{"product_id":"democracy-and-the-rule-of-law-paperback-9780521532662","title":"Democracy and the Rule of Law (Paperback) 9780521532662","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDemocracy and the Rule of Law\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAddresses why governments sometimes follow the law and other times choose to evade the law.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJosé María Maravall (Edited by), Adam Przeworski (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521532662, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 21 July 2003\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e334 pages, 1 b\/w illus.  1 table\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.4 x 2.1 cm, 0.44 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"[T]his book is clearly a must read for anyone interested in the question of what causes democracy and\/or the rule of law.\"    The Law and Politics Book Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book addresses the question of why governments sometimes follow the law and other times choose to evade the law. The traditional answer of jurists has been that laws have an autonomous causal efficacy: law rules when actions follow anterior norms; the relation between laws and actions is one of obedience, obligation, or compliance. Contrary to this conception, the authors defend a positive interpretation where the rule of law results from the strategic choices of relevant actors. Rule of law is just one possible outcome in which political actors process their conflicts using whatever resources they can muster: only when these actors seek to resolve their conflicts by recourse to la, does law rule. What distinguishes 'rule-of-law' as an institutional equilibrium from 'rule-by-law' is the distribution of power. The former emerges when no one group is strong enough to dominate the others and when the many use institutions to promote their interest.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of contributors\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction José María Maravall and Adam Przeworski\u003cbr\u003e Part I: 1. Lineages of the rule of law Stephen Holmes\u003cbr\u003e 2. Power, rules, and compliance Ignacio Sánchez-Cuenca\u003cbr\u003e 3. Obedience and obligation in the Rechtsstaat Michel Troper\u003cbr\u003e 4. A postscript to 'Political foundations of democracy and the rule of law' Barry R. Weingast\u003cbr\u003e 5. Why do political parties obey results of elections? Adam Przeworski\u003cbr\u003e Part II: 6. The majoritarian reading of the 'rule of law' Roberto Gargarella\u003cbr\u003e 7. How can the rule of law rule? Cost imposition through decentralized mechanisms Catalina Smulovitz\u003cbr\u003e 8. Dictatorship and the rule of law: rules and military power in Pinochet's Chile Robert Barros\u003cbr\u003e Part III: 9. Courts as instruments of horizontal accountability: the case of Latin Europe Carlo Guarnieri\u003cbr\u003e 10. Rule of democracy and rule of law John Ferejohn and Pasquale Pasquino\u003cbr\u003e 11. The rule of law as a political weapon José María Maravall\u003cbr\u003e 12. The question of the rule of law in Michel de Montaigne's Essais Biancamaria Fontana\u003cbr\u003e Author index\u003cbr\u003e Subject index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Comparative law [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Comparative law\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Comparative%20law%20%5BLAM%5D%22\"\u003eLAM\u003c\/a\u003e], Political structures: democracy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Political structures: democracy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Political%20structures:%20democracy%20%5BJPHV%5D%22\"\u003eJPHV\u003c\/a\u003e], Political science \u0026amp; theory [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Political science \u0026amp; theory\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Political%20science%20\u0026amp;%20theory%20%5BJPA%5D%22\"\u003eJPA\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004871168280,"sku":"9780521532662","price":28.68,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521532662i_a86a9427-2b93-48f1-adde-33567c596f47.jpg?v=1691369061","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/democracy-and-the-rule-of-law-paperback-9780521532662","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}