One of the most common tenets of royal and messianic ideologies is the notion that the king ruled by divine favor. This ideology was variously signaled, very often by way of omens, dream visions, as well as other predictive mechanisms, epithets, and even the direct intervention of the gods. Chapter 1 explores the way that this ideology takes shape in non-Jewish kingship treatises as well as various early Jewish texts, focusing especially on messianic figures which serve as archetypes for Revelation’s Christ, including King David and the Danielic and Enochic Son of Man.

We then explore Revelation’s appropriation of this ideology, including especially the preponderance of messianic titles as well as the investiture scene in Revelation 5, where the Lamb’s reception of the scroll from the right hand of God signals divine favor and his right to rule on God’s behalf. These strategies for designating Jesus as God’s chosen vicegerent are viewed in light of similar tropes in other early Christian texts.

One of the most common tenets of royal and messianic ideologies is the notion that the king ruled by divine favor. This ideology was variously signaled, very often by way of omens, dream visions, as well as other predictive mechanisms, epithets, and even the direct intervention of the gods. Chapter 1 explores the way that this ideology takes shape in non-Jewish kingship treatises as well as various early Jewish texts, focusing especially on messianic figures which serve as archetypes for Revelation’s Christ, including King David and the Danielic and Enochic Son of Man.

We then explore Revelation’s appropriation of this ideology, including especially the preponderance of messianic titles as well as the investiture scene in Revelation 5, where the Lamb’s reception of the scroll from the right hand of God signals divine favor and his right to rule on God’s behalf. These strategies for designating Jesus as God’s chosen vicegerent are viewed in light of similar tropes in other early Christian texts.

The selection of the arbitral tribunal is likely the most critical step in the arbitral process.Arbitrators adjudicate substantive and procedural issues, and the quality of the arbitrators will be outcome determinative of the parties’ dispute and, ultimately, the enforceability of the arbitral award.This chapter provides guidance on best practices regarding the appointment of arbitrators in international commercial and investor-State arbitration.It discusses the parameters of the parties’ flexibility and autonomy in choosing the configuration of their tribunal and the identity of their arbitrators, as well as the various factors that parties should consider in vetting potential arbitrator candidates.This chapter also addresses strategic considerations, procedures, and practical concerns of arbitrator challenges, including the potential implications of successful challenges.

This chapter examines the appointment, retirement and capacity of trustees. They are initially appointed under the trust instrument by the settlor but provision must be made for their replacement. The settlor can reserve the power to appoint new trustees in the trust instrument, alternatively a named person may have the power. There is a statutory power to appoint where no provision has been made by the settlor and the appointment may be made by the surviving or continuing trustees. On rare occasions appointment can be made by the court or by the beneficiaries. Anyone with legal capacity can be appointed as a trustee although a minor cannot be a trustee of land. Professional trustees are sometimes appointed. There is no limit on the number of trustees for a trust of personalty but for trusts of land the limit is four. The Trustee Act 1925 provides for when a trustee can retire or be removed. Trustees are not usually paid but in some circumstances payment is made subject to provisions in the common law or the Trustee Act 2000. This act widened the circumstances when remuneration will be made to the trustees.

This chapter traces the development of clerical ministry in the Church in Wales since disestablishment in 1920. Ordained ministry has undergone profound changes across the century with many landmarks in relation to all aspects of it, from training through ordination to functions, deployment and pay and conditions of service. These include the ordination of women as priests and the introduction of terms of service (both driven in large measure by developments in secular society). There have also been key changes with regard to the training of clergy and the demise of classical residential theological formation, as well as provision for the personal and professional development of clerics as well as in the area of clerical discipline. Today the church faces a dramatic decline in the number of vocations to ordained ministry, responding in part with the evolution of the parish system into ministry areas, and with the advent of non-stipendiary ordained ministry. Overall, whilst the Church in Wales, in its structures, discipline and organisation, is radically different from the church in 1920, it is today more inclusive and more willing to experiment in its ever-evolving approaches to ordained ministry.