For The Rule Of Law

Author : Fernanda Pirie
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781541617957

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The Rule of Laws by Fernanda Pirie Pdf

From ancient Mesopotamia to today, the epic story of how humans have used laws to forge civilizations Rulers throughout history have used laws to impose order. But laws were not simply instruments of power and social control. They also offered ordinary people a way to express their diverse visions for a better world. In The Rule of Laws, Oxford scholar Fernanda Pirie traces the rise and fall of the sophisticated legal systems underpinning ancient empires and religious traditions, while also showing how common people—tribal assemblies, merchants, farmers—called on laws to define their communities, regulate trade, and build civilizations. Although legal principles originating in Western Europe now seem to dominate the globe, the variety of the world’s laws has long been almost as great as the variety of its societies. What truly unites human beings, Pirie argues, is our very faith that laws can produce justice, combat oppression, and create order from chaos.

Author : FERNANDA PIRIE
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2022-08-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1788163036

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THE RULE OF LAWS by FERNANDA PIRIE Pdf

Author : Adam Przeworski,José María Maravall
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2003-07-21
Category : Law
ISBN : 0521532663

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Democracy and the Rule of Law by Adam Przeworski,José María Maravall Pdf

This book addresses the question of why governments sometimes follow the law and other times choose to evade the law. The traditional answer of jurists has been that laws have an autonomous causal efficacy: law rules when actions follow anterior norms; the relation between laws and actions is one of obedience, obligation, or compliance. Contrary to this conception, the authors defend a positive interpretation where the rule of law results from the strategic choices of relevant actors. Rule of law is just one possible outcome in which political actors process their conflicts using whatever resources they can muster: only when these actors seek to resolve their conflicts by recourse to la, does law rule. What distinguishes rule-of-law as an institutional equilibrium from rule-by-law is the distribution of power. The former emerges when no one group is strong enough to dominate the others and when the many use institutions to promote their interest.

Author : Enrique Peruzzotti,Catalina Smulovitz
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2006-04-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780822972884

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Enforcing the Rule of Law by Enrique Peruzzotti,Catalina Smulovitz Pdf

A compelling account of how civic and media-based initiatives have successfully fought for greater governmental accountability in the emerging democracies of Latin America.

Author : Adis Nicolaidis, Kalypso Merdzanovic
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-20
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783838215419

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A Citizen’s Guide to the Rule of Law by Adis Nicolaidis, Kalypso Merdzanovic Pdf

In our daily lives, the rule of law matters more than anything and yet remains an invisible presence. We trust in the rule of law to protect us from governmental overreach, mafia godfathers, or the will of the majority. We take the rule of law for granted, often failing to recognize its demise—until it is too late. For under attack it is, not only in the growing number of authoritarian countries around the world but in Europe, too. As a citizen’s guide, this book explains in plain language what the rule of law is, why it matters, and why we have to defend it. The starting point is to ask why EU efforts to promote the rule of law in candidate countries have succeeded or failed, and what this tells us about what is happening inside the EU. The authors move on to suggest ways of strengthening the rule of law in Europe and beyond. This book is a call to action in defense of the most precious human invention of all time.

Author : Tom Bingham
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2011-07-07
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780141962016

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The Rule of Law by Tom Bingham Pdf

'A gem of a book ... Inspiring and timely. Everyone should read it' Independent 'The Rule of Law' is a phrase much used but little examined. The idea of the rule of law as the foundation of modern states and civilisations has recently become even more talismanic than that of democracy, but what does it actually consist of? In this brilliant short book, Britain's former senior law lord, and one of the world's most acute legal minds, examines what the idea actually means. He makes clear that the rule of law is not an arid legal doctrine but is the foundation of a fair and just society, is a guarantee of responsible government, is an important contribution to economic growth and offers the best means yet devised for securing peace and co-operation. He briefly examines the historical origins of the rule, and then advances eight conditions which capture its essence as understood in western democracies today. He also discusses the strains imposed on the rule of law by the threat and experience of international terrorism. The book will be influential in many different fields and should become a key text for anyone interested in politics, society and the state of our world.

Author : Peter J. Boettke,Alexander William Salter,Daniel J. Smith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2021-06-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781108479844

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Money and the Rule of Law by Peter J. Boettke,Alexander William Salter,Daniel J. Smith Pdf

A novel argument that shows how rules work better than discretion when implementing monetary policy.

Author : Christopher May,Adam Winchester
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08-31
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781786432445

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Handbook on the Rule of Law by Christopher May,Adam Winchester Pdf

The discussion of the norm of the rule of law has broken out of the confines of jurisprudence and is of growing interest to many non-legal researchers. A range of issues are explored in this volume that will help non-specialists with an interest in the rule of law develop a nuanced understanding of its character and political implications. It is explicitly aimed at those who know the rule of law is important and while having little legal background, would like to know more about the norm.

