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Raised in post - WWI Germany, Reinhard Hermann Krohn son of working class citizens, thrived as young boy in Pinneberg. From Hitler Jungvolk to Hitler Jungend, he learned the importance of loyalty to Hitler's Germany. As a 17 year old, Reinhard joined the ranks of Grossdeutschland Kurmark, to defend the country he loved. At the very end of WWII, he was captured and placed in a Russian concentration camp. The journey of this young German boy is written by his daughter, as shared by Reinhard. The original diary Reinhard kept in captivity has been translated and included within the book. From...

As the first comprehensive study of Buddhism and law in Asia, this interdisciplinary volume challenges the concept of Buddhism as an apolitical religion without implications for law. Buddhism and Law draws on the expertise of the foremost scholars in Buddhist studies and in law to trace the legal aspects of the religion from the time of the Buddha to the present. In some cases, Buddhism provided the crucial architecture for legal ideologies and secular law codes, while in other cases it had to contend with a preexisting legal system, to which it added a new layer of complexity. The...

The Golden Yoke causes us to rethink American legal culture. The legal cosmology of Buddhist Tibet brings into question both the autonomous framework underlying this system and most of the presumptions we have about the very nature of law, from precedent and res judicata to rule formation and closure.

Never before has research into the benefits and drawbacks of the Chinese migration to Prato in Tuscany been presented so comprehensively in English. The recent influx of Chinese to the longstanding textile manufacturing and wholesale businesses in Prato has stirred strong emotions in the host culture and among the new arrivals alike. The breadth of the coverage of this publication is demonstrated by the full range of perspectives focused on the economic and social dilemmas being experienced. A wide range of points of view are elucidated -- the concerns of the local commune, the factory...