Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to the Rule of Law
- Cambridge Companions to Law
- The Cambridge Companion to the Rule of Law
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Histories
- 1 Classical Athens’ Radical Democratic “Rule of Law”
- 2 Rechtsstaat versus the Rule of Law
- 3 État de droit: The Gallicization of the Rechtsstaat
- 4 Islamic Conceptions of the Rule of Law
- 5 Empires and the Rule of Law: Arbitrary Justice and Imperial Legal Ordering
- Part III Moralities
- Part IV Pathologies
- Part V Trajectories
- Part VI Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
2 - Rechtsstaat versus the Rule of Law
from Part II - Histories
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 August 2021
Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to the Rule of Law
- Cambridge Companions to Law
- The Cambridge Companion to the Rule of Law
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Histories
- 1 Classical Athens’ Radical Democratic “Rule of Law”
- 2 Rechtsstaat versus the Rule of Law
- 3 État de droit: The Gallicization of the Rechtsstaat
- 4 Islamic Conceptions of the Rule of Law
- 5 Empires and the Rule of Law: Arbitrary Justice and Imperial Legal Ordering
- Part III Moralities
- Part IV Pathologies
- Part V Trajectories
- Part VI Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The difference between the idea of the Rechtsstaat and that of the rule of law is more than a variation on a theme. Theorists and practitioners of law’s rule would do well not to equate – for analytical as well as practical reasons – the Anglo-American way of law with what Leonard Krieger called “the German idea of freedom.”2 And yet they have and will – to the detriment, I argue in this chapter, of understanding and prescription.
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