Rule of Law and Democracy
Inquiries into Internal and External Issues
Edited by Leonardo Morlino, Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane, Florence and Gianluigi Palombella, Università di Parma and New York University
Biographical note
Leonardo Morlino is Professor of Political Science at Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane, Florence. He published several books and a large number of articles or chapter in book on democratic theory with a special focus on Sout and East Europe.
Gianluigi Palombella (PhD, Scuola Superiore di Pisa) is professor in the Law Faculty of Parma and Inaugural Fellow at the “Straus Institute” of New York University. He has extensively published on fundamental rights, democracy and the rule of law.
Gianluigi Palombella (PhD, Scuola Superiore di Pisa) is professor in the Law Faculty of Parma and Inaugural Fellow at the “Straus Institute” of New York University. He has extensively published on fundamental rights, democracy and the rule of law.
Readership
All those interested in legal and socio-legal theory and history, political science, political theory, European Studies, International Relations and International Law.
Table of contents
Notes on Contributors
Introduction, Leonardo Morlino and Gianluigi Palombella
PART I. RULES OF LAW
1. The Rule of Law as an Institutional Ideal, Gianluigi Palombella
2. The Two 'Rules of Law' between Transition to and Quality of Democracy, Leonardo Morlino
3. Beyond Judicial Independence: Rule of Law and Judicial Accountabilities in the Assessment of Democratic Quality, Daniela Piana
PART II. THE EUROPEAN SETTING
4. The End of the Democratic Transition? Analyzing the Quality of Democracy Model in Post Communism, Monica Ciobanu
5. Constitutionalizing Governing and Governance in Europe, Poul F. Kjaer
6. The Rechtsstaat and Social Europe: How a Classical Tension Resurfaces in the European Integration Process, Christian Joerges
PART III. THE INTERNATIONAL SPHERE
7. How (Il)Liberal is the Liberal Theory of Law? Some Critical Remarks on Slaughter’s Approach, Friedrich Kratochwil
Index
Introduction, Leonardo Morlino and Gianluigi Palombella
PART I. RULES OF LAW
1. The Rule of Law as an Institutional Ideal, Gianluigi Palombella
2. The Two 'Rules of Law' between Transition to and Quality of Democracy, Leonardo Morlino
3. Beyond Judicial Independence: Rule of Law and Judicial Accountabilities in the Assessment of Democratic Quality, Daniela Piana
PART II. THE EUROPEAN SETTING
4. The End of the Democratic Transition? Analyzing the Quality of Democracy Model in Post Communism, Monica Ciobanu
5. Constitutionalizing Governing and Governance in Europe, Poul F. Kjaer
6. The Rechtsstaat and Social Europe: How a Classical Tension Resurfaces in the European Integration Process, Christian Joerges
PART III. THE INTERNATIONAL SPHERE
7. How (Il)Liberal is the Liberal Theory of Law? Some Critical Remarks on Slaughter’s Approach, Friedrich Kratochwil
Index
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