Download or read book Constitutionalism and Legal Reasoning written by Massimo La Torre and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-04-10 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book of legal philosophy contends that positive law is better understood if it is not too easily equated with power, force, or command. Law is more a matter of discourse and deliberation than of sheer decision or of power relations. Here is thought-provoking reading for lawyers, advocates, scholars of jurisprudence, students of law, philosophy and political science, and general readers concerned with the future of the constitutional state.

Download or read book La costituzione il diritto costituzionale e l ordinamento statale written by PERTICI ANDREA and published by G Giappichelli Editore. This book was released on 2022-12-15 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: L’idea di dare vita a un trattato di diritto costituzionale muove dalla considerazione di un vuoto significativo nel panorama editoriale italiano, passato e presente, dato dalla mancanza di una trattazione della nostra comune disciplina, che sia, ad un tempo, sistematica, scientificamente rigorosa e destinata ad un ampio pubblico di lettori. Lo stato dell’arte registra la presenza di precedenti illustri in ambiti disciplinari circumvicini, dal Primo trattato completo di diritto amministrativo curato da V.E. Orlando all’inizio del secolo scorso al Trattato di diritto amministrativo diretto da S. Cassese circa cent’anni dopo; a questi, però, non fanno riscontro lavori analoghi nel diritto costituzionale, se non nella fase primigenia della stagione unitaria, con le opere omonime, tra gli altri, di F.P. Contuzzi, A. Pierantoni e V. Sansonetti. Sul versante della manualistica più recente, anche i volumi maggiormente caratterizzati da autorevolezza e diffusione hanno un taglio prettamente didattico e divulgativo; inoltre, pur volendo ampliare lo sguardo al diritto pubblico, il manuale di C. Mortati e quello curato da G. Amato e A. Barbera, a cui avevano contribuito studiosi di punta del diritto costituzionale, non sono più aggiornati da tempo. Interrogarsi a fondo sulle ragioni di tale assenza richiederebbe considerazioni più analitiche e meditate di quelle che possono essere svolte in questa sede preliminare. Per un verso, si tratta di una peculiarità tutta italiana; in altre esperienze giuridiche, infatti, opere trattatistiche di diritto costituzionale sono fiorite e continuano ad essere scritte e aggiornate (tra i numerosi esempi possibili, meritano una menzione particolare in Francia il Traité de droit constitutionnel di L. Duguit, pubblicato negli anni venti del Novecento, e in Germania l’Handbuch des Staatsrechts curato da J. Isensee e P. Kirchhof, iniziato nel 1987 ed ora giunto alla terza edizione). Per un altro verso, si tratta di una specificità che segna, sempre in negativo, il solo diritto costituzionale; è significativo il fatto che un giuspubblicista a tutto tondo, qual è stato V.E. Orlando, ha progettato e sviluppato un trattato di diritto... amministrativo, forse introiettando, anche al di là delle intenzioni, il celebre motto di O. Mayer «il diritto costituzionale passa, il diritto amministrativo rimane». Le ipotesi che si possono formulare, al riguardo, sono quindi le più varie. Sulla scia dell’immagine del tronco dell’albero dal quale si ripartono i rami delle varie discipline giuridiche, cara a S. Romano, vi è che il diritto costituzionale è condensato in un unico documento contenente poche disposizioni generali e non si presta a trattazioni estese; oppure, al contrario, che l’avvenuta penetrazione del diritto costituzionale in tutti i settori dell’ordinamento giuridico renderebbe oggettivamente difficile, se non impossibile, dare un senso compiuto a quest’opera di irraggiamento. Un altro fattore causale potrebbe poi essere rinvenuto nel diverso rilievo assunto dal decorrere del tempo: mentre le c.d. materie ordinamentali (a partire dal diritto civile, dal diritto penale e dal diritto amministrativo) hanno radici profonde e si sono consolidate nel fluire delle molte generazioni che hanno traguardato l’unità nazionale, il diritto costituzionale è quello più esposto alle temperie politiche, com’è dimostrato dalla netta cesura tra i documenti fondativi dell’attuale ordinamento repubblicano e del precedente assetto statutario. Si tratta di spiegazioni che recano tutte un germe di verità, ma non per questo sembrano in grado di descrivere compiutamente la vicenda qui considerata. Sia come sia, siamo convinti che nel suo ormai lungo periodo di vigenza la Costituzione abbia sprigionato molte delle sue potenzialità originarie ed abbia fornito risposte inedite e originali ai bisogni, ai desideri e alle speranze che le persone di ogni tempo, ivi compreso il nostro, portano con sé. Certamente, se la sua attuazione per via legislativa fosse stata meno frammentaria e incerta, spesso in nome di un revisionismo costituzionale maldestro e contingente, «il nostro sarebbe un Paese più giusto e anche più felice», riprendendo le parole pronunciate dalla senatrice L. Segre nel discorso inaugurale della XIX legislatura. Ciò ci induce a ritenere che il sedimentarsi della Costituzione, oltre che nell’esperienza giuridica, nella coscienza individuale e collettiva non possa mai essere assunto come un dato acquisito. Al contrario, come ricordava P. Calamandrei nel suo formidabile discorso agli studenti milanesi del 1955, è necessaria in ogni tempo una comune assunzione di responsabilità, affinché la Costituzione, «rinnovatrice e progressiva», resti viva. E ciò vale anzitutto per i partiti politici, sovente dimentichi delle intime legature tra progettualità costituzionale e politica nazionale, ma parimenti per la dottrina giuridica, talora irretita da velleitarismi ideologici o da compiacenze interessate. Al netto di tali degenerazioni ci pare comunque innegabile che gli oltre settant’anni che ci separano dall’entrata in vigore della Costituzione abbiano contribuito al radicamento, nei cittadini come nelle istituzioni, di una cultura repubblicana. E questa base comune ci è parsa almeno un punto di partenza per provare a dare al diritto costituzionale una sistemazione più ampia e, nei limiti del possibile, completa rispetto a quanto si possa fare con un semplice manuale e così rivolgerci ad una platea vasta e differenziata, composta da studenti dei corsi universitari avanzati e dei dottorati di ricerca in discipline giuspubblicistiche, da giovani (e meno giovani) studiosi che intendono prepararsi per la carriera universitaria, da candidati ai concorsi per l’accesso alle posizioni apicali degli organi costituzionali e della pubblica amministrazione, da magistrati ordinari e amministrativi, da funzionari pubblici e da avvocati inseriti in studi legali dotati di prestigio e consistenza. A ciò si aggiunge, naturalmente, il fervido auspicio che il percorso qui proposto possa rappresentare l’occasione non solo per fare il punto su una parte rilevante di quella cultura repubblicana, ma anche per contribuire ad una più intensa riflessione sul ruolo della nostra comune disciplina, in uno con i lavori consimili che sono in via di pubblicazione (come il Trattato di diritto costituzionale italiano curato da M. Cavino e L. Imarisio, il cui primo volume è stato pubblicato nel 2021) e con gli altri che auspicabilmente verranno dopo.

