Sergio Dellavalle
Biographic Data
| ID | 462262 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sergio Dellavalle |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sergio |
| FAMILY NAME | Dellavalle |
| SIGNATURE | DELLAVALLE S |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Centers |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9534-7351 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Do Animal Rights Undermine Human Rights
The proposal to grant rights to non‐human animals has raised the question of whether such a step undermines human rights. A first approach claims that animal rights strengthen the protection of human interests since they shift the focus to safeguarding the most vulnerable living beings. On the contrary, a second interpretation maintains that animal rights advocacy introduces a criterion—namely sentience—which does not allow any clear distinction …
Some Considerations on Why (and How) Criminal Law Should Turn International
This article analyses the three theoretical presuppositions for an international dimension of criminal law to be successfully established. The first consists in the redefinition of the concept of sovereignty. Indeed, since sovereign power is usually understood as located within the boundaries of the individual states, it is necessary, for criminal law to turn international, that sovereignty is made compatible with cosmopolitan obligations. On the…
Paradigms of Social Order
Top-down” vs. “Bottom-up”
Public power has been justified by resorting to two different kinds of legitimation: one coming from above, the other emerging from the governed. While legitimation “from above” implies that those who are vested with executive power are qualified in their function because of their allegedly higher competences, “bottom-up” legitimacy always presupposes that only citizens can properly decide on their destiny. After giving a brief account of how bot…
Beyond Particularism
Theories of global order are traceable back to two main paradigms, particularism and universalism, the first of them asserting that true global order is a chimaera, the second affirming that a worldwide political and legal system securing peace and human rights protection is both desirable and feasible. Against this background, the article analyses some recent contributions to the question of the conditions for the establishment of a worldwide sy…
La reconstrucción de la totalidad socio-política desde la razón comunicativa
Beyond Particularism
Theories of global order are traceable back to two main paradigms, particularism and universalism, the first of them asserting that true global order is a chimaera, the second affirming that a worldwide political and legal system securing peace and human rights protection is both desirable and feasible. Against this background, the article analyses some recent contributions to the question of the conditions for the establishment of a worldwide sy…
La reconstrucción de la totalidad socio-política desde la razón comunicativa
Beyond Particularism
Theories of global order are traceable back to two main paradigms, particularism and universalism, the first of them asserting that true global order is a chimaera, the second affirming that a worldwide political and legal system securing peace and human rights protection is both desirable and feasible. Against this background, the article analyses some recent contributions to the question of the conditions for the establishment of a worldwide sy…
Top-down” vs. “Bottom-up”
Public power has been justified by resorting to two different kinds of legitimation: one coming from above, the other emerging from the governed. While legitimation “from above” implies that those who are vested with executive power are qualified in their function because of their allegedly higher competences, “bottom-up” legitimacy always presupposes that only citizens can properly decide on their destiny. After giving a brief account of how bot…
Some Considerations on Why (and How) Criminal Law Should Turn International
This article analyses the three theoretical presuppositions for an international dimension of criminal law to be successfully established. The first consists in the redefinition of the concept of sovereignty. Indeed, since sovereign power is usually understood as located within the boundaries of the individual states, it is necessary, for criminal law to turn international, that sovereignty is made compatible with cosmopolitan obligations. On the…
Paradigms of Social Order
Do Animal Rights Undermine Human Rights
The proposal to grant rights to non‐human animals has raised the question of whether such a step undermines human rights. A first approach claims that animal rights strengthen the protection of human interests since they shift the focus to safeguarding the most vulnerable living beings. On the contrary, a second interpretation maintains that animal rights advocacy introduces a criterion—namely sentience—which does not allow any clear distinction …
Political science (6 works) · Law and economics (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Human rights (2 works)