The Rule of Law History, Theory and Criticism

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Costa, Pietro (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Zolo, Danilo (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.
• Σειρά: Law and Philosophy Library, 80
• Θέματα: Law.; Political science.; Political philosophy.; Law, general.; Philosophy of Law.; Political Philosophy.; Political Science.

Costa and Zolo share the conviction that a proper understanding of the rule of law today requires referring to a global problematic horizon. It seems unavoidable to investigate into the relationship between Europe and the United States, on the one hand, and the ‘rest’ of the world, on the other. Ove...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introductory Essays
• The Rule of Law: A Critical Reappraisal
• The Rule of Law: A Historical Introduction
• The Rule of Law in Europe and The United States
• The Rule of Law and the “Liberties of the English”: The Interpretation of Albert Venn Dicey
• Popular Sovereignty, the Rule of Law, and the “Rule of Judges” in the United States
• Rechtsstaat and Individual Rights in German Constitutional History
• État de Droit and National Sovereignty in France
• Rechtsstaat and Constitutional Justice in Austria: Hans Kelsen's Contribution
• The Contemporary Debate
• The Past and the Future of the Rule of Law
• Beyond the Rule of Law: Judges' Tyranny or Lawyers' Anarchy?
• The Rule of Law and Gender Difference
• Machiavelli, the Republican Tradition, and the Rule of Law
• Leoni's and Hayek's Critique of the Rule of Law in Continental Europe
• The Rule of Law and Colonialism
• The Rule of Law and the Legal Treatment of Native Americans
• The Colonial Model of the Rule of Law in Africa: The Example of Guinea
• The Rule of Law in Islam
• Is Constitutionalism Compatible with Islam?
• The Rule of Morally Constrained Law: The Case of Contemporary Egypt
• The Rule of Law and Oriental Cultures
• “Asian Values” and the Rule of Law
• The Rule of Law and Indian Society: From Colonialism to Post-Colonialism
• The Chinese Legal Tradition and the European View of the Rule of Law
• Modern Constitutionalism in China
• Human Rights and the Rule of Law in Contemporary China.