Mundos perfectos y extraños en los confines del "Orbis Terrarum"

El presente trabajo hace un recorrido por la historia casi milenaria de la Orden de San Juan de Jerusalén, desde una óptica principalmente jurídica. Al hilo de los acontecimientos, se van mostrando los cambios que su estructura va experimentando como consecuencia de los avatares históricos. Incidiendo en su soberanía, se describe su actividad como sujeto de derecho internacional plenamente activo dentro de la Sociedad Internacional. Se hace un análisis de su singular naturaleza jurídica y sus características. A continuación, se estudia su relación con el derecho internacional, con...

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"A fascinating and beautifully argued interpretation of how the American war in Southeast Asia affected Chicano communities. The author provides the most complete and well-documented study to date of this important chapter in U.S. history and its impact on an ethnic group with long-standing traditions of military service, assimilation, and resistance to injustice. Oropeza's book is what students of the Chicano Movement, especially the Mexican American role in antiwar activities during the Vietnam War period, have been waiting for."—George Mariscal, author of Aztlán and Viet Nam: Chicano...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...