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Promise Against Peril: Of Power, Purpose, And Principle In International Law, Robert C. Hockett Oct 2010

Promise Against Peril: Of Power, Purpose, And Principle In International Law, Robert C. Hockett

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I take two recent monographs on international law – Mary Ellen O’Connell’s "The Power and Purpose of International Law," and Eric Posner’s "The Perils of Global Legalism," as case studies in a more general inquiry into the role of the "rule of law" ideal in domestic and international law. I argue that international and domestic law alike give varyingly explicit and effective expression to the rule of law ideal, and that the task before us is accordingly steadily to improve their effectiveness in so doing, not to pretend that there is no role for this ideal to play in interpreting …


Legal Institutions In Professor H.L.A. Hart's Concept Of Law, Robert S. Summers Aug 2000

Legal Institutions In Professor H.L.A. Hart's Concept Of Law, Robert S. Summers

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