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The Rule of Law in Comparative Perspective
. Ed(S): Sellers, Mortimer; Tomaszewski, Tadeusz
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Paperback. 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. Editor(s): Sellers, Mortimer; Tomaszewski, Tadeusz. Series: Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: LAB; LB; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 415.
The papers collected in this volume grow out of a series of discussions on the concept of "The Rule of Law" held at meetings of the European AmericanConsortiumforLegalEducationinWarsaw(2008),theAmerican SocietyforLegalHistoryinTempe,Arizona(2007),andtheAssociationof AmericanLawSchoolsinSanDiego,California(2009). Thegatheringof theEuropean-AmericanConsortiumforLegalEducationwasparticularly signi?cant,becauseitalsomarkedthetwo-hundredthanniversaryofthe UniversityofWarsawFacultyofLaw. Wewouldliketothankthosewho attendedthesemeetingsfortheirinsightfulremarksandfortheirinspi- tion,suggestionsandencouragementinbetterunderstandingtheruleof lawfromacomparativeperspective. Thanksarealsoduetothefaculty,staffandstudentsoftheUniversityof BaltimoreCenterforInternationalandComparativeLawwhopreparedthis volumeforpublication,andparticularlytoKatieRolfes,LaurieSchnitzer, BarbaraCoyle,KathrynSpanogle,MoradEghbal,JamesMaxeiner,Nicholas Allen, Caroline Andes, Michael Beste, Suzanne Conklin, Pratima Lele, ShandonPhan,T. J. Sachse,ToschaStoner-SilbaughandBjornThorstensen. WearealsogratefultoDavidBederman,MichaelHoe?ich,CarlLandauer, DavidLieberman,JulesLobel,IleanaPorras,andBrianTamanahafortheir commentsofearlierversionsofthechapterspublishedhere. Imperialegumpotentioraquamhominumesto! Baltimore,MD,USA MortimerSellers Warsaw,Poland TadeuszTomaszewski vii Contents 1 AnIntroductiontotheRuleofLawinComparativePerspective 1 MortimerSellers 2 TheRuleofLawinAncientGreekThought ...11 FredD. Miller 3 TheLiberalStateandCriminalLawReforminSpain...19 AnicetoMasferrer 4 Some Realism About Legal Certainty in the GlobalizationoftheRuleofLaw...41 JamesR. Maxeiner 5 IsGoal-BasedRegulationConsistentwiththeRuleofLaw?. . 57 S. J. A. terBorgandW. S. R. Stoter 6 Re?ectionsonShakespeareandtheRuleofLaw ... Read more
The papers collected in this volume grow out of a series of discussions on the concept of "The Rule of Law" held at meetings of the European AmericanConsortiumforLegalEducationinWarsaw(2008),theAmerican SocietyforLegalHistoryinTempe,Arizona(2007),andtheAssociationof AmericanLawSchoolsinSanDiego,California(2009). Thegatheringof theEuropean-AmericanConsortiumforLegalEducationwasparticularly signi?cant,becauseitalsomarkedthetwo-hundredthanniversaryofthe UniversityofWarsawFacultyofLaw. Wewouldliketothankthosewho attendedthesemeetingsfortheirinsightfulremarksandfortheirinspi- tion,suggestionsandencouragementinbetterunderstandingtheruleof lawfromacomparativeperspective. Thanksarealsoduetothefaculty,staffandstudentsoftheUniversityof BaltimoreCenterforInternationalandComparativeLawwhopreparedthis volumeforpublication,andparticularlytoKatieRolfes,LaurieSchnitzer, BarbaraCoyle,KathrynSpanogle,MoradEghbal,JamesMaxeiner,Nicholas Allen, Caroline Andes, Michael Beste, Suzanne Conklin, Pratima Lele, ShandonPhan,T. J. Sachse,ToschaStoner-SilbaughandBjornThorstensen. WearealsogratefultoDavidBederman,MichaelHoe?ich,CarlLandauer, DavidLieberman,JulesLobel,IleanaPorras,andBrianTamanahafortheir commentsofearlierversionsofthechapterspublishedhere. Imperialegumpotentioraquamhominumesto! Baltimore,MD,USA MortimerSellers Warsaw,Poland TadeuszTomaszewski vii Contents 1 AnIntroductiontotheRuleofLawinComparativePerspective 1 MortimerSellers 2 TheRuleofLawinAncientGreekThought ...11 FredD. Miller 3 TheLiberalStateandCriminalLawReforminSpain...19 AnicetoMasferrer 4 Some Realism About Legal Certainty in the GlobalizationoftheRuleofLaw...41 JamesR. Maxeiner 5 IsGoal-BasedRegulationConsistentwiththeRuleofLaw?. . 57 S. J. A. terBorgandW. S. R. Stoter 6 Re?ectionsonShakespeareandtheRuleofLaw ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
265
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New
Series
Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice
Number of Pages
253
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789400732056
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V9789400732056
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