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Provides a new legal-sociological theory of democracy, reflecting the impact of global law on national political institutions. This title is also available as Open Access.
This volume focuses on the rise of transnational constitutional laws, primarily created by the interaction between national and international courts, and by the domestic transformation of international law. Through detailed analysis of patterns of institutional formation at key historical junctures in a number of national societies, it examines the social processes that have locked national states into an increasingly transnational constitutional order, and it explains how the growth of global constitutional norms has provided a stabilizing framework for the functions of state institutions. The book adopts a distinctive historical-sociological approach to these questions, examining the deep continuities between national constitutional law and contemporary models of global law. The volume makes an important contribution to the sociology of constitutional law, to the sociology of post-national legal processes, and to the sociology of human rights law. This title is also available as Open Access.
Explains the current weakness of democratic polities by addressing paradoxes in constitutional democracy and its theoretical foundations.
This study of regime collisions in international law combines theoretical contributions by leading scholars in the field with case studies.
This interdisciplinary volume brings together leading scholars in international and constitutional law, social sciences, and international relations to present a systematic as well as critical analysis of the impact of the Inter-American System of Human Rights and the legal mechanisms that allow for that impact.
Connects narratives associated with colonialism, imperialism, civilized justice, debt, and development to international investment treaty law and arbitration.
Der Band diskutiert die Rolle und Wichtigkeit von Verfassungen in modernen Gesellschaften. Aus interdisziplinärer Perspektive wird aufgezeigt, wie sich Verfassungen trotz großer Vielfalt innerhalb der Gesellschaft entwickeln konnten und wie sie dabei helfen, ein gemeinsames Moralsystem zu schaffen. Der Mensch ist die einzige Spezies, die in großen Gemeinschaften leben kann, obwohl ihre Mitglieder genetisch unabhängige Individuen sind. Diese Vielfalt macht die Rolle von Verfassungen besonders komplex. Die Arbeit beleuchtet, wie der Konstitutionalismus zur Etablierung eines einheitlichen Moralsystems beiträgt.
Este livro tem como base as ações interdisciplinares e de caráter legal desenvolvidas pelo programa de extensão Acesso ao Sistema Interamericano de Direitos Humanos (aSIDH), da UFPE. Tais ações estão ancoradas nessa percepção da educação como instrumento de inclusão e de reforma positiva. O aSIDH tem como força motriz o entendimento de que a democratização do saber e as transformações sociais, ladeadas pelos princípios de justiça e de dignidade humana, devem fazer parte do propósito de iniciativas de pesquisa e extensão sediados em universidades públicas. Nesse esteio, é objetivo desse livro compartilhar estratégias desenvolvidas ao longo dos últimos anos para sensibilizar o sistema de justiça e promover uma educação inclusiva em direitos humanos