Administrative authorization for the demolition of urban rental units pursuant to the law of 1964: a spanish example of problematic over-activity in the application of transitional laws

Transitional provisions are defined as the set of regulations that rule juridical relationships on the occasion of a legislative change. Out of this context of law succession, their indiscriminate application can lead to serious inconsistencies. The analysis of a Spanish private law example is offered to illustrate this fact. It concerns the administrative authorization for the demolition of rented buildings in the cities. A regulation repealed more than fifteen years ago and however widespread utilised on ancient constructions that, after recent urban development, have acquired great economic value; something that in the end explains the current importance of such provisions. What is happening in Spain: denaturalization of the original  figure due to a mixture of formalist interpretations and speculative market interests, is presented here to call the attention on the necessary limitation of transitional provisions’ effects.

Hacia una nueva comprensión de la historiografía colombiana: Breve historia intelectual de Enrique Otero D´Costa (1883-1964)

El trabajo tiene como objetivo mostrar que, durante la primera mitad del siglo XX, hubo un intento notable por escribir una historia del país novedosa, alejada de los modelos tradicionales impuestos por la Academia Colombiana de Historia, y más cercana a la narración de un pasado colonial y nacional arraigado a las costumbres y a las prácticas cotidianas de los sectores populares. A través de la obra de uno de sus miembros, Enrique Otero D´Costa, advierto que la "historia académica" no puede ser concebida como homogénea, uniforme y repetitiva, tal como lo ha propuesto la misma historiografía colombiana a través del tiempo.