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1	The Majesty of the Law: Reflections of a Supreme Court Justice more books like this by Sandra Day O'Connor add to wishlist Supreme Court Justice O'Connor reflects on issues relating to law and American life, balancing a respect for origins, foundations, and institutions with an awareness of evolution and change. Though, as a sitting judge, she does not discuss specifics of cases that have or may come before the court, nevertheless, she addresses ways that the law has ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.93! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Give Me Liberty: A Handbook for American Revolutionaries more books like this by Naomi Wolf add to wishlist From an icon in the contemporary feminist movement and a well-respected political commentator comes this clear, accessible handbook about how to understand and use democracy. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
3	Between Facts and Norms: Contributions to a Discourse Theory of Law and Democracy more books like this by Jurgen Habermas add to wishlist In Between Facts and Norms Habermas works out the legal and political implications of his theoretical approach, bringing to fruition the project announced more than three decades ago in The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere. Between Facts and Norms is a major contribution to current debates on the role of law and the prospects for the ... see all copies from $25.00! new only from $28.12! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Can Might Make Rights?: Building the Rule of Law After Military Interventions more books like this by Jane Stromseth, David Wippman, Rosa Brooks add to wishlist This book looks at why it's so difficult to create 'the rule of law' in post-conflict societies such as Iraq and Afghanistan, and offers critical insights into how policy-makers and field-workers can improve future rule of law efforts. A must-read for policy-makers, field-workers, journalists and students trying to make sense of the international ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.95! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Constitution of Liberty more books like this by Friedrich A Von Hayek add to wishlist Working after the war, Hayek's writing was very much against the tide of mainstream Keynesian economic thought. But in the 1970s and 1980s - the eras of Thatcherism and Reaganomics - he was championed as a prophet of neo-liberalism by those who were seeking to revolutionize the post-war social consensus. "The Constitution of Liberty" is crucial ... see all copies from $14.00! new only from $20.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Arguing about Law: An Introduction to Legal Philosophy more books like this by Andrew Altman add to wishlist Using the rule of law as its main theme, this text shows how abstract questions and concepts of legal philosophy are connected to concrete legal, political, and social issues. The text addresses several modern controversies and challenges students to consider both sides of an argument, using sound, reasoned thinking. see all copies from $2.90! new only from $63.97! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Rogues: Two Essays on Reason more books like this by Professor Jacques Derrida, Pascale-Anne Brault (Translator), Michael Naas (Translator) add to wishlist Rogues, published in France under the title Voyous, comprises two major lectures that Derrida delivered in 2002 investigating the foundations of the sovereignty of the nation-state. The term "Etatvoyou" is the French equivalent of "rogue state," and it is this outlaw designation of certain countries by the leading global powers that Derrida ... see all copies from $16.23! new only from $16.23! \| SVS
8	On the Rule of Law: History, Politics, Theory more books like this by Brian Z Tamanaha add to wishlist The rule of law is the most important political ideal today, yet there is much confusion about what it means and how it works. This book explores the history, politics, and theory surrounding the rule of law ideal, beginning with classical Greek and Roman ideas, elaborating on medieval contributions to the rule of law, and articulating the role ... see all copies from $7.90! new only from $12.38!
9	Basic Concepts of Legal Thought more books like this by George P Fletcher add to wishlist This is a brief introduction to the major issues in legal philosophy. In twelve short chapters, George Fletcher offers an interesting and accessible overview of such topics as morality, justice, desert, consent, duty, and feminist legal theory. In each case he not only introduces the basic ideas but considers important arguments in the ... see all copies from $4.14! new only from $15.00! \| first editions \| SVS
10	The Structure of Liberty: Justice and the Rule of Law more books like this by Randy E Barnett add to wishlist What is liberty, as opposed to license, and why is it so important? When people pursue happiness, peace and prosperity whilst living in society, they confront pervasive problems of knowledge, interest, and power. These problems are dealt with by ensuring the liberty of the people to pursue their own ends, but addressing these problems also ... see all copies from $26.22! new only from $74.05! \| SVS
11 view cover	Law, Legislation and Liberty, Volume 3: The Political Order of a Free People more books like this by Friedrich A Von Hayek add to wishlist Incisive, straightforward, and eloquent, this third and concluding volume of Hayek's comprehensive assessment of the basic principles which order and sustain free societies contains the clearest and most uncompromising exposition of the political philosophy of one of the world's foremost economists. see all copies from $14.95! new only from $25.00! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Law as a Means to an End: Threat to the Rule of Law more books like this by Brian Z Tamanaha, William Twining (Editor), Christopher McCrudden (Editor) add to wishlist The contemporary U.S. legal culture is marked by ubiquitous battles among various groups attempting to seize control of the law and wield it against others in pursuit of their particular agenda. This battle takes place in administrative, legislative, and judicial arenas at both the state and federal levels. This book identifies the underlying ... see all copies from $23.66! new only from $23.67! \| SVS
13 view cover	The Rule of Law in America more books like this by Professor Ronald A Cass add to wishlist What is the rule of law? Why does it matter? How well does America conform to the rule of law? And why do Americans, who profess such respect for the law, complain so often about their legal system? Drawing upon extensive experience in law, government service, teaching and research, Boston University law school dean Ronald Cass offers a ... see all copies from $2.75! new only from $4.98!
