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Author accepted version can be seen at: https://www.gdblunt.com/publications This article is premised on the idea that global poverty is the foreseeable and avoidable by-product of the international system. This position is held by... more
This article analyzes one of the most important tensions between the protection of political rights – of both popularly elected officials and their constituents - and the disciplinary functions of some administrative authorities. This... more
The European Court of Human Rights has occasionally made use of the language familiar from discussions of a “militant democracy” or a “democracy capable of defending itself” and scholars have used the term when discussing the Strasbourg... more
The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) speaks of the importance of an “effective political democracy” in its Preamble, though it is only in Article 3 of Protocol 1 (P1-3) that we find a right to free elections. This paper... more
Quale l'approccio della Repubblica italiana verso gli stranieri? Raccolta degli atti della giornata organizzata presso la Camera dei deputati con l'aggiunta di un mio saggio sul concetto di "cittadinanza costituzionale" intesa come... more
The present work focuses on the underlying seminal causes of the Annihilation of Jewish Greeks in Bulgarian occupied Northern Greece, in particular the regions of Eastern Macedonia (the cities of Kavala, Serres and Drama) and Thrace (the... more
The present work focuses on the underlying seminal causes of the Annihilation of Jewish Greeks in Bulgarian occupied Northern Greece, in particular the regions of Eastern Macedonia (the cities of Kavala, Serres and Drama) and Thrace (the... more
One of important mechanisms considered effective to protect civil and political rights of the citizens in Indonesia is constitutional review. This mechanism was created after the constitutional reform by establishing the new... more
Human rights have made mass murder and genocide more, rather than less, likely. A previous version of this paper appears as chapter 3 of my Patriotic Elaborations: Essays in Practical Philosophy (Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s... more
The luxury-versus-necessity controversy is primarily concerned with the importance of civil and political rights vis-à-vis economic and social rights. The viewpoint of political leaders of many developing and newly industrialized... more
Ante la fiebre reeleccionista en la región, analizar la situación actual de la prohibición o permisión de la reelección presidencial en los 5 países centroamericanos es fundamental para determinar hasta qué punto significa una... more
The human right to democracy is often justified instrumentally: democratic rights are human rights because they contribute to the preservation of basic human rights. In this article, this approach is put to test with regard to the right... more
Between 1750 and 1830 the Dutch state developed from an oligarchic republic into an enlightened autocratic monarchy via a brief experiment with representative democracy. During this period, there was an ongoing debate about the right to... more
For a large segment of the urban poor in Kampala, Uganda, street vending has long served as a key livelihood strategy in the absence of formal employment opportunities and a public social safety net. This article explores the effects of... more
Demokrasi ve ekonomik büyüme ilişkisi üzerine ilk çalışma 1959 yılında Lipset tarafından yapılmıştır. Literatürde ilgili konu üzerine yapılan çalışmalar üçe ayrılmaktadır. Demokrasi ve ekonomik büyüme arasındaki ilişki bağdaşma, çatışma... more
DO NOT WAIT TILL NOBODY IS LEFT TO DEFEND YOU! We should fully endorse this statement of Professor Anand Teltumbde, I NEED YOUR SUPPORT by reproducing few lines of a great poem of resistance by Martin Niemoler (1892-1984), a steadfast... more
The understanding and application of shai’ah, an increasing demand of Muslim masses, is an issue that requires a special attention by contemporary Muslim scholars. Concerns over the uncritical implementation of shari’ah is not limited to... more
O capítulo tem por finalidade apresentar, de forma sintética, os aspectos mais importantes da relação entre o princípio da igualdade e os direitos políticos atribuídos ao cidadão na ordem jurídico-constitucional brasileira. Deste relato... more
Since 1989 in Hungary there have been organised six national referenda related to twelve questions. Based on the content of the questions raised, one can draw a line of evolution in the history of the institution. In 1989 and in 1990 the... more
A partir de la reforma electoral de 1996 se produce una alternancia política en la ciudad de México que permitió registrar cambios significativos en la administración y el gobierno. El objetivo principal de este trabajo es analizar los... more
Around 200 leading legal experts have signed a statement defending the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement (BDS) as a lawful exercise of freedom of expression. The legal experts from 15 countries agreed the BDS movement... more
This paper retraces the origins and the development of international minority protection by the League of Nations and the United Nations. It describes local and regional mechanisms of protection, such as that established by the European... more
El pluralismo político constituye, de acuerdo con el artículo 1.1 de la Constitución, uno de los valores superiores del ordenamiento jurídico español y condición fundamental para todo sistema democrático. La realización del pluralismo... more
This article theorizes the historical non-relation between cultural studies and economic rights discourse, tracing it to ideal typical distinctions between economy and culture in early cultural studies; Karl Marx’s influence on Left... more
The present text analyses the development and core ideological nations that guide nationality/citizenship laws in Mexico. It argues that some aspects of the 'Revolutionary Nationalism' doctrine still shapes laws and policies in this area,... more
The question raised in this paper is whether legal rights to vote are also moral rights to vote. The challenge to the justification of a moral right to vote is that it is not clear that the vote is instrumental to the preservation of some... more
in Diritto costituzionale. Dizionario sistematico, a cura di S. Mangiameli, Milano, Il Sole 24 Ore, 2008, pp. 741-747.
This paper comprises parts of the theoretical and empirical research that I have conducted for my PhD studies. The theoretical structure focuses on the evaluative framework of capabilities, as it has been developed by Martha Nussbaum and... more
In 2008 the first Swiss canton introduced internet voting for expatriates, complementing the trials involving residents initiated back in 2003. More cantons soon followed, and as of this writing, expatriates from 12 out of the 26 cantons... more