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Confronting penal excess

retribution and the politics of penal minimalism

This monograph considers the correlation between the relative success of retributive penal policies in English-speaking liberal democracies since the 1970s, and the practical evidence of increasingly excessive reliance on the penal State in those jurisdictions. It sets out three key arguments. First, that increasingly excessive ...

Las fronteras en la Edad Media hispánica, siglos XIII-XVI

No ha existido en la tradición historiográfica europea occidental un espacio geográfico tan marcado como la península ibérica a lo largo de toda la Edad Media y la Edad Moderna por la frontera, tanto como realidad física cuanto como imaginario siempre presente en las sociedades ...

Poesía

(1962-2020)

En este libro, que incluye varios poemas nunca antes publicados ni en inglés ni en español y que han sido cedidos por el autor para esta ocasión, el lector encontrará al Simic más surrealista que escribe a un tenedor o al más irónico y ácido ...

Iglesias Portal, el juez que condenó a José Antonio

La figura del magistrado Eduardo Iglesias Portal es hoy absolutamente desconocida para los españoles, incluso para aquellos que, aficionados a la historia contemporánea, y más en concreto, a los acontecimientos de la Segunda República, apenas han visto su nombre en alguna cita de pasada. Sin ...

El arte como oficio

Escrito en 1966, El arte como oficio se ha convertido en el gran ensayo clásico de entre todos los que escribió Bruno Munari. Este libro es un valioso y singular intento por situar la importancia de los "nuevos productores de formas" del mundo contemporáneo en ...

Il rap nel mondo arabo: una forma d'avanguardia

Analisi di un corpus di area vicinorientale

La presente investigación tiene como objetivo el análisis de un corpus compuesto por canciones del rapero sirio Abu Hajar y ofrecer una reflexión sobre la variedad siria completamente inexplorada de Tart?s, ciudad de origen del cantante, cuyos textos ofrecen un interesante campo de investigación ...

La Diócesis de Teruel

de los orígenes a la Ilustración

La Iglesia ocupó en los siglos de la modernidad un papel central en la vida de las sociedades y las personas, ejerciendo una fuerte influencia en las vidas y costumbres. La fe y los ritos cristianos marcaban la vida de los hombres y mujeres, desde ...

Founding moments in Constitutionalism

Founding moments are landmark events that break ties with the ancien régime and lay the foundation for the establishment of a new constitutional order. They are often radically disruptive episodes in the life of a state. They reshape national law, reset political relationships, establish future ...

The juridification of individual sanctions and the politics of EU Law

In the early 1990s the then European Community imposed for the first time a set of economic restrictions against a specific entity: the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola. Since then, the individualisation of sanctions has become entrenched, these so-called 'smart' sanctions have ...

New Economic Constitutionalism in Europe

New Economic Constitutionalism in Europe focuses on the institutional mutation of constitutionalism following the major economic crisis in the Eurozone and globally. The main axis is that a new economic constitutionalism has arisen which trespasses on the conventional conceptual foundations and needs to be addressed ...

French Civil liability in comparative perspective

The French law of torts or of extra-contractual liability is widely seen as exceptional. For long it was based on a mere five articles of the Civil Code of 1804, but on this foundation the courts and legal scholars have constructed liabilities for fault and ...

European financial regulation

levelling the cross-sectoral playing field

Mirroring the long-established structure of the financial industry, EU financial regulation as we know it today approaches banking, insurance and investment services separately and often divergently. In recent decades however, the clear separation between financial sectors has gradually evaporated, as business lines have converged across ...

Transparency of stock corporations in Europe

rationales, limitations and perspectives

This edited collection explores transparency as a key regulatory strategy in European business law. It examines the rationales, limitations and further perspectives on transparency that have emerged in various areas of European law including corporate law, capital markets law and accounting law, as well as ...

Business and Human Rights

the obligations of the European Home States

This book analyses the accountability of European home States for their failure to secure the human rights of victims from host States against transnational enterprises. It argues for a reconfiguration of the relationship between multinational enterprises and individuals, both of which have been profoundly changed ...

Reconceptualising strict liability for the tort of another

This book adopts a novel approach to resolving the present difficulties experienced by the courts in imposing strict liability for the tort of another. It looks beyond the traditional classifications of 'vicarious liability' and 'liability for breach of a non-delegable duty of care' and, for ...

Predictability and flexibility in the Law of Maritime Delimitation

This fully revised new edition offers a comprehensive picture of the law of maritime delimitation, incorporating all new cases and State practice in this field. As with all types of law, the law of maritime delimitation should possess a degree of predictability. On the other ...

English Legal Histories

English Legal Histories is an exciting and innovative approach to the study of English law. Written in an accessible style intended for students as well as a broader audience, it takes the reader beyond the narrower confines of legal doctrines and cases, and invites them ...

Constitutional Law of the EU's Common Foreign and security policy

Competence and institutions in external relations

The Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) of the European Union is a highly exceptional component of the EU legal order. This constitutionalised foreign policy regime, with legal, diplomatic, and political DNA woven throughout its fabric, is a distinct sub-system of law on the outermost ...

Digital family justice

from alternative dispute resolution to online dispute resolution?

The editors' earlier book Delivering Family Justice in the 21st Century (2016) described a period of turbulence in family justice arising from financial austerity. Governments across the world have sought to reduce public spending on private quarrels by promoting mediation (ADR) and by beginning to ...

An ever-changing union?

perspectives on the future of EU Law in Honour of Allan Rosas

Allan Rosas is one of the leading European Union jurists of his generation. His impact on the legal landscape of the EU has been immense. This collection brings together colleagues from the worlds of the judiciary, academia and practice to grapple with one of the ...