Relocating the Rule of Law

Gianluigi Palombella is Professor of Philosophy of Law and Sociology of Law at the University of Parma and was 'Fernand Braudel' Senior Fellow at the European University Institute, Florence during 2006-7. Neil Walker is Regius Professor of Public Law at the University of Edinburgh, and was Professor of European Law at the European University Institute between 2000 and 2008

• Part 1: The Rule of Law: An Elusive Concept?1 A Concise Guide to the Rule of LawBrian Z Tamanaha 2 The Rule of Law and its Core Gianluigi Palombella Part 2: The State of the Rule of Law State3 The Rule of Law: Legality, Teleology, SociologyMartin Krygier 4 The Rule of Law in Post-Communist Constitutional Jurisprudence: Concerned Notes on a Fancy Decoration Renata Uitz 5 Law's Golden Rule David Beatty Part 3: The Wider Frontiers of the Rule of Law: European and Global Perspectives6 The Rule of Law and the EU: Necessity's Mixed Virtue Neil Walker 7 Can a Post-colonial Power Export the Rule of Law? Elements of a General Framework Rachel Kleinfeld and Kalypso Nicola'idis 8 Has the 'Rule of Law' become a 'Rule of Lawyers'? An Inquiry into the Use and Abuse of an Ancient Topos in Contemporary Debates Friedrich Kratochwil 9 The Rule of Law in International Law Today Stephane Beaulac

This book properly meets the need to respond to the changing conditions of the rule of law around the world. It should be of interest to any scholar who cares about the global development and the future of the rule of law. Chin-Shou Wang The Law and Politics Book Review Vol. 20, No.1, (Januray 11, 2010) As a whole...the collection surely contributes much. Kevin Walton The Edinburgh Law Review Volume 14, Issue 2, May 2010