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Fundamenta Iuris Naturae et Gentium ex Sensu Communi Deducta

Continuador de la doctrina de Pufendorf que proponía la separación de moral y derecho, Thomasius postula la separación en dos planos del derecho natural y el divino, o la filosofía y la teología. La ética se refiere a las obligaciones internas del individuo, mientras que ...

Institutionum Iurisprudentiae Divinae

libri tres

Publicada por primera vez en 1682, esta obra recoge una de las tesis más controvertidas de Thomasius: la necesidad de la separación del poder del Estado y de la Iglesia. Nuestros ordenamientos jurídicos, amparados por la formulación del Estado comtemporáneo, tienen clara la delimitación de ...

Das Edictum Perpetuum

El Edicto, tal como fue redactado por Juliano, no ha llegado hasta nosotros; pero los fragmentos extensos sacados de los comentarios de los juristas romanos sobre él, nos permiten formar una idea bastante completa del plan, del contenido y, hasta cierto punto, del texto. Los ...

Aux sources du bouddhisme

Les extraits des grandes oeuvres traditionnelles de l'Inde, du Tibet, de la Chine et du Japon réunis dans cet ouvrage présentent le bouddhisme à sa source. Prêtés au Bouddha ou composés par les grands maîtres qui lui ont succédé et ont revivifié son enseignement ...

Bracing for Armaggedon?

the science and politics of bioterrism in America

Since September 11th, the threat of a bioterrorist attack-massive, lethal, and unpreventable-has hung in the air over America. Bracing for Armageddon? offers a vividly written primer for the general reader, shedding light on the science behind potential bioterrorist attacks and revealing what could happen, what ...

Norte contra sur

historia de la Guerra de Secesión

La historia del mundo cambió en los trascendentales días de la Guerra Civil americana. Si los acontecimientos hubieran discurrido entonces por caminos diferentes, no hay duda que nuestra realidad sería muy distinta de la que ahora nos rodea. De haber vencido la causa sudista, no ...

Global rebellion

religious challenges to the secular state, from christian militias to Al Qaeda

Why has the turn of the twenty-first century been rocked by a new religious rebellion? From al Qaeda to the Christian militia to insurgents in Iraq, a strident new religious activism has seized the imaginations of political rebels around the world. Building on his groundbreaking ...

Dictionary of Islam

The Peguin dictionary of Islam

Islam today is a truly global faith, yet it remains somewhat of an enigma to many of us. Each and every day our newspapers are saturated with references to Islam; Quran, Taliban, Hijab, Fatwa, Allah, Sunni, Jihad, Shia, the list goes on. But how much ...

The mystical origins of Hasidism

This very accessible introduction to hasidism as a movement opens a new window on its mystical underpinnings. It discusses the origins and dissemination of hasidism and the literature that facilitated this; the theological basis of hasidism and the mystical significance of the tsadik; the major ...

Perspectives on Maimonides

philosophical and historical studies

'For many years to come it is likely to remain a major reference volume for students of Maimonides.' Sarah Stroumsa, Jewish Quarterly Review 'These studies, however disparate, provide us with convincing evidence of the continuing importance of Maimonides' philosophy.' Marvin Fox, Times Literary Supplement 'Surely ...

The Jews of Vienna and the First World War

'Rechter analyses the effects of the wartime crisis on Jewish thinking with considerable skill, drawing on an impressive range of sources ...He gives a particularly effective account of the disorientation and dislocation of Viennese Jews at the fall of the Empire and their efforts to ...

The golden age of Aragonese Jewry

community and society in the crown of Aragon, 1213-1327

'A much needed distillation of the fruits of scholarship on the Jews in the Crown of Aragon ...conveys a sense of the variety and creativity of the Jewish experience in the Middle Ages, and of Jewish history as viewed from the inside ...an essential book ...

Régimen mercantil, laboral, fiscal, contable y económico del fútbol profesional

El contenido del presente texto supone una importante aportación a la clarificación de uno de los temas de mayor contenido doctrinal, pero también con consecuencias prácticas indudables, como es la regulación del deporte y en particular del fútbol profesional. Los últimos años han sido pródigos ...

International insolvency Law

themes and perspectives

International insolvency is a newly-established branch of the study of insolvency that owes much to the phenomenon of cross- border incorporations and the conduct of business in more than one jurisdiction. It is largely the offspring of globalisation and involves looking at both law and ...

El contrato de transporte internacional de mercancías por ferrocarril

La presente obra constituye el primer análisis exhaustivo en nuestro país del contrato de transporte de mercancías por ferrocarril. Desde el Convenio de Berna de 1890, el régimen internacional de los transportes ferroviarios se ha venido regulando en sucesivos tratados. El más reciente es el ...

Islam and the secular state

negotiating the future of Shari'a

What should be the place of Shari 'a - Islamic religious law - in predominantly Muslim societies of the world? In this ambitious and topical book, a Muslim scholar and human rights activist envisions a positive and sustainable role for Shari 'a, based on a profound rethinking ...

Lives of the Popes. Volume 1: Antiquity

(The I Tatti Renaissance Library; 30)

Bartolomeo Platina (1421- 1481), historian, political theorist, and author of a best-selling cookbook, began life as a mercenary soldier and ended it as the head of the Vatican Library. A papal official under the humanist Pope Pius II, he was a member of the humanist ...

Essays and dialogues

(The I Tatti Renaissance Library; 31)

From humble beginnings, Bartolomeo Scala (1430-1497) trained in the law and rose to prominence as a leading citizen of Florence, serving as secretary and treasurer to the Medicis and chancellor of the Guelf party before becoming first chancellor of Florence, a post he held for ...

History of Venice. Volume 2: Books V-VIII

(The I Tatti Renaissance Library; 32)

Pietro Bembo (1470-1547), a venetian nobleman, later a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, was the most celebrated Latin stylist of his day and was widely admired for his writings in Italian as well. His early dialogue on the subject of love greatly influenced the ...

Breve historia del hinduismo

de los Vedas al siglo XXI

El hinduismo es una religión complejísima, que incluye una enorme variedad de creencias, mitos, espiritualidades, filosofías, escrituas, prácticas, etc.