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Benjamín Subercaseaux bien pudo titular su obra Chile, una loca geografía... y una historia idem. La última masa continental en ser poblada por la humanidad, el Mordor del Imperio español durante dos siglos y medio, la Prusia del Pacífico en el siglo XIX y un carrusel político a lo largo del XX. La trayectoria de la franja larga y angosta ofrece sobremesas para regodearse. En el primer tomo oirán desde las teorías de poblamiento de América (incluyendo las de un voluntarioso científico trasandino que afirmaba que la humanidad se originó, entre todos los lugares posibles, en...

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...

The contributions to this volume are concerned with the Roman law of antiquity in its broadest sense, covering both private and public law from the Roman Republic to the Byzantine era, including legal papyrology. They also examine the reception of Roman law in Western Europe and its colonies (specifically the Dutch East Indies) from the Middle Ages to the promulgation of the German Burgerliche Gesetzbuch in 1900. They reflect the wide interests of Professor Boudewijn Sirks, whom the volume honours on the occasion of his retirement and whose work and career have transcended frontiers and...