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View article: Tackling temporary names: interim solutions for the taxonomic impediment
Tackling temporary names: interim solutions for the taxonomic impediment Open
Against a background of the climate and biodiversity crises, there is an urgent need for robust and citable biodiversity information for policy and management decisions. Species are fundamental units of biodiversity and underpin communicat…
View article: The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) through the looking glass: insights from the data management team in light of the crystal anniversary of WoRMS
The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) through the looking glass: insights from the data management team in light of the crystal anniversary of WoRMS Open
The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) started in 2007 with the question “how many species live in our oceans?”. Now, a little over 15 years later, WoRMS is able to answer several questions related to marine species discovery rates a…
View article: The World Amphipoda Database: history and progress
The World Amphipoda Database: history and progress Open
We provide an overview of the World Amphipoda Database (WAD), a global species database that is part of the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Launched in 2013, the database contains entries for over 10,500 accepted species names. E…
View article: Benchmarking global biodiversity of decapod crustaceans (Crustacea: Decapoda)
Benchmarking global biodiversity of decapod crustaceans (Crustacea: Decapoda) Open
A new assessment of the global biodiversity of decapod Crustacea (to 31 December 2022) records 17,229 species in 2,550 genera and 203 families. These figures are derived from a well-curated dataset maintained on the online platform DecaNet…
View article: AlgaeTraits: a trait database for (European) seaweeds
AlgaeTraits: a trait database for (European) seaweeds Open
The analysis of biological and ecological traits has a long history in evolutionary and ecological research. However, trait data are often scattered and standardised terminology that transcends taxonomic and biogeographical context are gen…
View article: Marine biodiversity discovery: the metrics of new species descriptions
Marine biodiversity discovery: the metrics of new species descriptions Open
Based on the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), there are currently c. 242,000 known valid marine species living in the world's oceans and marine biota continue to be discovered and named steadily at a current average of 2,332 new s…
View article: Theme: ‘Theology and the Justification of Sovereignty and Property’, written by Martti Koskenniemi
Theme: ‘Theology and the Justification of Sovereignty and Property’, written by Martti Koskenniemi Open
editorial reviewed
View article: ‘Mercatores isti regulandi’: Monopolies and moral regulation of the market in Pedro de Oñate’s De contractibus
‘Mercatores isti regulandi’: Monopolies and moral regulation of the market in Pedro de Oñate’s De contractibus Open
Summary Compared to the writings of other teólogos-juristas belonging to the so-called School of Salamanca, Pedro de Oñate’s (1567-1646) De contractibus has met with little if almost no interest in the literature. It nevertheless marks an …
View article: Courts and Traditional Financial Institutions in Ethiopia: Selected Case Studies on Legal Hybridity
Courts and Traditional Financial Institutions in Ethiopia: Selected Case Studies on Legal Hybridity Open
By drawing on the analysis of court records in Addis Ababa and the Amhara, Oromia and Tigray Regional States, this paper offers case studies on the conflicting encounter between the formal legal system and normative practices in the way ju…
View article: AlgaeTraits: a trait database for (European) seaweeds
AlgaeTraits: a trait database for (European) seaweeds Open
The analysis of biological and ecological traits has a long history in evolutionary and ecological research. However, trait data are often scattered and standardised terminology that transcends taxonomic and biogeographical context are gen…
View article: History of Conflict Resolution in Europe – A Project Report
History of Conflict Resolution in Europe – A Project Report Open
The four-volume Handbuch zur Geschichte der Konfliktlösung in Europa (Handbook on the history of conflict resolution in Europe) deals with the history of institutionalised and rule-based conflict resolution in judicial and extra-judicial f…
View article: Great Christian Jurists in the Low Countries
Great Christian Jurists in the Low Countries Open
What impact has Christianity had on law and policies in the Lowlands from the eleventh century through the end of the twentieth century? Taking the gradual 'secularization' of European legal culture as a framework, this volume explores the…
View article: Review of "The Price of Bread: Regulating the Market in the Dutch Republic" by Jan de Vries
Review of "The Price of Bread: Regulating the Market in the Dutch Republic" by Jan de Vries Open
The Price of Bread: Regulating the Market in the Dutch Republic Jan de Vries Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019 (515 pages)
View article: Transacciones / Settlement agreements
Transacciones / Settlement agreements Open
peer reviewed
View article: Review: Th. Duve and O. Danwerth (eds.), Knowledge of the Pragmatici: Legal and Moral Theological Literature and the Formation of Early Modern Ibero-America, (Max Planck Studies in Global Legal History of the Iberian Worlds, 1), Leiden: Brill/Nijhoff, 2020, Pp. 382
Review: Th. Duve and O. Danwerth (eds.), Knowledge of the Pragmatici: Legal and Moral Theological Literature and the Formation of Early Modern Ibero-America, (Max Planck Studies in Global Legal History of the Iberian Worlds, 1), Leiden: Brill/Nijhoff, 2020, Pp. 382 Open
peer reviewed
View article: Courts and Traditional Financial Institutions in Ethiopia: Selected Case-Studies on Legal Hybridity
Courts and Traditional Financial Institutions in Ethiopia: Selected Case-Studies on Legal Hybridity Open
peer reviewed
View article: Hugo Grotius’s Views on Consent, Contract and the Christian Commonwealth – Introductory Remarks
Hugo Grotius’s Views on Consent, Contract and the Christian Commonwealth – Introductory Remarks Open
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View article: The Uses of the Dead: The Early Modern Development of Cy-Près Doctrine, written by Caroline R. Sherman
The Uses of the Dead: The Early Modern Development of Cy-Près Doctrine, written by Caroline R. Sherman Open
peer reviewed
View article: <p class="ZootaxaTitle">All genera of the world: an overview and estimates based on the March 2020 release of the Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera (IRMNG)
All genera of the world: an overview and estimates based on the March 2020 release of the Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera (IRMNG) Open
We give estimated counts of known accepted genera of the world (297,930±65,840, of which approximately 21% are fossil), of a total 492,620 genus names presently held for “all life”, based on the March 2020 release of the Interim Register o…
View article: Recensie: B. Wauters and M. de Benito, The History of Law in Europe, Cheltenham: Elgar, 2017, 200p.
Recensie: B. Wauters and M. de Benito, The History of Law in Europe, Cheltenham: Elgar, 2017, 200p. Open
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View article: The LifeWatch Taxonomic Backbone: Connecting information on taxonomy, biogeography, literature, traits and genomics
The LifeWatch Taxonomic Backbone: Connecting information on taxonomy, biogeography, literature, traits and genomics Open
The Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) is responsible for the set-up of the LifeWatch Taxonomic Backbone (LW-TaxBB), as a central part of the European LifeWatch Infrastructure. The LW-TaxBB aims to (virtually) bring together different compon…
View article: Marine Species Traits in the LifeWatch Taxonomic Backbone
Marine Species Traits in the LifeWatch Taxonomic Backbone Open
Describing species patterns and their underlying processes are essential to assessing the status and future evolution of marine ecosystems. This effort requires biological information on functional and structural species traits, such as fe…
View article: Review of "The Dignity of Commerce: Markets and the Moral Foundations of Contract Law" by Nathan B. Oman
Review of "The Dignity of Commerce: Markets and the Moral Foundations of Contract Law" by Nathan B. Oman Open
The Dignity of Commerce: Markets and the Moral Foundations of Contract Law Nathan B. Oman Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2016 (304 pages)
View article: Jesuits and Jurisprudence
Jesuits and Jurisprudence Open
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