La Iglesia que buscó la concordia

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The abolition of judicial torture—alongside the eradication of both slavery and capital punishment—was one of the most consequential issues debated in eighteenth-century continental Europe. A revealing component of this controversial debate was presented in the unpublished "Discurso sobre la injusticia del apremio judicial," written by the attorney Pedro Garcia del Canuelo. Seeking support for its publication, he forwarded the manuscript to Prime Minister Manuel Godoy in 1795. The savvy Spanish politician, however, not only rejected the text but also warned its author against further...

Amplio y profundo estudio histórico, jurídico y político de la injerencia internacional, en todos sus aspectos y manifestaciones, desde la brutal intervención de las potencias imperialistas en los asuntos de países menos desarrollados —so pretexto de combatir focos bélicos y dictaduras locales—, hasta las misiones de paz en Naciones Unidas que, a pesar de tener otro objetivo, no dejan de causar a su vez un saldos de muertes y desgracias humanas. La autora brinda respuestas a las disímiles interrogantes sobre diversos aspectos y coberturas de la intervención, a saber, cuál es la...

Vivencias amorosas de nuestros antepasados: jóvenes enamoradas a quienes se impide casarse; parejas mal avenidas que dirimen sus diferencias violentamente; cónyuges infieles que buscan el amor venal; esposos que, desoyendo las normas institucionalizadas del bien amar, caen en la bigamia; clérigos y religiosas que ante el imperioso llamado del amor de pareja, hacen a un lado sus votos de servir a Dios. Amplia gama de sentimientos que produce en el ser humano la difícil e imprescindible tarea de amar.