Legalidad y legitimidad

En este contexto histórico-político de emergencia de un régimen totalitario Carl Schmitt realiza una reflexión crítica sobre el pricipio de legalidad que enmarca en su crítica al positivismo formalista (especialmente en confrontación directa con Kelsen). Su reproche se dirige directamente sobre el carácter fomal y ...

El urbanismo en Andalucía

jornadas de reflexión sobre la LOUA celebradas en Sevilla los días 15 y 16 de abril de 2004

Posiblemente, desde el punto de vista del derecho positivo «stricto sensu», hablar del urbanismo en Andalucía es similar a tratar desde la misma óptica jurídica, claro está, el urbanismo español hasta la Ley 6/98 de 13 de abril. Yo no lo voy a hacer ...

El delegado sindical

La sección sindical, órgano pluripersonal del sindicato casi por definición, dificilmente podrá llevar a cabo su principal tarea: la actividad sindical en la empresa, así como tampoco podrá ejercer los derechos de participación o instrumentales que las diversas normas le atribuyen, si no se arbitran ...

Las hijas de Eva

historia, tradición y simbología

La influencia del cristianismo es innegable en las sociedades antiguas y comunidades primitivas, no sólo en la parte occidental del Imperio Romano, sino también en su parte oriental. Este libro recoge un conjunto de trabajos que, concretados en diferentes espacios y tiempos, tienen como hilo ...

Just wars

from Cicero to Iraq

In what circumstances is it legitimate to use force? How should force be used? These are two of the most crucial questions confronting world politics today. The Just War tradition provides a set of criteria which political leaders and soldiers use to defend and rationalize ...

La méthode critique au Moyen Âge

etudes réunies

Le Moyen Âge est considéré par beaucoup comme l#« âge de la foi ». Aujourd#hui, on insiste plus volontiers sur les progrès qu#il a fait accomplir à la pensée, aux techniques, aux sciences. Mais peut-on parler pour autant d#une réflexion critique, voire, comme ...

Tecnología VoIP y tecnología IP

la telefonía por internet

La telefonía sobre IP es toda una revolución. No sólo los profesionales del sector TIC están comenzando a hacer uso de ella, sino que ya son muchos los usuarios que se comunican con sus amigos o familiares a través de algún programa de Voz sobre ...

Christians and Christianity in the Holy Land

from the origins to the Latin Kingdoms

This volume fills a major desideratum in historical scholarship on the religious history of the Holy Land. It presents a synthesis of our knowledge of the history of Christianity and the various churches that coexisted there from the beginnings of Christianity to the fall of ...

Cadre de vie et manières d'habiter

(XIIe-XVIe siècle). VIIIe Congrès International de la Société d'Archéologie Médievale (Paris, 11-13 octobre 2001)

TABLE DES MATIÈRES: Introduction. Habitat et organisation de l'espace. La cadre de vie. L'habitat dans son mileu. Conclusion.

People and space in the Middle Ages

300-1300

This book is about the relationship between populations, territory and community membership in the Middle Ages in western Europe. The contributors believe that a strong awareness of land and landscape in the present is essential to understanding the relationships between people and territory in the ...

Frontiers in the Middle Ages

proceedings of the 3rd European Congress of the FIDEM (Jyväskylä, June 2003)

The first uses of the term frontiere in thirteenth-fourteenth-century French were military, referring to the first line of troops in a battle. In architecture it meant the front of a building, and at the end of the fourteenth century it was first used as a ...

La sociedad del riesgo global

Ulrich Beck, uno de los principales teóricos sociales y políticos contemporáneos, reúne en esta obra una serie de importantes ensayos en los que se sostiene que se precisa un nuevo marco de referencia para comprender la sociedad de riesgo global en la que vivimos actualmente ...

Aceptar el poder constituido

los católicos españoles y la Santa Sede en la Restauración (1890-1914)

El libro estudia las relaciones entre la Iglesia y la Restauración desde la Regencia de María Cristina hasta la crisis de los partidos políticos durante el reinado de Alfonso XIII. La política liberal de estos años marcó la posición de la Santa Sede y de ...

Iraq in fragments

the occupation and its legacy

When the US led the invasion of Iraq in March 2003, it expected to be able to establish a prosperous liberal democracy with an open economy that would serve as a key ally in the region. It sought to engage Iraqi society in ways that ...

Urban economics and real estate

theory and policy

Unique in its coverage, "Urban Economics and Real Estate" allows an instructor to teach separate courses in either urban economics or urban real estate, or a blend of the two topics. The portion on urban economics focuses on urban/suburban growth - physical as well as ...

Exploring Law's empire

the jurisprudence of Ronald Dworkin

"Exploring Law's Empire" is a collection of essays by leading legal theorists and philosophers who have been invited to develop, defend, or critique Ronald Dworkin's controversial and exciting jurisprudence. The volume explores Dworkin's critique of legal positivism, his theory of law as ...

The intelligibility of nature

how science makes sense of the world

Throughout the history of the Western world, science has possessed an extraordinary amount of authority and prestige. And while its pedestal has been jostled by numerous evolutions and revolutions, science has always managed to maintain its stronghold as the knowing enterprise that explains how the ...

Crime and punishment in Western Countries

1980-1999

The eight essays in this volume provide comprehensive, up-to-date summaries of cross national crime trends in Australia, Canada, England, Wales, the Netherlands, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States. This book is an essential resource for sociologists, psychologists, criminal lawyers, justice scholars, and political scientists ...

Deforesting the earth

from Prehistory to global crisis, an abridgment

Published in 2002, "Deforesting the Earth" was a landmark study of the history and geography of deforestation. Now available as an abridgement, this edition retains the breadth of the original while rendering its arguments accessible to a general readership. Deforestation - the thinning, changing, and wholesale ...

Agricultural markets and prices

Agricultural markets have changed rapidly in recent years, and while standard treatments of price analysis are still relevant, there is a critical need to train students to work in the new world of agricultural markets. This text incorporates new information and devotes more time and ...