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Derechos Y Libertades. Número 17 DERECHOS Y LIBERTADES Número 17, Época II, junio 2007 INSTITUTO DE DERECHOS HUMANOS BARTOLOMÉ DE LAS CASAS UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID La revista Derechos y Libertades está incluida en la valoración integrada e índice de citas que realiza el CINDOC con las Revistas Españolas de Ciencias Sociales y Humanas (RESH) y figura en el catálogo de revistas de LATINDEX Redacción y Administración Adquisición y suscripciones Revista Derechos y Libertades Instituto de Derechos Humanos Bartolomé de las Casas Universidad Carlos III de Madrid c/ Madrid, 126 28903 Getafe (Madrid) Suscripción en papel Ver boletín de suscripción al final de este número E-mail de la Revista: y remitir en sobre cerrado a: [email protected] Dykinson, S.L. [email protected] C/ Meléndez Valdés, 61 - 28015 Madrid Suscripción versión electrónica (revista en pdf) Compra directa a través de nuestra web www.dykinson.com/derechosylibertades Copyright © Instituto de Derechos Humanos Bartolomé de las Casas ISSN: 1133-0937 Depósito Legal: M-14515-1993 European Union Edición y distribución: Dykinson, S.L. C/ Meléndez Valdés, 61 - 28015 Madrid Tels. +34 915 442 846 / 69. Fax: +34 915 446 040 Las opiniones expresadas en esta revista son estrictamente personales de los autores La editorial Dykinson, a los efectos previstos en el artículo 32.1, párrafo segundo del vigente TRLPI, se opone expresamente a que cualquiera de las páginas de Derechos y Libertades, o partes de ellas, sean utilizadas para la realización de resúmenes de prensa. Cualquier acto de explotación (reproducción, distribución, comunicación pública, puesta a disposi- ción, etc.) de la totalidad o parte de las páginas de Derechos y Libertades, precisará de la oportuna autorización, que será concedida por CEDRO mediante licencia dentro de los límites establecidos en ella. Director: GREGORIO PECES-BARBA Subdirectores: ÁNGEL LLAMAS Y FCO. JAVIER ANSUÁTEGUI Secretarios: JAVIER DORADO PORRAS Y OSCAR PÉREZ DE LA FUENTE Consejo Científico FCO. JAVIER ANSUÁTEGUI MARIO LOSANO (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) (Università del Piemonte Orientale “Amedeo Avogrado”) RAFAEL DE ASÍS JAVIER DE LUCAS (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) (Universidad de Valencia) RICARDO CARACCIOLO JESÚS IGNACIO MARTÍNEZ GARCÍA (Universidad de Córdoba, Argentina) (Universidad de Cantabria) PAOLO COMANDUCCI GREGORIO PECES-BARBA (Università di Genova) (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) J. C. DAVIS ANTONIO E. PÉREZ LUÑO (University of East Anglia) (Universidad de Sevilla) ELÍAS DÍAZ PABLO PÉREZ TREMPS (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid) (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) RONALD DWORKIN MICHEL ROSENFELD (New York University) (Yeshiva University) EUSEBIO FERNÁNDEZ MICHEL TROPER (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) (Université de Paris X-Nanterre) CARLOS FERNÁNDEZ LIESA AGUSTÍN SQUELLA (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) (Universidad de Valparaíso) VINCENZO FERRARI LUIS VILLAR BORDA (Università di Milano) (Universidad Externado de Colombia) JUAN ANTONIO GARCÍA AMADO YVES-CHARLES ZARKA (Universidad de León) (Université René Descartes Paris 5-Sorbonne) PETER HÄBERLE GUSTAVO ZAGREBELSKY (Universität Bayreuth) (Università di Torino) MASSIMO LA TORRE VIRGILIO ZAPATERO (Università Magna Graecia, di Catanzaro) (Universidad de Alcalá) Consejo de Redacción MARÍA JOSÉ AÑÓN JOSÉ ANTONIO LÓPEZ (Universitat de València) (Universidad de Jaén) FEDERICO ARCOS ÁNGEL PELAYO (Universidad de Almería) (Universidad de Cantabria) MARÍA DEL CARMEN BARRANCO MIGUEL ÁNGEL RAMIRO (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) MARÍA DE LOS ÁNGELES BENGOECHEA ALBERTO DEL REAL (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) (Universidad de Jaén) DIEGO BLÁZQUEZ JOSÉ LUIS REY (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) (Universidad Pontificia de Comillas) IGNACIO CAMPOY JESÚS PRIMITIVO RODRÍGUEZ (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos) JAVIER DORADO MARÍA EUGENIA RODRÍGUEZ PALOP (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) MARÍA JOSÉ FARIÑAS JOSÉ MANUEL RODRÍGUEZ URIBES (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) JOSÉ GARCÍA AÑÓN MARIO RUIZ (Universitat de València) (Universitat Rovira i Virgili) RICARDO GARCÍA MANRIQUE RAMÓN RUIZ (Universitat de Barcelona) (Universidad de Jaén) CRISTINA GARCÍA PASCUAL OLGA SÁNCHEZ (Universitat de València) (Universidad de Cantabria) ANA GARRIGA JAVIER SANTAMARÍA (Universidad de Vigo) (Universidad de Burgos) JESÚS GONZÁLEZ AMUCHASTEGUI ÁNGELES SOLANES (Universidad Complutense) (Universitat de València) CARLOS LEMA JOSÉ IGNACIO DEL SOLAR (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) (Universidad de Cantabria) FERNANDO LLANO (Universidad de Sevilla) Sentido de la Revista Derechos y