Lon Fuller coined the term -eunomics- for -the study of good order and workable social arrangements.- The essays in this volume - representing most of the work of his mature years - are his -exercises in eunomics.- They are studies of the principal forms of legal order, including contract, adjudication, mediation, legislation, and administration. In addition, the volume includes several essays on legal education and the ethics of lawyering. Fuller thought of lawyers as -architects of social structure,- that is, creators and managers of the various forms of legal order. These responsibilities...
Lon Fuller coined the term -eunomics- for -the study of good order and workable social arrangements.- The essays in this volume - representing most of...
Professionals are a growing group in China and increasingly make their presence felt in governance and civil society. At the same time, however, professionals in the West are under increasing pressure from commercialism or scepticism about their ability to rise above self-interest.
This book focuses on professionals in China and asks whether developing countries have a fateful choice: to embrace Western models of professional organization as they now exist, or to set off on an independent path, adapting elements of Western practices to their own historical and cultural situation. In...
Professionals are a growing group in China and increasingly make their presence felt in governance and civil society. At the same time, however, pr...
The topic of moral competence is generally neglected in the study of public management and policy, yet it is critical to any hope we might have for strengthening the quality of governance and professional practice. What does moral competence consist in? How is it developed and sustained? These questions are addressed in this book through close examination of selected practitioners in Asian countries making life-defining decisions in their work. The protagonists include a doctor in Singapore, a political activist in India, a mid-level bureaucrat in central Asia, a religious missionary in...
The topic of moral competence is generally neglected in the study of public management and policy, yet it is critical to any hope we might have for st...
The topic of moral competence is generally neglected in the study of public management and policy, yet it is critical to any hope we might have for strengthening the quality of governance and professional practice.
The topic of moral competence is generally neglected in the study of public management and policy, yet it is critical to any hope we might have for st...