Principio de igualdad y estado social

apuntes para una relación sistemática

El principio del Estado Social es el fundamento de una acción normativa que atienda a la igualdad y las condiciones de vida. A partir de esta premisa, siguiendo a la mejor doctrina continental europea sobre este tema, el autor realiza un exhaustivo análisis acerca de ...

La rebelión de las leyes. Demos y Nomos: la agonía de la justicia constitucional

(Revista Fundamentos. Cuadernos monográficos de Teoría del Estado, Derecho público e historia constitucional, Nº4, año 2006)

SUMARIO: 1. LUIS PRIETO SANCHÍS. Iusnaturalismo, positivismo y control de la ley. Los presupuestos históricos, ideológicos y doctrinales de la jurisdicción constitucional. 2. MARÍA ÁNGELES AHUMADA RUIZ. Marbury versus Madison doscientos años (y más) después. 3. BRUCE ACKERMAN. Marbury versus Stuart. 4. FRANCISCO RUBIO LLORENTE ...

State constitutions for the Twenty-first century.Vol.1: The politics of State constitutional reform

Through illuminating case studies of reform efforts in Alabama, California, Colorado, Florida, New York, and Virginia, this book#the first of three volumes#provides the first systematic analysis of the political obstacles to state constitutional reform. For those seeking constitutional reform, this useful resource can ...

Secession

international Law perspectives

The end of the Cold War brought about new secessionist aspirations and the strengthening and re-awakening of existing or dormant separatist claims everywhere. The creation of a new independent entity through the separation of part of the territory and population of an existing State raises ...

Redefining the french Republic

This book investigates continuity and change in contemporary French politics, society, and culture. It: asks whether France will be able to resist the pressure from supra-national and global forces to change, or whether it will be able to retain a distinct French characteristic; examines the ...

El estatuto de Cataluña como instrumento jurídico

una meditación sobre España

La obra es un seguimiento iusfilosófico y técnico-jurídico a la "Propuesta de Reforma del Estatuto de Cataluña (30-9-05). Sus antecedentes (1714) están en el Preámbulo, con aires de Constitución. Con la CE de 1978, se culmina una Transición de consenso para la "Reforma", con el ...

The global public management revolution

Over the past quarter century, governments around the world have launched ambitious efforts to reform the way they manage. Citizens have demanded smaller, cheaper, more effective governments while asking for more programs and better services. To resolve this paradox, governments are experimenting with many ideas ...

Filibuster

obstruction and lawmaking in the U.S. Senate

Parliamentary obstruction, popularly known as the "filibuster," has been a defining feature of the U.S. Senate throughout its history. In this book, Gregory J. Wawro and Eric Schickler explain how the Senate managed to satisfy its lawmaking role during the nineteenth and early twentieth ...

Congress and the Constitution

For more than a decade, the U.S. Supreme Court has turned a sceptical eye toward Congress. Distrustful of Congress's capacity to respect constitutional boundaries, the Court has recently overturned federal legislation at a historically unprecedented rate. This intensified judicial scrutiny highlights the need ...

Garantías constitucionales en la investigación penal

un estudio crítico de la jurisprudencia

Esta publicación es una herramienta de trabajo para abogados litigantes y operadores de la justicia penal, además de resultar un material útil para estudiantes y docentes de las universidades de Derecho. Esta obra, que conjuga una mirada teórica y práctica de la primera etapa del ...

The contemporary Constitution

modern interpretations

This book continues the author's discussion of the United States Constitution as an unfolding "work in progress." The Constitution was written and ratified more than 200 years ago, but it continues to guide the operations of our political system to this day. The Constitution ...

The evolution of a Constitution

eight key moments in british constitutional history

This new work casts light upon the British constitution of today by means of an in-depth consideration of eight key moments in British constitutional history. The historical perspective adopted in this book facilitates an informed and contextual understanding of the intricacies of the contemporary British ...

Derechos Fundamentales y Derecho penal

Claramente, desde distintas perspectivas y especialidades, en los trabajos de todos los autores aquí reunidos se puede identificar un denominador común: la preocupación no sólo teórica sino práctica de contribuir incesantemente al fortalecimiento del Estado de Derecho y con ello, a la construcción de la ...

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 ...