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The 'rule of law' is increasingly regarded as integral to liberal democracy, and its significance is frequently discussed by lawyers, academics, politicians and the media. But the meaning of the phrase is not always clear. What does 'the rule of law' mean exactly? And why is it so important to the democratic state and, above all, its citizens? In Understanding the Rule of Law, former president of the Dutch Supreme Court Geert Corstens paints a lively and accessible portrait of the rule of law in practice. The focus is on the role of the courts, where the tensions in a democratic state governed by the rule of law are often discussed and resolved. Using landmark judgments, Geert Corstens explains what judges do and why their work is valuable. What do minimum sentences and prisoners' voting rights have to do with each other? Why is there no easy answer to the question of whether a paedophile organisation should be banned? Why is it no joke when the Italian politician Silvio Berlusconi calls the judiciary 'the cancer of democracy'? Understanding the Rule of Law provides the answers to these and many other questions, and is essential reading for anyone interested in the state of democracy today

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From the sprawling remnants of the Soviet empire to the southern tip of Africa, attempts are underway to replace arbitrary political regimes with governments constrained by the rule of law. This ideal which subordinates the wills of individuals, social movements--and even, sometimes, democratically elected majorities--to the requirements of law, is here explored by leading legal and political thinkers. Part I of The Rule of Law examines the interplay of democracy and the rule of law, while Part II focusses on the centuries-old debate about the meaning of the rule of law itself. Part III takes up the constraints that rationality exercises on the rule of law. If the rule of law is desirable partly because it is rational, then departures from that rule might also be desirable in the event that they can be shown to be rational. Part IV concentrates on the limits of the rule of law, considering the tensions between liberalism and the rule of law which exist despite the fact that reasoned commitment to the rule of the law is preeminently a liberal commitment. Contributing to the volume are: Robert A. Burt (Yale University), Steven J. Burton (University of Iowa), William N. Eskridge, Jr. (Georgetown University), John Ferejohn (Stanford University), Richard Flathman (Johns Hopkins University), Gerald F. Gaus (University of Minnesota, Duluth), Jean Hampton (University of Arizona), Russell Hardin (University of Chicago), James Johnson (University of Rochester), Jack Knight (Washington University), Stephen Macedo (Harvard University), David Schmidtz (Yale University), Lawrence B. Solum (Loyola Marymount University), Michael Walzer (Princeton University), Catherine Valcke (University of Toronto), and Michael P. Zuckert (Carleton College).

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"Ninon Grangé aborde l'état d'exception sous l'angle philosophique. L'ouvrage se consacre à une analyse diachronique en se référant à des textes d'histoire du droit et aux généalogies qui ont pu être proposées, et à une analyse synchronique qui s'appuie sur des sources philosophiques, sociologiques et politistes. La réduction et la suppression des libertés ne sont que la partie émergée de l'état d'exception tel qu'il a été récemment mis en place dans différents pays. Dans son appréhension philosophique, il révèle des aspects du politique qui, dans le temps ordinaire que l'on croit linéaire, sont invisibles. L'ouvrage dessine une trame historique qui ramène l'état d'exception à son origine, l'état de siège qui, étonnamment, ne distingue plus guerre civile et guerre extérieure. Grâce à cet indice d'une ambivalence imprégnant d'emblée l'état d'exception, sont analysées différentes instrumentalisations : l'amalgame avec la guerre civile, l'idée de dictature, le non-droit. Ce livre se propose de montrer que le politique est toujours une manière d'imposer une temporalité contre d'autres temporalités, à la fois dévoilées et recouvertes par l'état d'exception."--

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