<p>It has been over a century since African people were forcibly removed by official decree in 1901, from the Cape Town dockland barracks and District Six, to Uitvlugt, a farm where a location of corrugated iron &lsquo / huts&rsquo / had just been constructed. This occurrence followed an outbreak of a bubonic plague in Cape Town in 1901, which became predominant among the Africans who worked at the docks, and who were in direct and constant contact with the main carriers of the disease, i.e., the rats coming out of ships from Europe. The outbreak resulted in African being stigmatised as diseased, and being banished to the outskirts of the city. Since then, knowledge about this historical occurrence has been continuously produced, presented and communicated in many ways. It has featured in many representations through memory, heritage and history.In 1902, the new residents of Uitvlugt gave the location the name kwa-Ndabeni. Ndabeni was a nickname that the residents had given to Walter Stanford who had chaired the commission that recommended for the establishment of the location in 1901. The prefix kwa- was added to the name so that it meant in Xhosa language, the place of Ndabeni. In that way, the residents, who at that time did not consider the location as a potential place of their permanent abode, named it in a way that disassociated them from the place.</p>

The subject of this thesis is the "San Andres Agreements on Indigenous Rights and Culture". Born out of a process of negotiation between the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN), the Mexican government and various representatives of civil society, these agreements reflect and attempt to incorporate in the constitution, for the first time in Mexican history, individual and collective rights of indigenous peoples. Through ethnography and discourse analysis, the thesis addresses the political, economic and ideological issues underlying the exchanges between the various parties to the negotiations. It presumes a dominant government discourse and a marginal discourse advanced by the zapatista party in an effort to change the fundamental tenets of Mexican politics. The debate generated by the San Andres agreements is highlighted in order to examine its repercussions and the role it has played in bringing current indigenous claims to public attention.

This essay examine how temporal claims (past, present and future) are used in two Official Government Reports (SOU) in Sweden considering rape and sexual assault. The Official Government Reports constitute an important and particular system for long-term planning, and the reports are used as an instrument to achieve desirable changes within the nation. The temporal pretensions in SOU 1976:9 Sexual offences: proposed new wording of Penal provisions against virtue, and SOU 1982:61 Rape and other sexual assaults, are analyzed in relation to the concepts realization of the possible and actualization of the virtual, in order to see how the concepts correspond to the process of desirable change in the reports. The temporal claims are used in a spatially sense where space is assimilated to the concept of time which in return create notions of spatio-temporal images of the past, the present and the future. This is partly a problem for the reports in their aspiration to transform old norms and create innovatory values and ideals.

On April 1, 1999, Akimiski Island, Northwest Territories, Canada, became part of the newly created Inuit-dominated territory of Nunavut, even though the Inuit never asserted Aboriginal title to this island. This is why the Omushkegowuk Cree of the western James Bay region of Ontario, Canada, assert Aboriginal title over this island. Essentially, the Government of Canada has reversed the onus of responsibility for proving Aboriginal title from the Inuit to the Cree. In this paper, we examined whether the Omushkegowuk Cree fulfill all the criteria of the common law test of Aboriginal title with respect to Akimiski Island, utilizing all available printed and online material. All criteria of the common law test of Aboriginal title were met; however, the written record only alludes to the Cree using Akimiski Island at the time of first contact and prior, Cree oral history was consulted to illuminate upon this matter. I documented and employed Cree oral history to establish that Cree traditional use and occupancy of Akimiski Island was “sufficient to be an established fact at the time of assertion of sovereignty by European nations” (INAC, 1993:5; INAC, 2008); thereby, fulfilling criterion 2 of the test for Aboriginal title. As the Cree have now met all criteria of the common law test for proof of Aboriginal title in Canada, with respect to Akimiski Island, a formal land claim should be considered by the Cree.

ABSTRACT QUANTIFICATION OF ACCELERATION CLAIMS: A SIMPLIFIED APPROACH Operating a successful business within the construction industry has become more difficult for companies as the profitability margins decreased considerably compared to previous years. Even, global economy has created an environment in which construction firms are enforced to bid projects at or below lowest profit levels. At the same time, owners are demanding more difficult projects without increasing the quality of contract documents. This has placed an added burden on the individual contractor to construct sophisticated projects. Under these circumstances, it is not surprising that the number of disputes within the construction industry continues to increase. Thus, contractors requested additional payments from the owners and the concept of claim and claim management developed. However, implementation of a well developed claim management process is crucial as the consequences and reimbursement depends on this process. The objective of this study is to discuss potential sources of disputes and types of claims in the construction industry by focusing on acceleration claims. Quantification methods for owner directed acceleration are discussed as well as required documentation and claim management strategies for preparation of acceleration claims. Two different methods, namely theoretical approach and simplified approach, are presented here and examined in detail mentioning their advantages and shortcomings. These methods are applied to two different real cases, one in Turkey and the other one is abroad in order to have a better understanding of these approaches. Furthermore, a computer program is developed to carry out the calculations that constitute the necessary steps of simplified quantification method. This study can be considered as a complete guide for young civil engineers about quantification and management of acceleration claims.

