<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>New titles ASC Leiden</title><description>ASC Leiden RSS feed</description><link>http://www.asclibrary.nl/rss/NewtitlesASCLeiden.xml</link><item><category>Book</category><link>https://catalogue.leidenuniv.nl/permalink/31UKB_LEU/s5ab2f/alma9940707266202711</link><title>The South African Bill of Rights and pluralism : a comparative perspective of judicial responses to diversity / author, Bertus de Villiers.</title><description><![CDATA[Cape Town, South Africa : Juta, 2025. Abstract: "The South African Bill of Rights and Pluralism critically analyses how courts have paid homage to the directive of the Constitution to reflect on, respect, accommodate, and celebrate the plurality and diversity of the South African people. The book focuses through the eyes of the courts on pluralism, both within the context of legal pluralism, which signifies accommodating different legal systems within the same country, as well as recognising ethnocultural and indigenous pluralism that reflect the rainbow cultural diversity of South Africa. The South African Bill of Rights and Pluralism critically considers the reasoning of courts in topical fields such as mother-tongue education, hate speech, customary law, and religious rights. De Villiers does not shy away from the challenges faced by the courts, but he also gives credit to the way in which South African jurisprudence has become cited in international courts and literature. Topics such as the lawfulness of the song 'Kill the Boer Kill the Farmer', the interaction between constitutional norms and customary law, and the use of Ubuntu by courts, all fall within this analysis. The South African Bill of Rights and Pluralism is aimed at a wide audience ranging from top level researchers to members of the public who may seek an independent and honest assessment of the responses of the courts to pluralism and diversity. Legal practitioners and students will find the case references and analyses insightful, while the public will enjoy the easy style and uncomplicated way in which De Villiers reviews 30 years of constitutional history."  ASC Subject Headings: South Africa. ; Bill of Rights. ; plural society. ; courts. ; ]]></description><category>South Africa.</category><category>Bill of Rights.</category><category>plural society.</category><category>courts.</category><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:29:16 +0000</pubDate></item><item><category>Book</category><link>https://catalogue.leidenuniv.nl/permalink/31UKB_LEU/s5ab2f/alma9940718170802711</link><title>Regard sur le Wassolon : r&#233;&#233;critures et enseignements de l'histoire de Wassolon de sa fondation vers le 13e si&#232;cle jusqu'au 21e si&#232;cle / Bary Br&#233;hima Sidib&#233;.</title><description><![CDATA[Bamako : Prostyle &#201;ditions, 2025. ASC Subject Headings: Mali. ; Fulani. ; Wasulunka. ; history. ; social structure. ; culture. ; traditions. ; ]]></description><category>Mali.</category><category>Fulani.</category><category>Wasulunka.</category><category>history.</category><category>social structure.</category><category>culture.</category><category>traditions.</category><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:29:16 +0000</pubDate></item><item><category>Book</category><link>https://catalogue.leidenuniv.nl/permalink/31UKB_LEU/s5ab2f/alma9940719952202711</link><title>Somalia : alte Konflikte und neue Chancen zur Staatsbildung / hrsg. von der Heinrich-Bo&#776;ll-Stiftung. [Konzeption und Bearbeitung: Axel Harneit-Sievers und Dirk Spilker ; Aus dem Englischen von Bettina Mu&#776;nch, Kathrin Razum und Jochen Schimmang]</title><description><![CDATA[Berlin : Heinrich-Bo&#776;ll-Stiftung, 2008. ASC Subject Headings: Somalia. ; Somaliland. ; conflict. ; social conditions. ; political conditions. ;  https://d-nb.info/990886921/04 http://d-nb.info/990886921/04 http://www.boell.de/downloads/Somalia-i.pdf (kostenfrei) http://www.boell.de/de/content/somalia (kostenfrei)]]></description><category>Somalia.</category><category>Somaliland.</category><category>conflict.</category><category>social conditions.</category><category>political conditions.</category><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:29:16 +0000</pubDate></item><item><category>Book</category><link>https://catalogue.leidenuniv.nl/permalink/31UKB_LEU/s5ab2f/alma9940720163802711</link><title>La "question m&#233;tisse" et ses avatars contemporains / Maria-Benedita Basto, Fran&#231;oise Blum, Doroth&#233;e Boulanger, Martin Mourre.</title><description><![CDATA[Paris : Karthala, 2026. Abstract: "Cet ouvrage s'int&#233;resse au m&#233;tissage dans les empires coloniaux modernes (XIXe-XXe si&#232;cles) -- portugais, allemand, fran&#231;ais, britannique, belge, italien, et de fa&#231;on plus marginale espagnol -- et &#224; la mani&#232;re dont ces empires ont invent&#233; le concept de "m&#233;tissage", l'ont d&#233;fini et l'ont construit -- ou non -- en "question", "probl&#232;me" ou "outil". L'historiographie sur le sujet s'est d&#233;velopp&#233;e depuis une vingtaine d'ann&#233;es, mais elle reste cloisonn&#233;e, chaque empire ayant ses sp&#233;cialistes, qui ne dialoguent pas n&#233;cessairement entre eux. Ce volume contribue &#224; combler cette lacune, en produisant donc l'analyse compar&#233;e des discours et pratiques &#224; propos du "m&#233;tissage" dans les divers espaces et &#224; diff&#233;rents moments de l'imp&#233;rialisme europ&#233;en, y compris dans les repr&#233;sentations culturelles et litt&#233;raires. Les auteurs s'int&#233;ressent aussi aux impacts contemporains des d&#233;finitions et politiques imp&#233;riales, &#224; la perception du m&#233;tissage dans les soci&#233;t&#233;s contemporaines et au r&#244;le des m&#233;tis dans le r&#233;examen du pass&#233; colonial europ&#233;en. La "question m&#233;tisse" est en effet tr&#232;s pr&#233;sente dans les d&#233;bats m&#233;moriels sur les h&#233;ritages coloniaux, y compris au plus haut niveau institutionnel, comme en atteste la plainte d&#233;pos&#233;e en 2020 par cinq femmes m&#233;tisses contre l'&#201;tat belge pour "crime contre l'humanit&#233;" perp&#233;tr&#233; au Congo."--Page 4 of cover.  ASC Subject Headings: Africa. ; Asia. ; Latin America. ; Europe. ; colonial territories. ; multiracial people. ; history. ; ethnic identity. ; social conditions. ; ]]></description><category>Africa.</category><category>Asia.</category><category>Latin America.</category><category>Europe.</category><category>colonial territories.</category><category>multiracial people.</category><category>history.</category><category>ethnic identity.</category><category>social conditions.</category><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:29:16 +0000</pubDate></item><item><category>Book</category><link>https://catalogue.leidenuniv.nl/permalink/31UKB_LEU/s5ab2f/alma9940720171702711</link><title>Tradition et modernit&#233; dans la formation de la culture spirituelle en Afrique tropicale / Vincent Ouattara.</title><description><![CDATA[Ouagadougou : Les &#233;ditions Mercury, 2025. ASC Subject Headings: Africa. ; cultural philosophy. ; ]]></description><category>Africa.</category><category>cultural philosophy.</category><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:29:16 +0000</pubDate></item></channel></rss>