Unique, thought-provoking study discusses quipu, an accounting system employing knotted, colored cords, used by Incas to transmit information. Cultural context, mathematics involved, quipu-maker in Inca society-even how to make a quipu. Fascinating for anthropologists, ethnologi…
A memorial to King Philip II of Spain, written in 1587-1588, requesting that the Inquisition be brought to the indigenous peoples of the Andes. This critical edition includes essays about the author, the geography history and languages of the Pampas Aullagas region, and the text…
Introduction / Sara Castro-Klarén -- Inca Garcilaso's Biography / Christian Fernández -- Rhetoric and Politics : Transatlantic Images and Paratexts in the Royal Commentaries / Christian Fernández -- A Syncretic Tropology : Semantic and Symbolic Aspects of the Royal Commentaries …
"This edited volume offers new perspectives from leading scholars on the important work of Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (1539-1616), one of the first Latin American writers to present an intellectual analysis of pre-Columbian history and culture and the ensuing colonial period. To …
"This edited volume offers new perspectives from leading scholars on the important work of Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (1539-1616), one of the first Latin American writers to present an intellectual analysis of pre-Columbian history and culture and the ensuing colonial period. To …
"This edited volume offers new perspectives from leading scholars on the important work of Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (1539-1616), one of the first Latin American writers to present an intellectual analysis of pre-Columbian history and culture and the ensuing colonial period. To …
"The Andean Tribunal of Justice was established as part of the 1969 Andean Pact, as one of 11 tribunals modelled on the European Court of Justice (ECJ). This book examines the origins, practice, politics and theory of the court and compares it with the ECJ, showing why the two c…
"[This book offers a] systematic investigation of the most active and successful transplant of the European Court of Justice. The Andean Tribunal is effective by any plausible definition of the term, but only in the domain of intellectual property law. [The authors] explain how …
The Andean Tribunal of Justice was established as part of the 1969 Andean Pact, as one of 11 tribunals modelled on the European Court of Justice (ECJ). This book examines the origins, practice, politics and theory of the court and compares it with the ECJ, showing why the two co…
Présentation de l'éditeur : "Transplanting International Courts: The Law and Politics of the Andean Tribunal of Justice provides a deep, systematic investigation of the most active and successful transplant of the European Court of Justice. The Andean Tribunal is effective by an…
"[This book offers a] systematic investigation of the most active and successful transplant of the European Court of Justice. The Andean Tribunal is effective by any plausible definition of the term, but only in the domain of intellectual property law. [The authors] explain how …
