The Rule of Law: Nomos XXXVI Revised Edition Contributor(s): Shapiro, Ian (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0814780245 ISBN-13: 9780814780244 Publisher: New York University Press OUR PRICE: $33.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1995 Annotation: From the sprawling remnants of the Soviet empire to the southern tip of Africa, attempts are underway to replace arbitrary political regimes with governments constrained by the rule of law. This ideal which subordinates the wills of individuals, social movements--and even, sometimes, democratically elected majorities--to the requirements of law, is here explored by leading legal and political thinkers. Part I of "The Rule of Law" examines the interplay of democracy and the rule of law, while Part II focusses on the centuries-old debate about the meaning of the rule of law itself. Part III takes up the constraints that rationality exercises on the rule of law. If the rule of law is desirable partly because it is rational, then departures from that rule might also be desirable in the event that they can be shown to be rational. Part IV concentrates on the limits of the rule of law, considering the tensions between liberalism and the rule of law which exist despite the fact that reasoned commitment to the rule of the law is preeminently a liberal commitment. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science |
Dewey: 340.11 |
Series: Nomos - American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy |
Physical Information: 0.95" H x 5.32" W x 8.11" (0.96 lbs) 396 pages |
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Publisher Description: From the sprawling remnants of the Soviet empire to the southern tip of Africa, attempts are underway to replace arbitrary political regimes with governments constrained by the rule of law. This ideal which subordinates the wills of individuals, social movements--and even, sometimes, democratically elected majorities--to the requirements of law, is here explored by leading legal and political thinkers. |
Contributor Bio(s): Shapiro, Ian: - Ian Shapiro is Sterling Professor of Political Science at Yale University, where he also serves as Henry R. Luce Director of the Yale Center for International and Area Studies. He is the editor or author of numerous books, most recently Political Contingency (NYU Press) and Rethinking Political Institutions (NYU Press). |