Ernesto Garzón Valdés

Garzón Valdés in 2006 Ernesto Garzón Valdés (17 February 1927 – 19 November 2023) was an Argentine philosopher.

He had been a professor of philosophy of law at the universities of Córdoba and La Plata in Argentina and, upon being exiled in Germany during the administration of Isabel Perón and the subsequent dictatorship in Argentina, at the universities of Bonn, Cologne and Mainz. He worked at the embassy of the Republic of Argentina in Bonn as a cultural attaché and as plenipotentiary minister until 1974, when he was expelled from the diplomatic service for political reasons. He then taught legal philosophy at Bonn and Cologne, until he gained a chair in political science at Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz in 1981. He had been a visiting professor at various European and Latin American Universities.

The Universities of Córdoba (Argentina), Palermo (Argentina), Valencia (Spain), Helsinki (Finland), Santa Fe (Argentina), Valparaiso (Chile), Alicante (Spain), Buenos Aires, and Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona, Spain) have awarded him the title of Doctor honoris causa.

Broadly speaking, his work can be described as a political theory with foundations in legal philosophy. He was a classic liberal, who especially cared about the universal protection of the individual against despotism of state authorities. This perspective is not only manifested in his disaffirmation of group-related rights but also in the rejection of cultural relativism. He wanted to clearly separate rights from arbitrary definitions made by state authorities. Topics like the relationship between the rule of law and paternalism and tolerance appealed to him even before they received widespread attention. His choice of topics had probably been influenced by his own experiences with Argentine politics.

Garzón Valdés died on 19 November 2023, at the age of 96. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Instituciones suicidas : estudios de ética y política / by Garzón Valdés, Ernesto, 1927-

    Published 2000
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    Filosofía, política, derecho : escritos seleccionados / by Garzón Valdés, Ernesto, 1927-

    Published 2001
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    Federico B. Valdés : centenario de su nacimiento, 26 de setiembre de 1966 / by Garzón Valdés, Ernesto, 1927-

    Published 1966
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    La naturaleza de la cosa como forma jurídica del pensamiento / by Radbruch, Gustav, 1878-1949

    Published 1963
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    Experiencia y estructura / by Kambartel, Friedrich

    Published 1972
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    Sociología y jurisprudencia / by Lautmann, Rudiger, 1935-

    Published 1974
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    Qué es la justicia? / by Kelsen, Hans, 1881-1973

    Published 1962
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    Más allá del derecho natural y del positivismo jurídico / by Welzel, Hans, 1904-1977

    Published 1970
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    Más allá del derecho natural y del positivismo jurídico / by Welzel, Hans, 1904-1977

    Published 1962
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    El derecho y la justicia /

    Published 2000
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    Qué es la justicia? / by Kelsen, Hans, 1881-1973

    Published 1956
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    El derecho y la justicia /

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    El poder militar en la Argentina (1976-1981) /

    Published 1983
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    Terrorismo y derechos fundamentales / by Huster, Stefan

    Published 2010
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    Ensayos sobre política y sociedad en América Latina / by Waldmann, Peter, 1937-

    Published 1983
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    La normatividad del derecho.

    Published 1997
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