1st Edition
Intercultural Constitutionalism From Human Rights Colonialism to a New Constitutional Theory of Fundamental Rights
By Salvatore Bonfiglio
Copyright 2019
138 Pages
by
Routledge
138 Pages
by
Routledge
138 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book argues that the effective protection of fundamental rights in a contemporary, multicultural society requires not only tolerance and respect for others, but also an ethics of reciprocity and a pursuit of dialogue between different cultures of human rights. Nowadays, all cultures tend to claim an equitable arrangement that can be articulated in the terms of fundamental rights and in the... Read more
Preface, PART I. Fundamental rights in the light of their evolution, 1. Fundamental rights: amidst “Nature” and “History”, PART II. Fundamental rights and constitutional interpretation, 2. Principles and fundamental rights as the foundation of constitutional legal orders, 3. Fundamental rights and the interpretative evolution of constitutional principles, PART III. Fundamental rights in the field of intercultural research, from general theory to comparative legal analysis, 4. Fundamental rights from cultural relativism to comparative legal analysis, 5. Law and constitutions as a historical and cultural praxis, References, Index
Biography
Salvatore Bonfiglio is Professor of Comparative Public Law at the Department of Political Studies of Roma Tre University and Director of the Multimedia Laboratory of Comparative Law. He is also Director of the online scientific period Democracy and Security Review.
