The Rule of Law' is a phrase much used but little examined. The idea of the rule of law as the foundation of modern states and civilisations has recently become even more talismanic than that of democracy, but what does it actually consist of? In this brilliant short book, Britain's former senior law lord, and one of the world's most acute legal minds, examines what the idea ac...(展开全部)

'The Rule of Law' is a phrase much used but little examined. The idea of the rule of law as the foundation of modern states and civilisations has recently become even more talismanic than that of democracy, but what does it actually consist of? In this brilliant short book, Britain's former senior law lord, and one of the world's most acute legal minds, examines what the idea a...(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. 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)

The rule of law, once widely embraced and emulated, now faces serious threats to its viability. To get our bearings we must return to first principles. This book articulates and defends a comprehensive, coherent, and compelling conception of the rule of law and defends it against serious challenges to its intelligibility, relevance, and normative force. The rule of law's ambiti...(展开全部)

The rule of law is the most important political ideal today, yet there is much confusion about what it means and how it works. This 2004 book explores the history, politics, and theory surrounding the rule of law ideal, beginning with classical Greek and Roman ideas, elaborating on medieval contributions to the rule of law, and articulating the role played by the rule of law in...(展开全部)

Rules perform a moral function by restating moral principles in concrete terms, so as to reduce the uncertainty, error, and controversy that result when individuals follow their own unconstrained moral judgment. Although reason dictates that we must follow rules to avoid destructive error and controversy, rules—and hence laws—are imperfect, and reason also dictates that we ough...(展开全部)

理查德·A.科斯格罗夫（Richard A. Cosgrove），美国亚利桑那大学历史系荣休教授，英国法律史和宪法史专家，在该领域出版了5本著作，包括《法治：维多利亚时代的法学家戴雪》（The Rule of Law: Albert Venn Dicey, Victorian Jurist，1980），《法律学者：从布莱克斯通到哈特之间的英国法理学》（Scholars of the Law: English Jurisprudence from Blackstone to Hart, 1996）等。 何永红，法学博士，西南政法大学行政法学院副教授，英国剑桥大学访问学者。主要从事法理学、宪法学研究，著有《戴雪宪法理论研究》，译有《英国宪法研究导论》（《英宪精义》全新译本，商务印书馆2020年版）等，主持完成国家社科基金项目《宪法惯例规范研究》，代表性论...(展开全部)