1. All duties are either duties of right, that is, juridical duties (officia juris), or duties of virtue, that is, ethical duties (officia virtutis s. ethica). Juridical duties are such as may be promulgated by external legislation; ethical duties are those for which such legislation is not possible. The reason why the latter cannot be properly made the subject of external legislation is becaus...

This case study draws on evidence gathered in a minority setting north-eastern Italy where Ladin, the heritage language, is central to construction of past and present narratives heroism resistance. The article aims contribute development new debates within this journal as facilitated by different disciplinary perspectives, line with recent discussions about status language heritage, which ques...

Like people and schools of criticism, ideas and theories travel – from person to person, from situation to situation, from one period to another ... There are particularly interesting cases of ideas and theories that move from one culture to another, as when so-called Eastern ideas about transcendence were imported into Europe...Such movement to a new environment is never unimpeded. It necessar...

In the literature of the exploration of the Antarctic in the early 20th century, there are many references to 'medical comforts'. While 'medical comforts' was sometimes used as a euphemism for alcoholic beverages, the term, which originated in the army, covered all foods and drinks used for the treatment and prevention of illness and during convalescence. This article describes the use of medic...