Supplement to The life and letters of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles Tupper, bart., G.C.M.G.

Mode of access: Internet.

A plea for research in Asia Minor and Syria authorized by men whose high achievements and representative character make the project a call of humanity at large for light in regard to the life of man in the cradle of western civilization,

Mode of access: Internet.

New Zealand Neuroptera. A popular introduction to the life-histories and habits of may-flies, dragon-flies, caddis-flies and allied insects inhabiting New Zealand, including notes on their relation to angling ...

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Spectator Handy Guide to Standard and Special Life Insurance Contracts, Non-Forfeiture Values and Actuarial Tables Useful to the Life Underwriter

Mode of access: Internet.

Public libraries and the right to the [smart] city

The future of public libraries has been threatened by funding cuts and new digital technologies which have led many people to question their traditional role and purpose. However, freedom of information, ready access to knowledge and information literacy in all its digital and analog guises are more important than ever. Thus, public libraries remain significant spaces and places where people can socially interact and learn. In many countries public libraries are reinventing themselves and part of this process has been the redesign of library services and the design and construction of new library building and facilities that articulate the values, purpose and role of what has been termed 'the next library'. Following discussion of new library developments in London, Birmingham and Worcester in the UK, Aarhus in Denmark and Helsinki in Finland, the article concludes that public libraries are now both social and media spaces as well as being important physical places that can help city dwellers decide what type of urban world they want to see.

Ghosts, Memory and the Right to the Divided City : Resisting Amnesia in Beirut City Centre

Peer reviewed

Interactions between reflection and praxis in the history of economic thought : the case of the franciscan circles from XIII century Assisi to the present

Resumen: Daniela Parisi analiza el impacto de la vida de San F rancisco de Asís desde la perspectiva de la historia del pensamiento económico. Haciendo referencia particularmente a la atención otorgada en los círculos franciscanos a los signos de los tiempos, la autora traza el camino desde la vida de San Francisco, pasando por la vida de la Orden hasta el presente, y revela los orígenes del movimiento franciscano como un intento de reforma social y religiosa. En primer lugar, el artículo presenta la vida que llevó San Francisco como una “pobreza material voluntaria” en el contexto de los cambios socio-económicos que tuvieron lugar en el siglo XIII, con el advenimiento de la sociedad comercial. Luego, explica cómo la propuesta de San Francisco creció hasta convertirse en una orden religiosa. Finalmente, el artículo intenta iluminar aquellos aspectos en que la Orden Franciscana puede todavía considerarse un signo de los tiempos a través de una existencia comprometida con la pobreza, eliminando lo superfluo de nuestra vida y viviendo en consonancia con el Evangelio.

The frequency of voluntary and involuntary autobiographical memories across the life span.

In the present study, ratings of the memory of an important event from the previous week on the frequency of voluntary and involuntary retrieval, belief in its accuracy, visual imagery, auditory imagery, setting, emotional intensity, valence, narrative coherence, and centrality to the life story were obtained from 988 adults whose ages ranged from 15 to over 90. Another 992 adults provided the same ratings for a memory from their confirmation day, when they were at about age 14. The frequencies of involuntary and voluntary retrieval were similar. Both frequencies were predicted by emotional intensity and centrality to the life story. The results from the present study-which is the first to measure the frequency of voluntary and involuntary retrieval for the same events-are counter to both cognitive and clinical theories, which consistently claim that involuntary memories are infrequent as compared with voluntary memories. Age and gender differences are noted.

Advances and limitations in the attention to the problems of housing and urban land in Mexico. An approach from the legal-institutional frame

In this work we analyze the reforms carried out by the Mexican state in the nineties of the 20th century, in the items concerning the policies of housing and urban land, based on an exhaustive review of the main actions, programs and changes in the legal and institutional frame that applies for each of these fields. The nineties represent a "breaking point" in the way the State considers the satisfaction of the right to the housing and attends the offer of urbanized land for a tidy and sustainable urban development. In this period of time, the approach of direct intervention in developing and financing housing and creation of land reserves has changed into another one, ruled by the logic of the market. The balance to the first decade of the 21st century is ambiguous, as neither the housing policy has solved the housing shortage for low-income population, nor the land policy has eliminated the illegal urban growth.

