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May my nose and ears be cut off: Practical and "supra-practical" Aspects of Mutilation in the Egyptian New Kingdom
Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient. 2017. Vol. 60. No. 3. P. 263–291.
This paper investigates mutilation of the nose and ears in New Kingdom Egypt (c. 1550 1070BCE). The topic is first contextualised within cross-cultural mutilation research, before discussion shifts to focus more closely on Egypt. The threat of mutilation in oaths is considered, as is the possibility of mutilation not being enforced if such oaths were broken. The paper then investigates the lived experience of mutilation, encom passing both physiological and social impairments. Finally, a 'supra-practical' aspect is proposed, considering the esoteric connotations of mutilation, this latter understood as a set of practices including but not confined to actual physical dismemberm
Rovnov Y., European Energy and Environmental Law Review 2026 Vol. 35 No. 2 P. 75–92
The article tracks a change of approach taken by national courts within and across legal systems to assessing climate actions in tort. The polycentric nature of climate policy, which had proven fatal to plaintiffs’ earlier cases in common law jurisdictions, has rarely struck judges in continental Europe as a particularly effective defence. Nonetheless, to civil ...
Added: August 3, 2026
Bogdanovskaya I. J., Volos A., Trubina V. et al., Legal Issues in the Digital Age 2026 Vol. 7 No. 2 P. 113–135
Оn 10 October 2025, the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE) Law Faculty held the XIV International Scientific and Practical Conference “Law in the Digital Age” in furtherance of the discussion of artificial intelligence (AI) and law, a subject brought forward at the XIII International Workshop back in 2024.
Whereas the plenary meeting focused ...
Added: August 3, 2026
Боголюбов Е. А., Российский юридический журнал 2026 № 2 С. 177–191
The article is devoted to the analysis of the staff of the Soviet notary in the pre-war period (1917-1941) and the problem of continuity between prerevolutionary and Soviet notaries. Three key stages of the development of the Soviet notary are highlighted: the old-regime notary, the transitional notary and the proletarian notary. At the first stage ...
Added: August 1, 2026
Купцов И. А., Закон 2026 № 7 С. 72–85
The article analyses the problem of the issue preclusion significance of a court decision that has entered into legal force in the case of challenging the results of a tax audit, in evidence in criminal cases of tax crimes. As a result of the study, the author concludes that it is inadmissible to revise the ...
Added: July 31, 2026
Klementiev A., Московский журнал международного права 2026 № 2 С. 190–202
INTRODUCTION. Concepts such as “harmonization” and “unification” are currently widely used in the legal field as methods for harmonizing legal regulation. Unlike domestic harmonization and unification, international legal convergence aims to eliminate contradictions in the laws of different states. The implementation of transnational harmonization and unification projects has been greatly facilitated by the activities of international ...
Added: July 30, 2026
Ilyin A., Закон 2026 № 7 С. 14–27
There is hardly a more confusing issue in court practice than issue preclusion. The difficulty of understanding the current rules on issue preclusion leads to the casuistry of their application, which leads to the accumulation of contradictions. Two main issues related to issue preclusion are still extremely controversial: firstly, what exactly is being prejudged — facts or facts with a ...
Added: July 29, 2026
Mokhova E., Закон 2026 № 7 С. 172–192
The article is the first part of a study of the foreign directors responsibility in the bankruptcy of foreign companies, which analyses he European approach, the international standard of UNCITRAL and foreign experience on this issue. The problem is considered through the prism of the concept of internationalisation of the responsibility of the debtor’s directors to ...
Added: July 27, 2026
Polyakov S., Smeshkova L., Lapin V. et al., Veredas do Direito 2026 Vol. 23 No. 11 Article e237531
The article examines the significant transformation of the concept of information and its impact on modern security technologies. Until the middle of the 20th century, the concept of information was considered as a philosophical category related to the transfer of knowledge and meaning. With the advent of Claude Shannon's communication theory, information was reinterpreted as ...
Added: July 27, 2026
Степанов С. К., Иноземцев М. И., Закон 2026 № 7 С. 193–203
In 2022, the European Commission introduced a draft directive on liability for harm caused through the use of artificial intelligence systems. The hallmark of the proposal lies in its decision to retain a fault-based liability regime, even when harm arises in connection with the deployment of AI technologies. The draft further includes several procedural mechanisms ...
Added: July 27, 2026
Бронякина Е. О., Юстицинформ, 2023.
Издание посвящено исследованию института преюдиции в контексте принципа правовой определенности (res judicata). В книге показано развитие учения о преюдиции, которое в России проходило в три этапа, соответствующих развитию процессуального законодательства: дореволюционный этап (с 1864 года до 1917 года), советский этап (с 1917 года до 1995 года) и современный этап (с 1995 года до н.в.). Для ...
Added: July 24, 2026
Bondarenko D. M., Диалог со временем 2026 № 95 С. 36–49
The article explores contemporary African Americans’ perspectives on the Revolution and its legacy, and in particular their understanding of the social, political, and cultural foundations of their country laid during that era and the results achieved on those foundations, both for American society as a whole and for its Black community. Assessments of the past, ...
Added: July 24, 2026
Любков В. Д., Диалог со временем 2026 № 95 С. 136–150
The article analyzes the function of free time in the autobiographical text of P.S. Baturin "The Life and Adventures of G.S.S.B. A Fair Tale Written by Himself. Volume III". It shows the desire of an educated official of Catherine's Russia to emphasize in his memoirs the rational use of free time devoted to the needs ...
