At Every Bloody Level: A Magistrate, a Framework-Knitter, and the Law

2012 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 387-422 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolyn Steedman
Keyword(s):  
Poor Law ◽  
The Family ◽  
Statutory Law ◽  
The Law ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Village ◽  
Justice Of The Peace ◽  
The Way

In November 1806, Nottinghamshire magistrate Sir Gervase Clifton was visited at his house by one of his poorer neighbours, “a pauper of the village of Wilford.” (Wilford is about three miles from Clifton village and Clifton Hall.) William Kirwin was attempting to sort out complicated domestic arrangements within the framework of the law that governed his family's life. He told the magistrate about his mother-in-law, a widow, currently living in Tollerton. “She is in a very distressed state,” he said; he and his wife wanted her to come and live with them, “so that she may be better taken care of & kept from want.” He had asked the Wilford overseer for permission to take her in but had been refused. The family had tried to help after her husband died: her son (with wife and children) had moved into her cottage on the understanding that “they would take care of her during her Life & allow her good victuals drinks firing & good cloathing.” Something had evidently gone wrong with that arrangement, but we are not to know what, or how, as the entry in Clifton's notebook breaks off here (as is the case with many pieces of magisterial business he recorded). Kirwin was aware of local ratepayers and tensions between parishes in regard to their financial responsibilities under the old Poor Law: what he proposed would keep his mother-in-law from “troubling the … parish of Wilford,” he said. She was financially independent, or at least on marriage she had “brought a many good with her & such as a beds & other goods.” He knew that a justice of the peace was a point of appeal in the vast, complex edifice of ancient statutory law (poor and settlement law) that dictated the way he lived his life. We can discern something of William Kirwin's understanding of these matters from the fragmentary, incomplete account of what he said, and the strategies he used in telling his story; we can discern some of Sir Gervase's from the action he did not take in this case, and what he did not have his clerk record.

Buried Narratives: Exhuming the Mother's Story in Oliver Twist

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 247-266
Author(s):  
Michelle L. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Maternal Inheritance ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Poor Law ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Law ◽  
First Time ◽  
Critical Consideration

Initially, Oliver Twist (1839) might seem representative of the archetypal male social plot, following an orphan and finding him a place by discovering the father and settling the boy within his inheritance. But Agnes Fleming haunts this narrative, undoing its neat, linear transmission. This reconsideration of maternal inheritance and plot in the novel occurs against the backdrop of legal and social change. I extend the critical consideration of the novel's relationship to the New Poor Law by thinking about its reflection on the bastardy clauses. And here, of course, is where the mother enters. Under the bastardy clauses, the responsibility for economic maintenance of bastard children was, for the first time, legally assigned to the mother, relieving the father of any and all obligation. Oliver Twist manages to critique the bastardy clauses for their release of the father, while simultaneously embracing the placement of the mother at the head of the family line. Both Oliver and the novel thus suggest that it is the mother's story that matters, her name through which we find our own. And by containing both plots – that of the father and the mother – Oliver Twist reveals the violence implicit in traditional modes of inheritance in the novel and under the law.

Seeking Reconciliation

2020 ◽  
pp. 88-124
Author(s):  
Arzoo Osanloo
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Law ◽  
Cycle Of Violence ◽  
Considerable Influence ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Right ◽  
Legitimate Violence ◽  
Sense Of Power ◽  
The Way

This chapter studies the operations of the Iranian criminal law and analyzes how the procedural administration of the law animates the shariʻa. Iranian criminal laws provide many avenues for victims to forgo retributive sanctioning. But preserving the right of retribution serves several purposes: maintaining the sovereign's monopoly on legitimate violence, giving victims a sense of power, and halting the cycle of violence. The way Iran achieves this comprises an interesting balancing act between maintaining the monopoly over legitimate violence and granting individual victims the right of retribution, which its leaders believe, through their interpretation of the shariʻa, cannot be appropriated by the sovereign. Since the law categorizes intentional murder as qisas and leaves judges with no discretion in sentencing, the judges may use their considerable influence to pressure the family to forgo retribution. The chapter then considers the role of judges and examines how the laws (substantive and procedural) shape their reasoning and discretion in both sentencing and encouraging forbearance.

scholarly journals Eavesdropping Whilst You’re Shopping: Balancing Personalisation and Privacy in Connected Retail Spaces

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vasilios Mavroudis ◽  
Michael Veale
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Detection ◽  
Fine Grained ◽  
Detection Systems ◽  
The Law ◽  
To Come ◽  
Legal Frameworks ◽  
Technical Framework ◽  
Confidentiality And Privacy ◽  
Technical Measures ◽  
The Way

