Comparing Transitions to Democracy. Law and Justice in South America and Europe

Cristiano Paixão (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 3030675041 / ISBN 13: 9783030675042

Published by Springer, 2022

Comparing Transitions to Democracy. Law and Justice in South America and Europe | Cristiano Paixão (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | Studies in the History of Law and Justice | viii | Englisch | 2022 | Springer | EAN 9783030675042 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg, juergen[dot]hartmann[at]springer[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu. Seller Inventory # 122451759

Synopsis:

Presents the role of law and legal mechanisms in the transition

Describes the role of legal actors and institutions during transition

Outlines a comparative perspective on legal consequences of political transition

About the Author:

Cristiano Paixão in Professor of legal history at the University of Brasília Law School. Doctor in Law degree from Federal University of Minas Gerais, with post-doctoral studies in historiography at Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales de Paris and in modern history at Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa. He was a visiting professor at Macerata University School of Law and at the Master’s Program in Constitutional Law at Seville University, and has published extensively about constitutional history. He was a member of the Brazilian Amnesty Committee (Ministry of Justice), was one of the coordinators of the Anísio Teixeira Memory and Truth Commission (University of Brasília). His main research interests are constitutional history, law and literature, and interdisciplinary studies in law.

Massimo Meccarelli is Professor of Legal History at the University of Macerata (Italy), and affiliate researcher of the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History(Frankfurt am Main). He was visiting professor at: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität in Frankfurt am Main, Universität Wien, Universität Luzern. He is author of several works on history of legal thought, history of justice, historiography and methodology of legal history. Most recently research interests: law and diversity, legal pluralism, constitution making process, time and law, law and humanities.

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Title: Comparing Transitions to Democracy. Law and ...
Publisher: Springer
Publication Date: 2022
Binding: Taschenbuch
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