Law and Christianity in Latin America. The Work of Great Jurists, Paperback - ***

This volume examines the lives of more than thirty-five key personalities in Latin American law with a focus on how their Christian faith was a fac...

Exploring a millennium-long story of law and religion in Italy through a series of 26 biographical chapters written by distinguished legal scholars...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Marc BeckerDuring the Second World War, the FDR administration placed the FBI in charge of political surveillance in Latin ...

This comprehensive review of US drug-control policies toward Latin America and the Caribbean, assesses the impact of those policies on democracy an...

DescriptionJapanese gardens are found throughout the world today--their unique forms now considered a universal art form. This stunning Japanese ga...

This book shows how and why politicians and police actors confront, negotiate with, or protect drug dealers to contain criminal violence in urban a...

Latin American Constitutions provides a comprehensive historical study of constitutionalism in Latin America from the independence period to the pr...

This unique collection makes available, for the first time, translations of medieval Italian jurisprudence, including commentaries, tracts, and leg...

Reducere. The map of world Christianity has changed dramatically, with a large number of Christians living in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. This text is a...

In some Latin American countries, private prosecution improves access to justice for victims of crime as well as human rights violations. By examin...

Using ethnographic data gathered in violent locations across Latin America, Eduardo Moncada shares new insights into the widespread problem of crim...

Esquirol brings unrelenting legal realism to comparative law by challenging the conventional narratives - or fictions - of permanent failure and of...

Reducere. America faces a war of values that will determine its future and likely decide if it will continue as a great nation on the world stage. Three Cs T...

In this groundbreaking work, Peter Brown explores how the worship of saints and their corporeal remains became central to religious life in Western...

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Publisher: HSE BooksAuthor(s): Great Britain: Health and Safety ExecutiveNumber of pages: 12Publication date: 2017Dimensions: 210 x 150 x 22Cover t...

Reducere. DescriptionIn this adult coloring book, artist Maggie Clemmons offers you an escape to a place of calm and love. As you tap into your most creative...

The first section of this Element reviews the history of LGBTQ rights in the region since the 1960s. The second section reviews explanations for th...

It has become a commonplace to say that the Latin Fathers did not really hold a doctrine of deification. Indeed, it is often asserted that Western ...

Reducere. The headlines are unmistakable.Our world is on the precipice of extraordinary, cataclysmic change.The conflict between two great world religions-Is...

This book scrutinizes the presentations of Christians and Christianity in Israeli state education system. It reveals that despite the changes in Je...

The story of how Latin and Arabic spread across the Mediterranean to create a cosmopolitan world of letters.Publisher: The University of Chicago Pr...

Provides a view of Jewish experiences through history, literature, painting, anthropology, poetry, sociology, and politics. This title explores and...

This book offers English translations of more than one hundred articles published in Black newspapers in Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, and Uruguay. Esse...

Reducere. DescriptionDesigned for the general reader and students of law, this is a concise history and analysis of the civil law tradition, which is dominan...

Reducere. The Business of Leisure critically surveys a wide selection of travel practices, places, and time periods in considering the development of the hos...

This book offers a comprehensive, region-wide examination of the politics of taxation in Latin America, one of the most pressing issues to confront...

After decades of bloodshed and political terror, many lament the rise of the left in Latin America. With Guatemala as the case study, this title ar...

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Focusing on the processes of accumulation, concentration, and centralisation of capital, Rubens Sawaya traces the transnationalisation of capital a...

Reducere. This book comprises a series of Christian Teachings, given over a period of sixteen years, exploring in depth the meanings behind those quotations ...

Reducere. (Radical) Functionalism in Latin America is an introduction to the production and theorization of functionalist architecture in Latin America from ...

This study examines the establishment and evolution of China's strategic partnerships with Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, and Venezuela. It analyzes th...

Margarita Fajardo tells the story of the cepalinos, Latin American economists and policymakers, and their dependentista critics, whose ideas about ...

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An enlightening account of the entwined histories of knowledge and nationhood in Latin America--and beyond The rise of nation-states is a hallmark ...

This book explores the significance of remembering the rescuers denouncing human rights crimes and protecting targeted victims-including the dead-d...

DescriptionHow and why has solidarity changed over time? Why have different strategies, tactics, and strands of international solidarity emerged or...

This Element seeks to address the lack of a comprehensive research agenda in Latin American and Caribbean environmental politics and helps integrat...

Reducere. Irreconcilable differences drive the division between progressive and conservative Christians-is there a divorce coming? Much attention has been pa...

How does our legal and mental health system handle the mentally disordered? In this book, George C. Klein presents a revealing survey that explores...