Part 1: The Rule of Law: An Elusive Concept? 1
1 A Concise Guide to the Rule of Law&Brian Z Tamanaha 3
2 The Rule of Law and its Core&Gianluigi Palombella 17
Part 2: The State of the Rule of Law State 43
3 The Rule of Law: Legality, Teleology, Sociology&Martin Krygier 45
4 The Rule of Law in Post-Communist Constitutional Jurisprudence: Concerned Notes on a Fancy Decoration&Renata Uitz 71
5 Law’s Golden Rule&David Beatty 99
Part 3: The Wider Frontiers of the Rule of Law:European and Global Perspectives 117
6 The Rule of Law and the EU: Necessity’s Mixed Virtue&Neil Walker 119
7 Can a Post-colonial Power Export the Rule of Law? Elements of a General Framework&Rachel Kleinfeld and Kalypso Nicolaidis 139
8 Has the ’Rule of Law’ become a ’Rule of Lawyers’? An Inquiry into the Use and Abuse of an Ancient Topos in Contemporary Debates&Friedrich Kratochwil 171
9 The Rule of Law in International Law Today&Stephane Beaulac 197
Index 225