Hypocrisy & myth
Subtitle: the hidden order of the rule of law
By: David Barnhizer & Daniel Barnhizer
Contributors: Barnhizer, Daniel D.
Publisher: Vandeplas
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lake Mary, Fla
Language: eng
Number of pages: 459
ISBN-13: 9781600420719
Subjects: Rule of law; Hypocrisy; Religious aspects; Religion and law
Other titles: Hypocrisy and myth
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The rule of law as a fragile political experiment; title: Establishing a technical frame of reference: Hayek, Dicey, Fuller, Raz; title: Rule of law versus rule by law; title: hypocrisy as essential to the rule of law; title: The rule of law as social re-engineering; title: The rule of law as separation of personalities and individual self interest from disputes; title: The rule of law as a "black box" decision-making system; title: Examples of the failure of the rule of law; title: An introduction to the idea of hidden order; title: The distinction between cumulative and non-cumulative knowledge in the rule of law; title: Conflicted factions and cultural change; title: Blinded by our ideology; title: Instrumentalism and moral substance in the rule of law; title: The rule of law through thin and thick; title: The rule of law as cultural faith; title: The nature of myth; title: Some functions of myth; title: Myth and the rule of law; title: Myths of reason and science; title: Social Darwinism and the misapplication of scientific myth; title: The cultural mythology of the Judeo-Christian tradition; title: Power and the hidden order of the rule of law; title: Natural law and the hidden order; title: Choosing law in a competition for power; title: The unifying illusion of the hidden order; title: Hypocrisy, self-deception, and the hidden order; title: The rule of law and the Hobbesian dilemma; title: Applying Hobbes's principles in the context of Roe v. Wade; title: Democracy in the post-rule of law era.