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"There has been much interest in understanding various dimensions of the growth and integration of emerging Asia with the rest of the world, particularly with regard to international capital flows and external financing. Nonetheless, serious academic work in this area has lagged somewhat compared to issues relating to international trade. This book fills this gap by dealing with topics relating to booms and busts in capital flows, financial stability the sources of external financing, and the important role played by FDI. It also discusses the monetary transmission channel, extent of financial integration, and the choice of exchange rate regimes in emerging Asia. The book consists of ten chapters, divided into three sections pertaining to international capital flows and financial crises; foreign direct investment (FDI) flows to and from the region including Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As), exchange rate regimes and choices and monetary policy transmission mechanism. While some chapters focus specifically on India, which is one of the new growth stars of Asia, many chapters deal with emerging Asia more generally (or specific sub-regions of East and South Asia). The book focuses on important economic policy issues of contemporary relevance-informed by data and rigorous empirical analysis."--Publisher's website

The main ambition of this book lies in a detailed analysis of the formation and enforcement of Nepal's Mulukī Ain of 1854, specifically focusing on the provisions regarding homicide within the Mulukī Ains of 1854 and 1870. This study also examines contemporaneous legal records, revealing the complexities of the Ain's implementation. The articles on homicide serve as a microcosm illustrating the broader evolution of Nepal's legal code, which departed from outdated punishments like genital mutilation and introduced fines and imprisonment instead. Still, the innovations introduced into the Ain of 1854 were not uniformly progressive. The Ain in its various stages of development thus showcases the complex ways in which legal systems inevitably undergo transformation. - Hauptziel dieses Buches ist eine detaillierte Analyse der Entstehung und Durchsetzung des nepalesischen Mulukī Ain von 1854, wobei das Hauptaugenmerk auf den Bestimmungen zum Mord innerhalb der Mulukī Ains von 1854 und 1870 liegt. Daneben untersucht die Studie auch zeitgenössische juristische Aufzeichnungen, die die Komplexität der Umsetzung des Ain aufzeigen. Die Paragraphen zu Tötungsdelikten dienen als Mikrokosmos, anhand derer sich die allgemeine Entwicklung des nepalesischen Rechtssystems veranschaulichen lässt. Dieses löste sich von veralteten Strafen wie der Genitalverstümmelung und führte stattdessen Geld- und Freiheitsstrafen ein. Dennoch sind die Neuerungen, die in das Ain von 1854 aufgenommen wurden, nicht durchweg fortschrittlich. Somit zeigt das Ain in seinen verschiedenen Entwicklungsstadien die komplexen Veränderungen, die Rechtssysteme unweigerlich durchlaufen.

The Conceit of Humanitarian Intervention rejects, on political, legal, ethical, and strategic grounds, the widespread claim that military force can be used effectively-and on the basis of a universal consensus-to stop mass atrocities. As such, it is an against-the-current treatment of an important practice in world politics

"There is a veritable cottage industry of books on humanitarian intervention (the use of military force to stop atrocities) and the vast majority favors the project. The Conceit of Humanitarian Intervention challenges this consensus by pointing up the strategic, legal, and ethical problems associated with it. The book also disputes the claim that humanitarian intervention, particularly as manifested in the doctrine of "The Responsibility to Protect," has become a universal norm that offers a comprehensive and effective solution to mass killing"--