On Rules

Gherardo Colombo has been an investigative judge and a consultant to various Italian Parliamentary Commissions of Inquiry. He is now president of publishing house Garzanti Libri and member of the association Sulle Regole. Elisabetta Zoni is an experienced freelance translator based in Bologna, Italy. She holds a PhD in translation studies from the University of Bologna.

Auteur

Gherardo Colombo has been an investigative judge and a consultant to various Italian Parliamentary Commissions of Inquiry. He is now president of publishing house Garzanti Libri and member of the association Sulle Regole. Elisabetta Zoni is an experienced freelance translator based in Bologna, Italy. She holds a PhD in translation studies from the University of Bologna.

Contenu

Introduction 51. An Imaginary Country 25Part I The Ambiguities of Justice2. Law and Justice 333. Laws Difffering in Time and Space 344. 'Justice' is an Ambiguous Word 365. Law Comes From God 396. Law is Just If It is 'Natural' 437. Law is Just When It Exists 458. From Subject to Citizen 46Part II Horizontal Society and Vertical Society9. The Vertical Society 5110. The Horizontal Society 5711. Structure of the Two Models 6412. Consequences of the Vertical Society 6513. Consequences of the Horizontal Society 7014. Fundamental Rights According to the Two Models 7615. Sanctions According to the Vertical Model 7916. The Consequences to Offfences in the HorizontalSociety 8417. Victim and Offfender 9118. Limits to Personal Liberty 9519. Vertical Society, Horizontal Society, Ideologyand Religion 97Part III Towards a Horizontal Society20. An Attempt to Justify Law at the End of theSecond Millennium 10321. The Limits of International Rules 10622. An Attempt at Creating a Horizontal Society: theItalian Constitution 10923. The Person Comes First 11124. What is Missing? 11425. Uncertainties in the Constitutional Process 11726. Culture 11927. The Interests of Those Who Oppose theHorizontal Society 12428. Security 12629. Escaping Responsibility 128Part IV How Do We Get There?30. The Time Dynamic 13331. Self-Awareness 135Conclusion 142Acknowledgments 144