Comunicación constitucional y fuerza normativa

Positivismo jurídico. Instrumentalización económica del derecho. Método. Fuerza normativa y sistema constitucional. Teorías y modelos de la comunicación social. El mensaje como contenido de la comunicación. El discurso como elemento constitutivo del mensaje. Semiología, psicología social y la comunicación de la legalidad constitucional.

Droit global Law

des droits au droit: les droits de la personne, fondement du Droit

Le passage des droits au droit résume l'expérience unique de l'Occident. C'est en attribuant des droits à la personne que le droit naît et se développe. Au-delà des différences d'approche, plusieurs professeurs étrangers nous le démontrent : les Allemands Rainer Frank, Rainer ...

First freedoms

a documentary history of first amendment rights in America

"First Freedoms" incorporates documents that are drawn from the history of First Amendment rights in America - an ongoing experiment in freedom. Like all experiments, it is full of trial and error. The story of freedom in America recounted here is often painful and contentious - but ...

Democratic constitutional design and public policy

analysis and evidence

Leading scholars in rational choice analysis present the public choice, new institutionalist, and new political economy perspectives on the political and economic effects of constitutional design and review the accumulating empirical evidence. The variety of constitutional designs found in democratic governments has important effects on ...

Diritti Fondamentali

un'introduzione

SOMMARIO: I. Libertà e diritti nello sviluppo storico del costituzionalismo (di P. Ridola). # I. I diritti costituzionali fra storia e dogmatica. # II. Le radici dello sviluppo storico dei diritti costituzionali. # III. Il costituzionalismo e i diritti. # IV. L#esperienza dello stato liberale. # V. I diritti ...

Diritti fondamentali e interessi costituiti

.H. Talf Presidente della Corte Suprema degli Stati Uniti (1921-1930)

Dopo il volume sui due grandi presidenti del secondo dopoguerra (Giustizia costituzionale e diritti dell'uomo - I giudici Warren e Burger, a cura di Jeffrey Greebaum, 1992) e quello sul mitico Marshall (John Marshall. 'Judicial Review' e stato federale, a cura di Giuseppe Buttà, 1998 ...

Speaking freely

trials of the First Amendment

The rights guaranteed in the First Amendment#including freedom of expression#are among the fundamental touchstones of our democracy. In Speaking Freely, Floyd Abrams, who for over thirty years has been our most eloquent and respected advocate for uncensored expression, recounts some of the major ...

Active liberty

interpreting our democratic Constitution

A brilliant new approach to the Constitution and courts of the United States by Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. For Justice Breyer, the Constitution#s primary role is to preserve and encourage what he calls #active liberty#: citizen participation in shaping government and its laws ...

The global debate over constitutional property

lessons for american takings jurisprudence

Countries around the world are heatedly debating whether property should be a constitutional right. But American lawyers have largely ignored this debate, which is divided into two clear camps: those who believe making property a constitutional right undermines democracy by fostering inequality, and those who ...

Religion and the Constitution.Vol.1: Free exercise and fairness

Balancing respect for religious conviction and the values of liberal democracy is a daunting challenge for judges and lawmakers, particularly when religious groups seek exemption from laws that govern others. Should members of religious sects be able to use peyote in worship? Should pacifists be ...

30 ans de saisine parlementaire du Conseil Constitutionnel

colloque et publication en hommage à Louis Favoreu

Présentée par certains comme une révision sans importance, voire comme un " gadget ", l'instauration, à l'initiative du Président de la République M. Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, de la saisine parlementaire du Conseil constitutionnel par la loi constitutionnelle du 29 octobre 1974 s'est révélée ...

La Constitución multicultural

El caso de Colombia es paradigmático. Si bien en nuestro país la presencia histórica y cultural de grupos indígenas y de aforcolombianos es significativa, sus exigencias y necesidades casi nunca han sido consideradas por los filósofos o por los teóricos del derecho. Paradójicamente, en los ...

Nacionalidad, ciudadanía y democracia

¿a quién pertenece la Constitución?

Derecho constitucional para el siglo XXI

Actas de VIII Congreso Iberoamericano de Derecho constitucional

Este libro recoge las Actas del VIII Congreso Iberoamericano de Derecho Constitucional celebrado en la facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Sevilla, del 3 al 5 de diciembre de 2003. El resultado es una revisión detallada, sitemática y puesta al día de todos los ...

Las garantías constitucionales en el Derecho público de América Latina

Este trabajo está dedicado al estudio de las garantías constitucionales que hoy caracterizan el derecho público latinoamericano y que siguiendo el orden de su consagración son: el habeas corpus, el amparo o tutela de los derechos constitucionales, el control de constitucionalidad y el habeas data ...

Securing constitutional democracy

the case of autonomy

Famously described by Louis Brandeis as "the most comprehensive of rights" and "the right most valued by civilized men," the right of privacy or autonomy is more embattled during modern times than any other. Debate over its meaning, scope, and constitutional status is so widespread ...

Not a suicide pact

the Constitution in a time of national emergency

Eavesdropping on the phone calls of U.S. citizens; demands by the FBI for records of library borrowings; establishment of military tribunals to try suspected terrorists, including U.S. citizens - many of the measures taken by the Bush administration since 9/11 have sparked heated ...

Arbeitsmethoden des verfassungsrechts= Métodos de trabajo del Derecho constitucional

La Editorial "Marcial Pons, Ediciones Jurídicas y Sociales S.A.", Madrid, con el apoyo del "Grupo de Heidelberg ,,de Lingüística Jurídica", presenta a una comunidad internacional de lectores en edición bilingüe este "Discours de la Méthode" de la ciencia del Derecho de Friedrich Müller, Profesor ...

Riforma della Costituzione o assalto alla Costituzione?

SOMMARIO: Premessa alla prima edizione. - Premessa alla seconda edizione. - I: Riforma della costituzione o assalto alla costituzione? - II: La questione della crisi del diritto e dello Stato come messa in questione dell'obbligazione giuridica e dell'obbligazione politica. - III: Giustizia (Diritto) e stato moderno. Considerazioni ...

Principles of constitutional design

This book is written for anyone, anywhere sitting down to write a constitution. The book is designed to be educative for even those not engaged directly in constitutional design but who would like to come to a better understanding of the nature and problems of ...