Modern challenges to the rule of law / [edited by Richard Ekins].

Wellington, New Zealand : LexisNexis NZ, 2011.

1st edition

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Rule of law.

1. Introduction

2. What do we mean by the rule of law?

3. The rule of law : foundational norm

4. Reasonable disagreement and the diminution of democracy : Joseph' s morally laden understanding of 'the rule of law'

5. A response to Professor Allan

6. Legislation, common law and the virtue of clarity

7. Invoking the principle of legality against the rule of law

8. Legal reasoning and bills of rights

9. Rights, interpretation and the rule of law

10. Three challenges to the rule of law in the modern English legal system

11. Electoral finance, lawmaking and the politics of the rule of law

12. Compensation for taking of private property rights and the rule of law

13. Tax avoidance, the rule of law and the New Zealand Supreme Court.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9781877511752

xxvi, 314 p. ; 25 cm