The Legal Doctrines of the Rule of Law and the Legal State (Rechtsstaat)

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Silkenat, James R. (Editor), Hickey Jr., James E. (Editor), Barenboim, Peter D. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice, 38
• Subjects: Law.; Political science.; Private international law.; Conflict of laws.; International law.; Comparative law.; Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law.; Philosophy of Law.

This book explores the development of both the civil law conception of the Legal State and the common law conception of the Rule of Law. It examines the philosophical and historical background of both concepts, as well as the problem of the interrelation between the two doctrines. The book brings to...