 suffragettes spent the night sheltering in the Café Vegetaria in Nicholson Street, Edinburgh. Completion of the national census returns for 1911 had been politicised by leaders of the…
A conversation with Demet Çaltekin on ‘Conscientious Objection in Turkey’
by Demet Aslı Çaltekin Can you tell us a bit about Conscientious Objection in Turkey: A Socio-legal Analysis of the Right to Refuse Military Service? My book is about the interplay between the socio-cultural norms and non-recognition of the right…
Kelsenians, war and peace are calling (yet again)
by Robert Schuett I often get asked: ‘What would Hans Kelsen say about the state of democracy and world politics today?’ ‘How do we make sense of Carl Schmitt’s comeback in the twenty-first century?’ And ‘considering President Vladimir Putin’s war…
What three crises can teach us about how to avoid foreign policy surprises
by Dr Nikki Ikani In Estimative Intelligence in European Foreign Policymaking, we investigate how the European Union, the United Kingdom and Germany anticipated three recent crises: the Arab uprisings (also known as the Arab Spring), the Russian annexation of the…
Q&A with Anne Sofie Schøtt, author of Kurdish Diaspora Mobilisation in Denmark: Supporting the Struggle in Syria
In this interview, Anne Sofie Schøtt, author of Kurdish Diaspora Mobilisation in Denmark: Supporting the Struggle in Syria, discusses the process behind her new book. Can you tell us a bit about your book? The book is about how the…
Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies Turns 20
By Professor Tayseer Abu Odeh Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies is an international refereed journal presenting a global platform and space for both critical…
Q&A with Mark Mclay, author of ‘The Republican Party and the War on Poverty: 1964–1981’
Tell us a bit about your book. My book is on recent American political history. It examines the Republican Party’s challenge to Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson’s ‘War on Poverty’. It shows that leading Republicans – most notably President Ronald…