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Throughout history rulers have used clothes as a form of legitimization and propaganda. While palaces, pictures, and jewels might reflect the choice of a monarch''s predecessors or advisers, clothes reflected the preferences of the monarch himself. Being both personal and visible, the right costume at the right time could transform and define a monarch''s reputation. Many royal leaders have known this, from Louis XIV to Catherine the Great and from Napoleon I to Princess Diana. This intriguing book explores how rulers have sought to control their image through their appearance. Mansel shows how individual styles of dress throw light on the personalities of particular monarchs, on their court system, and on their ambitions. The book looks also at the economics of the costume industry, at patronage, at the etiquette involved in mourning dress, and at the act of dressing itself. Fascinating glimpses into the lives of European monarchs and contemporary potentates reveal the intimate connection between power and the way it is packaged.

A philosophical exploration of time in the worldview of the Nso’ people of Cameroon, examining its cultural and spiritual significance.

Obra cumbre de la pintura gótica francesa. 1039 miniaturas a todo color más oro.La Biblia Moralizada (Codex Vindobonensis 2554) es la obra cumbre de la pintura gótica miniada francesa. Este manuscrito fue encargado en el s. XIII para Teobaldo, rey de Navarra, y su esposa, hija de San Luis. El codice lleva a modo de colofon seis escudos de armas de datacion posterior. Texto de Reiner Hausherr. Tela con sobrecubierta.

La Compañía de Jesús siempre ha desplegado su propuesta de vida con enorme creatividad en numerosos campos del saber y de la vida humana. Este libro -presentado en dos volúmenes-, es sin duda la obra mas rigurosa y sistematica que estudia la enorme contribucion de los jesuitas a los campos del saber en los dominios de ambito hispano entre los siglos XVI y XVIII. Cuarenta y tres especialistas se animan a profundizar en el conocimiento de las grandes y pequeñas aportaciones de las instituciones, obras y hombres de la Compañia a las humanidades (literatura, pedagogia, teatro, filosofia, filologia), la teologia, la ciencia (astronomia, cartografia, geologia, botanica) o el arte (escultura, arquitectura, pintura, musica).

Ilustraciones y texto escrito a mano por Javier Sánchez Olavarria

Command responsibility doctrine allows military commanders and civilian leaders to be held responsible for crimes committed by their subordinates. This form of responsibility has gained much attention in recent years, but it still presents several open questions and critical difficulties arise in its application. Chantal Meloni's in-depth study of the doctrine traces the roots of such criminal responsibility, from its military origins to its first appearances in the international case law after World War II. Particular attention is paid to the jurisprudence of the ad hoc Tribunals, which extensively elaborated on the issue, and to the provision of Article 28 of the ICC Statute. The systematic analysis of command responsibility outlines its different forms and finds it a proper role within the complex net of responsibilities related to the commission of international crimes.

Utilising individual interviews and focus group discussions, primarily from two Chinese cities, The Chinese Mafia: Organized Crime, Corruption, and Extra-Legal Protection contributes to the understanding of organized crime and corruption in the Chinese context, filling a significant gap in criminological literature, by investigating how extra-legal protectors-corrupt public officials and street gangsters-emerge, evolve and operate in a rapidly changing society.China''s economic reforms have been accompanied by a surge of social problems, such as ineffective legal institutions, booming black markets and rampant corruption. This has resulted in the rise of extra-legal means of protection and enforcement: such is the demand for protection that cannot be fulfilled by state-sponsored institutions. This book develops a new socio-economic theory of mafia emergence, incorporating Granovetter''s argument on social embeddedness into Gambetta''s economic theory of the mafia, to suggest that the rise of the Chinese mafia is primarily due to the negative influence of guanxi (a Chinese version of personal connections) on the effectiveness of the formal legal system. This interplay has two major consequences. First, the weakened ability of the formal legal system sees street gangsters (the ''Black Mafia'') providing protection and quasi law enforcement. Second, it allows for escalating abuse of power by public officials; as a result, corrupt officials (the ''Red Mafia'') sell public appointments, exchange illegal benefits with businesses and protect local gangs. Together, these outcomes have seen street gangs shift their operations away from traditional areas (e.g. gambling, prostitution and drug distribution), whilst corrupt public officials have moved to offer illegal services to the criminal underworld, including the safeguarding organized crime groups and protection of illegal entrepreneurs.A study of crime and deviance located within a fast growing economy, The Chinese Mafia offers a unique understanding of these activities within contemporary Chinese society and a new perspective for understanding the interaction between corruption and organized crime. It will be of interest to academics and students engaged in the fields of criminology and criminal justice, sociology, and political science, with particular interest for those researching China and Chinese politics and governance.

Philippe De Bruycker Le présent ouvrage trouve son origine dans un Congrès ayant pour thème " Quelle politique d'immigration pour l'Union européenne ? " organisé par le Réseau académique Odysseus d'é