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Law's anthropology : from ethnography to expert testimony in native title
Anthropologists have been appearing as key expert witnesses in native title claims for over 20 years. Until now, however, there has been no theoretically-informed, detailed investigation of how the expert testimony of anthropologists is formed and how it is received by judges. This book examines the structure and habitus of both the field of anthropology and the juridical field and how they hav…
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- 15
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781921862434
- Collation
- ix, 321 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 346.9404320899915 PAU l
Introduction to Australian migration law and practice
The ANU College of Law, Migration Law Program is pleased to introduce a text in administrative decision-making in Australian migration law. Over the past eight years we have assembled a team of some of Australia’s most highly qualified migration agents and migration law specialists to deliver the Graduate Certificate in Australian Migration Law & Practice, and the Master of Laws in Migration …
- Edition
- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781925022568
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 342.94082
The social sciences in the Asian century
In this collection of essays, we reflect on what it means to practise the social sciences in the twenty-first century. The book brings together leading social scientists from the Asia-Pacific region. We argue for the benefit of dialogue between the diverse theories and methods of social sciences in the region, the role of the social sciences in addressing real-world problems, the need to transc…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781925022582
- Collation
- xi, 191 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 300.95 CAR t
Methodological Investigations in Agent-Based Modelling : with Applications fo…
This Book Series is devoted to examining and solving the major methodological problems social sciences are facing. Take for example the gap between empirical and theoretical research, the explanatory power of models, the relevance of multilevel analysis, the weakness of cumulative knowledge, the role of ordinary knowledge in the research process, or the place which should be reserved to “…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783658172763
- Collation
- 247p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 300.1 SIL
The Tools of Owatatsumi : Japan’s Ocean Surveillance and Coastal Defence Ca…
Japan is quintessentially by geography a maritime country. Maritime surveillance capabilities – underwater, shore-based and airborne – are critical to its national defence posture. This book describes and assesses these capabilities, with particular respect to the underwater segment, about which there is little strategic analysis in publicly available literature. Since the end of the Col…
- Edition
- 7
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781925022278
- Collation
- 162
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 621.38928.BAL
Altmetrics for digital libraries : concepts, applications, evaluation and rec…
The volume of scientific literature is increasing and researchers have difficulties in estimating their quality and relevance. Library portals, therefore, are getting more relevant by using quality indicators to help researchers during their research process. With the growing presence of social media, altmetrics have been proposed as complementary indicators to traditional measures. Altmetrics …
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- 5
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783832553098
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 020 KAL a
Knowledge and the norm of assertion : an essay in philosophical science
"Language is a human universal reflecting our deeply social nature. Among its essential functions, language enables us to quickly and efficiently share information. We tell each other that many things are true—that is, we routinely make assertions. Information shared this way plays a critical role in the decisions and plans we make. In Knowledge and the Norm of Assertion, a distinguished phil…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781783741830
- Collation
- 126p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 306.44 TUR
Managing risk and information security : protect to enable
Given that security breaches and intrusions continue to be reported daily across organizations of every size, is information security really effective? Given the rapid evolution of new technologies and uses, does the information security group even need to exist? Obviously, this is a somewhat rhetorical question. I cannot imagine that any sizeable organization would operate well without an…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781430251149
- Collation
- xvii, 152 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 005.8 MAL m
The lives of stories: three Aboriginal-settler friendships
The Lives of Stories traces three stories of Aboriginal–settler friendships that intersect with the ways in which Australians remember founding national stories, build narratives for cultural revival, and work on reconciliation and self-determination. These three stories, which are still being told with creativity and commitment by storytellers today, are the story of James Morrill’s adopti…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781760462413
- Collation
- 274 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 994.410049915 DOR t
The kinesin superfamily handbook : transporter, creator, destroyer
This book brings together current information on the families that make up the kinesin superfamily of molecular motors in one comprehensive text. It is an ideal reference for researchers looking to make comparisons between different families, for specific information on an individual family, or simply for an overview of the kinesin superfamily. Information is clearly structured and grouped acco…
- Edition
- 10
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780429491559
- Collation
- viii, 186 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 572.6 FRI t
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