Democracy and the rule of law
By: edited by José Mariá Maravall, Adam Przeworski.
Contributors: Przeworski, Adam.; Maravall, José María.
Series: Cambridge studies in the theory of democracy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
Subjects: Rule of law -- Congresses; Democracy -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Lineages of the rule of law / Stephen Holmes; title: Power, rules, and compliance / Ignacio Sánchez-Cuenca; title: Obedience and obligation in the Rechtsstaat / Michel Troper; title: A postscript to "Political foundations of democracy and the rule of law" / Barry R. Weingast; title: Why do political parties obey results of elections / Adam Przeworski; title: The majoritarian reading of the rule of law / Roberto Gargarella / How can the rule of law rule : cost imposition through decentralized mechanisms / Catalina Smulovitz; title: Dictatorship and the rule of law : rules and military power in Pinochet's Chile / Robert Barros; title: Courts as an instrument of horizontal accountability : the case of latin Europe / Carlo Guarnieri; title: Rule of democracy and rule of law / John Ferejohn and Pasquale Pasquino; title: The rule of law as a political weapon / José María Maravall; title: The rule of law and the problem of legal reform in Michel de Montaigne's Essais / Biancamaria Fontana.