Siete meses de reinado

Los trabajos reunidos en este volumen examinan la experiencia vivida de sujetos que haciendo justicia- administrándola, suplicando por ella, reclamándola o imaginándola- en escenarios y periodos diversos, retratan la profunda unidad que liga el quehacer judicial- lego, letrado, civil, militar o eclesiástico- con la historia de la organiadión política de los territorios del Río de la Plata desde 1580 hasta finales del siglo XIX.'

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A polemic work due to its hefty critic to public figures and to those who see the electoral reformations -which this book demystifies-, as a historical achievement. The transition to democracy requires not only the dismantlement of the old regime, but also the design of the new normative and institutional arrangement that preserves the plural and multiple spirit of the nation. The task is immense, but our generation cannot avoid it: citizens must not stay apart. The mixture of fill and hope has to be translated into critic, proposal, and active participation. The essays that I have gathered...

En una amplia Introducción el profesor Gutiérrez Escudero expone con detalle la curiosa amalgama de mitos, fantasías y realidades que durante siglos condicionaron las creencias de la humanidad, hasta el momento en el que un enigmático personaje, Cristóbal Colón, se propone la realización de una travesía fundamental: la navegación a Oriente por Poniente. Una selección de textos que narran los preparativos, las angustias de viaje y visicitudes del Descubrimiento cierra este libro, completando así el primer ciclo de una más larga historia.