Constitutional Justice - A Liberal Theory of the Rule of Law

Zusatztext The many virtues of Constitutional Justice are evident throughout the piece. The author should be congratulated for even attempting to construct a normative theory of liberal constitutionalism ... Constitutional Justice is a work that faithfully carries on the grand tradition of normative legal thought. No small task, and Allan succeeds admirably. Informationen zum Autor T. R. S. Allan is Reader in Legal and Constitutional Theory at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge. He is the Author of Law, Liberty, and Justice (OUP 1994). Klappentext This volume examines the concept of the rule of law! arguing that the principles it identifies provide the foundations of a liberal democratic legal order. It explains the essential connections between a range of matters fundamental to the relationship between citizen and state! including freedom of speech! civil disobediance! procedural fairness! and administrative justice. Zusammenfassung This book offers a systematic interpretation of the ideal of the rule of law, arguing that the principles it identifies provide the foundations of a liberal democratic legal order. It explains the essential connections between a range of matters fundamental to the relationship between citizen and state.

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• Authors: T. R. S. Allan, T. R. S. (Reader in Legal and Constitutiona Allan, T. R. S. (Reader in Legal and Constitutional Theory Allan, Trevor Allan, Trevor R. Allan, Allan T. R. S.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.05.2001
• EAN: 9780198298304
• ISBN: 978-0-19-829830-4
• No. of pages: 342
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, LAW / Constitutional, LAW / Comparative, Systems of law, Political science & theory, comparative law, Political science and theory, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law