Ricerc@Sapienza

The work analyses the conceptual categories of time and space in the socio-economic sciences for the understanding of the change of the social complex systems. After describing the methodological dispute of the late nineteenth century -the Methodenstreit – the paper enlightens the seminal works by Braudel and Wallerstein to move beyond that dispute. In particular, the paper, moving from the World-system perspective, focuses on the new conceptual category of TimeSpace and underlines its relevance in the analysis of the change of social complex systems.

Introduction to Zoom-out n. 61 on "Procedural Law of International Courts and Tribunals: Between Change and Stability".
International procedural law has drawn increasing attention in the last years. This Zoom-out is dedicated to an aspect of international pro- cedural law that nonetheless is generally overlooked, that is, the very characteristics of international procedural rules when conceived of as sources of international law. Basically, two main sets of questions have been submitted to the authors: