The Legal Doctrines of the Rule of Law and the Legal State (Rechtsstaat) (Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice Book 38)

This book explores the development of both the civil law conception of the Legal State and the common law conception of the Rule of Law. It examines the philosophical and historical background of both concepts, as well as the problem of the interrelation between the two doctrines. The book brings together twenty-five leading scholars from around the world and provides both general and specific jurisdictional perspectives of the issue in both contemporary and historical settings. The Rule of Law is a legal doctrine the meaning of which can only be fully appreciated in the context of both the common law and the European civil law tradition of the Legal State (Rechtsstaat). The Rule of Law and the Legal State are fundamental safeguards of human dignity and of the legitimacy of the state and the authority of state prescriptions. What Is The Rule Of Law And Why Is It So Important? / Mortimer N.s. Sellers -- On The Foundations Of The Rule Of Law And The Principle Of The Legal State/rechtsstaat / Dietmar Von Der Pfordten -- Philosophical Foundations Of The Principle Of The Legal State (rechtsstaat) And The Rule Of Law / Stephan Kirste -- Rule Of Law (and Rechtsstaat) / Martin Krygier -- The Rule Of Law And Legal State Doctrines As A Methodology Of The Philosophy Of Law / Dmitry Dedov -- Applying The Rule Of Law To Contexts Beyond The State / Matthias Kötter And Gunnar Folke Schuppert -- The Rule Of Law As A Global Norm For Constitutionalism / Francois Venter -- The Ill-fated Union : Constitutional Entrenchment Of Rights And The Will Theory From Rousseau To Waldron / Aniceto Masferrer And Anna Taitslin -- The Measure Of Law : The Non-instrumental Legal Side From The State To The Global Setting (and From Hamdan To Al Jedda) / Gianluigi Palombella. Rule Of Law, Legal State And Other International Legal Doctrines : Linguistic Aspects Of Their Convergence And Differentiation / Yury A. Sharandin And Dmitry V. Kravchenko -- Freedom, Equality, Legality / T.r.s. Allan -- The Rechtsstaat-principle In Germany : The Development From The Beginning Until Now / Paul Tiedemann -- The German Rechtsstaat In A Comparative Perspective / Rainer Grote -- The Russian Judicial Doctrine Pf The Rule Of Law : Twenty Years After / Gadis A. Gadzhiev -- The Law Is A Causeway : Metaphor And The Rule Of Law In Russia / Jeffrey Kahn -- American Constitutional Analysis And A Substantive Understanding Of The Rule Of Law / Robin Charlow -- Building A Government Of Laws : Adams And Jefferson 1776-1779 / James R. Maxeiner -- Rule Of Law V. Legal State : Where Have We Come From, Where Are We Going To? / Nadia E. Nedzel -- The Rule Of Law In The Middle East / Hossein Esmaeili. Waiting For The Rule Of Law In Brazil : A Meta-legal Analysis Of The Insufficient Realization Of The Rule Of Law In Brazil / Augusto Zimmerman -- The Rule Of Law And The United States / Edric Selous And Giovanni Bassu. James R. Silkenat, James E. Hickey Jr., Peter D. Barenboim, Editors. Includes Bibliographical References. Front Matter....Pages i-xii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 What Is the Rule of Law and Why Is It So Important?....Pages 3-13 On the Foundations of the Rule of Law and the Principle of the Legal State/Rechtsstaat....Pages 15-28 Philosophical Foundations of the Principle of the Legal State (Rechtsstaat) and the Rule of Law....Pages 29-43 Rule of Law (and Rechtsstaat )....Pages 45-59 The Rule of Law and Legal State Doctrines as a Methodology of the Philosophy of Law....Pages 61-69 Applying the Rule of Law to Contexts Beyond the State....Pages 71-89 The Rule of Law as a Global Norm for Constitutionalism....Pages 91-104 The Ill-Fated Union: Constitutional Entrenchment of Rights and the Will Theory from Rousseau to Waldron....Pages 105-128 The Measure of Law: The Non-instrumental Legal Side from the State to the Global Setting (and from Hamdan to Al Jedda)....Pages 129-143 Rule of Law, Legal State and Other International Legal Doctrines: Linguistic Aspects of Their Convergence and Differentiation....Pages 145-151 Front Matter....Pages 153-153 Freedom, Equality, Legality....Pages 155-169 The Rechtsstaat-Principle in Germany: The Development from the Beginning Until Now....Pages 171-192 The German Rechtsstaat in a Comparative Perspective....Pages 193-207 The Russian Judicial Doctrine of the Rule of Law: Twenty Years After....Pages 209-228 The Law Is a Causeway: Metaphor and the Rule of Law in Russia....Pages 229-250 American Constitutional Analysis and a Substantive Understanding of the Rule of Law....Pages 251-266 Building a Government of Laws: Adams and Jefferson 1776–1779....Pages 267-287 Rule of Law v. Legal State: Where Have We Come from, Where Are We Going To?....Pages 289-314 The Rule of Law in the Middle East....Pages 315-329 Waiting for the Rule of Law in Brazil: A Meta-legal Analysis of the Insufficient Realization of the Rule of Law in Brazil....Pages 331-347 Front Matter....Pages 153-153 The Rule of Law and the United Nations....Pages 349-360 Back Matter....Pages 361-367