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Ornate red and ivory wall decoration, with plaque and symbols

¡Happy Birthday, Benito Juárez!

Posted by: Francisco Macías

…el respeto al derecho ajeno es la paz.–Benito Juárez 210 years ago, on March 21, 1806, Benito Juárez (Benito Pablo Juárez García), one of Mexico’s most renowned leaders, was born.  Ask any Mexican about Benito Juárez, and you may find them promptly reciting a well-known aphorism of his:  “… el respeto al derecho ajeno es …

Ornate red and ivory wall decoration, with plaque and symbols

Animals on Trial: Formal Legal Proceedings, Criminal Acts, and Torts of Animals

Posted by: Francisco Macías

Trial of a Sow and Pigs at Lavegny, from The Book of Days: A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in Connection with the Calendar, Including Anecdote, Biography, & History, Curiosities of Literature and Oddities of Human Life and Character, ed. Robert Chambers, 1879. https://archive.org/stream/b22650477_0001#page/128/mode/2up At present, one of the projects that I am working on involves …