Estéticas del desarraigo

"The buildings recognized as assets of cultural interest that have been selected to be part of this book make sense as structuring elements within the historical construction of the environment and the city of Bogotá. These buildings are not only part of the different urban fragments but who, in many cases, were promoters of the development of their areas, outstanding landmarks of the urban form, cultural or social references for citizens or outstanding examples for the architectural history of the city. " (HKB Translation taken from the introduction by Sheril Natalia Salazar Bayona)

"Important contribution to the social history of the New Kingdom and Cartagena de Indias, in particular. Spanish efforts first to comprehend and then control, if not eliminate, indigenous and African forms of alleged magic, whether religious or medical, illustrated imperial imperatives of domination and cultural transformation of subject peoples. First half of book establishes definitions and structures within which confrontation of Spanish and non-Western belief systems clashed. Second half provides a series of illustrative case studies. A glossary and documentary appendices augment the...

"En la obra de Uriel Cassiani sobrevive un mundo nuevo para nosotros, pero antiguo y vigente para una etnia que nunca ha cortado su cordón umbilical con la naturaleza [The work of Uriel Cassiani Pérez opens a world which is new for us, but is old and active for people who never cut their umbilical cords with nature]"-- John Jairo Junieles.

CONTENIDO: El precedente judicial en Colombia - La jurisprudencia en el siglo XIX: el nacimiento de la doctrina probable en la regeneración - La lucha legislativa y judicial por el control de las fuentes del derecho (1992-2000) - Desarrollos recientes en el sistema de precedentes en Colombia (2001-2006) - Precedente vinculante vs. jurisprudencia indicativa: examen de las prácticas jurisprudenciales del as Altas Cortes colombianas - Herramientas de análisis del precedente jurisprudencial - Análisis estático del precedente judicial - Teoría del derecho judicial: el papel político y...