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SECOLAS 2010, Mexico City

Posted on April 7, 2010 by ctb — 3 Comments ↓

I’m sitting on the plane in the air travelling from Knoxville to Mexico City via Dallas. I’m very excited about this because, though I’ve been studying, teaching, and writing about Latin America for more than 15 years, I’ve actually never…

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The End of the Scribe-for-Hire?

Posted on November 27, 2008 by ctb — 2 Comments ↓

A short piece in a recent Economist Magazine documents the decline in writers-for-hire in Mexico City. The venerable role of these escribanos (documented in the Brazilian film Central Station) is most popularly associated with writing love letters and personal correspondence…

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Hacer juicio ú dictamen acerca de alguna cosa... significando que el objeto excita el juicio ú dictamen en la persona que le hace.

Deducir ante el Juez la accion ú derecho que se tiene, ó las excepciones que excluyen la accion contrária.

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