Rule of law – From Law to the Nile

Representación de Maat con las alas desplegadas en una tumba del antiguo Egipto, símbolo del equilibrio, la verdad y la Justicia restaurativa.

Del castigo a la restauración: ¿ha olvidado el Derecho moderno que la primera obligación del corrupto no es colaborar, sino devolver?

Catalina Garay / June 25, 2026 / Análisis jurídico, Derecho, Justicia / Ancient Egypt, Asset Recovery, Corruption, Court of Justice of the European Union, Criminal Law, Criminal Policy, Decomiso, Economic Crime, European Union Law, Justice, Law and Economics, Legal Philosophy, Maat, Public Administration, Public Procurement, Recovery of Assets, Restorative Justice, Rule of law, Spanish Supreme Court, Tribunal Supremo, White Collar Crime

¿Debe premiar antes la Justicia la colaboración del corrupto o la restitución íntegra del patrimonio público? A partir de una reciente sentencia del Tribunal Supremo, este ensayo propone una reflexión sobre la evolución del Derecho penal económico, la recuperación de activos, la doctrina europea y el antiguo principio egipcio de Maat como modelo de justicia restaurativa.

The Weighing of the Heart scene from the Egyptian Book of the Dead showing the heart balanced against the feather of Maat as a symbol of justice and due process

constitutional law

Advocacy: Standing Beside Power

Catalina Garay / March 3, 2026 / constitutional law / advocacy, chilling effect, constitutional law, due process, EEOC, executive power, independence of the bar, judicial independence, legal ethics, right to defense, Rule of law, separation of powers

A historical and constitutional look at advocacy as “standing beside” the accused, from ancient legal traditions to 20th-century constitutional safeguards, and what modern executive pressure on law firms reveals about the rule of law.

Alex Pretty holding a mobile phone while filming an encounter with ICE agents moments before he was shot.

A Life of Discovery, Politics, Social

Alex Pretty Was Not Armed. He Was Executed

Catalina Garay / January 27, 2026 / A Life of Discovery, Politics, Social / Abuse of power, Alex Pretty, Autocracy, Civil Rights, Police violence, Renee Nicole Good, Rule of law, State power, Witnessing

Alex Pretty was a U.S. citizen and a nurse. He was killed with at least ten bullets while holding a mobile phone, not a weapon. This essay examines his killing, the erosion of the rule of law in the United States, and the wider consequences of a power system that no longer tolerates witnesses.