Relocating the rule of law / edited by Gianluigi Palombella and Neil Walker.
In this set of interdisciplinary essays leading scholars discuss the future of the Rule of Law, a concept whose meaning and import has become ever more topical and elusive. Historically the term denoted the idea of 'government limited by law'. It has also come to be equated, more broadly,...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; Portland, Or. :
Hart,
2009.
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| Summary: | In this set of interdisciplinary essays leading scholars discuss the future of the Rule of Law, a concept whose meaning and import has become ever more topical and elusive. Historically the term denoted the idea of 'government limited by law'. It has also come to be equated, more broadly, with certain goods suggested by the idea of legality as such, including the preservation of human dignity and other individual and social benefits predicated upon or conducive to a rule-based social order. But in both its narrow and broader senses the Rule of Law remains a much contested concept. These essays. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 228 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781847314727 1847314724 128211896X 9781282118966 9781472564634 1472564634 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |