Keywords
rule of law, legal theory, natural law, legal positivism, F. A. Hayek, conventionalism, covenant, constitutionalism
Abstract
This lecture summarizes the main attempts to formulate an understanding of rule of law among legal theorists and explains why they fail to account for the real experience of law. It also explains key characteristics of law that need to be recognized in an adequate account of the rule of law.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Reynolds, Noel B., "Why We Don’t Understand the Rule of Law or Explaining the Rule of Law: A Practice in Search of a Theory" (2010). Faculty Publications. 1464.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/1464
Document Type
Presentation
Publication Date
2010-06-04
Permanent URL
http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/3378
Language
English
College
Family, Home, and Social Sciences
Department
Political Science
Copyright Status
Copyright held by Noel B. Reynolds Lecture given to the Las Vegas Chapter of the J. Reuben Clark Society, June 4, 2010
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