Juli Ponce Solé

Bio: Juli Ponce Solé is an academic researcher from University of Barcelona. The author has contributed to research in topics: Common law & Globalization. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 19 publications receiving 84 citations.

Reforma constitucional y derechos sociales: la necesidad de un nuevo paradigma en el derecho público español

Abstract: The economic, social and political crisis has created the idea that we need a reform of the Spanish Constitution. Given the traditional jurisprudence and the case law of the Constitutional Court, according to which social rights are not directly enforceable rights but mere political mandates, some other opinions consider that we need to strengthen their character of subjective rights. Considering that the dominant conception of social rights and the constitutional case law have created the current situation, a simple change in the letter of the Spanish constitution could not be enough. This article proposes the main lines for a new language of social rights that assures the protection of social rights, following international standards and foreign experiences.

Ciencias sociales, Derecho Administrativo y buena gestión pública. De la lucha contra las inmunidades del poder a la batalla por un buen gobierno y una buena administración mediante un diálogo fructífero

Abstract: El estudio partiendo de las mas modernas corrientes doctrinales plantea cual deba ser la relacion entre el Derecho (administrativo) y el resto de ciencias sociales. Partiendo de la existencia de una tradicion fuertemente influenciada por puntos de vista juridicos formalistas y, simultaneamente, del menosprecio a lo juridico que puede percibirse tanto en la gestion publica cotidiana como en importantes perspectivas desde la ciencia politica y otras ciencias sociales, el trabajo aborda la necesaria renovacion epistemologica y metodologica de la doctrina administrativista, que aborde de modo distinto la clave de la actividad publica, el ejercicio de discrecionalidad, no concibiendo el papel de lo juridico como un instrumento de control puramente negativo, sino tambien como una herramienta de orientacion de ese ejercicio en pos de la buena administracion y el buen gobierno en interaccion, que no disolucion, con otras ciencias sociales, de las cuales se distingue el Derecho, en definitiva, por tener los tribunales de justicia la ultima palabra sobre los conflictos que puedan generarse. The study deals with the relation between Law (administrative law) and the rest of social sciences. On one hand, the study underlines the existence of a legal tradition strongly influences by formalistic approaches. On the other hand, , simultaneously, there is a lack of conscience of the importance of legal inputs in the daily public management as well as in relevant points of view from the academy in the area of political science and other social sciences. The work emphasizes the necessary epistemological and methodological renewal of the legal jurisprudence which should look at the key of the public activity in a distinct way: the use of discretionary powers. In that sense, the role of law not should be only an instrument of control purely negative but also a tool of orientation of this discretionary exercise looking for the good administration and the good government. In that approach, law and other social sciences should work together, avoiding reciprocal dissolutions. But in any case, the element that distinguishes law is that courts of justice have the last word on the conflicts that can generate the development of public policies.

Composite administrative procedures in the European Union

Abstract: The fashion in which the European Union pursues its objectives has varied enormously over time. In all fronts but, in particular, as a public administration that implements the policies of the Union. Currently, the European Union’s executive action is not as it was originally designed to be. The model of executive federalism, where the Union takes decisions in the fields where it is competent and Member States implement them, was valid for the old Communities and still perceivable in the Treaties and in the rulings of the Court of Justice. Today it is often more of a legal fiction than a reality.

The synergy between employment policies and cooperatives with regard to new forms of work. An overview based on Spanish constitutional law

Abstract: This text explains how active employment policies and cooperatives are perfectly suited to fulfil the mandates outlined in the 1978 Spanish Constitution in relation to the promotion of cooperatives (Article 129.2), and to policies oriented towards full employment (Article 40.1), which fall under the overall protection of social rights. After analysing the provisions contained in these two articles, details are provided as to how the economic crisis and the strict balanced budget policies that ensued have also weakened the constitutional protection of social rights, with the adoption of regressive measures whose compatibility with the Constitution has been accepted by the Spanish Constitutional Court (despite divided opinions among the Court’s members). Finally, an analysis is conducted of the options available within the Spanish legal system to protect and encourage cooperative societies. It is then argued that cooperatives can be a very useful instrument to create employment, even within the most innovative and dynamic sectors of the economy. These sectors include, for example, the collaborative economy (which includes the digital economy), the ‘white economy’, the ‘green economy’ and the ‘circular economy’. Received : 01 October 2018 Accepted : 07 March 2019 Published online : 22 July 2019

Good Administration and Administrative Procedures

Abstract: This article examines the relationship between administrative procedures, the duty of giving reasons, and the citizens’ participation in relation to the quality of the administrative behavior. I will take into account some national experiences and will reflect about some crucial issues connected with fundamental rights and administrative procedures in the European Union (EU). The U.S. model will also be considered. This study focuses on adjudicative procedures. I will not analyze rulemaking procedures, but a number of brief considerations about them will be included in the final part. The three fundamental questions are: