Pub Date : 2023-06-01DOI: 10.3167/hrrh.2023.490204
Emanuele Podda
This article investigates the construction of the authority of jurist Boris Mirkine- Guetzévitch in the Brazilian political and legal fields between 1927 and 1934. Through the reading of the archives of the Rockefeller Foundation, it shows how Mirkine-Guetzévitch, inspired by the desire to preserve democracy and human rights, established key transnational centers for the diffusion of legal knowledge—the International Institute of Public Law (1927) and the Parisian Institute of Comparative Law (1931)—where his ideas were well received. It then argues, through the reading of the contemporary Brazilian press, that these organizations were instrumental in sustaining—or were actively employed to sustain—his contacts with Brazilian personalities starting from 1932. By analyzing the 1933–1934 Annals of the Brazilian National Constituent Assembly, this article concludes that this effort was successful, and that Mirkine-Guetzévitch became a key reference for Brazilian liberal politicians during the debates leading to the promulgation of the 1934 Constitution.
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Pub Date : 2023-06-01DOI: 10.3167/hrrh.2023.490203
I. López
This article tries to reflect on how jurists linked to the law schools at the University of Buenos Aires and the National Autonomous University of Mexico understood the problems of the Latin American representative system and the new features of the Western world's political crisis. It does so by focusing on the BA and PhD theses produced in both schools. We consider these written theses as privileged mirrors that reflect legal “cultures” and knowledge-transfer from an Atlantic perspective. They were also crucial mediums for new lawyers to reflect those changes in critical readings of European and American authors. Moreover, the article argues that these legal scholars played a key role in the circulation of legal and political knowledge in their local academic units.
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Pub Date : 2023-06-01DOI: 10.3167/hrrh.2023.490206
Ana Brisa Oropeza Chávez
The objective of this article is to analyze the possible influence of certain international organizations that granted funding to Mexico during the 1980s and 1990s, on higher education. It focuses on the curricular design of Law degree programs and, from that basis, provides a provisional explanation of the progressive “technocratization” of the curricula of liberal baccalaureates, especially those corresponding to the training in Law from the late twentieth century until today. The main purpose of this research is to find some of the causes that explain the suppression of subjects such as the History of Law (Roman, national, or universal) or the Philosophy of Law, fundamental disciplines in the formation of the legal criterion and the general culture of any jurist. L'objectif de ce texte est d'analyser la possible influence de certaines organisations internationales qui ont accordé du financement au Mexique dans les années quatre-vingt et quatre-vingt-dix du siècle dernier, sur l'enseignement supérieur de ce pays. Nous nous concentrons sur la conception curriculaire des programmes du diplôme de Droit et, à partir de là, nous proposons une explication provisoire de la “technocratisation” progressive des programmes d’études des baccalauréats libérales, en particulier celle correspondant à la formation en Droit à cette époque jusqu’à nos jours. Ceci dans le but de trouver certaines des causes qui expliquent la suppression de sujets tels que l'Histoire du Droit (romain, national ou universel) ou la Philosophie du Droit, disciplines fondamentales dans la formation du critère juridique et la culture générale de tout juriste.
本文的目的是分析在20世纪80年代和90年代向墨西哥提供资金的某些国际组织对高等教育可能产生的影响。它着重于法律学位课程的课程设计，并以此为基础，对自由学士学位课程的渐进式“技术官僚化”提供了一个临时解释，特别是那些与20世纪末至今的法律培训相对应的课程。这项研究的主要目的是找到一些原因，解释压制的科目，如法律的历史(罗马，国家，或普遍)或法律哲学，基本学科在形成的法律标准和任何法学家的一般文化。“目标文本测试”分析了某些国际组织可能产生的影响，根据“墨西哥财务法”，“墨西哥财务法”规定，“墨西哥财务法”规定，“墨西哥财务法”规定，“墨西哥财务法”规定，“墨西哥财务法”规定，“墨西哥财务法”规定，“墨西哥财务法”规定，“墨西哥财务法”规定，“墨西哥财务法”规定，“墨西哥财务法”规定，“墨西哥财务法”规定，“墨西哥财务法”规定。现有的概念集中于法律和法律和法律和法律和/或法律和/或法律和/或法律和/或法律和/或法律和/或法律和/或法律和/或法律和/或法律和/或法律和/或法律和/或法律和/或法律和/或法律和/或法律和/或法律和/或法律和/或法律和/或法律和/或法律和/或法律和/或法律和/或法律和/或法律和/或法律和/或法律和/或法律和/或法律和/或法律和/或。塞西在剩下的但是de找到某些des expliquent la抑制de我运输,l国立du所有权(罗曼、国家或者universel)或者消灭哲学du所有权,学科fondamentales在形成du juridique et de兜售juriste la文化兴业银行的准则。
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Pub Date : 2023-06-01DOI: 10.3167/hrrh.2023.490207
Elisabeth C. Macknight
Giovanni Tarantino and Charles Zika, eds. Feeling Exclusion: Religious Conflict, Exile and Emotions in Early Modern Europe. London: Routledge, 2019. Chapter endnotes and index. 296 pp. (Hb) ISBN 9780367367060; (eBook) ISBN 9780429354335. Hb $184.80; eBook $37.02.
