Der Autor zeigt mit der Rechtsgeschichte der Reichswehr 1918–1933 das Spannungsverhältnis auf, in dem die Weimarer Republik zum Militär als Ganzem wie auch dem einzelnen Soldaten stand.
The euro area sovereign debt crisis has been the greatest threat to the euro since its inception, but the consequences of the crisis go well beyond the realm of macroeconomics: the crisis has cast doubt on the viability of a mechanism of integration such as the one envisaged in Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), and on the future of the European Union as a political project in the face of citizens' growing disaffection.
An unprecedented look at the evolution of American police, from filling their intended role as peacekeepers and guardians of citizen rights to calling themselves-and acting primarily as-"e;law enforcement officers.
La Carta de Derechos Fundamentales de la Unión Europea constituye un instrumento jurídico imprescindible de carácter federal, llamado a aplicarse también a los Estados miembros siempre que resulte aplicable el Derecho material de la Unión, sin perjuicio de que en determinadas situaciones haya de respetarse el nivel de protección superior que puedan garantizar las normas internas.
In 1945, Japan surrendered unconditionally to the United States and its allies, thereby planting the seed from which would spring one of the world's most successful and stable democracies.
This book explores the means by which economic liberalisation can be reconciled with human rights and environmental protection in the regulation of international trade.
This book addresses the current crisis that threatens the rule of law and has led to the need for its adjustment as normative concept, legal principle and pragmatic guideline for the behaviour of political players.
The Borders of Punishment: Migration, Citizenship, and Social Exclusion critically assesses the relationship between immigration control, citizenship, and criminal justice.
A monumental investigation of the Supreme Court's rulings on race, From Jim Crow To Civil Rights spells out in compelling detail the political and social context within which the Supreme Court Justices operate and the consequences of their decisions for American race relations.
The European Yearbook of Constitutional Law (EYCL) is an annual publication initiated by the Department of Public Law and Governance at Tilburg University and devoted to the study of constitutional law.
This is the first book-length treatment of both the non-positive- and the positive-liberty strands of the republican revival in political and constitutional theory.
Judicial decision-making may ideally be impartial, but in reality it is influenced by many different factors, including institutional context, ideological commitment, fellow justices on a panel, and personal preference.
The Rights of Indians and Tribes, first published in 1983, has sold over 100,000 copies and is the most popular resource in the field of Federal Indian Law.
In colonial Egypt, the state introduced legal reforms that claimed to liberate Egyptians from the inhumanity of pre-colonial rule and elevate them to the status of human beings.
The Iowa State Constitution provides the most comprehensive analysis of Iowa's constitutional history and the development of its individual provisions.
This book offers a unique approach by using psychoanalytic theory to explain how we can resolve the most important issues facing the world today and in the future.
With over 240 million migrants in the world, including over 65 million forced migrants and refugees, states have turned to draconian measures to stem the flow of irregular migration, including the criminalization of migration itself.
Los paradigmas del relacionamiento entre las instituciones militares y la sociedad evolucionan a un ritmo impulsado por las demandas de más y mejor democracia a lo largo de todo el mundo.
The passing of this brilliant jurist is a great loss, but his writingswith their plain language and constitutional mooringswill guide generations to come.
ste trabajo es una investigación realista, es decir, empírica y analítica que tiene como finalidad dar cuenta del fenómeno de la creación judicial de normas constitucionales implícitas por parte de la Corte Constitucional colombiana; concretamente, de la creación de la norma del "precedente judicial obligatorio"; estudio que se desarrolla en forma desencantada para mostrar cómo, en un caso concreto, un tribunal constitucional actúa como un "legislador positivo", y mostrando qué técnicas interpretativas y argumentativas utiliza para realizar un acto de construcción jurídica, a través del cual da la impresión de estar actuando como poder constituyente.
En nuestro país existen problemas que necesitan soluciones serias y estructurales, es por eso que las instituciones nacionales requieren realizar reflexiones críticas sobre temas sociales, en general y temas constitucionales, en particular; así como también proponer una serie de soluciones urgentes.
En esta segunda edición del libro, se propone identificar algunas problemáticas del sistema de comercio internacional, o por lo menos aquellas que afectan a Colombia, y plantea algunas soluciones a partir de los principios sobre los cuales se erige este sistema, como el principio de no discriminación o principio de liberalización del comercio, sin olvidar, los principios que son el fundamento de las relaciones internacionales en el Estado social de derecho colombiano, como los principios reciprocidad, equidad y conveniencia nacional.
Of the successful military leaders over the past recorded millenia, there are a few nuggets of military wisdom that are consistently repeated by the most successful military leaders in history, truisms that have been successfully demonstrated time and again.
