Reckless Innocence, Non-Anger and Forgiveness:Moral Knowledge in Penelope Fitzgerald's Fiction

This essay contributes to the currently limited academic scholarship on Penelope Fitzgerald's fiction by exploring affective interpersonal relationships as central themes in her novels Innocence (1986) and The Beginning of Spring (1988). I draw on Martha C. Nussbaum's philosophical work, in particular her recent publication Anger and Forgiveness (2016), to shed light on the arresting and unconventional ways in which Fitzgerald's fiction dramatizes and often subverts commonly held notions of innocence, anger, guilt and forgiveness. This essay argues that Fitzgerald's art as a novelist is particularly evident in the subtle and ironic manner in which she presents arresting moral insights. Nussbaum's philosophical explorations of moral knowledge provide the theoretical framework that clarifies these innovative and thought-provoking aspects of Fitzgerald's work

Entanglements of Trauma: Relationality and Toni Morrison's Home

The conceptual field of trauma theory in postcolonial studies has from the start enabled the inclusion of interdisciplinary research, but postcolonial literary critics have long hesitated to develop innovative approaches to explore new areas for trauma theory. Now, however, there is a widespread understanding that a broader, interdisciplinary, comparative, and relational approach to trauma will open ways of accommodating not only culture-specific, but also broader ethical and political registers of trauma research for postcolonial studies. This relational, non-oppositional approach is what this article explores and demonstrates in an analysis of Toni Morrison’s novel Home (2012). It argues that Morrison addresses, absorbs and transforms pre-existing discourses on trauma and race, contributing to conceptualizations of modes of healing and redress not currently privileged in cultural trauma theory

Different Models of Forbearance and Mortgage Enforcement Proceedings:Comparing Default Resolution Approaches in Europe

The international credit crisis of 2008–2013 changed the legal landscape of mortgage enforcement proceedings in Europe dramatically. The growing influence of the international right to housing, the increasing attention towards homeowner protection, the renewed policies towards mortgage financing and the changes in national legislation, make the study of these proceedings relevant and interesting. Moreover, the phase between default of the mortgage debtor and the actual start of these proceedings is becoming more and more relevant because of these developments. Nonetheless, this phase is quite underresearched, especially from a comparative legal research point of view. Our comparative study therefore takes a different approach than classical comparative studies on mortgage enforcement procedures. With this project, we investigate the approaches of mortgage lenders after the mortgage debtor is in default with his mortgage obligations. These approaches can be based on legislation, self-regulation or agreements with the mortgagor. The aim of this project is to discover how these regulations function in practice. This paper provides an introduction to this emerging legal comparative research project on, what we call, default resolution approaches in Europe. We explain the main interests involved in default resolution approaches and the dimensions that should be taken into account in our study. We then sketch our comparative framework for further research

Exclusion and Revolt in Witi Ihimaera’s Whale Rider

This paper takes as its theoretical perspective Julia Kristeva’s reading of the Freudian myth of origin to explore the themes of exclusion and revolt in Witi Ihimaera’s emancipatory narrative. In Kristeva’s reading, exclusion and revolt are human mechanisms that inevitably occur in social situations of hierarchy and tradition. This paper explores these mechanisms in Ihimaera’s re-creation of the myth of Paikea in the film Whale Rider and dramatises the particular ways in which exclusion and revolt function in a Maori community. Ihimaera’s rendering of his iwi’s myth of origin suggests a renewed understanding of past traditions, and presents a vision of present-day reconciliation and future survival

De executoriale verkoop van onroerende zaken door de hypotheekhouder

Several media reports and studies have shown that for various reasons the proceeds are generally too low. In addition, the need is felt for the use of modern means of communication and a future-proof procedure of sales under execution. Thirdly, over the past years there has been an increase of the number of sales under execution: in 2003 the number was below 1.000, in 2012 the number increased to 2.488. Because of these developments, the question arises whether this legislation still ensures the best possible procedure for a sale under execution, leading to the highest possible net proceeds. This is the central question of Irene Visser’s study, which is the first to systematically examine the entire statutory procedure for sales under execution from a legal point of view. Visser shows several problems in the current legislation to obtain the highest possible net proceeds. For example, the current legislation is insufficiently flexible to make use of new technological developments ánd the current statutory provisions do not always provide the leeway required to arrange the procedure for the specific items on sale. Secondly, the alternative procedure for the public auction (the private sale under execution) needs to be thoroughly changed, in favor of reaching more private bidders. A third example is the need to clearify and better integrate into the property-law system the consequences of the sale under execution for some rights, like the right of tenants. The amendments in the bill containing amendments in the procedure for sales onder execution, submitted to the Dutch House of Representatives on 22 November 2012, are discussed at various points in this study