Abstract
The rule of law promotes itself as a global panacea and ignites the desires of politicians, academics, and the media. It is common practice to suggest or argue what the Rule of Law is by recourse to a number of well-known and well-cited figures from somewhere in the ancient or modern historical past. A moment's reflection suggests that the relevance to and association with one another may not be appropriate or accurate. I suggest that we cannot hope to deploy these ideas in a way that reflects what the original theorists meant without delving a little deeper into the origins of the historical ideas themselves.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Routledge Handbook of the Rule of Law |
Editors | Michael Sevel |
Place of Publication | Abingdon UK |
Publisher | Routledge |
Chapter | 2 |
Pages | 29-42 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Edition | 1st |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781351237185 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780815376651, 9781032886473 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2025 |