Apuntes 29

The articles in this issue: Review the historical process of implementation of democracy in the contemporary world, emphasizing the role played by the political ideas and public institutions of the United States of America; Show how the absence of a democratic regime can result in stagnation and the decomposition of a society, drawing on the Findlay-Wilson model; Present the advantages that a parliamentary system can have over presidential and semi-presidential ones when it comes to the preservation of democracy; Review the legal provisions that regulate the activity of the mass media in Peru, and how the media can help combat violence; Question prior interpretations of the abolition of slavery, combining the analysis of 1,298 manumission papers registered in Lima between 1840 and 1854, and information from numerous cases of litigation and negotiation between slaves and their masters; Study the modifications to Peruvian labor legislation required to adapt it to the socioeconomic needs of the country; Analyze the Lima Stock Exchange through 22 financial securities over the period 1980-1990, employing the capital asset pricing model.