The rule of law in comparative perspective
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Springer,
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Publisher Address: | Dordrecht |
Publication Dates: | 2010. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Series: |
Ius gentium. Comparative perspective on law and justice ; 3 |
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Online Access: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3749-7 |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xii, 253 p.): |
ISBN: |
9789048137497 9048137497 |
Index Number: | D90 |
CLC: | D90 |
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"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 American Consortium for Legal Education in Warsaw (2008), the American Society for Legal History in Tempe, Arizona (2007), and the Association of American Law Schools in San Diego, California (2009)"--P. vii. Includes bibliographical references and index. This new volume on The Rule of Law in Comparative Perspective compares the different conceptions of the rule of law that have developed in different legal cultures. Lawyers and legal scholars from various legal systems describe the social purposes and practical applications of the rule of law, and how it might be improved in the varied circumstances of their own courts and politics. This book will be of interest to lawyers, judges, public officials, and to all those wishing to improve the fundamental structures of their own legal systems, by bringing equal justice to every person subject to th |