14 view cover	Law, Legislation and Liberty, Volume 1: Rules and Order more books like this by Friedrich A Von Hayek add to wishlist This volume represents This volume represents the first section of Friedrich 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 ... see all copies from $7.25! new only from $18.50!
15 view cover	Law, Capitalism and Power in Asia: The Rule of Law and Legal Institutions more books like this by Kanishka Jayasuriya (Editor) add to wishlist Many governments in East Asia claim that the rule of law is a distinctive characteristic of their political system. Major multilateral agencies such as the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank spend considerable resources in the provision of legal reform projects. There is an assumption that the rule of law will result in a transition to ... see all copies from $28.24! new only from $55.98! \| first editions
16 view cover	Democracy and the Rule of Law more books like this by Bob Fine, Robert Fine add to wishlist In this groundbreaking work, Professor Fine explores afresh the relationship between jurisprudence, Marx, and Marxism. Originally published in 1984, this book contains a new Preface relating the original text to current political and intellectual debates. (Legal Reference) see all copies from $28.52! new only from $28.52! \| SVS
17 view cover	Legitimacy and Politics: A Contribution to the Study of Political Right and Political Responsibility more books like this by Jean-Marc Coicaud, David Ames Curtis (Editor) add to wishlist For the past few years, the increase in cases of political corruption, the loss of politicians' credibility, the development of social and political forms of pathology (notably the rise of the extreme right along with exclusionist ideologies), and the role of the State have been at the center of political debates. In one way or another, these ... see all copies from $4.54! new only from $4.54!
18 view cover	The Rule of Lawyers: How the New Litigation Elite Threatens America's Rule of Law more books like this by Walter K Olson add to wishlist In this exposé of the explosion in class-action litigation, the author argues that lawyers use this kind of lawsuit to bring about regulation of industries in a way that subverts the proper role of lawmakers and legislatures. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The Ethics of Deference: Learning from Law's Morals more books like this by Philip Soper, Gerald Postema (Editor), Jules L Coleman (Editor) add to wishlist Do citizens have an obligation to obey the law? This book differs from standard approaches by shifting from the language of obedience (orders) to that of deference (normative judgments). The popular view that law claims authority but does not have it is here reversed on both counts: Law does not claim authority but has it. Though the focus is on ... see all copies from $5.41! new only from $5.75!
20 view cover	The Culture of Vengeance and the Fate of American Justice more books like this by Terry Kenneth Aladjem add to wishlist America is driven by vengeance in Terry Aladjem's provocative account - a reactive, public anger that is a threat to democratic justice itself. From the return of the death penalty to the wars on terror and in Iraq, Americans demand retribution and moral certainty; they assert the 'rights of victims' and make pronouncements against 'evil'. Yet for ... see all copies from $8.92! new only from $15.26!
21 view cover	The United States and the Rule of Law in International Affairs more books like this by John F Murphy add to wishlist John Murphy offers an insightful analysis of why the United States does not always accept the rule of law in international affairs, even though it has made immense contributions to its creation, adoption, and implementation. Examining the reasons for this failure, John Murphy analyses a number of cases, not to make a case that the United States ... see all copies from $14.24! new only from $31.73! \| SVS
22 view cover	Democracy and the Rule of Law more books like this by Adam Przeworski (Editor), Jose Maria Maravall (Editor) add to wishlist This book addresses the question of why governments sometimes follow the law and other times choose to evade the law. The traditional answer of jurists has been that laws have an autonomous causal efficacy: law rules when actions follow anterior norms; the relation between laws and actions is one of obedience, obligation, or compliance. Contrary ... see all copies from $13.57! new only from $22.95!
23 view cover	A Jurisprudence of Power: Victorian Empire and the Rule of Law more books like this by Rande W Kostal add to wishlist A Jurisprudence of Power concerns the brutal suppression under martial law of the Jamaica uprising of 1865, and the explosive debate and litigation these events spawned in England. The book explores the centrality of legal ideas and institutions in English politics, and of political ideas that give rise to great questions of English law. It ... see all copies from $50.42! new only from $56.33! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	The Concept of Liberty in the Age of the American Revolution more books like this by John Phillip Reid add to wishlist 'The Concept Of Liberty In The Age Of The American Revolution' continues an exploration of American constitutional ideology in the late eighteenth century that John Philip Reid has been conducting for the past decade. see all copies from $29.02! first editions
25 view cover	Marxism and Law more books like this by Hugh Collins add to wishlist In this introduction to Marxism and the law, Hugh Collins presents a unified and coherent view of Marxism, which he uses to examine the specific characteristics of legal institutions, rules, and ideals. He pays particular attention to the place of ideology in law, the distinction between base and superstructure, and the destiny of law in a ... see all copies from $7.50! new only from $31.70! \| first editions \| SVS

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