Overview

Leading scholars address the interplay between rule of law and democracy, the most relevant ideals for our present civilisation in the legal and political spheres, at the same time making sense of the different ways in which legal requirements, social commitments, and democratic standards are expected to interweave. Through a reappraisal of the theoretical import of the concepts the contributors provide for a fresh set of inquiries, internal and external, ranging from the State, consolidated and transitional democracies, to interstate, European and global scenarios. Re-orienting the diversity in disciplinary approaches, they converge in tackling disputed empirical and normative questions in-context, and suggest further connections between the rule of law’s potential and the transformations of political arenas. Contributors are Monica Ciobanu, Christian Joerges, Poul Kjaer, Friedrich Kratochwil, Leonardo Morlino, Gianluigi Palombella, and Daniela Piana.

Full Product Details

9789004181694

Table of Contents

Reviews

Author Information

Leonardo Morlino is Professor of Political Science at Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane, Florence. He published several books and a large number of articles or chapter in book on democratic theory with a special focus on Sout and East Europe. Gianluigi Palombella (PhD, Scuola Superiore di Pisa) is professor in the Law Faculty of Parma and Inaugural Fellow at the “Straus Institute” of New York University. He has extensively published on fundamental rights, democracy and the rule of law.

Tab Content 6

Countries Available