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European Law Journal, Volume 29, Issue 3-6, Page 393-421, May-November 2023., 2023 Abstract The transnational movement of climate activists is resorting increasingly often to acts of civil disobedience. Upon being prosecuted for those acts, climate activists across various jurisdictions are starting to plead the general criminal law defence of necessity.
Paolo Mazzotti
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The Modern Law Review, Volume 86, Issue 1, Page 85-121, January 2023., 2023 The notion of ‘equity’ is undergoing conceptual repositioning in international law today, embracing individuals as well as states and gaining an association with human rights and the politics of protest. In the context of these developments, the present paper enquires into the premodern roots of this ancient and rich term through three historical ...
Stephen Humphreys
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Esbozo de la evolución del derecho romano
Revista de Derecho Privado (Bogota. 1997), 2020 Desde una novedosa perspectiva de estudios romanísticos propia de la primera mitad del siglo xx, en este artículo el eminente romanista Salvatore Riccobono nos ilustra de manera magistral con su método crítico sobre los grandes momentos y desarrollos del
Salvatore Riccobono
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Laments, Remedies, Rights: Nietzsche’s Genealogy of Morality through the Prism of Roman Law
Ratio Juris, Volume 35, Issue 3, Page 290-309, September 2022., 2022 Abstract This article draws on the analysis of Roman law and on the Jewish tradition of lamentation to offer an original reinterpretation of Nietzsche’s On the Genealogy of Morality. According to Nietzsche, an archetype of a successful revolt against injustice is to be attributed to the Jews—as the ones who were able to carry out “the most spiritual ...
Tatjana Sheplyakova
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Free citizens, democracy: Assumptions of the application of Roman law [PDF]
Megatrend Revija, 2020 Majority of the nowdays societies consider that spreding of democracy, rather than limitation of state power, preserves freedom. This idea is in the contrary to antic idea of freedom as the essence of human being and its highest value.
Radovanović Snežana
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The evidence of hearsay in criminal proceedings from Late Renaissance France
Renaissance Studies, Volume 36, Issue 3, Page 377-394, June 2022., 2022 Abstract This article argues that Renaissance legal culture provided a robust means of evaluating the epistemological status of rumour, informed by the Roman law of proof. In order to do so, the article explores the meaning of hearsay evidence in criminal proceedings from late Renaissance France, focusing on a major series of interrogations for ...
Tom Hamilton
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Journal of Religious Ethics, Volume 49, Issue 1, Page 159-187, March 2021., 2021 Abstract In light of recent reevaluations of the work of Hugo Grotius, this essay analyzes the respective roles of Francisco de Vitoria and Grotius in the construction of the “Grotian tradition” of international law and human rights. In contrast to conventional accounts which understand the two within a progression, this essay argues that Vitoria and ...
John E. Carter
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Aportes del Derecho Romano a la tradición jurídica de occidente
Revista Jurídica Mario Alario D'filippo, 2022 El presente texto aborda, a modo de ensayo, una revisión analítico-histórica del Derecho Romano y sus aportaciones sustanciales en la tradición jurídica de occidente.
Yezid Carrillo De La Rosa +2 more
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Słownik Bartłomieja z Bydgoszczy z perspektywy łacińsko-polskiego słownictwa prawniczego
Studia z Filologii Polskiej i Słowiańskiej, 2020 The Dictionary of Bartholomeus de Bydgostia from the Perspective of Latin-Polish Legal Vocabulary The aim of this article is to discuss relations between Latin and Polish at the lexical level.
Maria Trawińska
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Historijski pogledi, 2023 The institution of slavery was characteristic of all the civilizations from Mediterranean basin in ancient times. However, slavery had its widest application in the Roman state, for which it was of immense importance, since slaves were seen as the ...
Sead Bandžović
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