This collection focuses on whether the rule of law is necessarily the rule of moral principles, the question of the legitimacy of law. Essays by lawyers, philosophers, and political theorists illuminate that question and debate issues which complicate it

Recrafting the rule of law, David Dyzenhaus. Part 1 Law under stress: a defence of Radbruch's formula, Robert Alexy; the interpretation and invalidity of unjust laws, Julian Rivers; legality without a constitution - South Africa in the 1980s, Richard L. Abel; delivering positivism from evil, Anton Fagan; legal positivism and American slave law - the case of Chief Justice Shaw, Anthony J. Sebok; the rule of law and judicial review - reflections on the Israeli constitutional revolution, Alon Harel. Part 2 Reconceiving the rule of law: rhetoric and the rule of law, Neil MacCormick; Utopia and the rule of law, Christine Sypnowich; the rule of law revisited - democracy and courts, Allan C. Hutchinson. Part 3 The limits of legal order: parks, dogs and the rule of law - post-communist reflections, Andras Sajo; globalization and the fate of law, William E. Scheuerman; supranational challenges to the rule of law - the case of the European Union, John P. McCormick; constructing law's mandate, Kenneth Winston; administrative policy-making - rule of law or bureaucracy?, Henry S. Richardson; the real democracy problem in administrative law, Jody Freeman.

This book is highly recommended for graduate level students in law, politics and international trade, as well as for the scholarly community to whom this collection of essays was clearly directed This book is further recommended to national leaders and country representatives in foreign and international trade as a rich and enlightening discussion of the difficult issues and dynamic forces at play in the rule of law throughout the world today. Shelley L. Dowling International Journal of Legal Information September 2002 ...a broad collection of stimulating and informative essays. N.W. Barber Law Quarterly Review September 2002

This collection of essays focuses on the traditional question whether the rule of law is necessarily the rule of moral principles, the question of the legitimacy of law. Lawyers, philosophers and political theorists explore the issues it raises.