LHR 38:3

Now available online is Law and History Review 38:3 (August 2020):Introduction: Rebecca Scott's History of Public RightsAmy ChazkelDiscerning a Dignitary Offense: The Concept of Equal “Public Rights” during ReconstructionRebecca J. ScottThe Right to Come and GoMiranda SpielerResponse to Rebecca Scott's...

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Thank you, Stefan Kirmse!

 We're very pleased to have had Stefan Kirmse (Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin) as our guestblogger for October 2020. He took us behind the curtain to share the inner workings of his research for The Lawful Empire: Legal Change and Cultural Diversity in Late Tsarist Russia (CUP, 2019). Here are his posts: Exploring Law in the Russian Empire: Spatial and Temporal ChoicesLanguage...

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PAPHOS MUNICIPALITY TO TAKE OVER THE CAROBMILLS IN PAPHOS

 Filenews 31 October 2020 - by Dora ChristodoulouIn November, the Council of Ministers will decide to grant a historical site for Paphos, the Carobmills on The Apostle Paul Avenue, in order to benefit from the appropriate exploitation by the municipal authority.This was announced by the President...

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SEAN CONNERY DIES AGED 90

 Filenews 31 October 2020The Scotsman, actor Sean Connery, the first, and by many, the best "James Bond", passed away.Sir Thomas Sean Connery was born on 25 August 1930 in Scotland. He was an award-winning actor and film producer. He was best known as the first official actor to play James Bond....

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DREAM TRAVELLERS - Pattichio Municipal Theatre, Limassol - 29 November

 DREAM TRAVELLERSPattichio Municipal Theatre, Limassol  [also at Pallas Theatre, Nicosia 6 December]Sunday 29 November - 2000The programme includes Rachmaninoff’s trio no2 [Cyprus Premiere], music from the movies An affair to remember, La La Land. Works by Costas Cacoyiannis, Stavros Lantsias,...

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LARGE FIRE IN PAPHOS - AREA BETWEEN TALA, KOILI, KISSONERGA & THE MAVROKOLYMPOS DAM

 Filenews 31 October 2020 - by Dora ChristodoulouA battle with the flames has been going on for two hours with the flying and ground fire machines trying to bring under control a fire that broke out for unknown reasons in an area between the communities of Tala, Koili, Kisonerga and the dam...

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MARS SCIENTISTS TO TEST SPACE EQUIPMENT ON TROODOS AHEAD OF MISSION

 Cyprus Mail 31 October 2020 - by Cyprus News AgencyApparently some of Troodos topography is similar to MarsAn international team of planetary scientists and geologists is expected to arrive in Cyprus on Monday as part of a research project for sending space equipment to Mars to measure the exact...

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THOUSANDS OF BRITS DUE TO LEAVE THE ISLAND ON SATURDAY

 Cyprus Mail 31 October 2020 - by Staff ReporterFile photo: CNABritish visitors were still rushing to find flights out of Cyprus on Saturday after their government decided that anyone arriving in the UK from the island starting Sunday would have to spend 14 days in quarantine.According to the Cyprus...

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Into the future. Gender, sexuality, and minority matters in Russian imperial history

As my time as an LHB blogger is coming to an end, I wanted to mention a few things that, for various reasons, have not received the attention they deserve in my research on law in late imperial Russia. I would count the issues of gender, sexuality, comparisons with other empires, and changes in the...

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Bilal Hancı Kimdir?

Bilal Hancı 1989 Trabzon doğumlu ünlü youtuber ve şarkıcıdır. Kendi yöresinin müzik tarzını en iyi şekilde temsil etmektedir. Aynı zamanda 7 milyon aboneli Kafalar adlı YouTube kanalını iki arkadaşı ile birlikte yönetmektedir. Eğitimini İstanbul Üniversitesi'nde tamamlamıştır. Koyu bir Trabzonspor...

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MET OPERA ONLINE - FROM BAROQUE TO THE PRESENT - A TWO WEEK TOUR OF OPERA HISTORY - W/c 2 November and 9 November

During this extraordinary and difficult time, the Met hopes to brighten the lives of our audience members even while our stage is dark. Each day, a different encore presentation from the company’s Live in HD series is being made available for free streaming on the Met website, with each performance...

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Fatih Yasin Kimdir?

Fatih Yasin 1993 İstanbul doğumlu ünlü youtuber ve sosyal medya fenomenidir. 7 milyon aboneli Kafalar adlı YouTube kanalını iki arkadaşı ile birlikte yönetmektedir. Arel Üniversitesi Uluslararası Lojistik Bölümü mezunudur. Fatih'in Kafalar Karışık adında bir sinema filmi de vardır.Fatih...

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MAJOR SUCCESSES AND FAILURES OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION

 Filenews 31 October 2020 - by Nikoleta KourousiPresident Donald Trump entered an election year as the third president in U.S. history to face a re-election process for committing criminal offenses and who was eventually acquitted. Although he is perhaps the most controversial and divisive...

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DEAD AND HUNDREDS INJURED IN TURKEY - inc video clips

 Filenews 31 October 2020Battle over the rubble of the buildings of Izmir that collapsed like cards give the rescue crews, after the powerful earthquake of 6.7 degrees on the Richter scale in the Aegean.Special forces officers are at the scene, and specially trained dogs have been recruited to...

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