Global Harmony And The Rule Of Law: Proceedings Of The 24th World Congress Of The International Association For Philosophy Of Law And Social Philosophy, Beijing, 2009. Volume 1 Proceedings Of The 24th World Congress Of The International Association For Ph

The volume comprises a selection of papers delivered at the 24th IVR World Congress. All papers address the challenge of the construction of a Global Ethics in the context of fragmented and pluralist societies, in which the idea of an Ethical Space seems to be an unachievable project, but also an indispensable device for cooperation between individuals, communities and states. The idea of a Global Ethics is to be constructed from within different traditions and environments with a mutual understanding and exchange of opinions. In this volume, we combine the ideas of Harmony (typical of the traditional Chinese legal philosophy) and of the Rule of Law (as it is understood in Western societies) to new ideals. By acknowledging the potential that these ideals have on a global scale, the papers of the first section, Ethical Dimensions of the Rule of Law address some of the key ethical problems in today's world. In a second section, some of the leading legal philosophers in China propose a way to incorporate the values of Harmony and of the Rule of Law into the Chinese Law and Society. Introduction / Thomas Bustamante, Oche Onazi -- Fundamentals Of Order Ethics : Law, Business Ethics And The Financial Crisis / Christoph Lütge -- Law, Radical Democracy And Justice : The Tension Between Democracy And Constitutionalism / Katya Kozicki -- Global Harmony And Rule Of Law : An Empirical-analytic Approach / Patricia Mindus -- Legal Ethics : What Does It Demand From Lawyers? / Zeynep Ispir Toprak -- Why And How Does Proximity Matter In Litigation : A Levinasian Approach / Soren Stig Andersen -- Concept Of Law In Biblical Narrative / Vaidotas A. Vaičaitis -- Universal Political Obligation And Particular Legal Duty / Hirohide Takikawa -- Civic Spirit : The Political-legal Cultural Basis Of Rule Of Law And Harmony / Zhou Yun -- Concept Of Overall Situation, Rule Of Law And Social Harmony / Sun Xiaohong, Zhu Liyu -- Rule Of Law : The Value Of Legal Formalism In Contemporary China / Hiang Jianwu -- Legal Positivism As Interpreted With The Traditional Chinese Philosophy / Qian Xiangyang. Edited By Thomas Bustamante And Oche Onazi. Includes Bibliographical References. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION I ETHICAL DIMENSIONS OF THE RULE OF LAW FUNDAMENTALS OF ORDER ETHICS: LAW, BUSINESS ETHICS AND THE FINANCIAL CRISIS LAW, RADICAL DEMOCRACY AND JUSTICE:T HE TENSION BETWEEN DEMOCRACY AND CONSTITUTIONALISM GLOBAL HARMONY AND RULE OF LAW: AN EMPIRICAL-ANALYTIC APPROACH LEGAL ETHICS: WHAT DOES IT DEMAND FROM LAWYERS? WHY AND HOW DOES PROXIMITY MATTER IN LITIGATION: A LEVINASIAN APPROACH CONCEPT OF LAW IN BIBLICAL NARRATIVE PARTICULAR POLITICAL OBLIGATION AND UNIVERSAL LEGAL DUTY II HARMONY, RULE OF LAW, AND CHINESE LEGAL PHILOSOPHY CIVIC SPIRIT: THE POLITICAL-LEGAL CULTURAL BASIS OF RULE OF LAW AND HARMONY CONCEPT OF OVERALL SITUATION, RULE OF LAWAND SOCIAL HARMONY RULE OF LAW: THE VALUE OF LEGAL FORMALISM IN CONTEMPORARY CHINA LEGAL POSITIVISM AS INTERPRETED WITH THE TRADITIONAL CHINESE PHILOSOPHY AUTHORS