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)

When property rights and environmental legislation clash, what side should the Rule of Law weigh in on? It is from this point that Jeremy Waldron explores the Rule of Law both from an historical perspective - considering the property theory of John Locke - and from the perspective of modern legal controversies. This critical and direct account of the relation between the Rule o...(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)

戴维·H·罗森布鲁姆（David H. Rosenbloom），美国著名公共行政学家，现任美国大学公共事务学院公共行政杰出教授，美国国家行政研究院院士，兼任公共行政领域十多家知名学术期刊的编委，并曾担任美国行政学会主席和《公共行政评论》主编。罗森布鲁姆教授在公共行政与民 主宪政领域著述颇丰，因其在学术上的杰出贡献，1999年获得了美国公共行政学会的德怀特·沃尔多奖，2001年获得美国政治科学学会的约翰·高斯奖及美国国家公共行政研究院的路易斯·布朗洛奖。《公共行政学：管理、政治和法律的途径》一书是其代表作。 罗伯特·S·克拉夫丘克（Robert S. Kravchuk），美国北卡罗来纳大学夏洛特分校政治科学系主任、教授，曾在印第安纳大学、康涅狄格大学、哈佛大学等高校任教，并曾担任过多个政府部门的财政和预算顾问。主要从事预算与行政改革、预算政治学和政治经...(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. 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)