Download or read book The European Union after Lisbon written by Hermann-Josef Blanke and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-10-12 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book contains 24 contributions from European law scholars and practitioners analysing the constitutional basis of the European Union and the normative orientation of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) as well as the central economic and monetary provisions (TFEU) after the Reform Treaty of Lisbon. Presenting the findings of a European research team, which is composed of authors from eight Member States, the publication underlines the aspiration of the editors to thoroughly analyse the constitutional law of the European Union currently in force.

Download or read book Governing Europe under a Constitution written by Herm.-Josef Blanke and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-02-28 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume contains articles from high-ranking experts from politics and academia of different Member States about the basic principles of the actual constitutional law of the European Union and its need of reform through a Constitution for Europe. By analysing the rules to govern a Europe of 25 and in time 28 and more Member States the publication intends to make a contribution to the emerging "Ius Publicum Europaeum".

Download or read book The Ways of Federalism in Western Countries and the Horizons of Territorial Autonomy in Spain written by Alberto López - Basaguren and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-05-09 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Territorial autonomy in Spain has reached a crossroads. After over thirty years of development, the consensus regarding its appropriateness has started to crumble. The transformation project embodied by the reform of Statute of Catalonia (2006) has failed to achieve its most significant demands. Although the concept of Spain as a Federation is disputed -more within the country than beyond-, the evolution of the Spanish system needs to follow a markedly federalist path. In this perspective, reference models assume critical importance. This edition gathers the works of a broad group of European, American and Spanish experts who analyse the present-day challenges of their respective systems. The objective, thus, is to contribute ideas which might help to address the evolution of the Spanish system in the light of the experience of more established Federations. This first volume analyses the challenges facing federal systems in the age of globalisation from a global perspective. It also addresses current questions and the challenges faced today by, in the sphere of the internal division of powers, the most significant ‘western’ federal systems, on the one hand, and the Spanish system of territorial autonomy, on the other.

