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Judicial Review of Legislation
Springer 2010; US$ 139.00Constitutionalism is the permanent quest to control state power, of which the judicial review of legislation is a prime example. Although the judicial review of legislation is increasingly common in modern societies, it is not a finished project. This device still raises questions as to whether judicial review is justified, and how it may be structured.... more...
Democracy and Dissent
Edward Elgar Publishing 2011; US$ 40.00Frank Vibert examines the fundamental issues involved in attempts to rethink international institutions and their rule making procedures. He analyses the basic problems with the existing system and the main approaches to its reform. The book repudiates the idea that there are any simple institutional 'fixes' for current problems, such as relying on... more...
Shaping Rule of Law Through Dialogue
Europa Law Publishing 2009; US$ 115.00The process of fragmentation of the international legal order and the absence of constitutional devices governing the connections between the various legal regimes can be reduced to a rational picture only through the activity of the judges. Against this background, the judges play a crucial role in creating connections between legal regimes and proceedings. more...
Getting to the Rule of Law
NYU Press 2011; US$ 55.00The rule of law has been celebrated as "an unqualified human good" and promoted around the world to secure economic development and political freedom. Yet there is considerable disagreement about just what the ideal of the rule of law requires. When people clamor for the preservation or extension of the rule of law, are they advocating a... more...
Historiography, Empire and the Rule of Law
Taylor and Francis 2011; US$ 125.00Historiography, Empire and the Rule of Law considers the intersection of these terms in the historical development of what has come to be known as the ?rule of law?. The separation of governmental powers, checks and balances, and judicial independence signified something entirely new in the way in which politics was imagined and practiced. This ?rule... more...
Law, Legislation and Liberty, Volume 1
University of Chicago Press 2011; US$ 27.50This volume represents the first section of F. A. Hayek's comprehensive three-part study of the relations between law and liberty. Rules and Order constructs the framework necessary for a critical analysis of prevailing theories of justice and of the conditions which a constitution securing personal liberty would have to satisfy. more...
Promoting the Rule of Law Abroad
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 2010; US$ 15.99"Over the past decade, Carothers has established himself as the leading U.S. expert on democracy promotion. He is a powerful critic not only of the nuts-and-bolts of democracy assistance but also of U.S. grand strategy overall."?SAIS Review Promoting the rule of law has become a major part of Western efforts to spread democracy and market economics... more...
State Violence and the Execution of Law
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 42.99State Violence and the Execution of Law stages a provocative analysis of how the biopolitical divide between human and animal has played a fundamental role in enabling state violence, including torture, secret imprisonment and killing-at-a-distance via drones. Analyzing the complex ways in which the United States government deploys law in order to... more...
A New Constitution for Australia
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 70.00The last hundred years have seen many social changes in Australia. The many shortcomings in Australias Constitution have been exposed,leading to the current debate on an Australian republic. more...








