Faces of the Rule of Law in Europe

ISBN-13: 9783525302583 / Angielski

Michal Gierycz; Piotr Mazurkiewicz

Opis

The current discussion on the rule of law, especially in the EU, seems to be developing because the terms that express the idea of the rule of law in different European languages do not convey the same content. The rule of law, der Rechtstatt, l'état de droit, to name just three language versions, were coined in different historical contexts and within different traditions of political thought. To what extent is diversity in the understanding of the rule of law still legitimate today? This question is discussed by the renowned authors. This leads to a broadening of horizons in thinking about the rule of law, demonstrates legitimate differentiation against attempts to monopolize the idea by only one tradition, and undertakes an important reflection on the possibility of relating the rule of law to a specific international organization such as the European Union. The book undertakes historical, philosophical, and theological reflections on the idea of the rule of law.

O autorze

Michal Gierycz is an Associate Professor of Political Science and dean of the Faculty of Social and Economic Science at Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw (Poland). Piotr Mazurkiewicz is a Full Professor of Political Science at Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw (Poland).