Download or read book One Country Two Systems Three Legal Orders Perspectives of Evolution written by Jorge Oliveira and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-07-21 with total page 810 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “One Country, Two Systems, Three Legal Orders” – Perspectives of Evolution – : Essays on Macau’s Autonomy after the Resumption of Sovereignty by China” can be said, in a short preamble-like manner, to be a book that provides a comprehensive look at several issues regarding public law that arise from, or correlate with, the Chinese apex motto for reunification – One Country, Two Systems – and its implementation in Macau and Hong Kong. Noble and contemporary themes such as autonomy models and fundamental rights are thoroughly approached, with a multilayered analysis encompassing both Western and Chinese views, and an extensive comparative law acquis is also brought forward. Furthermore, relevant issues on international law, criminal law, and historical and comparative evolutions and interactions of different legal s- tems are laid down in this panoramic, yet comprehensive book. One cannot but underline the presence, in the many approaches and comments, of a certain aura of a modern Kantian cosmopolitanism revisitation throughout the work, especially when dealing with the cardinal principle of «One Country, Two Systems», which enabled a peaceful and integral reunification ex vi international law – the Joint Declarations – that ended an external and distant control.

Download or read book Italian Regionalism Between Unitary Traditions and Federal Processes written by Stelio Mangiameli and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-06-12 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The object of this book is to describe the institutional modifications of the Italian form of state more than ten years after the review of Title V – Part II of the Italian Constitution – for an audience that goes well beyond the Italian national boundaries. The fifteen essays that make up the book discuss the birth and evolution of the Italian regionalism (including those regions with Special Statutes) as well as reforms of 1999-2001. A particular attention is devoted to the role of autonomy in defining regional statutes, regional forms of government, and regulatory and administrative powers. These are subjects on which there is by now an abundant body of constitutional case law, which is extensively referred to by the chapters. The role of the regions vis-à-vis the local bodies and vis-à-vis the European and international order is also discussed, as the right to negotiate with foreign powers has now been conferred on the regions. Lastly, the volume presents contributions on regional finance and on the new law on fiscal federalism, as well as on regional powers in the area of health and welfare.

Download or read book Constitutionalism and the Politics of Accommodation in Multinational Democracies written by Jaime Lluch and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-09-25 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection argues that although constitutionalism has traditionally been the primary mechanism for facilitating the mutual accommodation of sub-state and state national societies in plurinational states.

Download or read book Chiesa e Stato written by P. Vincent Bucci and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Italy is left out of most contemporary comparative studies of political systems. This omission can be due neither to any intrinsic unimportance of Italy in Europe, nor to the absence of parallel similarities and differ ences - the prerequisites of comparative explanation - between the Italian and other Western political systems. It may be due to the paucity of case studies of Italian politics, upon which comparisons would have to be based. Professor Bucci's book will contribute toward overcoming this scarcity. Not only is Italy under-represented in comparative studies of post war European politics, but there is also a shortage of monographs dealing with particular aspects of Italian politics since the founding of the Republic, especially in English. I hope that Dr. Bucci's work, which is based exclusively upon original Italian sources, signals the beginning of exploration, more systematic than hitherto, of the goldmine for case studies which post-war Italian politics presents to political scientists.

Download or read book The Economy as a Polity The Political Constitution of Contemporary Capitalism written by Christian Joerges and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-09-10 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The debate about so-called economic globalization has reached a new phase. The hegemony of neo-liberal thinking has ended, in the face of both the increased and increasingly effective resistance to the social consequences of neo-liberal market-making - rising inequality and insecurity throughout the world - and the visibly dysfunctional effects of lack of regulation - currency and stock market crashes, among others. Thus, the story about 'the rise and fall of market society', which was first told in these terms by Karl Polanyi sixty years ago, is about to receive a new chapter. In this light, this volume offers a novel perspective on the interaction between states and markets. In contrast to much of current theoretical wisdom, we hold, with Polanyi, that markets cannot even be consistently thought of as self-regulating. Markets are always constituted by framework conditions that cannot be set by the markets themselves. The range and scope of market rules requires some agreement, or at least acceptance, for economic exchange to be working at all; in democratic societies, these rules are at least theoretically always subject to political debate and decision. To put the issue in theoretical terms: even the most pure version of economic liberalism always entails at the same time a political philosophy. This volume, thus, proposes to understand contemporary capitalism by regarding the economy as a polity, as an arrangement that is always constituted by some collective agreements about its mode of operation. Such theoretical position on its own, though, is insufficient to explain the workings of capitalism once and for all. Historical experiences with capitalism have led to transformations that require new angles of analysis. It is in the nature of the struggles over the embedding of markets that their outcomes are subject to historical contingency and cannot be completely known beforehand. Beyond a review of the theoretical tools at hand, therefore, the analysis of the contemporary constellation of capitalism, also requires an understanding of its recent transformations. This is the second task to which this volume is devoted - through analyses of the current state of regulation of labour and money and through investigations of the historical development and novel forms of the mode of embedding markets. While focusing on the renewal of the analysis of contemporary capitalism, the volume also points to fruitful directions of institutional or policy change and provides perspectives for a much-needed political renewal, with a particular focus on the European Union as a novel polity embedding the European economy.

