Realms Of Exile

Exiles and Homecomings

The Lord of the Rings

The standard harcover edition of the concluding volume of The Lord of the Rings includes a large format fold-out map and extensive appendices. As the Shadow of Mordor grows across the land, the Companions of the Ring have become involved in separate adventures. Aragorn, revealed as the hidden heir of the ancient Kings of the West, has joined with the Riders of Rohan against the forces of Isengard, and takes part in the desperate victory of the Hornburg. Merry and Pippin, captured by Orcs, escape into Fangorn Forest and there encounter the Ents. Gandalf has miraculously returned and defeated the evil wizard, Saruman. Sam has left his master for dead after a battle with the giant spider, Shelob; but Frodo is still alive -- now in the foul hands of the Orcs. And all the while the armies of the Dark Lord are massing as the One Ring draws ever nearer to the Cracks of Doom.

Romani People in Brazil. From Exile to the Search for Social Rights

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2013 in the subject Law - Public Law / Constitutional Law / Basic Rights, grade: 10,0, , course: Law, language: English, abstract: The main goal of this study is to demonstrate the urgent need for a specific legislation to address the rights of the Romani People in Brazil, not only as a social inclusion guarantee but also as a form of historical repair. Therefore this work will analyze the little existent legal material on the matter and examine the Romani Protection Bill, proposed in 2011 and still under debate. This text is divided in three chapters in which are discussed social rights and their applicability through public policies and the public policies available to the Romani population, the history of their presence in the country and their current demands. The first Romani people to get to Brazil were forced here by law in the 16th century. Exiled from Portugal and Spain, they remained in a land that branded them as unwanted. The legal system determined it was a crime to be a Romani. The situation did not change through the centuries and it was only in the last part of the 20th century that Brazilian legislation began to pay attention to the State’s duty towards them. An ethnic minority of almost one million inhabitants, the Romani are slowly coming out of the social invisibility they were thrown in by the hand of the State. In this research it is shown what has been done to change the reality of this social group in the country and what they would like to see done.