Tuesday, September 28, 2010

How Many Panadol To Die









on Sunday went to see the road ( the road , dir. John Hillcoat, 2009), based on the book of Cormac McCarthy . set in a postapocalyptic world, following in the footsteps of a man and his son for a devastated landscape and devastating: the eternally gray sky, the trees burnt black land, houses and cities, or what remains of them looted. and there they are, pushing a shopping cart with their meager belongings, as two bichicomes, looking for something to eat and a place where to spend the night without dying of cold. we do not know what happened, but we do know that the father, long ago, lived in a house with the mother of his son, running water, electricity, a piano. what is said, a normal life. are not the only survivors, but the best thing that can happen is not cross with anyone: cannibalism, says the father, is one of the biggest fears. a hard film, uncomfortable, at times suffocating. hopeless.

departure, the dirt piled up against the sidewalks and poor guy sleeping wrapped in blankets in a corner seemed to recreate a scene from the movie. but of course, was not the film was just Galarza Street.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Impetigo Or Cold Sores

FAMILY LAW - Concubinage - Compensation for death


confirm that a man can not collect compensation for the death of his concubine because the law allows compensation for moral damage only to the heirs. However, in a minority voting interest held that provision unconstitutional.

Hall 2 of the Court of Appeals in Civil and Commercial Federal upheld a ruling of first instance where a person denied the compensation for moral damages for the death of his mistress, because the law only allows that compensation for the heirs of the victim, which excludes those who are not married.

However, the minority vote, signed by Alfred Gusman, said that this distinction is unconstitutional and should be given the compensation claimed.

In the case, a person who lived with his wife, who has a son, claimed compensation for moral damage before the death of his mistress after a shootout between a robber and a police officer in a group.

According to Article 1078 Civil Code, upon the death of the victim to claim compensation for moral damage "will only action the heirs." Under the Code, children are forced heirs and the surviving spouse, not the concubines.

vote in the majority, Judge Ricardo Guarinoni said "as I have been holding in my wishes expressed previously, I believe that Article 1078 Civil Code can have no other interpretation than to refer to the heirs that are of that character at the time of death, which in the case excludes the concubine for not fulfilling this condition. "

Continuing the analysis, the maid said "there is no reason to support an interpretation that is contrary to law. You can agree that the modern tort law emphasizes full compensation of victims, but this does not mean to distort the laws. "

These arguments were supported by Judge James Kiernan.

with colleagues in dissent, Judge Gusman said "Law No. 17,711, granted by Article 1078 the current wording was passed in 1968 in a de facto government. For this period the majority view to the view that cohabitation was a link disvalioso and even immoral. "

"If I stick to an extreme positivist view, it is clear that the plaintiff is not entitled to its claim, the rule limiting standing to the heirs of the deceased and the domestic partner has no right to inherit," said Judge .

"This restriction disturbed my sense of justice, not conceive that a person can not claim the moral damage he allegedly caused the death of the partner with whom he was bound by marital ties not regularized, which presupposes the bonds of love, affection , projects of common life, and so on. "Gusman said.

addition, the judge said he "has no basis to argue that before the death of a partner as a result of a wrongful act, the surviving spouse suffers a different pain than the victim's partner, in short there is no reason to compensate the moral damages and not to the widower's companion on fact. "

"Entering the field of examples, compared to the same wrongful act that causes the death of his partner and their pet, may sue a hypothetical moral damages for the death of the animal recipient of your affection as direct victim, but not can claim moral damages for the death of his partner in life, "he said.

In conclusion, the judge noted that "Article 1078 Civil Code, by failing to provide protection to the couple that has not been formalized by marriage, came unconstitutional."

Source: www.cij.gov.ar

Monday, August 30, 2010

Calories In Chow Mein

discoveries of the week











1. The Sandpit , a short film by Sam O'Hare : New York at full speed, like a miniature living

2. The architecture magazine Mark

3. Centralia, PA , a former mining town, now a ghost town

4. Ivana Acosta

5. Bird on a Wire , a documentary that was believed lost on a tour that Leonard Cohen performed in the early 1970's