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Constitutional Dilemmas: NOW available in paperback

July 31, 2008 09:38

NOW AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Constitutional-Dilemmas-Conflicts-Fundamental-Rights/dp/0199552185/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1203439587&sr=1-1

Obama's Transatlantic Speech

July 25, 2008 10:34

Berlin was like a honeymoon between America and Europe. But Obama's honey words, were a little too sweet:That is why America cannot turn inward. That is why Europe cannot turn inward. America has no better partner than Europe. Now is the time to build new bridges across the globe as strong as the...

ITALY: the neverending crisis

January 28, 2008 17:26

Italy is once again in trouble. After Prodi's descent to hell, with the crisis of his government,we are now deciding on what to do. Here we face a dilemma: either we do the impossible, that is bring together parties that have conflicting interests in order to draft new rules of the political game...

Secular Europe? Think twice

December 22, 2007 13:50

On 21st of Dember, Tony Blair converted to Catholicism: see here;On the same day, Sarkozy held a speech in front of the Catholic bishops in Rome arguing that religion should play a more important role in the french public sphere: see here;The time is high to engage in a more robust conversation on...

The Still Born God

December 14, 2007 17:17

is a great new book on religion and politics in the West. Its author, Mark Lilla, is a fantastic scholar in the history of ideas. The book argues that the West (Europe) was marked by a Great Separationbetween political theology and political philosophy. Before Hobbes, Europeanpolitics was...

Peace studies in Spain and Latinamerica

November 23, 2007 20:45

I have recently been teaching a master course on Development and Human Rights at the International Master on Peace Conflict and Development in Castellon, University Jaume I. During my stay in Castellón I have the chance to meet a group of people from Spain and Argentina that are actively working ...

Berlusconi launches a new Party

November 18, 2007 21:21

Changer tout, pour ne changer rien. To Change everything in order to change nothing.This is sometimes used to describe the French revolution, but it would apply equally well to Italy in the last few centuries.At the next elections--which will probably happen in 2008-- we will have two new major...

A Secular Age

November 05, 2007 11:13

For all of you who are interested in issues of law, religion and politics in the Transatlantic world (and beyond)., I can warmly recommend Charles Taylor's new book 'A secular age.'Taylor distinguished three possible meanings of secular, which I would classify as follows:1-Political secularity:...

When the Church truly and definitely concern with spiritual matters

November 01, 2007 16:44

A couple of days ago, the Catholic Church beatified 498 Catholics murdered between 1934, 1936-1939 in the course of the Spanish Civil War. This event would not be so controversial if the whole amount of people beatified would not have belonged to one side, the Francoist one . It is curious. All...

Why the Catholic Church should mind its business

October 22, 2007 11:11

The Catholic Church tries to conquer the hearts of some people by raising its voice on social issues such as housing and employment. In Italy, this move has been greated with appreciation by the moderate and extreme left wing parties. Here's a report.But the political position of the Church remains...