Giovanni Tarantino和Charles Zika主编：《被排斥的感觉：近代早期欧洲的宗教冲突、流放和情感》。伦敦：劳特利奇，2019。章节尾注和索引。296页（Hb），ISBN 9780367367060；（电子书）ISBN 9780429354335。血红蛋白184.80美元；电子书37.02美元。
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Pub Date : 2023-06-01DOI: 10.3167/hrrh.2023.490202
Luciano Aronne de Abreu, Nathalia Henrich
The objective of this article is to carry out a case study on the doctrinal principles of corporatism supported by Brazilian jurist Francisco José de Oliveira Viana and by American economist and theologian John A. Ryan. It analyzes the influence of tenets of Catholic doctrine stated in papal encyclicals Rerum Novarum (1891) and Quadragesimo Anno (1931) in their ideas and the adequacy of their principles to the solution of economic and social problems faced during the Vargas and Roosevelt administrations. For this purpose, in addition to the encyclicals, we analyze the works Problemas de direito sindical and Direito do trabalho e democracia social by Oliveira Viana and A Program of Social Reform by Legislation and Capital and Labor by Ryan.
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Pub Date : 2023-06-01DOI: 10.3167/hrrh.2023.490205
María Rosario Polotto, P. Cacciavillani
This article explores the process of circulation of normative models and legal theories between Europe and Latin America. It analyzes the circulation of the German possessory model in the Argentinian legal experience between the enactment of the Civil Code of 1869 and the Civil Code Draft of 1936. We argue that the prominence of possession in nineteenth-century local legal culture and practices both conditioned and encouraged the reception of this model. The criticisms that arose at the beginning of the twentieth century regarding the liberal property law of the Civil Code were channelled, in the Civil Code Draft of 1936, through an expansion of the protection of possession to situations not previously contemplated, such as rural and urban leaseholds. German law, which served among other things, as the basis for this legal innovation, was adapted to specific legal traditions operating in provincial regulations.
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Pub Date : 2023-03-01DOI: 10.3167/hrrh.2023.490104
Jingzhen Xie
Using eyewitness accounts by some French writers who sojourned in Macau during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, this article investigates Macanese history from French perspectives. Attention is given to history, culture, and literature within writers’ interpretations. A distinct feature of Macanese history in this period is a story of the conflict between changed and unchanged, glory and decline, temporariness and timelessness. Imbued with admiration, reminiscence, and critique, the observations made by the French writers form a unique panoramic view over Macau. Such observations illustrate how Western culture examined itself, here represented as Portuguese culture, and the manifestations of this particular culture after being transplanted into another country far from the homeland. Integration of French perspectives can enhance the writing of Macanese history by providing particular insights and literary discernment.
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Pub Date : 2023-03-01DOI: 10.3167/hrrh.2023.490103
A. Scherr
Emulating Arthur Hertzberg's study, The French Enlightenment and the Jews (1968), many scholars have condemned Voltaire for anti-semitism without considering his ironical writing style, amply evident in Candide. The Philosophical Dictionary, a synopsis of his views on diverse historical, ethical, political, and religious matters, may be culled for matter pertaining to his opinion of Jews and Judaism. A careful analysis of some of Voltaire's controversial statements in the Philosophical Dictionary, often interpreted as anti-Jewish, reveals that he appreciated the Jewish people's abilities and aspirations. His most satirical and hostile comments about the “barbarity” and relative historical insignificance of the Jews—contrary to some historians, he never said that they sought to rule the world, until some former Jews catastrophically transitioned into the infâme, the Christian Church, epitome of evil—usually involved his discussion of the mythical, biblical Jews of Old Testament stories, in whose truth he occasionally pretended to believe.
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Pub Date : 2023-03-01DOI: 10.3167/hrrh.2023.490107
D. Nethery, Elisabeth C. Macknight
Megan Brown, The Seventh Member State: Algeria, France, and the European Community. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2022. Bibliography and index. 369 pp. $39.95 (hb) ISBN 978067425114. Peter Mulholland, Love's Betrayal: The Decline of Catholicism and Rise of New Religions in Ireland. Oxford and Bern: Peter Lang, 2019. Bibliography and index. 362 pp. $90.95 (hb) ISBN 9781787071278.
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Pub Date : 2023-03-01DOI: 10.3167/hrrh.2023.490106
Sasha Rasmussen
The early twentieth century saw a renewed critical interest in the expressive potential of dance, sparked by the overwhelming success of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. Taking Camille Mauclair's 1912 review “Karsavina et Mallarmé” as a point of departure, this article explores contemporary attitudes toward the dancing woman, the sexual potential of her body, and the desire to transcend (or erase) her corporeality. For Mauclair, Mallarmé's writings provided an intellectual lens through which dance could be detached from the physicality of the danseuse and recast as a serious artistic and intellectual pursuit. This article argues that Mauclair and other critics who sought to abstract dance from the dancer collectively articulated a cohesive alternative to the supposed “physical imperative” of this period.
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