Description
Book Synopsis"Rule of law" - the idea that the law is the nation's sovereign authority - has served as a cornerstone for constitutional theory and the jurisprudence of liberty. John Phillip Reid traces the concept's progress through a series of landmark events in Great Britain and North America.
Trade Review"Those acquiring this volume will catch a tantalizing glimpse of the power of Reid's exposition of the English common law... recommended to anyone who really cares about the law."—Stephen B. Presser, Law and History Review
"Reid has returned to the field in which he made his reputation and delivered a real gem of a work.... Rule of Law illuminates key developments of the foundational legal idea."—Martin S. Flaherty, Fordham University Law School
"This is the sort of work we have come to expect and admire from John Phillip Reid. It is a richly sourced comparative study of a fundamental concept-rule of law-that has dozens of applications in today's world."
-James Oldham, Georgetown University
Table of ContentsTable of Contents
1. Rule's Law
2. Law's Bridle
3. Rule's Inverse
4. Law's Hedge
5. Rule's Bridling
6. Law's Umpire
7. Rule's Determinancy
Conclusion
Notes
Short Titles
Index
