The Puppets of Low Magic, Brown Lorraine Pinelli

Автор: Benedetta Barbisan, Cesare Pinelli, Giuliano Amato
Название: Rule of Law vs Majoritarian Democracy
ISBN: 150993684X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781509936847
Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic
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What is more paradoxically democratic than a people exercising their vote against the harbingers of the rule of law and democracy? What happens when the will of the people and the rule of law are at odds?

Some commentators note that the presence of illiberal political movements in the public arena of many Western countries demonstrates that their democracy is so inclusive and alive that it comprehends and countenances even undemocratic forces and political agendas.

But what if, on the contrary, these were the signs of the deconsolidation of democracy instead of its good health? What if democratically elected regimes were to ignore constitutional principles representing the rule of law and the limits of their power?

With contributions from judges and scholars from different backgrounds and nationalities this book explores the framework in which this tension currently takes place in several Western countries by focusing on four key themes:

- The Rule of Law: presenting a historical and theoretical reconstruction of the evolution of the Rule of Law;
- The People: dealing with a set of problems around the notion of 'people' and the forces claiming to represent their voice;
- Democracy and its enemies: tackling a variety of phenomena impacting on the traditional democratic balance of powers and institutional order;
- Elected and Non-Elected: focusing on the juxtaposition between judges (and, more generally, non-representative bodies) and the people's representation.

Автор: Pinelli Brown Lorraine
Название: Blood Moon
ISBN: 1087908434 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781087908434
Издательство: Неизвестно
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Rachel Mapes is on the run, and is tired-emotionally and physically-from running. A mob of men is chasing her, their intent murderous, for they regard her as a witch. The mob draws ever closer, sniffing out her trail. The small group that accompanies her has been sent on ahead toward safety. Meanwhile Rachel gathers herself in a room where she flirts with Death.

What Rachel doesn't know is that she is being watched over by the spirits of the land. By Blue Coyote, a shaman. By Maengun, who is both a wolf and the spirit of the wolf. By Gaagaagi, the spirit of the crows, who can summon entire flocks if he wishes. Thus begins a classic conflict between a woman who wants to die and spirits who will not allow her that relief, because they know she still has a purpose in life.

Blood Moon is both intelligent and relevant. Each page seems to have at least one germ of wisdom or insight-stuff that makes you stop and ponder its other applications. This novel is not merely worth reading...but worth reading over and over again.