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...

Quelles sont les influences de la pensée philosophique grecque sur la science des fondements jurisprudentiels islamiques ? Ce qui semble se dégager, c’est une transformation, voire une refonte complète dans la perspective de l’ijtihâd (l’effort jurisprudentiel). Phénomène équivoque car ces remaniements utilisent des concepts rétrogrades, contraires à...

En posant le problème de la puissance à partir de la perspective de son abandon et du courage si singulier qu’implique un tel geste, Simone Weil parvient à éviter l’écueil de l’absolutisme politique. L’étude anthropologique d’une vie politique et sociale en son essence profondément violente dans la mesure où elle est fondée sur la lutte pour la puissance...

In this work, one of Latin America’s most renowned legal philosophers conducts a comprehensive survey of the ancient Greek understanding of the law, drawing on texts by poets (Hesiod), philosophers (Anaximander), playwrights (Aeschylus and Sophocles), and historians (Herodotus and Thucydides). The book ends with a finely detailed analysis of the relationship between...

Alla base del presente volume sta una domanda semplice, che ha a che fare con il modo in cui i filosofi del diritto e i giuristi in genere pensano e praticano la propria disciplina. La domanda è relativa al ‘se’, al ‘quanto’, e al ‘verso che cosa’ questo modo debba essere aperto e debba perciò dialogare con altri saperi, intendendo con questi ultimi sia...