Thesis PlanB (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references.

Univ., Diss.--Köln, 2007.

Construction claims are considered by many project participants as one of the most disruptive and unpleasant events of a project (Ho &amp; Liu, 2004). Researchers like Kumaraswamy (1996) argue that claims managers should focus not merely on the significant claims categories but also on the avoidable ones, to minimize the damaging effects on a given project. It becomes apparent that the causes underlying different claims categories have to be identified so that controllability and avoidability may be established. This research examines the issues by looking at the construction industry in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the second largest single industry after oil and gas sector, where claims and disputes are a major problem in the country. 51 leading construction participants including clients, consultants and contractors alike in the UAE were sampled for the study. The analytical results of the survey were further examined, compared and validated via the analysis of the data collected from 45 construction projects. The main findings of the first phase of study lead to the establishment of an index system called Claim Focus Index (CFI) that further establishes the finding of the 16 most significant types of claims and disputes in the UAE. The study continues to examine the underlying causes of the most significant types of claims and disputes and has identified unique sets of the root causes specific to each significant type of claims and disputes. These shall establish the basis to formulate strategies to focus on avoidability and minimization of claims and disputes.

The aim of this thesis is drafting of landscaping in the chosen location. The chosen location of this thesis is municipality Měňany, which lies in the Central Bohemian Region, in the former district Beroun. The literature research is focused on the landscaping and clearly explains the basic concepts and fundamental information about landscaping. The subject of the research was primarily measures for protecting and improving the environment, measures to make the land available, water management measures and measures for protection against erosion. This thesis deals with a list of claims for three selected owners and with new draft of the landscaping. Furthermore, the research discusses about municipality Měňany for which is created the characterization of the area and analysis of the municipality. The conclusion of this thesis was to evaluate the existing environment and propose solution, which should improve the overall situation, both for citizens and for nature and leads to the elimination of deficiencies.

No presente trabalho, explicitam-se os pressupostos para a pré(compreensão) da recuperação judicial, dentre os quais os deveres de medida aplicáveis ao processo de ponderação realizado com o intuito de interpretar os artigos da Lei n. 11.101, de 2005, e investigam-se os princípios constitutivos e gerais do instituto. Em seguida, realiza-se uma releitura dos pontos estruturais da recuperação judicial, tendo como ponto de partida os seus elementos essenciais, de modo que as propostas formuladas, inclusive quanto à natureza jurídica, ao conceito e aos objetivos do instituto da recuperação judicial, por eles serão norteadas. O trabalho, então, é direcionado para a interpretação do artigo 67, caput, da Lei n. 11.101, de 2005; dispositivo que determina a qualificação dos créditos concedidos ao devedor durante a recuperação judicial como extraconcursais em caso de a sua falência vir a ser decretada. O conteúdo normativo pertinente ao artigo 67 mantém relação material estreita com praticamente todas as decisões a serem tomadas pelos credores e pelo devedor no campo da recuperação judicial. No entanto, a doutrina, até o momento, cingiu-se a emitir comentários breves e bastante contraditórios a seu respeito; nenhuma decisão judicial dedicada a interpretá-lo e aplicá-lo transitou em julgado. / The present study explains the assumptions for the (pre) understanding of judicial reorganization, among which are the duties of measurement for the weighting process carried out in order to interpret the articles of Law no. 11.101, 2005. It also investigates the constituent and general principles of the Bankruptcy Law. In the sequence, there is a rereading of the reorganization structural points, beginning by its essential elements, so that the formulated proposals, including its legal nature, its concept and its judicial reorganization goals, are guided by them. The study is then directed to the interpretation of Article 67, caput, Law no. 11.101, 2005; provision which determines the eligibility of credits granted to the debtor during judicial reorganization as post-petition claims in case its liquidation comes to be enacted. The normative content of Article 67 maintains close material relation with virtually all decisions to be taken by creditors and by the debtor in the judicial reorganization field. However, the doctrine, so far, has confined itself to issue brief and very contradictory comments upon this subject; no court decision directed to interpret it and apply it became final.