Download or read book Corporatism and Fascism written by Antonio Costa Pinto and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-02-17 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first conceptual and comparative empirical work on the relation between corporatism and dictatorships, bringing both fields under a joint conceptual umbrella. It operationalizes the concepts of social and political corporatism, diffusion and critical junctures and their particular application to the study of Fascist-Era dictatorships. The book’s carefully constructed balance between theory and case studies offers an important contribution to the study of dictatorships and corporatism. Through the development of specific indicators in ‘critical junctures’ of regime change and institutionalization, as well as qualitative data based on different sources such as party manifestos, constitutions and constitutional reforms, expert commissions and the legislation that introduces corporatism, this book traces transnational sources of inspiration in different national contexts. By bringing together a number of both established and new voices from across the field, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of fascism, dictatorship and modern European politics.

Download or read book The European Court and National Courts written by Anne Marie Slaughter and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 1998-03-01 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays comprising this volume are the outcome of a major and unique project which looks in detail at the application of EC law by national courts and the interaction of the demands of EC law with the constraints imposed by national legal orders and,especially, national constitutional orders. The volume comprises seven country studies which are shaped around a common research protocol. These are supplemented by three cross-cutting studies which draw on the country studies as well as on broader contextual research work aimed at trying to understand the role of the European Court of Justice in the round. The results of this multi-national research are certain to provoke widespread interest among scholars of European law, international law and European politics, for they offer the first systematic and rigorous attempt to assess the impact of the ECJ among the leading member states of the European Union.

Download or read book European Military Law Systems written by Georg Nolte and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2003 with total page 944 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The German Ministry of Defense decided in 2000 to commission a study comparing various European systems of military law. The present book contains not only the original study but also all national reports in English. It provides a comparative analysis of different European military law systems on the basis of national reports.

Download or read book Jahrbuch des Offentlichen Rechts der Gegenwart Neue Folge written by Peter Haberle and published by Mohr Siebeck. This book was released on 1996-12-31 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sociology of Constitutions written by Alberto Febbrajo and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-05-05 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection brings together some of the most influential sociologists of law to confront the challenges of current transnational constitutionalism. It shows the constitution appearing in a new light: no longer as an essential factor of unity and stabilisation but as a potential defence of pluralism and innovation. The first part of the book is devoted to the analysis of the concept of constitution, highlighting the elements that can contribute from a socio-legal perspective, to clarifying the principle meanings attributed to the constitution. The study goes on to analyse some concrete aspects of the functioning of constitutions in contemporary society. In applying Luhmann’s General Systems Theory to a comparative analysis of the concept of constitution, the work contributes to a better understanding of this traditional concept in both its institutionalised and functional aspects. Defining the constitution’s contents and functions both at the conceptual level and by taking empirical issues of particular comparative interest into account, this study will be of importance to scholars and students of sociology of law, sociology of politics and comparative public law.

Download or read book The Economy as a Polity written by Christian Joerges and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting a novel view on the interaction between states and markets, this volume explores contemporary capitalism by regarding the economy as a polity, as an arrangement that is constituted by some collective agreements about its mode of operation.

Download or read book Funding Religious Heritage written by Anne Fornerod and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-09 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection brings together a group of highly respected law and religion scholars to explore the funding of religious heritage in the context of state support for religions. The importance of this state support is that on the one hand it illustrates the potential tensions between secular and religious values, whilst on the other it constitutes a relevant tool for investigating the question of the legitimacy of such financial support. The funding logically varies according to the national system of state-religion relationships and this is reflected in the range of countries studied, including: Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Italy, The Netherlands, Spain, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. The book provides clarity in the assignment of funds to religious heritage, as well as seeking to define the limit of what relates to the exercise of worship and what belongs to cultural policy. It is clear that the main challenge for the future lies not only in managing the dual purpose of religious monuments, but also in re-using these buildings which have lost their original purpose. This collection will appeal to those interested in cultural heritage management, as well as law and religion scholars. The views expressed during the execution of the RELIGARE project, in whatever form and or by whatever medium, are the sole responsibility of the authors. The European Union is not liable for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.