Physical retailers, who once led the way in tracking with loyalty cards and ‘reverse appends’, now lag begin online competitors. Yet we might be seeing these tables turn, as many increasingly deploy technologies ranging from simple sensors to advanced emotion detection systems, even enabling them to tailor prices and shopping experiences on a per-customer basis. Here, we examine these in-store tracking technologies in the retail context, and evaluate them from both technical and regulatory standpoints. We first introduce the relevant technologies in context, before considering privacy impacts, the current remedies individuals might seek through technology and the law, and those remedies’ limitations. To illustrate challenging tensions in this space we consider the feasibility of technical and legal approaches to both a) the recent ‘Go’ store concept from Amazon which requires fine-grained, multi-modal track- ing to function as a shop; and b) current challenges in opting in or out of increasingly pervasive passive Wi-Fi tracking. The ‘Go’ store presents significant challenges with its legality in Europe significantly unclear and unilateral, technical measures to avoid biometric tracking likely ineffective. In the case of MAC addresses, we see a difficult-to-reconcile clash between privacy-as-confidentiality and privacy-as-control, and suggest a technical framework which might help balance the two. Sig- nificant challenges exist when seeking to balance personalisation with privacy, and researchers must work together, including across the boundaries of preferred privacy definitions, to come up with solutions that draw on both technology and the legal frameworks to provide effective and proportionate protection. Retailers, simultaneously, must ensure that their track- ing is not just legal, but worthy of the trust of concerned data subjects.

Messages from the Rainforest Planta Milagrosa — Synadenium grantii The Wisdom of Living and Dying

2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (02) ◽  
pp. 114-120
Author(s):  
Renate Siefert
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Studies ◽  
The Road ◽  
The Family ◽  
Life Threatening ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Way

AbstractA well-known remedy from the rainforest—Synadenium grantii from the family of Euphorbiaceae—reveals itself to us in its essence by resonant trituration. The medicine used by the shamanic healer Don Agustin in life-threatening crises arises in potentiated form also as a wise helper for someone who is faced with the question: Is the road leading back to life again, or should I say goodbye to this world? Clinical studies show impressively that ‘planta milagrosa’ the ‘miracle plant’, as it is also called, enables the soul in its innate wisdom to choose one of the two ways: the way back to a fulfilling life or the way to a reconciled dying full of light. With Synadenium grantii, the rainforest grants us a companion in our last days. It allows us to come home entirely into our own essence.

scholarly journals Peran Pendidikan Ekonomi pada Pengrajin Dupa Ratus

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 619
Author(s):  
Achmad Maulana Adyaksa ◽  
Hari Wahyono ◽  
Cipto Wardoyo
Keyword(s):  
Production Process ◽  
Economic Education ◽  
High Quality ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Village ◽  
The Way

<p class="Abstract"><strong>Abstract:</strong> The hundred incense craftsmen in the village of Dalisodo initially had jobs as farmers and ranchers until finally they chose to become hundred craftsmen of incense. The existence of hundred incense craftsmen in the Dalisodo village is very influential on the development of the Dalisodo village especially in the Malang Regency because they are able to produce high quality products and the products are marketed all the way to Bali Island. The method of this research uses qualitative. With this type of approach to femenology. And in determining subjects using puposive sampling. In carrying out every activity, the hundred incense craftsmen possess the role of economic education, including from the family, craftsmen, laborers, and in the hundred incense production process.</p><strong>Abstrak:</strong> Pengrajin dupa ratus di Desa Dalisodo pada awalnya memiliki pekerjaan sebagai petani dan peternak hingga akhirnya mereka memilih menjadi pengrajin dupa ratus. Keberadaan pengrajin dupa ratus di desa Dalisodo sangat berpengaruh terhadap perkembangan di desa Dalisodo, khusunya di wilayah Kabupaten Malang karena mereka mampu memproduksi dengan produk yang sangat berkualitas dan hasil produksi di pasarkan hingga ke Pulau Bali. Metode penelitian ini menggunakan kualitatif dengan jenis pendekatan fenomenologi dan dalam menentukan subyek menggunakan <em>puposive sampling</em>. Di dalam melakukan setiap kegiatannya, pengrajin dupa ratus memiliki peran pendidikan ekonomi, meliputi dari dalam keluarga, pengrajin, buruh kerja, dan di dalam proses produksi dupa ratus.

scholarly journals Hukum Nafkah Terhadap Keluarga pada Gerakan Transnasional Keagamaan

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-78
Author(s):  
Muhamad Bisri Mustofa, M.Kom.I
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Development ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Missionary Movement ◽  
The Family ◽  
Comprehensive Manner ◽  
The Law ◽  
Household Heads ◽  
The City ◽  
The Way

Abstract Since the emergence of the Transnational Da'wah Movement such as the Tablighi Jama'at, it has created contradictions about the Law of Providing both birth and mentality to the family left in the Khuruj fii sabilillah program (Exiting the Way of Allah) to preach the ummah from house to house, mosque to mosque, inviting listen to Muslims (religious lectures) and invite to pray in congregation in the mosque. From the development of Jama'ah Tabligh's missionary movement in Indonesia, this movement has experienced quite rapid development. Not only is the movement that has a Jama'at quite rapidly, it is marked by the presence of da'wah markers (da'wah centers) in each Province and District of the City. But in the development of the da'wah movement there are several things that become contradictions in the family, in this case the provision of income to children and wives who are left behind when their household heads implement Khuruj fi sabilillah for 3 days, 40 days and 4 months. Therefore, this paper takes the theme of the Law of Livelihood Against Families in the Tabligh Jama Da'wah Movement in a comprehensive manner. Keywords: Family Livelihood, Religious Transnational Movement.

