Following a vast expansion in the twentieth century, government is beginning to creak at the joints under its enormous weight. The signs are clear: a bloated civil service, low approval ratings for Congress and the President, increasing federal-state conflict, rampant distrust of politicians and government officials, record state deficits, and major unrest among public employee...(展开全部)

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...(展开全部)

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...(展开全部)

An essential study of the rule of law by one of the world’s leading liberal political and legal philosophers. For many, the rule of law is the essence of good government. Jeremy Waldron takes a different view, arguing that a relatively thin version of the rule of law is more compatible with goals like democracy, human rights, economic freedom, and social justice. This timely es...(展开全部)

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...(展开全部)

An essential study of the rule of law by one of the world’s leading liberal political and legal philosophers. The meaning and value of the rule of law have been debated since antiquity. For many, the rule of law has become the essence of good government. But Jeremy Waldron takes a different view, arguing that it is but one star in a constellation of ideals that define our polit...(展开全部)

An essential study of the rule of law by one of the world’s leading liberal political and legal philosophers. The meaning and value of the rule of law have been debated since antiquity. For many, the rule of law has become the essence of good government. But Jeremy Waldron takes a different view, arguing that it is but one star in a constellation of ideals that define our polit...(展开全部)

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...(展开全部)

尼古拉斯·亨利（Nicholas Henry）是一位著名的公共行政学家，专长于公共政策分析与公共管理研究。他先后在美国印第安纳大学布卢明顿校区（Indiana University, Bloomington）获得公共管理硕士（MPA）和哲学博士学位。亨利教授著书十余本，发表论文几十篇，其论文获得过《美国公共行政评论》颁发的埃德文·O·斯坦恩（Edwin O.Stene）奖。他曾就职于美国印第安纳州立大学、新墨西哥大学、佐治亚大学以及亚利桑那州立大学。他所领导的佐治亚南部大学曾被CNN专题报道为美国高等教育的一颗新星，而他本人也步入了佐治亚洲100位当代最有影响人物的行列。