{"title":"Morality is not a recipe for a happy and trouble-free life: Interview with Zygmunt Bauman and Aleksandra Jasińska-Kania","authors":"Krzysztof Sielski","doi":"10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1395","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1395","url":null,"abstract":"The following text is a transcript of a conversation I had with Prof. Zygmunt Bauman and Prof. Aleksandra Jasińska-Kania in the spring of 2014. At that time I was finishing writing my doctoral dissertation on Karl Popper’s social theory. I was just grappling with one of the most serious objections raised against it when – quite by accident – I came across Bauman’s Liquid Modernity and quickly realized that a number of arguments formulated in it by Bauman, could be used in defense of Popper’s theory. Without thinking too much, I wrote a letter to Professor Bauman asking whether my intuitions were correct. Just a few hours later, I received a comprehensive reply, along with an invitation to the professor’s home in Leeds for an interview, a transcript of which I present below. During the conversation we discussed topics including moral choice, the relationship between freedom and safety, distinction between ethics and morality and animal rights. Although almost a decade has passed since the following conversation was conducted, I firmly believe that the thoughts contained in this talk are of such a universal nature that they will interest the reader also, and perhaps especially today.","PeriodicalId":36457,"journal":{"name":"Onati Socio-Legal Series","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2023-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49050283","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Las devoluciones en caliente y la fría razón de Estado: Una mirada a la política de fronteras de la Unión Europea","authors":"M. Aparicio","doi":"10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1387","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1387","url":null,"abstract":"La Unión Europea está procediendo a un proceso de desarticulación de los dispositivos que, no sin muchas dificultades, habían logrado alcanzar un cierto nivel de protección jurídica de las personas en movimiento. Esta progresiva desprotección se produce tanto por lo que se refiere a los derechos que asisten a las personas una vez han logrado de un modo u otro establecerse en alguno de los países que conforman la Unión Europea, como, de manera más notoria aún, respecto de los derechos de las personas que se hayan en proceso de entrar, en el mismo intento de entrada o una vez dentro en tanto que solicitantes de protección internacional. El presente texto analiza una de las principales expresiones de dicho proceso, cual es el de las devoluciones en caliente y su intento de validación jurídica, teniendo en cuenta la jurisprudencia del Tribunal de Estrasburgo y sus implicaciones en el contexto español.","PeriodicalId":36457,"journal":{"name":"Onati Socio-Legal Series","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2023-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70042285","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Prison leave and access to justice: Some insight into Danish and German law in action","authors":"Christine Graebsch, A. Storgaard","doi":"10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1355","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1355","url":null,"abstract":"In this article, we use the example of prison leave to discuss prisoners’ access to justice. Based on a functional comparative analysis between Denmark and Germany, we study the law in action. In Germany, prisoners have a legally prescribed right of access to the courts in cases of denial of prison leave. However, in Denmark prisoners face more barriers when trying to access the court. In our analysis, we have compared Danish court cases with letters from German prisoners referring to their struggles with prison administrations and courts. The materials from both countries show more similarities than one would expect, given the significant differences between the substantive law in the two jurisdictions. While acknowledging the need for further empirical investigation, we introduce a concept we term “genuine justice”, with the aim of paving the way for other and more radical remedies supplementing the economic, legal and social measures already in place.","PeriodicalId":36457,"journal":{"name":"Onati Socio-Legal Series","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2023-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70041576","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Los estereotipos como mecanismos de desigualdad y alienación: un análisis desde el derecho antidiscriminatorio","authors":"Dolores Morondo Taramundi","doi":"10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1381","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1381","url":null,"abstract":"Los estereotipos han recibido una atención creciente en el derecho de los derechos humanos en cuanto forma de discriminación. Se ha hecho notar que los estereotipos implican generalizaciones que, en ciertas circunstancias, obscurecen a los sujetos individualmente considerados y, a través de un proceso de heterodesignación, esencializan