The book comprises contemporary legal theory pertaining to Democratic States based on the Rule of Law from the perspective of general principles of law. It explains in detail, theoretically and based on the specific case law, the phenomenon of general principles of law – as a source of law and directly applicable legal norms. It is a work of legal theory, legal philosophy,...

The interdisciplinary embedding and novel conceptual approach offered in the book to address the relationship between legal orders offers a significant and original contribution to the literature. The first part of the book provides a critical account of dominant approaches to explain this relationship where theories of Kelsenian monism, dualism, legal pluralism and...

“Constitution” is a rich term in Western political culture, encompassing political and juridical doctrine as well as government practices through the ages. This volume examines “constitutional moments” in history, those occasions or episodes when significant steps were taken in the definition or redefinition of polities. Their actors were writers or politicians,...

L’œuvre de Georges Sorel n’a pas laissé d’interroger sa postérité, plus d’un siècle après sa mort, survenue en 1922, comme elle l’avait fait déjà chez ses contemporains. Souvent réduite à une théorie de la violence, ou ramenée au seul concept de « mythe », sa pensée échappe toujours aux classifications toutes faites.

Patrice Rolland,...

Throughout his career, Professor John Haldon has been a hinge between different academic cultures, methods, and disciplines. A true scholar of Byzantine society, he has combined meticulous work on texts and material evidence with a holistic approach to social history that has connected the study of the Byzantine world to new methodological perspectives and ever wider...

À partir d’une pluralité d’enquêtes ancrées sur les deux rives de la Méditerranée, du XVIe siècle à nos jours, cet ouvrage entreprend de remettre en perspective l’histoire de la citoyenneté.

Situant les « choses » au cœur de l’investigation – qu’il s’agisse d’une barque à Antibes, d’un coffre à Alger, d’un hôtel squatté...