Joan Oliver Araujo (born 1959, in

Palma de Mallorca Palma (; ; also known as ''Palma de Mallorca'', officially between 1983–88, 2006–08, and 2012–16) is the capital and largest city of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is situate ...

) is a Spanish author, who holds the chair of

Constitutional Law Constitutional law is a body of law which defines the role, powers, and structure of different entities within a State (polity), state, namely, the executive (government), executive, the parliament or legislature, and the judiciary; as well as th ...

in the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB). Among his writings are ''El recurso de amparo'' (Universitat de les Illes Balears, 1986); ''El sistema político de la Constitución española de 1931'' (1991); ''La objeción de conciencia al servicio militar'' (Editorial Cívitas-Universitat de les Illes Balears, 1993); ''Política y Derecho'' (Tirant lo Blanch, 1996); ''La Constitución día a día'' (Tirant lo Blanch, 2003) and ''Los sistemas electorales autonómicos'' ( Generalitat de Catalunya, 2011).

Education

Oliver Araujo's honours degree and doctorate were both awarded with distinction. In 1983 he was awarded a scholarship by the Faculté Internationale de Droit Comparé (Strasbourg), and in 1988 extended his studies in the Department of Constitutional Law of the

Università degli Studi di Siena The University of Siena ( it, Università degli Studi di Siena, abbreviation: UNISI) in Siena, Tuscany, is one of the oldest and first publicly funded universities in Italy. Originally called ''Studium Senese'', the institution was founded in 1240 ...

Career

Oliver Araujo has been Professor of Constitutional Law at UIB since 1992, and a member of the Consultative Council of the

Balearic Islands The Balearic Islands ( es, Islas Baleares ; or ca, Illes Balears ) are an archipelago in the Balearic Sea, near the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula. The archipelago is an autonomous community and a province of Spain; its capital is ...

since 1993. He has been President of that Council and Secretary General of UIB. He won the Law Prize 1981, the Nicolás Pérez Serrano Prize 1985, and the Josep Maria Vilaseca i Marcet Prize 2010. He is Distinguished Professor at the National University of San Marcos (Peru), Visiting Professor of the

Technological University of Peru The Technological University of Peru ( es, Universidad Tecnológica del Perú) is a private university in Lima, Peru. It has five offices in the city of Lima, located in the districts of Ate, Los Olivos, Lima, San Juan de Lurigancho and Villa El ...

, and Distinguished Guest of the City Council of

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(Mexico). He teaches courses and gives seminars at various universities in Europe and Latin America. He is a member of the :es:Colegio de Abogados de Madrid.

Bibliography

Oliver Araujo's works

Secondary sources

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References

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