Suchergebnisse

Reflections on the first five years of Mexican independence, the consequences of the war, and the security of the new nation. With propositions for national security including organising a veteran army and a civil militia, and the death penalty for deserters from the army. Signed 'El Pensador', dated 12 April 1826

Discourse on the anniversary of 15 May 1810, and the social order, civil liberties, security, equality and prosperity experienced in Buenos Aires and Argentina following independence

Discussion of the current political, social and economic situation in Mexico, including the Spanish Constitution and monarchy, agriculture and industry, the federal government, the civic militia, developments in Europe, public security, the freedom of the press and Catholicism. Dated 17 November 1834

Address to congress, concerning various articles of the Spanish Constitution, in particular article 3, declaring Catholicism to be the perpetual state religion of Mexico, and article 6, assuring personal security. Signed Maria de la Luz Puertas de Bandini and others, dated 6 February 1833

Discourse describing the responsibilities of protection and vigilance of the Junta Suprema Gubernativa towards the citizens of Spain following the defeat of Napoleon, including the locating of all remaining French troops in Spain and the creation of a 'Tribunal extraordinario' to protect public security and civil liberties

Stateville penitentiary in Illinois has housed some of Chicago's most infamous criminals and was proclaimed to be ""the world's toughest prison"" by Joseph Ragen, Stateville's powerful warden from 1936 to 1961. It shares with Attica, San Quentin, and Jackson the notoriety of being one of the maximum security prisons that has shaped the public's conception of imprisonment. In Stateville James B. Jacobs, a sociologist and legal scholar, presents the first historical examination of a total prison organization-administrators, guards, prisoners, and special interest groups.Jacobs applies Edward Shi