Rafael Domingo Oslé (born in

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, 1963) is a Spanish

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and professor of law.

Education

Domingo received his

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and

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degrees in law from the

University of Navarra The University of Navarra is a private Catholic research university located on the southeast border of Pamplona, Navarre, Spain. It was founded in 1952 by Saint Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, the founder of '' Opus Dei'', as a corporat ...

. He conducted

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as a Humboldt

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, Germany starting in 1989, and as a

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at the

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Academic and professional activities

In 1989, Domingo was awarded

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at the University of Cantabria and promoted to

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. In 1993, he was elevated to professor of law. In 1995, Domingo joined the

School of Law, where he served as dean (1996–1999), and was the founding director of the Garrigues Chair in Global Law. In 2011–12, Domingo was a joint Straus Institute and Émile Noël Fellow at

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(NYU) School of Law. Since 2012, he has served as

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Senior Fellow and the Spruill Family Professor of Law and Religion at the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at

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. In 2020, Domingo was appointed the Álvaro d'Ors Professor of Law at the Institute of Culture and Society at the University of Navarra.

Honors and awards

Domingo has been awarded the Toribio Rodriguez de Mendoza Medal of Honor from the

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(2006); the Rafael Martinez Emperador Award from the Spanish Council of the Judiciary (2007); the Medal of Honor from the Paraguayan Academy of Law (2009); the Jose Barandiaran Medal of Honor from the

National University of San Marcos The National University of San Marcos (, UNMSM) is a public university, public research university located in Lima, the capital of Peru. In the Americas, it is the first officially established (Privilege (legal ethics), privilege by Charles V, ...

(2016); and the Honorary Diploma from the

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(2016). Domingo received honorary doctorates in law from Inca Garcilaso de la Vega University (2012) and the University of Saint Ignatius of Loyola (2016), both in

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(Peru).

Views on law

Domingo believes that due to worldwide

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, a system of global justice is necessary to address

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, and that the democratic deficits of international institutions highlight the need for an innovative and truly global legal system that permits humanity to reorder itself according to global needs and evolving consciousness. Domingo is a supporter of the Campaign for the Establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly, an organization that advocates for democratic reform of the United Nations. Domingo has analyzed the nature of the Roman legal concepts of ''

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'' (moral authority) and '' potestas'' (constituted power). Domingo has advocated for a

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conception of the

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legal system that also includes and protects non-theistic approaches.

Major publications

*''The New Global Law'' (

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, 2010) * ''God and the Secular Legal System'' (Cambridge University Press, 2016) *''Roman Law: An Introduction'' (

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, 2018) * ''Great Christian Jurists in Spanish History'' (Cambridge University Press, 2018),

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with Javier Martínez-Torrón * ''Great Christian Jurists in French History'' (Cambridge University Press, 2019), co-editor with Olivier Descamps * ''Christianity and Global Law ''(Routledge, 2020), co-editor with John Witte Jr. * ''Law and the Christian Tradition in Italy'' (Routledge, 2020), co-editor with Orazio Condorelli *''Estudios sobre el primer título del Edicto del Pretor'' tudies on the First Part of the Praetor's Edict( Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, 1992, 1993, 1995) *''Auctoritas'' n Authority(Ariel, 1999) *''Código civil japonés. Estudio preliminar, traducción y notas'' he Japanese Civil Code. Preliminary Study, Translation and Notes(Marcial Pons, 2000), in collaboration with Nobuo Hayashi. *'' Juristas universales'' niversal Jurists(editor and coordinator), 4 vols. (Marcial Pons, 2004) *'' Ex Roma ius'' rom Rome, Law(Thomson Aranzadi, 2005) *''Álvaro d’Ors, una introducción a su obra'' lvaro d’Ors, an introduction to his works(Thomson Aranzadi, 2005) *''Principios de Derecho Global. 1000 reglas jurídicas y aforismos comentados'' rinciples of Global Law. 1000 Legal Rules and Commented Aphorisms(editor and coordinator) (Thomson Aranzadi, 2006) *''¿Qué es el Derecho Global? '' hat is Global Law?(Thomson Aranzadi, 2008)

References

External links

CV/Bio for Emory University School of Law

CNN profile

Google Scholar citations page

University of Navarra biography page

University of Navarra researcher profile

Strathmore University Law School profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Domingo Osle, Rafael 20th-century Spanish lawyers University of Navarra alumni 1963 births Living people Academic staff of the University of Navarra Academic staff of the University of Cantabria Emory University faculty Corresponding Members of the Austrian Academy of Sciences