The Cambridge Companion To The Rule Of Law

Introduces students, scholars, and practitioners to the theory and history of the rule of law.

An accessible, comprehensive, and high quality companion to legal philosophy written by a stellar cast of international contributors.

A scholarly and accessible examination of key themes, debates and issues in contemporary public law by leading authorities on the subject.

A concise, intellectually rigorous and politically and theoretically informed introduction to the context, grammar, techniques and projects of international law.

The book brings together 33 state-of-the-art chapters on the import and the pros and cons of legal positivism.

This volume brings together leading experts on natural law theory to provide perspectives on the nature and foundations of law.

Max Weber is indubitably one of the very greatest figures in the history of the social sciences, the source of seminal concepts like 'the Protestant Ethic', 'charisma' and the idea of historical processes of 'rationalization'. But, like his great forebears Adam Smith and Karl Marx, Weber's work always resists easy categorisation. Prominent as a founding father of sociology, Weber has been a major influence in the study of ancient history, religion, economics, law and, more recently, cultural studies. This Cambridge Companion provides an authoritative introduction to the major facets of his thought, including several (like industrial psychology) which have hitherto been neglected. A distinguished international team of contributors examines some of the major controversies that have erupted over Weber's specialized work, and shows how the issues have developed since he wrote. The articles demonstrate Weber's impact on a variety of research areas.

A striking new analysis of Myanmar's court system, revealing how the rule of law is 'lexically present but semantically absent'.