Gobernar con los jueces

La política constitucional en Europa

La gobernanza ha sufrido grandes transformaciones a partir del establecimiento de constituciones directamente aplicables. El establecimiento y desarrollo del poder judicial como encargado de resolver controversias ha servido, sin duda, para que el sistema normativo se encuentre en constante adaptación a las necesidades y propósitos ...

Proportionality balancing and Constitutional governance

a comparative and global approach

In this book, Alec Stone Sweet and Jud Mathews focus on the law and politics of rights protection in democracies, and in human rights regimes in Europe, the Americas, and Africa. After introducing the basic features of modern constitutions, with their emphasis on rights and ...

A cosmopolitan legal order

Kant, constitutional justice, and the European Convention on Human Rights

In this book, Stone Sweet and Ryan provide an accessible introduction to Kantian constitutional theory and the law and politics of European rights protection. Part I sets out Kant's blueprint for achieving Perpetual Peace and constitutional justice within and beyond the nation state. Part ...

The evolution of international arbitration

judicialization, governance, legitimacy

The development of international arbitration as an autonomous legal order comprises one of the most remarkable stories of institution building at the global level over the past century. Today, transnational firms and states settle their most important commercial and investment disputes not in courts, but ...

Proporcionalidad y constitucionalismo

un enfoque comparado global

Este libro compila dos escritos sobre el uso del análisis de proporcionalidad. Los textos, publicados originalmente en inglés en dos revistas científicas de primer orden en los Estados Unidos, contrastan la expansión de la proporcionalidad en los cinco continentes con la reticencia que los jueces ...

The judicial construction of Europe

After developing and testing a theory of integration, Alec Stone Sweet assesses the impact of the European Court of Justice on the politics of trade, sex equality, and environmental protection in the European Union. Table of Contents 1. Theory of European Legal Integration 2. Constructing ...

On law, politics and judicialization

Across the globe, the domain of the litigator and the judge has radically expanded, making it increasingly difficult for those who study comparative and international politics, public policy and regulation, or the evolution of new modes of governance to avoid encountering a great deal of ...

The European Courts and National Courts

Doctrine and Jurisprudence