The Spanish lesson: civil society, politics and law  
by Víctor Pérez-Díaz
Published in Italian La lezione spagnola: societa civile, politica e legalità with a 88-pages introductory essay by Michele Salvati titled "Spain and Italy: a comparison" ("Spagna e Italia: un confronto") Milano: Il Mulino, 2003 (459 pages)

 The book was presented on January 14, 2004 at the Chamber of Deputies in Rome  by Giuliano Amato, former Prime Minister of Italy and Domenico Fisichela, Vice-President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, of Alleanza Nationale, with the presence of Pier Ferdinando Casini, President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies. The book is an up-to-date version of Spain at the Crossroads: Civil Society, Politics and the Rule of Law (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1999, 214 pages) with the addition of a 86-pages essay on "Spain's end of the century" as a last chapter.