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The Rule Of Law, Democracy, And International Law - Learning From The Us Experience, Gianluigi Palombella

Gianluigi Palombella

The general issue addressed in this paper is the relation between the rule of law as a matter of national law, and as a matter of international law. Different institutional conceptions of this relationship give rise to different attitudes towards international law. Nonetheless, questions arise that cast doubt on age-old tenets of certain Western countries concerning the radical separability between the rule of law within the domestic system and in the international realm. The article will start considering some recent developments in the United States' treatment of alien detainees. Then it shall address the relation between domestic constitutions and international …

Princípios-Tópicos De Hermenêutica Constitucional, Paulo Ferreira Da Cunha

Paulo Ferreira da Cunha

Houve tempo em que a Constituição servia para poisar ou charuto ou tirar um argumento político, como ironicamente afirmaria o grande escritor oitocentista Eça de Queiroz. Hoje a Constituição é a norma das normas. Daí há consequências hermenêuticas. Ao contrário das teorias que importam interpretação tradicional e, por vezes, em grande medida ultrapassada, para o Direito Constitucional, a tendência actual é a inversa: dada a supremacia da Constituição, deve ser a metodologia constitucional a exportar hermenêutica para o todo do Direito. Para isso, começamos neste artigo com grandes princípios de hermenêutica intra-constitucional. Depois se passará à exportação.

Petitioner's Observations (December 2007) For The Redress Of Violations Of Human Rights Guaranteed By The American Declaration Of The Rights And Duties Of Man, Inter-American Commission On Human Rights, Jeffrey C. Tuomala

Jeffrey C. Tuomala

No abstract provided.

Lawyers And Great Expectations In Pakistan, Shubhankar Dam

Shubhankar Dam

No abstract provided.

Don’T Tell, Don’T Ask: Narrow Tailoring After Grutter And Gratz, Ian Ayres, Sydney Foster

Ian Ayres

The Supreme Court’s affirmative action decisions in Grutter v. Bollinger and Gratz v. Bollinger changed the meaning of “narrow tailoring.” While the narrow tailoring requirement has always had multiple dimensions, a central meaning has been that the government must use the smallest racial preference needed to achieve its compelling interest. We might have expected, therefore, that if the Court were to uphold one of the two programs at issue in Grutter and Gratz, it would, all other things being equal, uphold the program with smaller racial preferences. We show, however, that the preferences in the admissions program upheld in Grutter …

Instrumentalização Da Pessoa Humana Em Face Da Biotecnologia, Carolina Altoé Velasco, Manoel Messias Peixinho, Edmir José Menezes Cruz

Carolina Altoé Velasco

As intensas e rápidas transformações no modo de vida da humanidade através das inovações científico-tecnológicas produzem novas situações e relações não previstas diretamente no ordenamento jurídico. Surge a necessidade do aplicador do Direito buscar adequação normativa fundada em regras e princípios que promovam a dignidade humana. Razão do presente é abordar uma temática reflexiva sobre os direitos fundamentais, destacando o singular, inalienável e intransferível valor da pessoa humana. A percepção da dignidade da pessoa humana como valor-fonte aponta para a responsabilidade ética e profissional capaz de produzir e avaliar em sua ação laborativa a essência do bem, do certo, do …

Fallibility + Unchecked Power = Trouble, C. Peter Erlinder

C. Peter Erlinder

No abstract provided.

Universidad Privada Y Derechos Fundamentales, Daniel Soria Luján

Daniel Soria Luján

No abstract provided.

“We The People” Through Young Eyes, Alan E. Garfield

Alan E Garfield

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Does Due Process Have An Original Meaning? On Originalism, Due Process, Procedural Innovation . . . And Parking Tickets, Lawrence Rosenthal

Lawrence Rosenthal

Originalism – the view that constitutional provisions should be interpreted as they were “understood at the time of the law’s enactment” – is the ascendant method of constitutional interpretation. In particular, originalists argue that the Constitution's open-ended provisions should be interpreted in light of their generally understood legal meaning at the time of their framing. An originalist view of due process -- entitling civil and criminal defendants to those procedures considered "due" at the time of framing -- would accordingly condemn any number of innovations in criminal and civil procedures' that alter framing-era procedural rights, such as the novel systems …

Una Perspectiva Constitucional Sobre La Sociedad Civil. A Propósito De La Sentencia De Inconstitucionalidad Sobre Las Leyes Relativas A La Apci., Daniel Soria Luján

Daniel Soria Luján

No abstract provided.

El Agua: El Segundo De Los Derechos Humanos, Ramiro De Valdivia Cano

Ramiro De Valdivia Cano

No abstract provided.

Congressional Immunity Grants And Separation Of Powers: Legislative Vetoes Of Federal Prosecutions, Hanah M. Volokh

Hanah M. Volokh

Congressional investigations can derail criminal prosecutions. The most famous example is the failure of the prosecution of Oliver North for his role in the Iran-Contra scandal after he testified at a congressional committee hearing about his conduct. The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals held that much of the evidence being used in the prosecution was tainted by association with North's compelled congressional testimony and could not be used at trial.

