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The International Survey of Family Law is the International Society of Family Law's annual review of developments in family law across the world. The 2006 edition covers developments in 27 countries written by leading academics and family law experts. Each article is accompanied by a French language abstract. The 2006 Review begins with a round-up of the major developments in the international arena, and is followed by contributions from a diverse selection of countries where there have been important developments in family law. The International Society of Family Law facilitates study and discussion by sponsoring and promoting international co-operation in research on family law topics worl...
El cuidado compartido de los hijos y las hijas menores de edad, tras el divorcio o la separación de sus progenitores, evoca un nuevo régimen relacional paterno y materno-filiales que goza de unidad conceptual y normativa propias, instaurado legislativamente en Europa y América. Esta figura legal ha demostrado tener amplias bondades: en el ámbito del Derecho, por cuanto refrenda el interés superior del niño, la niña y el adolescente, el derecho a vivir en familia y el derecho a la coparentalidad; en el ámbito de la psicología, porque contrarresta prácticas de desparentalización, la padrectomía y el síndrome de alienación parental; y en la sociología, porque coadyuva con instaurar prácticas familiares y patrones de crianza más inclusivos y corresponsables frente a otros adultistas, patriarcales y androcéntricos.
The Plan of San Diego, a rebellion proposed in 1915 to overthrow the U.S. government in the Southwest and establish a Hispanic republic in its stead, remains one of the most tantalizing documents of the Mexican Revolution. The plan called for an insurrection of Mexicans, Mexican Americans, and African Americans in support of the Mexican Revolution and the waging of a genocidal war against Anglos. The resulting violence approached a race war and has usually been portrayed as a Hispanic struggle for liberation brutally crushed by the Texas Rangers, among others. The Plan de San Diego: Tejano Rebellion, Mexican Intrigue, based on newly available archival documents, is a revisionist interpretati...
Winner of the 2009 Robert A. Calvert Prize In January 1917, German foreign minister Arthur Zimmermann sent a telegram to Germany’s Mexican ambassador, authorizing the offer of U.S. territory in exchange for Mexico’s alliance with Germany in the Great War. After the interception of this communication, U.S. intelligence intensified surveillance of the Mexican American community in Texas and elsewhere, vigilant for signs of subversive activity. Yet, even as this was transpiring, thousands of Tejanos (Mexican Texans) were serving in the American military during the war, with many other citizens of Mexican origin contributing to home front efforts. As author José A. Ramírez demonstrates in ...
The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)