sus características y comportamiento de un modo constitutivo y regulatorio. Los estereotipos son, por tanto, causa y consecuencia de un proceso de subordinación que fija las identidades y estatus de los grupos desaventajados. El daño discriminatorio de los estereotipos se asocia, por ello, a la negación de la individualidad y complejidad del sujeto, que puede impedir el libre ejercicio de la autonomía y el acceso o la garantía de derechos. Este trabajo examina desde una perspectiva estructural estos procesos de heterodesignación y las dimensiones colectivas del daño, a través del análisis de una sentencia del Tribunal Europeo de Derechos Humanos.","PeriodicalId":36457,"journal":{"name":"Onati Socio-Legal Series","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2023-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48328545","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"De la excepción a la regla: La excepcionalidad como forma de gobernar Colombia","authors":"Camilo Umaña Hernández, Daniel Rivas-Ramírez","doi":"10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1343","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1343","url":null,"abstract":"En Colombia, el estado de excepción es un mecanismo jurídico-político con el ejecutivo amplía sus facultades de manera transitoria bajo el pretexto de conjurar una grave confrontación al orden constitucional. Sin embargo, pese a su carácter excepcional, la realidad es que, dentro de la cultura jurídica y política nacional, el uso de esta figura es más bien normal. Es así como el presente artículo pretende valorar la forma en que la excepcionalidad se ha vuelto recurrente, a través de los estados de excepción y otras figuras que permiten un margen de maniobra al poder ejecutivo extraordinario y fuera del radar de los controles constitucionales. Asimismo, el texto se ocupa de analizar cómo los Gobiernos de turno han aprovechado la noción de excepcionalidad como una forma propia de gobierno, prolongando de manera sutil los periodos de excepción para eludir los controles constitucionales que se les imponen. Para ello el artículo se enfoca en particular en lo que recientemente ha ocurrido con la emergencia sanitaria ocasionada por la COVID-19 en el país. Para ello se emplearon herramientas de análisis histórico, del contexto y de la comparación.","PeriodicalId":36457,"journal":{"name":"Onati Socio-Legal Series","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2023-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70041954","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Conflictos Públicos Complejos: Acerca del surgimiento de una categoría (estatal) en la arena de la mediación de conflictos","authors":"Mariana Inés Godoy","doi":"10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1368","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1368","url":null,"abstract":"En este artículo nos ocupamos de la emergencia de los Conflictos Públicos Complejos, una categoría novedosa en la administración de conflictos. Nos concentraremos en el análisis etnográfico de su progresiva estatalidad en la provincia de Salta (Argentina) a partir de la experiencia de su absorción en el ámbito de la mediación penal. Tal noción comprende la intervención sobre controversias que involucran a sujetos colectivos como grupos de familia extensa, grupos vecinales, comunidades originarias, etc. Asimismo, asuntos de interés público y actores estatales como parte del conflicto y como quienes deben contribuir a dirimirlos, suponiendo un enfoque de intervención distinto a la mediación clásica. Entendemos que la emergencia y la relativa permanencia en el tiempo de esta iniciativa institucional articula la creciente preocupación por cierto tipo de conflictividad social persistente en Salta (como las demandas de tierras de comunidades indígenas) con distintos compromisos y motivaciones individuales y grupales de los propios mediadores con la práctica de la mediación, actualizando un rasgo sobresaliente de este campo que es su innovación y expansión permanente.","PeriodicalId":36457,"journal":{"name":"Onati Socio-Legal Series","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2023-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70042396","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Attack or reform: Systemic interventions in the judiciary in Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia","authors":"Peter Čuroš","doi":"10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1393","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1393","url":null,"abstract":"Is it possible to distinguish whether a government is willing to eliminate its accountability or aims for public trust or efficacy growth? Moreover, which elements in the government’s actions differentiate valid criticism from an attack on the independence of the judiciary? This paper proposes an original approach toward recognizing an attack on the judiciary. While previous approaches focused on the reformer’s motivation, adherence to international standards, or the requirement of the “tribunal established by the law,” this approach is looking for a kernel of judicial independence and finds it in sufficient conditions for a judge’s free and impartial decision. In the paper, changes in Hungary and Poland will be