The power of Religion in the public sphere

The Power of Religion in the Public Sphere represents a rare opportunity to experience a diverse group of preeminent philosophers confronting one pervasive contemporary concern: what role does& mdash;or should& mdash;religion play in our public lives? Reflecting on her recent work concerning state violence in Israel-Palestine, Judith ...

Fundamentación económica del Derecho de propiedad privada e ingeniería jurídica del intercambio impersonal

La propiedad privada es el régimen más eficiente de explotación de recursos escasos, pero no siempre es posible porque su implantación está sujeta a costes que, en ocasiones, la hacen inviable. La disminución eficiente de tales costes es, por ello, requisito necesario para que pueda ...

The collected essays of John Finnis

Content: Vol.I: Reason in action -- Vol.II: Intention and Identity -- Vol.III: Human Rights and Common good -- Vol.IV: Philosophy of Law -- Vol.V: Religion and public reasons. For over forty years John Finnis has pioneered the development of a new classical theory of ...

Natural Law and natural rights

First published in 1980, Natural Law and Natural Rights is widely heralded as a seminal contribution to the philosophy of law, and an authoritative restatement of natural law doctrine. It has offered generations of students and other readers a thorough grounding in the central issues ...

Reason in action

Reason in Action collects John Finnis's work on the theory of practical reason and moral philosophy. The essays in the volume range from foundational issues of meta-ethics to the practical application of natural law theory to ethical problems such as nuclear deterrence, obscenity and ...

La textura histórica de las formas políticas

El Derecho público actual descansa sobre la idea de Estado, y la Constitución lo tiene asimismo por referencia inexcusable. Ello explica que se tienda a verlo como una categoría firme, en lo fundamental ajena a los vaivenes de la Historia. Pero lo cierto es que ...

Women's human rights and culture

from Deadlock to dialogue

In all parts of the world, the implementation of women#s human rights is seriously being hindered by gender stereotypes, religion, custom or tradition, in short by #culture#. Culture is increasingly being used as an excuse to commit serious violations of these rights. It is ...

The UN Human Rights Committee

practice and procedure

As a result of its origins in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the amount of work that it has done, the UN Human Rights Committee is considered the most important body in the UN human rights treaty system. Sensitive to the ...

Reflections on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

The adoption of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by the United Nations General Assembly on 13 September 2007 was acclaimed as a major success for the United Nations system given the extent to which it consolidates and develops the international corpus of ...

The moral dimensions of Human Rights

Many books on human rights either concentrate on human rights as fundamental moral rights with little attention to international human rights, or discount moral human rights and focus on international human rights. The Moral Dimensions of Human Rights takes a broad approach by discussing all ...

Servir al Estado de Derecho

persecución penal de delitos contra la humanidad en Argentina

En el presente libro se analiza críticamente la justificación ofrecida por la Corte Suprema de Justicia de la Nación Argentina en las decisiones que remueven las restricciones extraordinarias a la persecución penal de las graves violaciones a los derechos humanos realizadas durante la última dictadura ...

Los Derechos Humanos en la sociedad global

mecanismos y vías prácticas para su defensa

Coords. Fernando M. Mariño Menéndez, Manuel Gómez-Galán, Juan Manuel de Faramiñán Gilbert ; Prol. Fernando Savater. Acompaña CD-ROM. Atravesamos en la actualidad una etapa #turbia# en lo que a derechos humanos se refiere. El creciente sometimiento de estos derechos a intereses de diversa índole, justificado desde ...

Las tradiciones que no aman a las mujeres

Prol. Esperanza Aguirre Gil de Biedma. Mujeres lapidadas, obligadas a casarse contra su voluntad, a ocultarse tras unos ropajes que constituyen una auténtica cárcel; mujeres mutiladas sexualmente, violadas o convertidas en esclavas sexuales en los conflictos armados; mujeres estigmatizadas por padecer una enfermedad o apartadas ...

The right to education, work and welfare in Islam

Continuing from his earlier discussions of fundamental human rights from an Islamic perspective, Prof M. H. Kamali here focussed on a person's right to education, work and welfare. As in his earlier volumes, the discussions are based on the Qur'an and the teachings ...

Crimes against humanity

birth of a concept

This book tells the story of the emergence of the concept of crimes against humanity. It examines its origins, the ethical assumptions underpinning it, its legal and philosophical boundaries, and some of the controversies connected with it. A brief historical introduction is followed by an ...

Human Rights and Common Good

This central volume in the Collected Essays brings together John Finnis's wide-ranging contribution to fundamental issues in political philosophy. The volume begins by examining the general theory of political community and social justice. It includes the powerful and well-known Maccabaean Lecture on Bills of ...

Human Rights in Iran

the abuse of cultural relativism

Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title Are the principles set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights truly universal? Or, as some have argued, are they derived exclusively from Western philosophic traditions and therefore irrelevant to many non- Western cultures? Should ...

Los juicios sintéticos a priori desde el punto de vista lógico

Los juicios sintéticos a priori desde el punto de vista lógico julián besteiro hace una larga disertación sobre la dificultad de la distinción de los juicios analíticos y los sintéticos; la imposibilidad de utilizar las categorías como principios de investigación y de clasificación de los ...

Giustizia

Il volume ripercorre la storia millenaria della nozione di "giustizia", un concetto che ha visto fiorire una incalcolabile varietà di posizioni. Se Platone la collocava all'interno di una concezione metafisica dell'ordine, Aristotele la dichiarò virtù perfetta, con valenza equilibratrice. Gli stoici e poi ...

Los Derechos Humanos de personalidad

INDICE: Fundamentación de los Derechos Humanos. Los Derechos Humanos de personalidad física. Los Derechos Humanos de personalidad moral. La defensa de los Derechos de personalidad.