Edited by Amalia Amaya, Professor of Law and Philosophy, University of Edinburgh, UK, Lucia Corso, Professor of Philosophy of Law, Kore University of Enna and Isabel Trujillo, Professor of Philosophy of Law, University of Palermo, Italy

• ContentsIntroduction to Virtues and the Rule of Law 1Amalia Amaya, Lucia Corso and Isabel TrujilloPART I  RULE OF LAW AND ETHOS: LESSONS FROM THE CLASSICS1 Virtue and the utility of the rule of law 9A. Keith Thompson2 Ethical legal practice in ancient Athens 37Liesbeth Huppes-Cluysenaer3 The juridical virtue of moderation and the ethical imperative ofholiness: a journey through Maimonides and Levinas 61Cosimo Nicolini Coen4 Rule of law, spirit of equality and spirit of extreme equality:drawing on the spirit of the laws to define the virtue of civicforbearance 77Lucia CorsoPART II  VIRTUES FOR THE RULE OF LAW5 The legal virtue of reflexivity and the rule of law 96Isabel Trujillo6 Fidelity: the animating spirit of the rule of law 116Gerald J. Postema7 Virtue, arbitrariness, and the rule of law 129Michael Sevel8 Judges and virtues: rethinking phronesis for the rule of law 148Silvia CorradiPART III  A VIRTUOUS LEGAL PRACTICE UNDER THERULE OF LAW9 Civic eudaimonia, judicial virtue and the aretaic rule of law 169Tomasz Widłak10 Who guards the guardian? Virtues and constitutionalinterpretation 191Maija Aalto-Heinilä11 The eudaimonic lawyer in private practice 217Seow Hon Tan12 Concluding remarks on virtue and the rule of law: takingstock and looking ahead 237Amalia Amaya

‘As liberal constitutionalism faces mounting pressure, rule-of-law theory needs fresh resources. Ranging from ancient Athens and Maimonides to Raz and Montesquieu, this timely volume makes a rigorous case that virtue concepts can do genuine work in jurisprudence. Every reader, however seasoned, will uncover unexpected resources for those challenges.’