The life and death of Sir Matthew Hale, kt., Lord Chief Justice of England /

"Catalogue of books written by Sir Matthew Hale": p. 99-108.

The Life of an Author: Samuel Egerton Brydges and the Copyright Act 1814

The history of literary copyright in nineteenth century Britain is dominated - understandably perhaps - by a preoccupation with the passing and impact of the Copyright Amendment Act 1842, so ably lobbied for by Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd. This article, however, draws attention away from the 1842 Act towards the Copyright Act 1814, the first legislative provision within British copyright law to introduce a lifetime term of protection for the author. Why and on what basis did the legislature do so?
In bringing a renewed attention to this often overlooked legislative measure, we consider the context and logic that underpinned to grant of a copyright term that was tethered to the life of the author. In doing so, we might also find a useful prism through which to look afresh at current copyright debates concerning the appropriate nature and scope of copyright protection in the 21st century.

Sobre la noción de biopoder en el pensamiento de la Corte Constitucional colombiana: análisis de jurisprudencia sobre el derecho a la vida

Detrás de la expedición de derechos, más allá de ese ruido incesante creado por un aparato legal que defiende a la vida y la convierte en un derecho pueden ser halladas relaciones de poder precisas y espacios de regulación y control de los cuerpos y de las poblaciones. Este trabajo pretende observar en la labor de interpretación que lleva a cabo la Corte Constitucional colombiana sobre el derecho a la vida, el establecimiento de una lógica política, que es el biopoder, de acuerdo con los elementos que lo constituyen, tal y como fueron analizados por Michel Foucault. El estudio del biopoder permitirá dar cuenta de tecnologías políticas, técnicas y dispositivos que no solo están presentes en la dimensión biológica de la vida de los colombianos, sino en espacios sociales y éticos que adquieren importancia cuando la vida es cualificada por parte del saber legal. El discurso jurídico aquí juega un papel central pues vincula una vida que era considerada simplemente biológica con nuevos significados y valores como el de la dignidad, y crea, a su vez, formas de sujeción. Temas como el aborto, la eutanasia, la sexualidad, la autonomía de cada quien para decidir sobre su cuerpo, entre otros, dan cuenta de nuevos ámbitos donde se ejerce el biopoder, y que eran poco explorados antes de la Constitución de 1991. Se verá cómo, a partir del análisis de la línea jurisprudencial sobre el derecho a la vida, la Corte Constitucional genera este tipo de espacios y lleva a cabo una intervención sobre una vida que es constantemente cualificada y que es modificada a medida que evoluciona el pensamiento de este tribunal.

Análisis del proceso de reasentamiento de familias en áreas de alto riesgo no mitigable. Estudio de caso: Sector Nueva Esperanza Localidad Rafael Uribe Uribe (2000-2015)

El presente trabajo de grado analiza el proceso de reasentamiento de familias en zonas de alto riesgo no mitigable por medio del estudio del Plan de rehabilitación, reconstrucción y desarrollo sostenible elaborado para el Sector Nueva Esperanza, en la Localidad Rafael Uribe Uribe, Bogotá. Se pretende así, una aproximación a los procesos de reasentamiento como estrategia de gestión del riesgo en pro de garantizar el derecho a la vida de las familias asentadas en zonas no aptas para vivir y mejorar sustancialmente su calidad de vida. Se identifican y analizan los factores y actores que influyeron en los resultados del Plan, avanzando hacia los resultados de la investigación que permiten señalar los principales retos y lecciones aprendidas con relación a la formulación y ejecución de planes de reasentamiento.