Thoughtfulness and the Rule of Law / Jeremy Waldron.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Waldron, Jeremy, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rule of law.

Law--Philosophy.

Law.

Thoughtfulness.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2023]

Summary:

Political theorist Jeremy Waldron makes a bracing case against identifying rule of law with predictability. Seeing the rule of law as just one value to which democracies aspire, he embraces thoughtfulness rather than rote rule-following, flexibility even at the cost of vagueness, and emphasizing procedure and argument over predictable outcomes.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Introduction

1. Thoughtfulness and the Rule of Law

2. The Concept and the Rule of Law

3. How Law Protects Dignity

4. Self-Application

5. Vagueness and the Guidance of Action

6. The Rule of Law and the Role of Courts

7. The Rule of Law and the Importance of Procedure

8. Stare Decisis and the Rule of Law: A Layered Approach

9. Legislation and the Rule of Law

10. Rule by Law: A Much-Maligned Preposition

11. The Rule of Law in Public Law

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-674-29484-X

0-674-29485-8

OCLC:

1406409175