Roberto Gargarella: 8 books

Book cover of Castigar al prójimo: Por una refundación democrática del derecho penal
by Roberto Gargarella
Language: Spanish
Release Date: September 1, 2016

Mientras que las sociedades son cada vez más multiculturales, la población de las cárceles continúa siendo notoriamente homogénea. ¿Cómo entender este desajuste? Más que atribuirlo a una supuesta tendencia natural al delito entre los sectores más vulnerables, cabe pensar que la ley penal...
Book cover of Liberalism in Neoliberal Times

Liberalism in Neoliberal Times

Dimensions, Contradictions, Limits

by William Davies, David Chandler, Costas Douzinas
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2017

An exploration of the theories, histories, practices, and contradictions of liberalism today. What does it mean to be a liberal in neoliberal times? This collection of short essays attempts to show how liberals and the wider concept of liberalism remain relevant in what many perceive to be...
Book cover of Por una justicia dialógica: el Poder Judicial como promotor de la deliberación democrática
by Roberto Gargarella
Language: Spanish
Release Date: August 29, 2016

En las sociedades democráticas, es muy común que un tribunal (por ejemplo, la Corte Suprema) revise los contenidos de una ley para determinar si es válida o no a la luz de lo que exige la Constitución. Esta situación plantea al menos tres preguntas de enorme relevancia pública: ¿por qué son...
Book cover of Carta abierta sobre la intolerancia: apuntes sobre derecho y protesta
by Roberto Gargarella
Language: Spanish
Release Date: August 29, 2016

¿Mis derechos terminan donde empiezan los de los demás? ¿Es más importante el derecho a la libre circulación que a una vida digna? ¿Qué respuesta ofrece la justicia? Carta abierta sobre la intolerancia entabla un diálogo con aquellos que exigen, por parte del derecho, una respuesta más severa...
Book cover of Legacies of State Violence and Transitional Justice in Latin America
by Steve Dobransky, Rosario Figari Layus, Roberto Gargarella
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2015

Legacies of State Violence and Transitional Justice in Latin America presents a nuanced and evidence-based discussion of both the acceptance and co-optation of the transitional justice framework and its potential abuses in the context of the struggle to keep the memory of the past alive and hold perpetrators...
Book cover of The Legal Foundations of Inequality

The Legal Foundations of Inequality

Constitutionalism in the Americas, 1776–1860

by Roberto Gargarella
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2010

The long revolutionary movements that gave birth to constitutional democracies in the Americas were founded on egalitarian constitutional ideals. They claimed that all men were created equal with similar capacities and also that the community should become self-governing. Following the first constitutional...
Book cover of Courts and Social Transformation in New Democracies

Courts and Social Transformation in New Democracies

An Institutional Voice for the Poor?

by Roberto Gargarella, Theunis Roux
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017

Using case studies drawn from Latin America, Africa, India and Eastern Europe, this volume examines the role of courts as a channel for social transformation for excluded sectors of society in contemporary democracies. With a focus on social rights litigation in post-authoritarian regimes or in the...
Book cover of El constitucionalismo en el continente americano
by Daniel Bonilla Maldonado, Jorge L. Esquirol, Roberto Gargarella
Language: Spanish
Release Date: April 18, 2016

El presente libro se encuentra estructurado en tres partes bien diferenciadas. En la primera, se examina la relación que existe entre el constitucionalismo latinoamericano y el estadounidense. En particular, se examina la idea ampliamente difundida de que Latinoamérica es un mero espacio de reproducción...
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