1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450186803321

Autore

Barros Robert <1957->

Titolo

Constitutionalism and dictatorship : Pinochet, the Junta, and the 1980 constitution / / Robert Barros [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002

ISBN

1-107-12178-7

1-280-43279-9

0-511-17661-9

0-511-02090-2

0-511-15750-9

0-511-30453-6

0-511-60629-X

0-511-04699-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 349 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge studies in the theory of democracy ; ; 4

Disciplina

320.983/09/045

Soggetti

Constitutional history - Chile

Civil-military relations - Chile - History

Chile Politics and government 1973-1988

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-340) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter Five Constitutionalization without Transition: Prompting the Dual Constitution of 1980Chapter Six The Permanent Text: Constitutional Controls or Military Tutelage?; Chapter Seven Even Custom Shoes Bind: Military Rule under the Constitution, 1981...1988; Chapter Eight Military Dictatorship and Constitutionalism in Chile; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

It is widely believed that autocratic regimes cannot limit their power through institutions of their own making. This book presents a surprising challenge to this view. It demonstrates that the Chilean armed forces were constrained by institutions of their own design. Based on extensive documentation of military decision-making, much of it long classified and unavailable, this book reconstructs the politics of institutions within the recent Chilean dictatorship (1973-1990). It



examines the structuring of institutions at the apex of the military junta, the relationship of military rule with the prior constitution, the intra-military conflicts that led to the promulgation of the 1980 constitution, the logic of institutions contained in the new constitution, and how the constitution constrained the military junta after it went into force in 1981. This provocative account reveals the standard account of the dictatorship as a personalist regime with power concentrated in Pinochet to be grossly inaccurate.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910141753103321

Autore

Segal Eliezer

Titolo

Ask now of the days that are past / / Eliezer Segal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Calgary, : University of Calgary Press, 2005

Calgary, Alberta : , : University of Calgary Press, , [2005]

©2005

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 311 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

296

Soggetti

Judaism

Ethnology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Scribes and scholarship --Holiness and heresy --Encounters and enlightenings --Babies, brides, and burials --Congregation and community --Policy and piety --Economics and ethics --Buildings and blessings --Life and leasure.

Sommario/riassunto

Written for a general audience, the essays collected here present refreshing and often humorous glimpses of various topics in Jewish history and traditional religious literature. Inspired by the diversity of Jewish thought, author and scholar Eliezer Segal sheds light on the social and political forces that have brought the Jewish community together in the past and still speak with familiarity to a modern western culture. Enlightening and entertaining, Professor Segal's writing is a



rare blend of scholarship and wit, highlighting contemporary experiences that bring the rich heritage of Jewish civilization to life for the everyday reader. With an extensive and broad knowledge of ancient and medieval Jewish social and religious traditions, Segal deftly crafts anecdotes and explanations that address the tribulations of contemporary life. From topics as diverse as panhandling, tennis, vampires, and the history of the tomato to themes as universal as weddings, charity, and taxation, the essays presented here, some for the first time in English, all include detailed notes on sources for further reading. Equally suited to those after a light-hearted romp or those on a serious quest for knowledge, Ask Now of the Days that Are Past is sure to satisfy anyone who has ever wondered how the past still influences us today.