Author : Nick Cheesman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107083189

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Opposing the Rule of Law by Nick Cheesman Pdf

A striking new analysis of Myanmar's court system, revealing how the rule of law is 'lexically present but semantically absent'.

Author : Elaine Scarry
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2010-04-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780262265775

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Rule of Law, Misrule of Men by Elaine Scarry Pdf

A passionate call for citizen action to uphold the rule of law when government does not. This book is a passionate call for citizen action to uphold the rule of law when government does not. Arguing that post-9/11 legislation and foreign policy severed the executive branch from the will of the people, Elaine Scarry in Rule of Law, Misrule of Men offers a fierce defense of the people's role as guarantor of our democracy. She begins with the groundswell of local resistance to the 2001 Patriot Act, when hundreds of towns, cities, and counties passed resolutions refusing compliance with the information-gathering the act demanded, showing that citizens can take action against laws that undermine the rights of citizens and noncitizens alike. Scarry, once described in the New York Times Sunday Magazine as “known for her unflinching investigations of war, torture, and pain,” then turns to the conduct of the Iraqi occupation, arguing that the Bush administration led the country onto treacherous moral terrain, violating the Geneva Conventions and the armed forces' own most fundamental standards. She warns of the damage done to democracy when military personnel must choose between their own codes of warfare and the illegal orders of their civilian superiors. If our military leaders uphold the rule of law when civilian leaders do not, might we come to prefer them? Finally, reviewing what we know now about the Bush administration's crimes, Scarry insists that prosecution—whether local, national, or international—is essential to restoring the rule of law, and she shows how a brave town in Vermont has taken up the challenge. Throughout the book, Scarry finds hope in moments where citizens withheld their consent to grievous crimes, finding creative ways to stand by their patriotism.

Author : Mortimer Sellers,Tadeusz Tomaszewski
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2010-07-23
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789048137497

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The Rule of Law in Comparative Perspective by Mortimer Sellers,Tadeusz Tomaszewski Pdf

This volume compares the different conceptions of the rule of law that have developed in different legal cultures. It describes the social purposes and practical applications of the rule of law and how it might be improved in the varied circumstances.

Author : Pietro Costa,Danilo Zolo
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 700 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2007-05-06
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781402057458

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The Rule of Law History, Theory and Criticism by Pietro Costa,Danilo Zolo Pdf

Authors Costa and Zolo share the conviction that a proper understanding of the rule of law today requires reference to a global problematic horizon. This book offers some relevant guides for orienting the reader through a political and legal debate where the rule of law (and the doctrine of human rights) is a concept both controversial and significant at the national and international levels.

Author : Linda Hamid,Jan Wouters
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-29
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781788979047

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Rule of Law and Areas of Limited Statehood by Linda Hamid,Jan Wouters Pdf

This thought-provoking book addresses the legal questions raised by areas of limited statehood, in which the State lacks the ability to exercise the full depth of its governmental authority. Featuring original contributions written by renowned international scholars, chapters investigate key issues arising at the junction between both domestic and international rule of law and areas of limited statehood, as well as the alternative modes of governance that develop therein.

Author : Richard Bellamy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 743 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351540698

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The Rule of Law and the Separation of Powers by Richard Bellamy Pdf

The rule of law is frequently invoked in political debate, yet rarely defined with any precision. Some employ it as a synonym for democracy, others for the subordination of the legislature to a written constitution and its judicial guardians. It has been seen as obedience to the duly-recognised government, a form of governing through formal and general rule-like laws and the rule of principle. Given this diversity of view, it is perhaps unsurprising that certain scholars have regarded the concept as no more than a self-congratulatory rhetorical device. This collection of eighteen key essays from jurists, political theorists and public law political scientists, aims to explore the role law plays in the political system. The introduction evaluates their arguments. The first eleven essays identify the standard features associated with the rule of law. These are held to derive less from any characteristics of law per se than from a style of legislating and judging that gives equal consideration to all citizens. The next seven essays then explore how different ways of separating and dispersing power contribute to this democratic style of rule by forcing politicians and judges alike to treat people as equals and regard none as above the law.

Author : Matthew Kramer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2007-06-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781139463966

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Objectivity and the Rule of Law by Matthew Kramer Pdf

What is objectivity? What is the rule of law? Are the operations of legal systems objective? If so, in what ways and to what degrees are they objective? Does anything of importance depend on the objectivity of law? These are some of the principal questions addressed by Matthew H. Kramer in this lucid and wide-ranging study that introduces readers to vital areas of philosophical enquiry. As Kramer shows, objectivity and the rule of law are complicated phenomena, each comprising a number of distinct though overlapping dimensions. Although the connections between objectivity and the rule of law are intimate, they are also densely multi-faceted.