Libertades es la revista semestral que publica el Instituto de Derechos Humanos Bartolomé de las Casas de la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Forma parte, junto con las colecciones Cuadernos Bartolomé de las Casas, Traducciones y Debates de las publicaciones del Instituto. La finalidad de Derechos y Libertades es constituir un foro de discusión y análisis en relación con los problemas teóricos y prácticos de los derechos humanos, desde las diversas perspectivas a través de las cuales éstos pue- den ser analizados, entre las cuales sobresale la filosófico-jurídica. En este sentido, la revista también pretende ser un medio a través del cual se refleje la discusión contemporánea en el ámbito de la Filosofía del Derecho y de la Filosofía Política. Derechos y Libertades se presenta al mismo tiempo como medio de expre- sión y publicación de las principales actividades e investigaciones que se de- sarrollan en el seno del Instituto de Derechos Humanos Bartolomé de las Casas. DERECHOS Y LIBERTADES Número 17, Época II, junio 2007 ÍNDICE NOTA DEL DIRECTOR ARTÍCULOS Norberto Bobbio y el positivismo jurídico ................................................... 17 Norberto Bobbio and the legal positivism MARIO G. LOSANO Bobbio y la tematica de los Derechos Humanos.......................................... 45 Bobbio and the topic of Human Rights GIOVANNI CONSO Hobbes y la autoridad de la ley....................................................................... 57 Hobbes and the authority of the law LUC FOISNEAU La teoría del Derecho de la tortura.................................................................. 71 The theory of law of torture MASSIMO LA TORRE Tirar la primera piedra: ¿Quién puede y quién no puede condenar a los terroristas? ................................................................................ 89 Casting the first stone: Who can, and who can´t, condemn the terrorists? GERALD A. COHEN De los derechos y de su relación con los deberes y los fines comunes.............................................................................................................. 115 About rights and their relation with duties and common aims GIANLUIGI PALOMBELLA DERECHOS Y LIBERTADES Número 17, Época II, junio 2007 10 Índice Derecho a la protección de la infancia versus libertad de expresión en internet: Unión Europea y Brasil........................................... 181 The right to protection of childhood vs. freedom of expression in internet: the European Union and Brazil CRISTINA AMICH ELÍAS RECENSIONES Robert Walter, Clemens Jabloner, Klaus Zeleny (eds.), Griechische Philosophie im Spiegel Hans Kelsens (LUIS VILLAR BORDA)............................................................................... 201 VV. AA., El Derecho en red. Estudios en Homenaje al profesor Mario G. Losano (LUIS LLOREDO ALIX)................................................... 209 Bênoit Frydman, Le sens des lois. Histoire de l´interprétation et de la raison juridique (ALBERTO IGLESIAS GARZÓN)............................... 221 Agustina Palacios y Javier Romañach, El modelo de la diversidad. La Bioética y los Derechos Humanos como herramientas para alcanzar la plena dignidad en la diversidad funcional (VANESA MORENTE PARRA) .................................................................... 231 Andrés Ollero, Bioderecho. Entre la vida y la muerte (RAFAEL JUNQUERA DE ESTÉFANI) .......................................................... 241 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Los votos discrepantes del juez O. W. Holmes (LUIS LLOREDO ALIX).................................................................. 253 Participantes en este número ......................................................................... 263 DERECHOS Y LIBERTADES Número 16, Época II, enero 2007 NOTA DEL DIRECTOR El número 17 de Derechos y Libertades comienza incluyendo dos de las intervenciones que tuvieron lugar en la Jornada en Homenaje a Norberto Bobbio que tuvo lugar en la Academia Nazionale dei Lincei el 18 de octubre de 2005. En su trabajo Norberto Bobbio y el Positivismo jurídico, Mario Losano nos ofrece una visión de conjunto de la trayectoria investigadora de Bobbio en relación con el positivismo jurídico como objeto de análisis. El positivis- mo jurídico, en sus diferentes dimensiones y manifestaciones, concentró el interés del maestro turinés durante treinta años. Y a lo largo de todo este tiempo, se puede observar una evolución que, partiendo de un positivismo normativista kelseniano, culmina en un positivismo concentrado en el estu- dio de la dimensión funcional del Derecho. El interés de Bobbio por el posi- tivismo jurídico se vio acompañado también por el interés en relación con los derechos humanos. Así, en Bobbio y la temática de los derechos humanos, Giovanni Conso también analiza la trayectoria intelectual de Bobbio, esta vez tomando
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