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Los conflictos armados de Centroamérica

Presentación.- Centroamérica.- La configuración de un espacio para la paz.- Parte I. La conflictividad en Centroamérica: evolución histórica.- Parte II. Centroamérica en la década de 1980: guerra y negociación.- Bibliografía.- Anexo imprimir

The origins of grammar

an anthropological perspective

The book examines the origins of language and grammar and also looks at the nature of being human. As a species, we have a long history of trying to find aspects of ourselves that are exclusively human. Some of the features of humanity thought to ...

Measuring damages in the Law of obligations

the search for harmonised principles

This book challenges certain differences between contract, tort and equity in relation to the measure (in a broad sense) of damages. Damages are defined as the monetary award made by a court in consequence of a breach of contract, a tort or an equitable wrong ...

Previous convictions at sentencing

theoretical and applied perspectives

Eds. Julian V. Roberts, Andrew von Hirsch. This latest volume in the "Penal Theory and Penal Ethics" series addresses one of the oldest and most contested questions in the field of criminal sentencing: should an offender's previous convictions affect the sentence? This question provokes ...

El Gran Valido

el Duque de Lerma, la Corte y el gobierno de Felipe III, 1598-1621

Europe's 21st century challenge

delivering liberty

Eds. Didier Bigo...[et al]. This volume provides a critical assessment of the liberties of citizens and others in the European Union (EU) and the different ways in which they are affected by the proliferation of discourses, practices and norms of insecurity enacted in the ...

Pathways to an inner Islam

Massignon, Corbin, Guénon, and Schuon

Pathways to an Inner Islam provides an introduction to the esoteric or spiritual #inner Islam# presented by Western thinkers Louis Massignon, Henry Corbin, René Guénon, and Frithjof Schuon. Particularly interested in Sufism#the mystical tradition of Islam#these four twentieth-century authors who wrote in French ...

A Valley in La Rioja

the Najerilla Project

The Najerilla flows from the mountains of the Sierra de la Demanda to the River Ebro in the western part of the province of La Rioja in northern Spain. Here fieldwork and excavations from 2000-2003 examined the varied landscapes of the valley and focused on ...

Graeco-Roman slave markets

fact or fiction?

This book critically examines the existence and identification of purpose-built slave markets in the Graeco-Roman world from a cross- cultural perspective. It investigates whether certain ancient monuments were designed specifically for use as slave markets and whether they required special equipment and safety precautions, allowing ...

Cult in context

reconsidering ritual in archaeology

Eds. David A. Barrowclough, Caroline Malone. Gods, deities, symbolism, deposition, cosmology and intentionality are all features of the study of early ritual and cult. Archaeology has great difficulties in providing satisfactory interpretation or recognition of these elusive but important parts of ancient society, and methodologies ...

Pioneers to the past

american archaeologists in the Middle East 1919-1920

Ed. Geoff Emberling. CONTENTS: 1 Introduction by Geoff Emberling 2 Archaeology in the Middle East before 1920 : political contexts, historical results by Geoff Emberling 3 The Middle East breasted encountered, 1919-1920 by James L. Gelvin 4 The first expedition of the Oriental Institute, 1919-1920 by ...

Celtic from the West

alternative perspectives from archaeology, genetics, and literature

Eds. Barry Cuniliffe, John T. Koch. This book is an exploration of the new idea that the Celtic languages originated in the Atlantic Zone during the Bronze Age, approached from various perspectives pro and con, archaeology, genetics, and philology. This Celtic Atlantic Bronze Age theory ...

Divination and interpretation of signs in the Ancient World

The concept of sign, a portent observed in the physical world, which indicates future events, is found in all ancient cultures, but was first developed in ancient Mesopotamian texts. This branch of Babylonian scientific knowledge extensively influenced other parts of the world, and similar texts ...

Régimen jurídico de la gestión del agua

aspectos hidrológicos, organizativos, tributarios, de contratación pública y de responsabilidad ambiental

El derecho urbanístico desmesurado de muchos municipios españoles, en su mayor parte situados en la costa y en el entorno de las grandes ciudades ha suscitado una doble preocupación ligada a la disponibilidad de recursos hidráulicos. La previsible disminución en España de esta recurso a ...

Modern intellectual property Law

"Modern Intellectual Property Law" combines coverage of each intellectual property right granted for creations of the mind into a thoughtful, unified textbook. Deconstructing the fundamental topics into short, clear sections separated by subheadings throughout, Colston and Galloway's text is the ideal student companion to ...

Insurance theory and practice

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the theory, functioning, management and legal background of the insurance industry. Written in accessible, non-technical style, Insurance Theory and Practice begins with an examination of the insurance concept, its guiding principles and legal rules before moving on to ...

Economics and development studies

Development studies textbooks and courses have sometimes tended to avoid significant economic content. However, without an understanding of the economic aspects of international development many of the more complex issues cannot be fully comprehended. "Economics and Development Studies" makes the economic dimension of discourse around ...

Asociacionismo y participación social en Andalucía

El asociacionismo y la participación social en las sociedades modernas resultan una pieza clave para comprender la vitalidad y el desarrollo social, político e incluso económico de un territorio. La finalidad de este trabajo es presentar de manera descriptiva la situación y dimensiones de estos ...

The right to life and conflicting interest

The right to life is a core human right which has not yet received the detailed legal analysis that it requires. This book provides detailed, critical analysis of the controversial human right to life and, in particular, assesses the weight of conflicting interests which could ...

Efficacia giuridica e falso

per una 'concezione normativa' della fede pubblica