The knowledge that congressional investigations and grants of immunity can create problems for prosecutors has not stopped either the investigations or the immunity grants. Recently, Congress granted immunity to a …

La Cesión De Derechos En El Código Civil Peruano, Edward Ivan Cueva

Edward Ivan Cueva

La Cesión de Derechos en el Código Civil Peruano

New Principles For Company Law, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

No abstract provided.

Reforming Federal Personal Injury Litigation By Incorporation Of The Procedural Innovations Of Scotland And Ireland: An Analysis And Proposal, Daniel H. Erskine

Daniel H. Erskine

Federal procedure has embraced the referral of civil cases outside the court system to alternative dispute resolution. This article argues that by utilizing courts to settle cases through civil procedure, courts realize their central role in ensuring the quality of settlements produced through the judicial administration of justice. The purpose of this article is to provide litigants an optional procedure to expeditiously resolve federal personal injury cases. The system proposed in this article incorporates Scottish and Irish civil procedural reforms into a coherent method for judicial officers to declare the settlement value of a personal injury action without referring the …

Aspectos Jurídicos Do Embrião E O Princípio Da Dignidade Da Pessoa Humana, Carolina Altoé Velasco

Carolina Altoé Velasco

Desde os primórdios da civilização humana, sempre houve questionamento acerca do início da vida e debate quanto à natureza da pessoa. Com o decorrer dos anos e em detrimento da concretização da idéia de que toda pessoa humana é dotada de dignidade – considerada como qualidade intrínseca – firmou-se entendimento de que a pessoa não poderia ser objeto de todo e qualquer tipo de experimentação em nome do desenvolvimento e de pesquisas tecnológicas. É justamente nesse contexto que o presente artigo se desenvolve. São discutidos alguns casos, dentre eles, qual seria o questionamento mais adequado a se empregar no que …

Holding Enemy Combatants In The Wake Of Hamdan, Ronald D. Rotunda

Ronald D. Rotunda

The article offers, inter alia, a succinct survey of the historical and jurisprudential background for the detainee cases and military commissions cases - including a number of important factual details glossed over in most reporting on the cases (e.g., Padilla has stipulated that he was an enemy spy sent to the United States; it was Hamdan's own defense counsel who had asked to exclude him from the voir dire portion of the proceedings) - as well as legal issues that may still arise.

Development And Problems Of Public Interest Litigation In Bangladesh: A Critical Analysis, Abu Noman Mohammad Atahar Ali, Zafrin Andaleeb

Abu Noman Mohammad Atahar Ali

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Contratos De Ejecución De Obras Públicas Y Embargos Contra Las Cuentas Del Estado En Una Reciente Ejecutoria Superior. Una Interpretación Conforme A La Constitución, José Balcázar Quiroz

José Balcázar Quiroz

No abstract provided.

Segundo Congreso Nacional De Organismos Públicos Autónomos, Bruno L. Costantini García

Bruno L. Costantini García

Memorias del Segundo Congreso Nacional de Organismos Públicos Autónomos. "Autonomía, Profesionalización, Control y Transparencia"

Algunos Apuntes En Torno A La Prescripción Extintiva Y La Caducidad, Edward Ivan Cueva

Edward Ivan Cueva

No abstract provided.

Term Limits And Party Loyalty, Tom Campbell, Cameron Doolittle

Tom Campbell

No abstract provided.

Regioni E Diritti. La Tutela Dei Diritti Nelle Leggi E Negli Statuti Regionali, Erik Longo Dr.

Erik Longo

No abstract provided.

Annual Analysis Report Of Supreme People’S Court (2006)【最高人民法院年度分析报告（2006）】, Meng Hou

Hou Meng

No abstract provided.

El Recurso De Queja Y La Acción De Amparo Contra Resoluciones Judiciales. Crítica A Una Nueva Postura Jurisprudencial, José Balcázar Quiroz

José Balcázar Quiroz

No abstract provided.

¿Qué Puedo Hacer Si El Padre De Mi Hija O Hijo No Quiere Reconocerlo? Análisis De Constitucionalidad De La Ley Nº 28457 Desde La Perspectiva De Género, Beatriz Ramirez

Beatriz Ramirez

El Futuro Del Enjuiciamiento Penal Argentino, Horacio M. Lynch

Horacio M. LYNCH

Advierte las consecuencias negativas del fallo Casal de la Corte Suprema sobre el sistema penal argentino y formula propuestas.

Petitioner's Observations (February 2007) For The Redress Of Violations Of Human Rights Guaranteed By The American Declaration Of The Rights And Duties Of Man, Inter-American Commission On Human Rights, Jeffrey C. Tuomala

Jeffrey C. Tuomala

No abstract provided.

In Defence Of The Supreme Court: A Conservative View, Shubhankar Dam

Shubhankar Dam

No abstract provided.