Sex Crimes, Honour, and the Law in Early Modern Spain

The author builds a realistic theory of democracy to end the false idea that corruption, state crime, and public immorality are democracy's (undesirable) products, not the natural and inevitable fruits of oligarchic regimes. Important theories of the state and constitution exist, but none can be called a theory of democracy.

Excerpt from Avisos de Jerónimo de Barrionuevo (1654-1658) Y Apéndice Anónimo (1660-1664), Vol. 4: Precede una Noticia de la Vida y Escritos del Autor Suman todos hombres. Es cosa cierta lo que aquí digo, sin faltar un ápice de la que le vino al Rey. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections...

Artes, ciencias y letras en la America colonial es una obra colectiva, abierta e incompleta, al igual que la tarea de conformacion de una autentica comunidad cultural latinoamericana. Los presentes volumenes, que recogen investigaciones presentadas en el simposio homonimo celebrado en Buenos Aires en 2005, recrean de un modo variopinto -que es tambien elocuente sobre la diversidad de enfoques disciplinarios posibles- la evolucion de la cultura colonial latinoamericana y constituyen una importante herramienta para comprender las causas tanto de algunos aspectos erraticos del presente regional...

The essays in this volume evaluate progress made in the implementation of the peace agreements in Guatemala and signal some of the key challenges for future political and institutional reform.