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"Muslim law developed a clear legal cadre for dhimmīs, inferior but protected non-Muslim communities (in particular Jews and Christians) and Roman Canon law decreed a similar status for Jewish and Muslim communities in Europe. Yet the theoretical hierarchies between faithful and infidel were constantly brought into question in the daily interactions between men and women of different faiths in streets, markets, bath-houses, law courts, etc. The twelve essays in this volume explore these tensions and attempts to resolve them. These contributions show that law was used to try to erect boundaries between communities in order to regulate or restrict interaction between the faithful and the non-faithful--and at the same time how these boundaries were repeatedly transgressed and negotiated. These essays explore also the possibilities and the limits of the use of legal sources for the social historian"--Back cover

This collection covers the key areas of EU external relations law and broader institutional dimensions and principles of Union law. It does so under five headings - institutional dimensions; principles of Union law and legal theory; international law aspects; specific EU external policies (the Common Foreign and Security Policy; the Common Commercial Policy; and Justice and Home Affairs); and EU international agreements. Well-established academics and experienced practitioners from the different EU institutions offer a unique insight into EU practice and academic analysis of the most pertinent legal issues in the post-Lisbon legal environment of the EU, in particular in the external relations area --Back cover

Law and sustainable development / Hernando Gutiérrez Prieto -- Constitutions and sustainable development / Hernando Gutiérrez Prieto -- Corporate social responsibility / Ildikó Szegedy-Maszák -- Man and the natural environment as elements of development / Francisco José González Ladrón de Guevara -- El silencioso clamor de la vida / Catalina Uprimny Salazar -- A general approach to dilemmatic postures regarding the design of financial safety nets / Fernan Restrepo Cardona