Rule of Law for Our New Age of Anxiety

In an age of anxiety, Toope makes the case for a revitalised rule of law to bolster collective resilience and restore our capacity to build healthier societies. A pragmatic approach to the rule of law recognises its ability to chasten power, while not disconnecting law from other sources of social action and human agency.

List of contents

Introduction; Part I. Uncertainty, Risk and Anxiety: 1. Our Age of Anxiety; 2. Populism and Nationalism; 3. The Confounding Diversity of Globalisation; 4. The Rise of Disruptive Technologies and Dominating Platforms; Part II. Our Inheritance of Thought and Action: Addressing our Anxiety; 5. Practical Wisdom and Pragmatism; 6. Social Practices, Background Knowledge and Law; Part III. A Modest 'Rule of Law' Helps Frame a Healthier Society: 7. The Bases of Law and Challenges to Legalism; 8. Interactional Law and the Rule of Law; 9. Lawyers, Practice and Legal Education; Conclusion: That A Beginning Be Made.

About the author

Stephen J. Toope OC, FRSC, LL.D. is President of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research and Vice-Chancellor Emeritus of the University of Cambridge. Previously, Professor Toope was Director of the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto, and President of the University of British Columbia.  A former Dean of Law at McGill University, Toope chaired the UN Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances.

Summary

In an age of anxiety, Toope makes the case for a revitalised rule of law to bolster collective resilience and restore our capacity to build healthier societies. A pragmatic approach to the rule of law recognises its ability to chasten power, while not disconnecting law from other sources of social action and human agency.

Foreword

In an age of anxiety, Toope makes the case for a revitalised rule of law to bolster collective resilience and restore our capacity to build healthier societies.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen J Toope, Stephen J (University of Cambridge) Toope, Stephen J. Toope
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2023
• EAN: 9781009299459
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0929945-9
• No. of pages: 250
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Social Theory, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, LAW / Jurisprudence, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, International Relations, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Jurisprudence & general issues, Jurisprudence and general issues