compared to the Slovak judicial reform since 2020. While after three decades after the fall of state socialism, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia face similar problems of backsliding of the rule of law and emerging populism, different motivations, interpretations, and outcomes of the judicial reforms can be seen in Slovakia.","PeriodicalId":36457,"journal":{"name":"Onati Socio-Legal Series","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2023-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48453324","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Violencia en pareja y diversidad sexo-genérica en la legislación española: Límites y dificultades en el tratamiento jurídico","authors":"Mónica Laliga Mollá","doi":"10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1390","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1390","url":null,"abstract":"La respuesta jurídico-penal de la violencia en parejas de minorías sexo-genéricas es diferente a la violencia en parejas heterosexuales, si atendemos a la legislación estatal en España, aunque, en la regulación autonómica, es objeto de una mención específica. El análisis muestra características en común entre la violencia en parejas heterosexuales y la que tiene lugar en minorías sexuales, desde la prevalencia a factores de riesgo, algunos de ellos asociados a preceptos de género que envuelven las relaciones afectivo-sexuales. También se encuentran diferencias y factores de riesgo específicos de la violencia en parejas formadas por personas LGTBIQ+. Este trabajo tiene como objetivo analizar el actual tratamiento jurídico según la legislación estatal y autonómica, previa caracterización de esta violencia. La investigación muestra los límites y dificultades que presenta la legislación española para abordar esta violencia. Se insta a la reflexión sobre las implicaciones de la perspectiva feminista interseccional para su mejor abordaje.","PeriodicalId":36457,"journal":{"name":"Onati Socio-Legal Series","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2023-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70042349","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Liderazgo político en tiempos de pandemia en el Estado español y en Euskadi","authors":"E. Alemán","doi":"10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1337","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1337","url":null,"abstract":"Este artículo analiza el liderazgo político del presidente del Estado español, Pedro Sánchez, en la gestión de la Covid-19 durante los quince meses siguientes a la primera declaración del estado de alarma, a la vez que el contrapeso ejercido desde el Partido Nacionalista Vasco (PNV) para incorporar a las Comunidades Autónomas en la gestión de la pandemia. Con una metodología descriptiva, se analiza y sistematiza la información obtenida en distintas fuentes documentales y se estudian las técnicas jurídicas empleadas por el Gobierno Central. Se identifican cuatro modelos de gestión de la pandemia vinculados a sendas fases, moldeados, en parte, por la acción del PNV. Los patrones de liderazgo identificados muestran que, si bien la pandemia posibilitó a Sánchez demostrar su capacidad de liderazgo, esta última se diluye cuando decide en la cuarta fase judicializar las decisiones políticas sobre la pandemia, evidenciando un fracaso de la política. Este giro supone desaprovechar la oportunidad para acometer cambios profundos y avanzar hacia la cogobernanza.","PeriodicalId":36457,"journal":{"name":"Onati Socio-Legal Series","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2023-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70040482","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Caste, race, and slavery: On comparisons between race in the United States and caste in India, and to forgotten assumptions behind the legal categories","authors":"Martin Fárek","doi":"10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1330","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1330","url":null,"abstract":"While diving into the background ideas about caste and race as legal categories, a researcher will discover an important disagreement between scholars: For some, caste is certainly connected with race, whereas for others, caste and race are separate concepts which refer to distinct realities. The aim of this article is twofold: To consider the validity of several characteristics which are ascribed by many authors as common to caste and race, and to analyse background assumptions that enabled the comparison between caste and race as such. The important question, connected with both these aims is about the emergence of the idea that the ancient “Hindu nation” was divided into two peoples, and castes as a system are reflecting the original division in modern India. We will closely examine comparisons made between the advent of Aryans in India and slavery in the United States and Africa. Finally, we will reconsider the European ideas of human evolution and equality of men, which served as a contrasting board for explanations of caste as a form of slavery.","PeriodicalId":36457,"journal":{"name":"Onati Socio-Legal Series","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135658849","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}