Added: July 23, 2026
Москвитин О. А., Исламгулов С. Ф., Рахимов Э. Х., Вестник Уфимского юридического института МВД России 2026 № 2 С. 62–69
The submission of inaccurate information by companies when participating in public procurement is, unfortunately, a fairly common phenomenon. Not all procurement participants take into account that this direct violation of the Law on the Contract System not only undermines fair competition but also entails significant legal and financial consequences for the violators themselves. In this ...
Added: July 23, 2026
Пермь: [б.и.], 2026.
В сборнике представлены материалы Научно-практической конференции «Царствование Императора Николая I в истории России. К 200-летию восшествия на Престол», состоявшейся в Перми 10–11 июня 2025 г. Конференция была организована Администрацией губернатора Пермского края, Пермской митрополией Русской Православной Церкви, Фондом содействия возрождению традиций милосердия и благотворительности «Елисаветинско-Сергиевское просветительское общество» и Агентством по делам архивов Пермского края на ...
Added: July 23, 2026
Грудников Н. С., Пастухова Е. Г., Психология и право 2026 Т. 16 № 2 С. 198–214
Context and relevance. Mediation is a widespread form of conflict resolution with its own unique principles. Restorative justice, as a new paradigm in criminal justice, utilizes mediation as a form of implementation while adapting it to its own core concepts. Objective. The study aims to identify the differences between the value foundations of classical and ...
Added: July 22, 2026
Aleksey P. Klementyev, Kutafin Law Review 2026 Vol. 13 No. 2 P. 391–425
Derivatives are complex financial contracts widely used in today’s securities and commodities markets. Alongside promising speculative gains, they allow exporters, importers, lenders, borrowers and other commercial actors to hedge a range of risks they face in the course of their day-to-day operations. Equally, international commercial
arbitration has become a preferred method of dispute resolution among legal ...
Added: July 21, 2026
Galperin M., International Journal of Constitutional Law Blog 2026
On 12 May 2026, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) delivered a judgment that should have caused a small earthquake. It didn’t. One possible explanation is that the judgment was issued only in French. No offence to our francophone colleagues — but a quiet constitutional revolution delivered in Molière’s language nowadays may take a ...
Added: July 20, 2026
Galperin M., JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL DISPUTE SETTLEMENT 2026 Vol. 17 No. 3 P. 1–22
The article aims to clarify the legal effect of contractual commitments not to litigate existing or potential disputes. Across a range of contexts—commercial, tort, employment, and others—agreements frequently contain clauses that expressly preclude parties from pursuing judicial remedies against one another. In various legal systems, such clauses are known as waivers, releases, or covenants not ...
Added: July 20, 2026
СПб.: Русайнс, 2026.
Сборник научных статей, подготовленных по итогам V международной научно-практической конференции (г. Санкт-Петербург, СПбГУ, 21–22 июня 2024 года), посвященной актуальным проблемам получения и использования доказательственной информации в уголовном судопроизводстве. Материалы конференции представлены работами ученых и практиков, а также студентов. ...
Added: July 20, 2026
Lapteva A., Вестник Санкт-Петербургского университета. Серия 14. Право 2026 Т. 17 № 2 С. 353–370
The article deals with the issues of the protection rights of holders of digital financial assets. The digital financial assets (hereinafter referred to as CFAs) are used in various economy sectors, as a result, the number of their issues is growing every year. The legal framework for the turnover of these objects was established in ...
Added: July 20, 2026
Ladynin I. A., Немировский А. А., Банщикова А. А. et al., М.: Издательство «Альма Матер», 2026.
В коллективной монографии подробно анализируются источники, связанные с предысторией, ходом и последствиями малоизвестного эпизода истории древнего Египта и Ближнего Востока – узурпации власти в Египте военачальником Амасисом у царя XXVI династии Априя (570-567 гг. до н.э.) и вмешательства в их противостояние вавилонского царя Навуходоносора II (567 г. до н.э.). Рассматривается значимость этого эпизода в восприятии ...
Added: June 10, 2026
Ladynin I. A., В кн.: Сборник статей к юбилею Алексея Ивановича Солопова.: Р.Валент, 2025. С. 235–247.
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In the poem *Argonautica* by Apollonius of Rhodes, there is the following passage (IV. 253-290): Argus speaks of the route for the Argonauts’ return home, discovered by “priests… those who left Tritonian Thebes,” at a time when the “sacred race of the Danaans” was still unknown ...
Added: May 5, 2026
Крол А. А., Кузнецов Д. А., Ladynin I. A., Восток. Афро-азиатские общества: история и современность 2026 № 1 С. 244–261
The publication presents a new translation and commentary of the Quban Stela of Ramesses II (Musée des beaux-arts Grenoble, Collection égyptienne, inv. 1937, 1969, 3565). This monument dates to the beginning of his reign (ca. 1287 BC); it was found near the ruins of the fortress of Baki, close to the Nubian village of Kuban. The composers of the ...
Added: May 5, 2026
Ladynin I. A., Дашкина А. Р., Проблемы истории, филологии, культуры 2026 № 1(91) С. 24–37
The article examines two aspects of the integration of Nubia (with particular attention to Lower Nubia) into the statehood of ancient Egypt during early antiquity (up to the end of the 2nd millennium BC). During the First and Second Intermediate Periods, Nubia demonstrates the adoption of Egyptian traditions of royal power, incorporating its territory into ...
Added: May 5, 2026