Rule of law and democracy [[electronic resource] ] : inquiries into internal and external issues / / edited by Leonardo Morlino and Gianluigi Palombella

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910459187403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2010
• ISBN: 1-282-78665-2; 9786612786655; 90-04-18433-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (227 p.)
• Collana: International studies in sociology and social anthropology ; ; v. 115
• Altri autori (Persone): MorlinoLeonardo <1947->; PalombellaGianluigi
• Disciplina: 340/.11
• Soggetti: Rule of law; Democracy; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The rule of law as an institutional ideal / Gianluigi Palombella -- The two "rules of law" between transition to and quality of democracy / Leonardo Morlino -- Beyond judicial independence : rule of law and judicial accountabilities in assessing democratic quality / Daniela Piana -- The end of the democratic transition? : analyzing the quality of democracy model in post-communism / Monica Ciobanu -- Constitutionalizing governing and governance in Europe / Poul F. Kjaer -- The Rechtsstaat and social Europe : how a classical tension resurfaces in the European integration process / Christian Joerges -- How (il)liberal is the liberal theory of law? : some critical remarks on Slaughter's approach / Friedrich Kratochwil.
• Sommario/riassunto: Leading scholars address the interplay between rule of law and democracy, the most relevant ideals for our present civilisation in the legal and political spheres, at the same time making sense of the different ways in which legal requirements, social commitments, and democratic standards are expected to interweave. Through a reappraisal of the theoretical import of the concepts the contributors ; provide for a fresh set of inquiries, internal and external, ranging from the State, consolidated and transitional democracies, to interstate, European and global scenarios. Re-orienting the diversity in disciplinary approaches, they converge in tackling disputed empirical and normative questions in-context, and suggest further connections between the rule of law’s potential and the transformations of political arenas. Contributors are Monica Ciobanu, Christian Joerges, Poul Kjaer, Friedrich Kratochwil, Leonardo Morlino, Gianluigi Palombella, and Daniela Piana.