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...

Chi ancora pensasse che il diritto processuale sia arida e tecnica materia scoprirà, nella lettura di questo libro, che le cose stanno diversamente. Per restituire l’atmosfera che si respirava nelle aule giudiziarie agli inizi del mondo ch’è nostro c’era solo un mezzo: quello di lasciar parlare i protagonisti, gli avvocati, i professori di diritto.

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Recent confrontations between constitutional courts and parliamentary majorities in several European countries have attracted international interest in the relationship between the judiciary and the legislature.

Some political actors have argued that courts have assumed too much power and politics has been extremely judicialized. Yet the extent to which this...

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