EDITORIAL NOTE

FOREIGN DOCTRINE
The Active Welfare State
Jef Van Langendonck

The Torture Prohibition in the European Convention on Human Rights
Miguel Ángel Presno Linera

The Human Person Dignity Principle in Kantian Theory: Some Contradictions
Nuria Belloso Martín

The Ruling of the European Court of Human Rights, Full Bench, “D. H. and others v. the Czech Republic”, of November 13th, 2007
Fernando Rey Martínez

The Justice Provider’s Intervention on Relations among Private Parties
Jorge Reis Novais

TRANSLATED DOCTRINE
The Social State of Law’s Constitutional Dimension in Spain
Francisco Balaguer Call0065jón
Hugo César Araújo de Gusmão (translator)

NATIONAL DOCTRINE
Working Accident and Telecommuting: New Challenges to the Worker’s Dignity
Denise Pires Fincato

Repersonalization of Private Law and Hermeneutical Phenomenology
Leonardo Grison

The Legal System in Kelsen and Luhmann: Differences and Similarities
Germano Schwartz and Arnaldo Bastos Santos Neto

Fundamental Rights under the Perspective of the Risk Society: Statute no. 11.105/05 and the Brazilian Supreme Court
José Ribas Vieira et al