Editors:
- Revisits the core principles of the Rule of Law
- Provides viable insights into the Rule of Law
- Promotes the discussion of the essence of Rule of Law
Part of the book series: Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice (IUSGENT, volume 18)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
In recent years, there has been a substantial increase in concern for the rule of law. Not only have there been a multitude of articles and books on the essence, nature, scope and limitation of the law, but citizens, elected officials, law enforcement officers and the judiciary have all been actively engaged in this debate. Thus, the concept of the rule of law is as multifaceted and contested as it’s ever been, and this book explores the essence of that concept, including its core principles, its rules, and the necessity of defining, or even redefining, the basic concept.
Law, Liberty, and the Rule of Law offers timely and unique insights on numerous themes relevant to the rule of law. It discusses in detail the proper scope and limitations of adjudication and legislation, including the challenges not only of limiting legislative and executive power via judicial review but also of restraining active judicial lawmaking while simultaneously guaranteeing an independent judiciary interested in maintaining a balance of power. It also addresses the relationship not only between the rule of law, human rights and separation of powers but also the rule of law, constitutionalism and democracy.
Editors and Affiliations
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Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, Mexico
Imer B. Flores
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Seattle, USA
Kenneth E. Himma
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Law, Liberty, and the Rule of Law
Editors: Imer B. Flores, Kenneth E. Himma
Series Title: Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4743-2
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht. 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-4742-5Published: 29 September 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-9382-8Published: 15 October 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-4743-2Published: 28 September 2012
Series ISSN: 1534-6781
Series E-ISSN: 2214-9902
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 190
Topics: Philosophy of Law, Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History