Ciuma în folclorul maramureșan și românesc

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 58-67
Author(s):  
Pamfil Bilțiu ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Field Research ◽  
Documentary Evidence ◽  
The Family ◽  
Romanian Folklore ◽  
The Village ◽  
The Way

Our study, based mainly on field research, aims to address aspects of plague description in the Romanian folklore and, in particular, in the folklore specific to Maramureş area. After placing the plague in the family of anthropomorphized diseases, we recorded the plague epidemics in Maramureş and throughout the country. At the same time, we reproduced the oldest documentary evidence of the plague, belonging to doctor Rufus of Ephesus. The research part of our study is the analysis of the physiognomic details of the plague, as well as its specific features, as they appear in Maramureş folklore and in the universal folklore. We paid proper attention to the way the plague acted, and to the diversity of its evil actions. In our research, we have given a wider space to ritual-magical practices, as well as to other actions meant to improve and combat the plague actions. In analysing these ritual-magical practices of combatting the plague, we emphasized the most complex ones, such as making a ritual furrow around the village with the plough pulled by two black, twin oxen; or going around the village with black oxen. We have given appropriate space to the plague shirt, which is of particular importance due to its rich mythical-magic aspect.

scholarly journals GERAKAN DAKWAH JAMA’AH TABLIGH DI KALANGAN WANITA DALAM PEMBINAAN KELUARGA MUSLIM DI KOTA BANDARLAMPUNG

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-33
Author(s):  
Muhamad Bisri Mustofa
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Development ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Head Of Household ◽  
Missionary Movement ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Law ◽  
The City ◽  
The Way

Since the emergence of the Transnational Da'wah Movement such as the TablighiJama'at, it has created contradictions about the Law of Providing both birth and mentalityto the family left in the Khuruj fii sabilillah program (Exiting the Way of Allah) to preachthe ummah from house to house, mosque to mosque, inviting listen to Muslims (religiouslectures) and invite to pray in congregation in the mosque. From the development ofJama'ah Tabligh's missionary movement in Indonesia, this movement has experiencedquite rapid development. Not only is the movement that has a strong community, it ismarked by the presence of da'wah markers (da'wah centers) in each of the Provinces andDistricts of the City. But in the development of the da'wah movement there are severalthings that become contradictions in the family, in this case the provision of income forchildren and wives who are left behind when their head of household implements Khurujfii sabilillah for 3 days, 40 days and 4 months. Therefore, this paper takes the theme of theLaw of Livelihood Against Families in the Tabligh Jama Da'wah Movement in acomprehensive manner.

scholarly journals Psalm 1 jako zachęta do czytania i studiowania Pisma Świętego

2016 ◽  
Vol 86 (2) ◽  
pp. 51-68
Author(s):  
Tadeusz Knut
Keyword(s):  
Word Of God ◽  
Moral Compass ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The World ◽  
The Law ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Way

The sapiential Psalm 1 contains a teaching on the two paths of the humanlife and the consequences of our choices. It contrasts the just man who is“happy” (v. 1) with the villains who are “lost” (v. 6). According to the psalmistthe man is fulfilled when he radically avoids the ways of the wickedand “delights in the Divine Precepts” which they “meditate tirelessly” (v. 2).The notion of the Law refers here to the books of the Bible – that is thewritten Word of God which the lives of the just are imbibed in and whichserves as the moral compass. God, in response to such a devoted attitude,watches over the life of the righteous and provides for his needs. Psalm 1serves as an encouragement to read the Bible and to meditate upon the willof God which is found on its pages. This is the way to achieve the ultimatehappiness which the man can be experienced in the intimate union withGod both on Earth and in the World to come.

Suicide by Proxy: The Unintended Consequences of Public Executions in Eighteenth-Century Germany

2008 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 413-445 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathy Stuart
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Unintended Consequences ◽  
To Come ◽  
Public Executions ◽  
The Village ◽  
The Town ◽  
The Way

On May 24, 1704, at about ten in the morning, Agnes Catherina Schickin, a thirty-year-old serving woman from the town of Schorndorf in Württemberg arrived at the village of Krumhard. After asking for and receiving a glass of milk from a local peasant woman, Agnes was on her way out of the village when she saw four, in her words, “beautiful little boys” playing together by the roadside. She approached the children and asked for directions to Schorndorf. When one of the boys, Hans Michael Furch, the seven-year-old son of the local cowherder, said he knew the way, she offered him a gift and asked him to walk with her. The three other boys wanted to come along, too, but she dissuaded them. Agnes and the seven-year-old walked off into the forest alone.

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